diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 126edd2472..565d29215a 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -176,15 +176,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
                 "dest": "<%= path.asset %>/json2/",
                 "flatten": true
             },
-            "json3": {
-                "expand": true,
-                "src": [
-                    "<%= path.bower %>/json3/LICENSE",
-                    "<%= path.bower %>/json3/lib/json3.js"
-                ],
-                "dest": "<%= path.asset %>/json3/",
-                "flatten": true
-            },
             "mocha": {
                 "expand": true,
                 "src": [
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 43fc245ac8..334cb01a53 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
         "font-awesome": "~3.0.2",
         "modernizr": "~2.6.2",
         "normalize-css": "~2.1.0",
-        "json3": "3.2.4",
         "json2": "latest",
         "humane-js": "~3.0.6",
         "jquery-file-upload": "~8.3.2",