diff --git a/api/renderers.py b/api/renderers.py
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index 74cf2954e..000000000
--- a/api/renderers.py
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@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-import ujson
-import six
-
-from rest_framework.renderers import JSONRenderer
-from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
-from rest_framework.utils import encoders
-
-
-class JSONLDRenderer(JSONRenderer):
-    """
-    Renderer which serializes to JSON.
-    """
-    media_type = 'application/vnd.api+json'
-    format = 'json'
-    encoder_class = encoders.JSONEncoder
-    ensure_ascii = not api_settings.UNICODE_JSON
-    compact = api_settings.COMPACT_JSON
-
-    # We don't set a charset because JSON is a binary encoding,
-    # that can be encoded as utf-8, utf-16 or utf-32.
-    # See: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4627.txt
-    # Also: http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2013/7/19/application-mimetypes-and-encodings/
-    charset = None
-
-    def render(self, data, accepted_media_type=None, renderer_context=None):
-        """
-        Render `data` into JSON, returning a bytestring.
-        """
-        if data is None:
-            return bytes()
-
-        renderer_context = renderer_context or {}
-        indent = self.get_indent(accepted_media_type, renderer_context) or 4
-
-        # if indent is None:
-        #     separators = SHORT_SEPARATORS if self.compact else LONG_SEPARATORS
-        # else:
-        #     separators = INDENT_SEPARATORS
-
-        ret = ujson.dumps(  # UJSON is faster
-            data,
-            # , cls=self.encoder_class,
-            escape_forward_slashes=False,
-            indent=indent, ensure_ascii=self.ensure_ascii,
-            # separators=separators
-        )
-
-        # On python 2.x json.dumps() returns bytestrings if ensure_ascii=True,
-        # but if ensure_ascii=False, the return type is underspecified,
-        # and may (or may not) be unicode.
-        # On python 3.x json.dumps() returns unicode strings.
-        if isinstance(ret, six.text_type):
-            # We always fully escape \u2028 and \u2029 to ensure we output JSON
-            # that is a strict javascript subset. If bytes were returned
-            # by json.dumps() then we don't have these characters in any case.
-            # See: http://timelessrepo.com/json-isnt-a-javascript-subset
-            ret = ret.replace('\u2028', '\\u2028').replace('\u2029', '\\u2029')
-            return bytes(ret.encode('utf-8'))
-        return ret