diff --git a/lib/CacheEnhancedResolve.js b/lib/CacheEnhancedResolve.js
index 47f98cd8..fa9937ec 100644
--- a/lib/CacheEnhancedResolve.js
+++ b/lib/CacheEnhancedResolve.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 
 const lodash = require('lodash');
 const nodeObjectHash = require('node-object-hash');
+const parseJson = require('parse-json');
 
 const pluginCompat = require('./util/plugin-compat');
 const promisify = require('./util/promisify');
@@ -10,7 +11,6 @@ const serial = require('./util/serial');
 const values = require('./util/Object.values');
 const bulkFsTask = require('./util/bulk-fs-task');
 const { parityCacheFromCache, pushParityWriteOps } = require('./util/parity');
-const parseJson = require('./util/parseJson');
 
 const serialNormalResolved = serial.created({
   result: serial.path,
diff --git a/lib/CacheModuleResolver.js b/lib/CacheModuleResolver.js
index 9e090724..57aae313 100644
--- a/lib/CacheModuleResolver.js
+++ b/lib/CacheModuleResolver.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 const nodeObjectHash = require('node-object-hash');
+const parseJson = require('parse-json');
 
 const serial = require('./util/serial');
 const pluginCompat = require('./util/plugin-compat');
 const relateContext = require('./util/relate-context');
-const parseJson = require('./util/parseJson');
 const { parityCacheFromCache, pushParityWriteOps } = require('./util/parity');
 
 const serialJsonKey = {
diff --git a/lib/SerializerAppend2.js b/lib/SerializerAppend2.js
index f42b6fb5..5dd42012 100644
--- a/lib/SerializerAppend2.js
+++ b/lib/SerializerAppend2.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 const fs = require('graceful-fs');
 const { join, resolve } = require('path');
 const _mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
+const parseJson = require('parse-json');
 const _rimraf = require('rimraf');
 
 const promisify = require('./util/promisify');
-const parseJson = require('./util/parseJson');
 
 const close = promisify(fs.close);
 const mkdirp = promisify(_mkdirp);
diff --git a/lib/util/parity.js b/lib/util/parity.js
index 8a55c608..bc071fb8 100644
--- a/lib/util/parity.js
+++ b/lib/util/parity.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+const parseJson = require('parse-json');
 const { cachePrefix } = require('.');
-const parseJson = require('./parseJson');
 
 class ParityRoot {
   constructor() {
diff --git a/lib/util/parseJson.js b/lib/util/parseJson.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b9cbed1c..00000000
--- a/lib/util/parseJson.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = data => {
-  let result;
-  // Use standard json for performance.
-  try {
-    result = JSON.parse(data);
-  } catch (_) {
-    // Use jsonlint for clear errors. An error will rethrow with more
-    // information.
-    result = require('jsonlint').parse(data);
-  }
-  return result;
-};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index adf6a76e..9cb81742 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@
     "chalk": "^2.4.1",
     "find-cache-dir": "^2.0.0",
     "graceful-fs": "^4.1.11",
-    "jsonlint": "^1.6.3",
     "lodash": "^4.15.0",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
     "node-object-hash": "^1.2.0",
+    "parse-json": "^4.0.0",
     "pkg-dir": "^3.0.0",
     "rimraf": "^2.6.2",
     "semver": "^5.6.0",