diff --git a/openstack-common.conf b/openstack-common.conf
index f8d80d966c..6f6aeb01a1 100644
--- a/openstack-common.conf
+++ b/openstack-common.conf
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ module=eventlet_backdoor
 module=exception
 module=fileutils
 module=gettextutils
-module=jsonutils
 module=local
 module=log
 module=loopingcall
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9ebb429a3d..92f6274a1e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ jsonschema>=2.0.0,<3.0.0
 Jinja2>=2.6  # BSD License (3 clause)
 pexpect>=3.1 # ISC License
 oslo.config>=1.4.0  # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=1.1.0                       # Apache-2.0
+oslo.serialization>=1.0.0
+oslo.utils>=1.1.0
 MySQL-python
 Babel>=1.3
 six>=1.7.0
diff --git a/trove/common/limits.py b/trove/common/limits.py
index 566cd0d13f..f0cfa522b2 100644
--- a/trove/common/limits.py
+++ b/trove/common/limits.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 from trove.common import cfg
 from trove.common import wsgi as base_wsgi
-from trove.openstack.common import jsonutils
+from oslo.serialization import jsonutils
 from trove.openstack.common import wsgi
 from trove.openstack.common.gettextutils import _
 
diff --git a/trove/common/wsgi.py b/trove/common/wsgi.py
index febdc49747..05da44c83f 100644
--- a/trove/common/wsgi.py
+++ b/trove/common/wsgi.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 from trove.common import exception
 from trove.common import utils
 from trove.openstack.common.gettextutils import _
-from trove.openstack.common import jsonutils
+from oslo.serialization import jsonutils
 
 from trove.openstack.common import pastedeploy
 from trove.openstack.common import service
diff --git a/trove/tests/unittests/api/common/test_limits.py b/trove/tests/unittests/api/common/test_limits.py
index 396b273c90..356f667b12 100644
--- a/trove/tests/unittests/api/common/test_limits.py
+++ b/trove/tests/unittests/api/common/test_limits.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 from trove.common.limits import Limit
 from trove.limits import views
 from trove.limits.service import LimitsController
-from trove.openstack.common import jsonutils
+from oslo.serialization import jsonutils
 from trove.quota.quota import QUOTAS
 
 TEST_LIMITS = [