diff --git a/BUILD.bazel b/BUILD.bazel
index ff37ed991543..bceab3998862 100644
--- a/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/BUILD.bazel
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ exports_files([
 # gazelle:exclude deps/gun
 # gazelle:exclude deps/inet_tcp_proxy
 # gazelle:exclude deps/jose
-# gazelle:exclude deps/json
 # gazelle:exclude deps/meck
 # gazelle:exclude deps/observer_cli
 # gazelle:exclude deps/osiris
diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 34cb6a19d229..ba4f6f06f9d7 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -267,13 +267,6 @@ erlang_package.git_package(
     repository = "michaelklishin/erlang-jose",
 )
 
-erlang_package.hex_package(
-    name = "json",
-    build_file = "@rabbitmq-server//bazel:BUILD.json",
-    sha256 = "9abf218dbe4ea4fcb875e087d5f904ef263d012ee5ed21d46e9dbca63f053d16",
-    version = "1.4.1",
-)
-
 erlang_package.hex_package(
     name = "thoas",
     build_file = "@rabbitmq-server//bazel:BUILD.thoas",
@@ -368,7 +361,6 @@ use_repo(
     "getopt",
     "gun",
     "jose",
-    "json",
     "observer_cli",
     "prometheus",
     "ranch",
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 292b822429bd..e334d6aaad3b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ XREF_EXTRA_APP_DIRS = $(filter-out deps/rabbitmq_cli/_build/dev/lib/rabbit_commo
 # protocols directly.
 XREF_IGNORE = [ \
     {'Elixir.CSV.Encode',impl_for,1}, \
-    {'Elixir.JSON.Decoder',impl_for,1}, \
-    {'Elixir.JSON.Encoder',impl_for,1}, \
     {'Elixir.RabbitMQ.CLI.Core.DataCoercion',impl_for,1}]
 
 # Include Elixir libraries in the Xref checks.
diff --git a/deps/rabbitmq_cli/BUILD.bazel b/deps/rabbitmq_cli/BUILD.bazel
index 35931ebe5f54..d4c0f504ab8a 100644
--- a/deps/rabbitmq_cli/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/deps/rabbitmq_cli/BUILD.bazel
@@ -17,13 +17,6 @@ mix_archive_build(
     archives = ["@hex//:archive"],
 )
 
-mix_archive_build(
-    name = "json_ez",
-    srcs = ["@json//:sources"],
-    out = "json.ez",
-    archives = ["@hex//:archive"],
-)
-
 # Note: All the various rabbitmq-* scripts are just copies of rabbitmqctl
 rabbitmqctl(
     name = "rabbitmqctl",
@@ -39,7 +32,6 @@ rabbitmqctl(
     license_files = glob(["LICENSE*"]),
     source_deps = {
         "@csv//:sources": "csv",
-        "@json//:sources": "json",
     },
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
@@ -109,7 +101,6 @@ plt(
     ],
     ez_deps = [
         ":csv_ez",
-        ":json_ez",
     ],
     ignore_warnings = True,
     libs = [":elixir"],
@@ -151,7 +142,6 @@ rabbitmqctl_test(
     source_deps = {
         "@amqp//:sources": "amqp",
         "@csv//:sources": "csv",
-        "@json//:sources": "json",
         "@temp//:sources": "temp",
         "@x509//:sources": "x509",
     },
diff --git a/deps/rabbitmq_cli/mix.exs b/deps/rabbitmq_cli/mix.exs
index 708c2e4ff341..2e32e32c92c2 100644
--- a/deps/rabbitmq_cli/mix.exs
+++ b/deps/rabbitmq_cli/mix.exs
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ defmodule RabbitMQCtl.MixfileBase do
         exclude: [
           CSV,
           CSV.Encode,
-          JSON,
           :mnesia,
           :msacc,
           :observer_cli,
diff --git a/dist.bzl b/dist.bzl
index bcd03269a653..dfb36f009f06 100644
--- a/dist.bzl
+++ b/dist.bzl
@@ -335,15 +335,6 @@ def source_archive(
         prefix = "deps",
     )
 
-    pkg_files(
-        name = "json-files",
-        srcs = [
-            "@json//:sources",
-        ],
-        strip_prefix = "",
-        prefix = "deps/json",
-    )
-
     pkg_files(
         name = "csv-files",
         srcs = [
@@ -358,7 +349,6 @@ def source_archive(
         extension = extension,
         srcs = [
             ":deps-files",
-            ":json-files",
             ":csv-files",
             Label("@rabbitmq-server//:root-licenses"),
         ],