diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ee4c94e0b..3a64357f8 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -5320,11 +5320,6 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pify/-/pify-3.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-5aSs0sEB/fPZpNB/DbxNtJ3SgXY="
     },
-    "pjson": {
-      "version": "1.0.9",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pjson/-/pjson-1.0.9.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-4hRJH3YzkUpOlShRzhyxAmThSNnAaIlWZCAb27hd0pVUAXNUAHAO7XZbsPPvsCYwBFEScTmCCL6DGE8NyZ8BdQ=="
-    },
     "prepend-http": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/prepend-http/-/prepend-http-2.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3bdae8b42..60feb9faf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
     "p-cancelable": "^0.3.0",
     "p-queue": "^2.3.0",
     "p-retry": "^1.0.0",
-    "pjson": "^1.0.9",
     "retry": "^0.10.1",
     "url-join": "^4.0.0",
     "ws": "^4.1.0"
diff --git a/src/KeepAlive.ts b/src/KeepAlive.ts
index b77cc8b15..6d7390818 100644
--- a/src/KeepAlive.ts
+++ b/src/KeepAlive.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { RTMClient, ErrorCode } from './';
 import EventEmitter = require('eventemitter3'); // tslint:disable-line:import-name no-require-imports
-import * as pjson from 'pjson';
 import { LogLevel, Logger, LoggingFunc, getLogger, loggerFromLoggingFunc } from './logger';
 import { errorWithCode } from './errors';
+const pkg = require('../package.json'); // tslint:disable-line:no-require-imports no-var-requires
 
 export interface KeepAliveOptions {
   logger?: LoggingFunc;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class KeepAlive extends EventEmitter {
   /**
    * The name used to prefix all logging generated from this object
    */
-  private static loggerName = `${pjson.name}:KeepAlive`;
+  private static loggerName = `${pkg.name}:KeepAlive`;
 
   /**
    * This object's logger instance
diff --git a/src/RTMClient.ts b/src/RTMClient.ts
index def4faed3..088ab4a63 100644
--- a/src/RTMClient.ts
+++ b/src/RTMClient.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { Agent } from 'http';
-import * as pjson from 'pjson';
 import objectValues = require('object.values'); // tslint:disable-line:import-name no-require-imports
 import EventEmitter = require('eventemitter3'); // tslint:disable-line:import-name no-require-imports
 import WebSocket = require('ws'); // tslint:disable-line:import-name no-require-imports
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@ import { WebClient, WebAPICallResult, WebAPICallError, ErrorCode, CodedError } f
 import * as methods from './methods'; // tslint:disable-line:import-name
 import { errorWithCode } from './errors';
 import { callbackify, TLSOptions } from './util';
+const pkg = require('../package.json'); // tslint:disable-line:no-require-imports no-var-requires
 
 /**
  * An RTMClient allows programs to communicate with the {@link https://api.slack.com/rtm|Slack Platform's RTM API}.
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ export class RTMClient extends EventEmitter {
   /**
    * The name used to prefix all logging generated from this object
    */
-  private static loggerName = `${pjson.name}:RTMClient`;
+  private static loggerName = `${pkg.name}:RTMClient`;
 
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/WebClient.ts b/src/WebClient.ts
index b21f23848..6b4fa4cad 100644
--- a/src/WebClient.ts
+++ b/src/WebClient.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { Readable } from 'stream';
 import objectEntries = require('object.entries'); // tslint:disable-line:no-require-imports
-import * as pjson from 'pjson';
 import urlJoin = require('url-join'); // tslint:disable-line:no-require-imports
 import isStream = require('is-stream'); // tslint:disable-line:no-require-imports
 import EventEmitter = require('eventemitter3'); // tslint:disable-line:import-name no-require-imports
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ import { CodedError, errorWithCode, ErrorCode } from './errors';
 import { LogLevel, Logger, LoggingFunc, getLogger, loggerFromLoggingFunc } from './logger';
 import retryPolicies, { RetryOptions } from './retry-policies';
 import Method, * as methods from './methods'; // tslint:disable-line:import-name
+const pkg = require('../package.json'); // tslint:disable-line:no-require-imports no-var-requires
 
 /**
  * A client for Slack's Web API
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export class WebClient extends EventEmitter {
   /**
    * The name used to prefix all logging generated from this object
    */
-  private static loggerName = `${pjson.name}:WebClient`;
+  private static loggerName = `${pkg.name}:WebClient`;
 
   /**
    * This object's logger instance
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index 1ead7f65b..878ffcf8e 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import * as util from 'util';
 import * as os from 'os';
-import * as pjson from 'pjson';
 import { Agent } from 'http';
 import objectEntries = require('object.entries'); // tslint:disable-line:no-require-imports
+const pkg = require('../package.json'); // tslint:disable-line:no-require-imports no-var-requires
 
 /**
  * For when you need a function that does nothing
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function replaceSlashes(s: string): string {
   return s.replace('/', ':');
 }
 
-const baseUserAgent = `${replaceSlashes(pjson.name)}/${pjson.version} ` +
+const baseUserAgent = `${replaceSlashes(pkg.name)}/${pkg.version} ` +
                       `node/${process.version.replace('v', '')} ` +
                       `${os.platform()}/${os.release()}`;