diff --git a/autoload/vital/__vital__/Web/JSON.vim b/autoload/vital/__vital__/Web/JSON.vim
index b62f0d789..74090d182 100644
--- a/autoload/vital/__vital__/Web/JSON.vim
+++ b/autoload/vital/__vital__/Web/JSON.vim
@@ -53,38 +53,13 @@ let s:control_chars = {
 lockvar s:float_constants s:float_nan s:float_inf
 lockvar s:special_constants s:control_chars
 
-function! s:_true() abort
-  return v:true
-endfunction
-
-function! s:_false() abort
-  return v:false
-endfunction
-
-function! s:_null() abort
-  return v:null
-endfunction
-
-function! s:_resolve(val, prefix) abort
-  let t = type(a:val)
-  if t == type('')
-    let m = matchlist(a:val, '^' . a:prefix . '\(null\|true\|false\)$')
-    if !empty(m)
-      return s:const[m[1]]
-    endif
-  elseif t == type([]) || t == type({})
-    return map(a:val, 's:_resolve(v:val, a:prefix)')
-  endif
-  return a:val
-endfunction
-
 function! s:_vital_created(module) abort
   " define constant variables
   if !exists('s:const')
     let s:const = {}
-    let s:const.true = function('s:_true')
-    let s:const.false = function('s:_false')
-    let s:const.null = function('s:_null')
+    let s:const.true = v:true
+    let s:const.false = v:false
+    let s:const.null = v:null
     lockvar s:const
   endif
   call extend(a:module, s:const)
@@ -107,7 +82,6 @@ endfunction
 " @vimlint(EVL102, 1, l:Infinity)
 function! s:decode(json, ...) abort
   let settings = extend({
-        \ 'use_token': 0,
         \ 'allow_nan': 1,
         \}, get(a:000, 0, {}))
   let json = iconv(a:json, 'utf-8', &encoding)
@@ -121,17 +95,8 @@ function! s:decode(json, ...) abort
   if settings.allow_nan
     let [NaN,Infinity] = [s:float_nan,s:float_inf]
   endif
-  if settings.use_token
-    let prefix = '__Web.JSON__'
-    while stridx(json, prefix) != -1
-      let prefix .= '_'
-    endwhile
-    let [null,true,false] = [prefix.'null',prefix.'true',prefix.'false']
-    sandbox return s:_resolve(eval(json), prefix)
-  else
-    let [null,true,false] = [s:const.null(),s:const.true(),s:const.false()]
-    sandbox return eval(json)
-  endif
+  let [null, true, false] = [v:null, v:true, v:false]
+  sandbox return eval(json)
 endfunction
 " @vimlint(EVL102, 0, l:null)
 " @vimlint(EVL102, 0, l:true)
diff --git a/doc/vital/Web/JSON.txt b/doc/vital/Web/JSON.txt
index 2052fccee..184cce31e 100644
--- a/doc/vital/Web/JSON.txt
+++ b/doc/vital/Web/JSON.txt
@@ -23,34 +23,39 @@ INTERFACE				*Vital.Web.JSON-interface*
 CONSTS					*Vital.Web.JSON-consts*
 
 true					*Vital.Web.JSON.true*
-	It is used to indicate 'true' in JSON string. It is represented as a
-	|Funcref| thus if you assign the value to a variable which name does not
-	start with a capital, "s:", "w:", "t:" or "b:" will raise an exception.
-	This returns 1 when you use it as a function.
+	It is |v:true|. This is left for backward compatibility.
 
 false					*Vital.Web.JSON.false*
-	It is used to indicate 'false' in JSON string. It is represented as a
-	|Funcref| thus if you assign the value to a variable which name does not
-	start with a capital, "s:", "w:", "t:" or "b:" will raise an exception.
-	This returns 0 when you use it as a function.
+	It is |v:false|. This is left for backward compatibility.
 
 null					*Vital.Web.JSON.null*
-	It is used to indicate 'null' in JSON string. It is represented as a
-	|Funcref| thus if you assign the value to a variable which name does not
-	start with a capital, "s:", "w:", "t:" or "b:" will raise an exception.
-	This returns 0 when you use it as a function.
+	It is |v:null|. This is left for backward compatibility.
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FUNCTIONS				*Vital.Web.JSON-functions*
 
 encode({object}[, {settings}])		*Vital.Web.JSON.encode()*
-	Encode an object into a JSON string. Special tokens
-	(e.g. |Vital.Web.JSON.true|) are encoded into corresponding javascript
-	tokens (e.g. 'true').
->
-	echo s:JSON.encode([s:JSON.true, s:JSON.false, s:JSON.null])
-	" => '[true, false, null]'
-<
+	Encode an object into a JSON string.
+	Vim values are converted as follows:
+	   |Number|		decimal number
+	   |Float|		floating point number
+	   Float nan		"NaN"
+	   Float inf		"Infinity"
+	   Float -inf		"-Infinity"
+	   |String|		in double quotes (possibly null)
+	   |List|		as an array (possibly null); when
+				used recursively: []
+	   |Dict|		as an object (possibly null); when
+				used recursively: {}
+	   |Blob|		as an array of the individual bytes
+	   v:false		"false"
+	   v:true		"true"
+	   v:none		"null"
+	   v:null		"null"
+	   |Funcref|		not possible, error
+	   |job|		not possible, error
+	   |channel|		not possible, error
+
 	{settings} is a |Dictionary| which allows the following:
 
 	'indent'
@@ -94,17 +99,6 @@ decode({json}[, {settings}])		*Vital.Web.JSON.decode()*
 	Decode a JSON string into an object that vim can treat.
 	{settings} is a |Dictionary| which allows the following:
 
-	'use_token'
-	Use special tokens (e.g. |Vital.Web.JSON.true|) to represent
-	corresponding javascript tokens (e.g. 'true').
-	Otherwise |v:true|, |v:false| or |v:null| are used to represent these.
-	The default value is 0.
->
-	echo s:JSON.decode('[true, false, null]')
-	" => [1, 0, 0]
-	echo s:JSON.decode('[true, false, null]', {'use_token': 1})
-	" => [s:JSON.true, s:JSON.false, s:JSON.null]
-<
         'allow_nan'
         If 'allows_nan' is 0, it will raise an exception when deserializing
         float constants ('NaN', 'Infinity', '-Infinity').
diff --git a/test/Web/JSON.vimspec b/test/Web/JSON.vimspec
index 415af4241..b72bd3e8d 100644
--- a/test/Web/JSON.vimspec
+++ b/test/Web/JSON.vimspec
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ Describe Web.JSON
 
   Describe .constants()
     It should have constant variables which indicate the special tokens
-      Assert Match(string(JSON.true), "function('\.*_true')")
-      Assert Match(string(JSON.false), "function('\.*_false')")
-      Assert Match(string(JSON.null), "function('\.*_null')")
+      Assert Same(JSON.true, v:true)
+      Assert Same(JSON.false, v:false)
+      Assert Same(JSON.null, v:null)
     End
   End
 
@@ -85,18 +85,9 @@ Describe Web.JSON
     End
 
     It decodes special tokens (true/false/null)
-      " true/false/null
-      Assert Equals(JSON.decode('true'), 1)
-      Assert Equals(JSON.decode('false'), 0)
-      Assert Equals(JSON.decode('null'), 0)
       Assert Same(JSON.decode('true'), v:true)
       Assert Same(JSON.decode('false'), v:false)
       Assert Same(JSON.decode('null'), v:null)
-
-      let s = { 'use_token': 1 }
-      Assert Equals(JSON.decode('true', s), JSON.true)
-      Assert Equals(JSON.decode('false', s), JSON.false)
-      Assert Equals(JSON.decode('null', s), JSON.null)
     End
 
     It decodes special floats (NaN/Infinity/-Infinity)