diff --git a/Data/Aeson/Encode.hs b/Data/Aeson/Encode.hs
index 7ff501a2e..8d5dffe4a 100644
--- a/Data/Aeson/Encode.hs
+++ b/Data/Aeson/Encode.hs
@@ -17,75 +17,70 @@ module Data.Aeson.Encode
     , encode
     ) where
 
-import Blaze.ByteString.Builder (Builder, fromByteString, toLazyByteString)
-import Blaze.Text (double, integral)
 import Data.Aeson.Types (ToJSON(..), Value(..))
 import Data.Attoparsec.Number (Number(..))
 import Data.Monoid (mappend)
-import Data.Text.Encoding (encodeUtf8)
+import Data.Text.Lazy.Builder
+import Data.Text.Lazy.Builder.Int (decimal)
+import Data.Text.Lazy.Builder.RealFloat (realFloat)
+import Data.Text.Lazy.Encoding (encodeUtf8)
 import Numeric (showHex)
-import qualified Blaze.ByteString.Builder.Char.Utf8 as Utf8
-import qualified Blaze.ByteString.Builder.Char8 as Char8
-import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8 as L
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as L
 import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict as H
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 import qualified Data.Vector as V
 
 -- | Encode a JSON value to a 'Builder'.
 fromValue :: Value -> Builder
-fromValue Null = {-# SCC "fromValue/Null" #-} fromByteString "null"
+fromValue Null = {-# SCC "fromValue/Null" #-} "null"
 fromValue (Bool b) = {-# SCC "fromValue/Bool" #-}
-                     if b then fromByteString "true"
-                     else fromByteString "false"
+                     if b then "true"
+                     else "false"
 fromValue (Number n) = {-# SCC "fromValue/Number" #-} fromNumber n
 fromValue (String s) = {-# SCC "fromValue/String" #-} string s
 fromValue (Array v)
-    | V.null v = {-# SCC "fromValue/Array" #-} fromByteString "[]"
+    | V.null v = {-# SCC "fromValue/Array" #-} "[]"
     | otherwise = {-# SCC "fromValue/Array" #-}
-                  Char8.fromChar '[' `mappend`
+                  singleton '[' `mappend`
                   fromValue (V.unsafeHead v) `mappend`
-                  V.foldr f (Char8.fromChar ']') (V.unsafeTail v)
-  where f a z = Char8.fromChar ',' `mappend` fromValue a `mappend` z
+                  V.foldr f (singleton ']') (V.unsafeTail v)
+  where f a z = singleton ',' `mappend` fromValue a `mappend` z
 fromValue (Object m) = {-# SCC "fromValue/Object" #-}
     case H.toList m of
-      (x:xs) -> Char8.fromChar '{' `mappend`
-                one x `mappend` foldr f (Char8.fromChar '}') xs
-      _      -> fromByteString "{}"
-  where f a z     = Char8.fromChar ',' `mappend` one a `mappend` z
-        one (k,v) = string k `mappend` Char8.fromChar ':' `mappend` fromValue v
+      (x:xs) -> singleton '{' `mappend`
+                one x `mappend` foldr f (singleton '}') xs
+      _      -> "{}"
+  where f a z     = singleton ',' `mappend` one a `mappend` z
+        one (k,v) = string k `mappend` singleton ':' `mappend` fromValue v
 
 string :: T.Text -> Builder
 string s = {-# SCC "string" #-}
-           Char8.fromChar '"' `mappend` quote s `mappend` Char8.fromChar '"'
+           singleton '"' `mappend` quote s `mappend` singleton '"'
   where
     quote q = case T.uncons t of
                 Just (c,t') -> fromText h `mappend` escape c `mappend` quote t'
                 Nothing     -> fromText h
-        where (h,t) = T.break isEscape q
+        where (h,t) = {-# SCC "break" #-} T.break isEscape q
     isEscape c = c == '\"' || c == '\\' || c < '\x20'
-    escape '\"' = fromByteString "\\\""
-    escape '\\' = fromByteString "\\\\"
-    escape '\n' = fromByteString "\\n"
-    escape '\r' = fromByteString "\\r"
-    escape '\t' = fromByteString "\\t"
+    escape '\"' = "\\\""
+    escape '\\' = "\\\\"
+    escape '\n' = "\\n"
+    escape '\r' = "\\r"
+    escape '\t' = "\\t"
     escape c
-        | c < '\x20' = Char8.fromString $
+        | c < '\x20' = fromString $
                        "\\u" ++ replicate (4 - length h) '0' ++ h
-        | otherwise  = Utf8.fromChar c
+        | otherwise  = singleton c
         where h = showHex (fromEnum c) ""
 
--- The version in blaze-builder is way slower.
-fromText :: T.Text -> Builder
-fromText t = fromByteString (encodeUtf8 t)
-
 fromNumber :: Number -> Builder
-fromNumber (I i) = integral i
+fromNumber (I i) = decimal i
 fromNumber (D d)
-    | isNaN d || isInfinite d = fromByteString "null"
-    | otherwise               = double d
+    | isNaN d || isInfinite d = "null"
+    | otherwise               = realFloat d
 
 -- | Efficiently serialize a JSON value as a lazy 'L.ByteString'.
 encode :: ToJSON a => a -> L.ByteString
-encode = {-# SCC "encode" #-} toLazyByteString . fromValue .
+encode = {-# SCC "encode" #-} encodeUtf8 . toLazyText . fromValue .
          {-# SCC "toJSON" #-} toJSON
 {-# INLINE encode #-}
diff --git a/aeson.cabal b/aeson.cabal
index 92647487e..832fb03ad 100644
--- a/aeson.cabal
+++ b/aeson.cabal
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ library
     attoparsec >= 0.8.6.1,
     base == 4.*,
     blaze-builder >= 0.2.1.4,
-    blaze-textual >= 0.2.0.2,
     bytestring,
     containers,
     deepseq,