diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index dc3a4bf..0fd9976 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## 0.2.0 _(unknown)_
 
+*   *Chore*: removed dependency to jansson (use own json implementation due to performace issues)
 *   *Feature*: reduce required libwebsockets version to 4.0.0
 
 ## 0.1.0 _(Sat Jun 26 2020)_
diff --git a/lib/webfuse_provider/impl/request.h b/lib/webfuse_provider/impl/request.h
index d647f27..337bfac 100644
--- a/lib/webfuse_provider/impl/request.h
+++ b/lib/webfuse_provider/impl/request.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef WFP_IMPL_REQUEST_H
 #define WFP_IMPL_REQUEST_H
 
-#include <jansson.h>
 #include "webfuse_provider/impl/provider.h"
 #include "webfuse_provider/status.h"
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8ae3933..a8496af 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ if not libwebsockets_dep.found()
 	libwebsockets_dep = libwebsockets.dependency('websockets_shared')
 endif
 
-jansson_dep = dependency('jansson', version: '>=2.11', fallback: ['jansson', 'jansson_dep'])
-
 pkg_config = import('pkgconfig')
 
 # Webfuse provider
@@ -53,31 +51,31 @@ webfuse_provider_static = static_library('webfuse_provider',
 	'lib/webfuse_provider/impl/operation/read.c',
     c_args: ['-fvisibility=hidden'],
     include_directories: ['include', 'lib'],
-    dependencies: [libwebsockets_dep, jansson_dep])
+    dependencies: [libwebsockets_dep])
 
 webfuse_provider_static_dep = declare_dependency(
     include_directories: ['include'],
     link_with: webfuse_provider_static,
-	dependencies: [libwebsockets_dep, jansson_dep])
+	dependencies: [libwebsockets_dep])
 
 webfuse_provider = shared_library('webfuse_provider',
     'lib/webfuse_provider/api.c',
     version: meson.project_version(),
     c_args: ['-fvisibility=hidden', '-DWFP_API=WFP_EXPORT'],
     include_directories: ['include', 'lib'],
-    dependencies: [webfuse_provider_static_dep, libwebsockets_dep, jansson_dep],
+    dependencies: [webfuse_provider_static_dep, libwebsockets_dep],
 	install: true)
 
 webfuse_provider_dep = declare_dependency(
 	include_directories: ['include'],
 	link_with: [webfuse_provider],
-	dependencies: [libwebsockets_dep, jansson_dep])
+	dependencies: [libwebsockets_dep])
 
 install_subdir('include/webfuse_provider', install_dir: 'include')
 
 pkg_config.generate(
     libraries: [webfuse_provider],
-	requires: ['libwebsockets', 'jansson'],
+	requires: ['libwebsockets'],
     subdirs: '.',
     version: meson.project_version(),
     name: 'libwebfuse_provider',
@@ -108,7 +106,6 @@ alltests = executable('alltests',
 	'test/webfuse_provider/test_util/ws_server.cc',
 	'test/webfuse_provider/test_util/webfuse_server.cc',
 	'test/webfuse_provider/test_util/client.cc',
-	'test/webfuse_provider/test_util/jansson_test_environment.cc',
 	'test/webfuse_provider/test_util/json_doc.cc',
 	'test/webfuse_provider/mocks/fake_invokation_context.cc',
 	'test/webfuse_provider/mocks/mock_request.cc',
@@ -159,7 +156,6 @@ alltests = executable('alltests',
 	dependencies: [
 		webfuse_provider_static_dep,
 		libwebsockets_dep,
-		jansson_dep,
 		gtest_dep,
 		gmock_main_dep,
 		test_certs_dep
diff --git a/subprojects/jansson.wrap b/subprojects/jansson.wrap
deleted file mode 100644
index 6282afd..0000000
--- a/subprojects/jansson.wrap
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-[wrap-file]
-directory = jansson-2.11
-
-source_url = http://www.digip.org/jansson/releases/jansson-2.11.tar.bz2
-source_filename = jansson-2.11.tar.bz2
-source_hash = 783132e2fc970feefc2fa54199ef65ee020bd8e0e991a78ea44b8586353a0947
-
-patch_url = https://wrapdb.mesonbuild.com/v1/projects/jansson/2.11/3/get_zip
-patch_filename = jansson-2.11-3-wrap.zip
-patch_hash = 0bcac510994890048d42658c674e33dd7d88715fc1e3bf49d10012f57b0e0020
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/webfuse_provider/test_util/jansson_test_environment.cc b/test/webfuse_provider/test_util/jansson_test_environment.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 24d091f..0000000
--- a/test/webfuse_provider/test_util/jansson_test_environment.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#include <gtest/gtest.h>
-#include <jansson.h>
-
-namespace webfuse_test
-{
-
-class JanssonTestEnvironment: public ::testing::Environment
-{
-public:
-    void SetUp()
-    {
-        json_object_seed(0);
-    }
-};
-#
-}
\ No newline at end of file