2 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/federation/federation_server.py b/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
index 11c5d63298..630f571cd4 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ from typing import (
     Union,
 )
 
-from canonicaljson import json
 from prometheus_client import Counter, Histogram
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ from synapse.replication.http.federation import (
     ReplicationGetQueryRestServlet,
 )
 from synapse.types import JsonDict, get_domain_from_id
-from synapse.util import glob_to_regex, unwrapFirstError
+from synapse.util import glob_to_regex, json_decoder, unwrapFirstError
 from synapse.util.async_helpers import Linearizer, concurrently_execute
 from synapse.util.caches.response_cache import ResponseCache
 
@@ -551,7 +550,7 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase):
             for device_id, keys in device_keys.items():
                 for key_id, json_str in keys.items():
                     json_result.setdefault(user_id, {})[device_id] = {
-                        key_id: json.loads(json_str)
+                        key_id: json_decoder.decode(json_str)
                     }
 
         logger.info(
diff --git a/synapse/federation/sender/transaction_manager.py b/synapse/federation/sender/transaction_manager.py
index c7f6cb3d73..9bd534a313 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/sender/transaction_manager.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/sender/transaction_manager.py
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 import logging
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Tuple
 
-from canonicaljson import json
-
 from synapse.api.errors import HttpResponseException
 from synapse.events import EventBase
 from synapse.federation.persistence import TransactionActions
@@ -28,6 +26,7 @@ from synapse.logging.opentracing import (
     tags,
     whitelisted_homeserver,
 )
+from synapse.util import json_decoder
 from synapse.util.metrics import measure_func
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ class TransactionManager(object):
         for edu in pending_edus:
             context = edu.get_context()
             if context:
-                span_contexts.append(extract_text_map(json.loads(context)))
+                span_contexts.append(extract_text_map(json_decoder.decode(context)))
             if keep_destination:
                 edu.strip_context()