diff --git a/spec/03-plugins/request-transformer/02-api_spec.lua b/spec/03-plugins/request-transformer/02-api_spec.lua
index a23f099cede..e35b18900a7 100644
--- a/spec/03-plugins/request-transformer/02-api_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/03-plugins/request-transformer/02-api_spec.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 local helpers = require "spec.helpers"
-local cjson = require "cjson"
 
 describe("Plugin: request-transformer (API)", function()
   local admin_client
diff --git a/spec/03-plugins/response-transformer/03-api_spec.lua b/spec/03-plugins/response-transformer/03-api_spec.lua
index fc15a23796b..d873fdb25fa 100644
--- a/spec/03-plugins/response-transformer/03-api_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/03-plugins/response-transformer/03-api_spec.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 local helpers = require "spec.helpers"
-local cjson = require "cjson"
 
 describe("Plugin: response-transformer (API)", function()
   local admin_client