diff --git a/brood/Cargo.lock b/brood/Cargo.lock
index 366f081..130b704 100644
--- a/brood/Cargo.lock
+++ b/brood/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,24 +2,6 @@
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diff --git a/brood/Cargo.toml b/brood/Cargo.toml
index 366e1cd..188b948 100644
--- a/brood/Cargo.toml
+++ b/brood/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ csv = "1.3.0"
 rustc-hash = "2.0.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.203", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.118"
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diff --git a/brood/src/commands/ingest.rs b/brood/src/commands/ingest.rs
index eb9b8c1..e1714b7 100644
--- a/brood/src/commands/ingest.rs
+++ b/brood/src/commands/ingest.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ fn first_stage() -> io::Result<(AdjacencyList<PageInfo, LinkInfo>, Titles)> {
 
     let stdin = BufReader::new(io::stdin());
     for (i, line) in stdin.lines().enumerate() {
-        let json_page = simd_json::serde::from_slice::<JsonPage>(&mut line?.into_bytes()).unwrap();
+        let json_page = serde_json::from_str::<JsonPage>(&line?).unwrap();
 
         result.pages.push(Page {
             link_idx: result.links.len() as u32,
diff --git a/brood/src/commands/leon_wiki_graph.rs b/brood/src/commands/leon_wiki_graph.rs
index 72cac4a..d8b1a0f 100644
--- a/brood/src/commands/leon_wiki_graph.rs
+++ b/brood/src/commands/leon_wiki_graph.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pub fn run(datafile: &Path, articlesfile: &Path, language: &str) -> io::Result<(
 
     let articlesbuf = BufReader::new(File::open(articlesfile)?);
     let articles: Vec<Article> =
-        simd_json::from_reader(articlesbuf).expect("failed to parse articles file");
+        serde_json::from_reader(articlesbuf).expect("failed to parse articles file");
 
     let titles = articles
         .into_iter()