diff --git a/daemons/import-export b/daemons/import-export
index 86034608de94418ff11e526138b92ee08eae0c1f..0163dff87ca95494f6c495a577984f6e8fbc890c 100755
--- a/daemons/import-export
+++ b/daemons/import-export
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class StatusFile:
 
     self._data.mtime = time.time()
     utils.WriteFile(self._path,
-                    data=serializer.DumpJson(self._data.ToDict(), indent=True),
+                    data=serializer.DumpJson(self._data.ToDict()),
                     mode=0400)
 
 
diff --git a/lib/hypervisor/hv_kvm.py b/lib/hypervisor/hv_kvm.py
index c680cf421f4083409a2272452e99c60334a35ae7..6520132c1b76b9e0dc9dba1b5913738647d6354d 100644
--- a/lib/hypervisor/hv_kvm.py
+++ b/lib/hypervisor/hv_kvm.py
@@ -185,9 +185,8 @@ class QmpMessage:
     return QmpMessage(data)
 
   def __str__(self):
-    # The protocol expects the JSON object to be sent as a single
-    # line, hence the need for indent=False.
-    return serializer.DumpJson(self.data, indent=False)
+    # The protocol expects the JSON object to be sent as a single line.
+    return serializer.DumpJson(self.data)
 
   def __eq__(self, other):
     # When comparing two QmpMessages, we are interested in comparing
diff --git a/lib/jqueue.py b/lib/jqueue.py
index 19d369f47cabbfea3e2e15f6b4cf4fb526498b92..e030558dfc319281e8ec5fb2f3eab9b38a94b176 100644
--- a/lib/jqueue.py
+++ b/lib/jqueue.py
@@ -2248,7 +2248,7 @@ class JobQueue(object):
       assert job.writable, "Can't update read-only job"
 
     filename = self._GetJobPath(job.id)
-    data = serializer.DumpJson(job.Serialize(), indent=False)
+    data = serializer.DumpJson(job.Serialize())
     logging.debug("Writing job %s to %s", job.id, filename)
     self._UpdateJobQueueFile(filename, data, replicate)
 
diff --git a/lib/luxi.py b/lib/luxi.py
index 503b5ecf03c6d48f48a746896f198d6b17e51b7d..bfebbc1e591d774f317329a0cc18d99a799c5fa3 100644
--- a/lib/luxi.py
+++ b/lib/luxi.py
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ def FormatRequest(method, args, version=None):
     request[KEY_VERSION] = version
 
   # Serialize the request
-  return serializer.DumpJson(request, indent=False)
+  return serializer.DumpJson(request)
 
 
 def CallLuxiMethod(transport_cb, method, args, version=None):
diff --git a/lib/rpc.py b/lib/rpc.py
index 0bedb3cebb3e34713dd0d9b6c609de77d1ac5521..898224c11edb535847b183ccb1fd1526962f6914 100644
--- a/lib/rpc.py
+++ b/lib/rpc.py
@@ -442,8 +442,7 @@ class _RpcClientBase:
       read_timeout = timeout
 
     body = serializer.DumpJson(map(self._encoder,
-                                   zip(map(compat.snd, argdefs), args)),
-                               indent=False)
+                                   zip(map(compat.snd, argdefs), args)))
 
     result = self._proc(node_list, procedure, body, read_timeout=read_timeout)
 
diff --git a/lib/serializer.py b/lib/serializer.py
index 0a411b17e5aec651db9d93455a34f51500359719..cbc11fa658ab60b277a724e29511077c53c36ed6 100644
--- a/lib/serializer.py
+++ b/lib/serializer.py
@@ -42,49 +42,19 @@ from ganeti import errors
 from ganeti import utils
 
 
-_JSON_INDENT = 2
-
 _RE_EOLSP = re.compile("[ \t]+$", re.MULTILINE)
 
 
-def _GetJsonDumpers(_encoder_class=simplejson.JSONEncoder):
-  """Returns two JSON functions to serialize data.
-
-  @rtype: (callable, callable)
-  @return: The function to generate a compact form of JSON and another one to
-           generate a more readable, indented form of JSON (if supported)
-
-  """
-  plain_encoder = _encoder_class(sort_keys=True)
-
-  # Check whether the simplejson module supports indentation
-  try:
-    indent_encoder = _encoder_class(indent=_JSON_INDENT, sort_keys=True)
-  except TypeError:
-    # Indentation not supported
-    indent_encoder = plain_encoder
-
-  return (plain_encoder.encode, indent_encoder.encode)
-
-
-(_DumpJson, _DumpJsonIndent) = _GetJsonDumpers()
-
-
-def DumpJson(data, indent=True):
+def DumpJson(data):
   """Serialize a given object.
 
   @param data: the data to serialize
-  @param indent: whether to indent output (depends on simplejson version)
-
   @return: the string representation of data
 
   """
-  if indent:
-    fn = _DumpJsonIndent
-  else:
-    fn = _DumpJson
+  encoded = simplejson.dumps(data)
 
-  txt = _RE_EOLSP.sub("", fn(data))
+  txt = _RE_EOLSP.sub("", encoded)
   if not txt.endswith("\n"):
     txt += "\n"
 
@@ -112,7 +82,7 @@ def DumpSignedJson(data, key, salt=None, key_selector=None):
   @return: the string representation of data signed by the hmac key
 
   """
-  txt = DumpJson(data, indent=False)
+  txt = DumpJson(data)
   if salt is None:
     salt = ""
   signed_dict = {
@@ -127,7 +97,7 @@ def DumpSignedJson(data, key, salt=None, key_selector=None):
 
   signed_dict["hmac"] = utils.Sha1Hmac(key, txt, salt=salt + key_selector)
 
-  return DumpJson(signed_dict, indent=False)
+  return DumpJson(signed_dict)
 
 
 def LoadSignedJson(txt, key):
diff --git a/lib/server/noded.py b/lib/server/noded.py
index 46cebcfdc03744ff92bc06a70b078be2a11d304c..b8f848cba14d7a6a034467dad0dfe9e802c6eb9d 100644
--- a/lib/server/noded.py
+++ b/lib/server/noded.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class NodeHttpServer(http.server.HttpServer):
       logging.exception("Error in RPC call")
       result = (False, "Error while executing backend function: %s" % str(err))
 
-    return serializer.DumpJson(result, indent=False)
+    return serializer.DumpJson(result)
 
   # the new block devices  --------------------------
 
diff --git a/lib/server/rapi.py b/lib/server/rapi.py
index 6a8a76aee19fd1ad3ced1c09cd1013278aca08eb..f6fe2853c67c3a154d1db2941c4a5934bfbdbc5f 100644
--- a/lib/server/rapi.py
+++ b/lib/server/rapi.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class JsonErrorRequestExecutor(http.server.HttpServerRequestExecutor):
     @return: the body of the message
 
     """
-    return serializer.DumpJson(values, indent=True)
+    return serializer.DumpJson(values)
 
 
 class RemoteApiHttpServer(http.auth.HttpServerRequestAuthentication,
diff --git a/test/ganeti.hypervisor.hv_kvm_unittest.py b/test/ganeti.hypervisor.hv_kvm_unittest.py
index 14ab34546910d5a76350a4c9ca9c06aecff68d1c..465f3dbce032bed2f0997e2a5b2b43e86b38d59e 100755
--- a/test/ganeti.hypervisor.hv_kvm_unittest.py
+++ b/test/ganeti.hypervisor.hv_kvm_unittest.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class QmpStub(threading.Thread):
     conn.close()
 
   def encode_string(self, message):
-    return (serializer.DumpJson(message, indent=False) +
+    return (serializer.DumpJson(message) +
             hv_kvm.QmpConnection._MESSAGE_END_TOKEN)
 
 
diff --git a/test/ganeti.serializer_unittest.py b/test/ganeti.serializer_unittest.py
index a4f78371b83f5a766b340c42900ff6fa8300a427..46aafc2750d5d6644e8116b09ec6c238691f587f 100755
--- a/test/ganeti.serializer_unittest.py
+++ b/test/ganeti.serializer_unittest.py
@@ -52,10 +52,9 @@ class TestSerializer(testutils.GanetiTestCase):
     ]
 
   def _TestSerializer(self, dump_fn, load_fn):
-    for indent in [True, False]:
-      for data in self._TESTDATA:
-        self.failUnless(dump_fn(data, indent=indent).endswith("\n"))
-        self.assertEqualValues(load_fn(dump_fn(data, indent=indent)), data)
+    for data in self._TESTDATA:
+      self.failUnless(dump_fn(data).endswith("\n"))
+      self.assertEqualValues(load_fn(dump_fn(data)), data)
 
   def testGeneric(self):
     self._TestSerializer(serializer.Dump, serializer.Load)