diff --git a/include/asterisk.h b/include/asterisk.h
index 862fa1fe5f..dc530dfd41 100644
--- a/include/asterisk.h
+++ b/include/asterisk.h
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ struct ast_module;
 struct ast_variable;
 struct ast_str;
 struct ast_sched_context;
+struct ast_json;
 
 /* Some handy macros for turning a preprocessor token into (effectively) a quoted string */
 #define __stringify_1(x)	#x
diff --git a/include/asterisk/channel.h b/include/asterisk/channel.h
index 391e58ccf9..32c9c7f67f 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/channel.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/channel.h
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "asterisk/ccss.h"
 #include "asterisk/framehook.h"
 #include "asterisk/stasis.h"
-#include "asterisk/json.h"
 #include "asterisk/endpoints.h"
 
 #define DATASTORE_INHERIT_FOREVER	INT_MAX
diff --git a/include/asterisk/stasis_app.h b/include/asterisk/stasis_app.h
index e131833a97..ca5c25111c 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/stasis_app.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/stasis_app.h
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "asterisk/channel.h"
-#include "asterisk/json.h"
 
 /*! @{ */
 
diff --git a/include/asterisk/stasis_channels.h b/include/asterisk/stasis_channels.h
index deb79b0d06..4843617db0 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/stasis_channels.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/stasis_channels.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 #include "asterisk/stringfields.h"
 #include "asterisk/stasis.h"
-#include "asterisk/json.h"
 #include "asterisk/channel.h"
 
 /*! \addtogroup StasisTopicsAndMessages
diff --git a/include/asterisk/stasis_endpoints.h b/include/asterisk/stasis_endpoints.h
index 539f270cf2..2fbe5f4b70 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/stasis_endpoints.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/stasis_endpoints.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "asterisk/endpoints.h"
-#include "asterisk/json.h"
 #include "asterisk/stasis.h"
 #include "asterisk/stasis_cache_pattern.h"
 #include "asterisk/stringfields.h"
diff --git a/include/asterisk/stasis_system.h b/include/asterisk/stasis_system.h
index 274c02e49c..55959063c7 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/stasis_system.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/stasis_system.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #ifndef _ASTERISK_STASIS_SYSTEM_H
 #define _ASTERISK_STASIS_SYSTEM_H
 
-#include "asterisk/json.h"
 #include "asterisk/stasis.h"
 
 /*!