diff --git a/reflex-dom-core/reflex-dom-core.cabal b/reflex-dom-core/reflex-dom-core.cabal
index 9d1e2e8..ff6b944 100644
--- a/reflex-dom-core/reflex-dom-core.cabal
+++ b/reflex-dom-core/reflex-dom-core.cabal
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ Cabal-version: >=1.9.2
 -- Deal with https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/2544 / https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/367
 extra-source-files: src-ghc/Foreign/JavaScript/Internal/Utils.hs
                     src-ghcjs/Foreign/JavaScript/Internal/Utils.hs
-                    src-ghc/Reflex/Dom/WebSocket/Internal.hs
-                    src-ghcjs/Reflex/Dom/WebSocket/Internal.hs
                     src/Reflex/Dom/Xhr/Foreign.hs
                     src/Reflex/Dom/WebSocket/Foreign.hs
                     src/Reflex/Dom/Xhr/ResponseType.hs
@@ -106,7 +104,6 @@ library
     Reflex.Dom.Specializations
     Reflex.Dom.Time
     Reflex.Dom.WebSocket
-    Reflex.Dom.WebSocket.Internal
     Reflex.Dom.WebSocket.Query
     Reflex.Dom.Widget
     Reflex.Dom.Widget.Basic
diff --git a/reflex-dom-core/src-ghc/Reflex/Dom/WebSocket/Internal.hs b/reflex-dom-core/src-ghc/Reflex/Dom/WebSocket/Internal.hs
deleted file mode 100644
index b70d04f..0000000
--- a/reflex-dom-core/src-ghc/Reflex/Dom/WebSocket/Internal.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-module Reflex.Dom.WebSocket.Internal where
-
-import Data.Aeson
-import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as LBS
-import Data.JSString (JSString)
-import Data.JSString.Text
-import Data.Text.Encoding
-
-jsonDecode :: FromJSON a => JSString -> Maybe a
-jsonDecode = decode . LBS.fromStrict . encodeUtf8 . textFromJSString
diff --git a/reflex-dom-core/src-ghcjs/Reflex/Dom/WebSocket/Internal.hs b/reflex-dom-core/src-ghcjs/Reflex/Dom/WebSocket/Internal.hs
deleted file mode 100644
index 46ea566..0000000
--- a/reflex-dom-core/src-ghcjs/Reflex/Dom/WebSocket/Internal.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
-module Reflex.Dom.WebSocket.Internal where
-
-import Control.Exception
-import Data.Aeson
-import Data.JSString (JSString)
-import Foreign.JavaScript.Utils
-import GHCJS.Marshal ()
-import Language.Javascript.JSaddle
-import System.IO.Unsafe
-
-jsonDecode :: FromJSON a => JSString -> Maybe a
-jsonDecode t = do
-  result <- unsafePerformIO $ handle (\(_ :: SomeException) -> pure Nothing) $ do
-    safeJsonParse t >>= \case
-      Nothing -> pure Nothing
-      Just a -> fromJSVal a
-  case fromJSON result of
-    Success a -> pure a
-    Error _ -> Nothing
diff --git a/reflex-dom-core/src/Foreign/JavaScript/Utils.hs b/reflex-dom-core/src/Foreign/JavaScript/Utils.hs
index 3b0af22..35b7554 100644
--- a/reflex-dom-core/src/Foreign/JavaScript/Utils.hs
+++ b/reflex-dom-core/src/Foreign/JavaScript/Utils.hs
@@ -2,20 +2,23 @@
 module Foreign.JavaScript.Utils
   ( bsFromMutableArrayBuffer
   , bsToArrayBuffer
-  , jsonParse
-  , safeJsonParse
+  , jsonDecode
+  , js_jsonParse
   ) where
 
-import Control.Exception
+import Control.Exception (SomeException)
 import Control.Lens
+import Data.Aeson
 import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
 import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
 import Foreign.JavaScript.Internal.Utils (js_dataView)
 import qualified GHCJS.Buffer as JS
 import GHCJS.DOM.Types (ArrayBuffer (..))
-import qualified Language.Javascript.JSaddle as JS (catch, jsg, js1)
+import GHCJS.Marshal ()
+import Language.Javascript.JSaddle (fromJSVal, catch, jsg, js1)
 import qualified JavaScript.TypedArray.ArrayBuffer as JS
 import Language.Javascript.JSaddle.Types (JSString, JSM, JSVal, MonadJSM, ghcjsPure, jsval, liftJSM)
+import System.IO.Unsafe
 
 {-# INLINABLE bsFromMutableArrayBuffer #-}
 bsFromMutableArrayBuffer :: MonadJSM m => JS.MutableArrayBuffer -> m ByteString
@@ -32,8 +35,12 @@ bsToArrayBuffer bs = liftJSM $ do
                     ref <- ghcjsPure (JS.getArrayBuffer b) >>= ghcjsPure . jsval
                     js_dataView off len ref
 
-safeJsonParse :: JSString -> JSM (Maybe JSVal)
-safeJsonParse a = (Just <$> jsonParse a) `JS.catch` \(_ :: SomeException) -> return Nothing
+jsonDecode :: FromJSON a => JSString -> Maybe a
+jsonDecode t = do
+  result <- unsafePerformIO $ (fromJSVal =<< js_jsonParse t) `catch` (\(_ :: SomeException) -> pure Nothing)
+  case fromJSON result of
+    Success a -> Just a
+    Error _ -> Nothing
 
-jsonParse :: JSString -> JSM JSVal
-jsonParse a = JS.jsg "JSON" ^. JS.js1 "parse" a
+js_jsonParse :: JSString -> JSM JSVal
+js_jsonParse a = jsg "JSON" ^. js1 "parse" a
diff --git a/reflex-dom-core/src/Reflex/Dom/WebSocket.hs b/reflex-dom-core/src/Reflex/Dom/WebSocket.hs
index 2f038d4..a55e782 100644
--- a/reflex-dom-core/src/Reflex/Dom/WebSocket.hs
+++ b/reflex-dom-core/src/Reflex/Dom/WebSocket.hs
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import Prelude hiding (all, concat, concatMap, div, mapM, mapM_, sequence, span)
 import Reflex.Class
 import Reflex.Dom.Class
 import Reflex.Dom.WebSocket.Foreign
-import Reflex.Dom.WebSocket.Internal
 import Reflex.PerformEvent.Class
 import Reflex.PostBuild.Class
 import Reflex.TriggerEvent.Class
@@ -53,6 +52,7 @@ import Data.JSString.Text
 import Data.Maybe (isJust)
 import Data.Text
 import Data.Text.Encoding
+import Foreign.JavaScript.Utils (jsonDecode)
 import GHCJS.DOM.Types (runJSM, askJSM, MonadJSM, liftJSM, JSM)
 import GHCJS.Marshal
 import qualified Language.Javascript.JSaddle.Monad as JS (catch)