diff --git a/concrete-haskell.cabal b/concrete-haskell.cabal
--- a/concrete-haskell.cabal
+++ b/concrete-haskell.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                concrete-haskell
-version:             0.1.0.2
+version:             0.1.0.3
 synopsis:            Library for the Concrete data format.
 description:         Library for the Concrete data format.
 homepage:            https://github.com/hltcoe
diff --git a/src/Data/Concrete/Utils.hs b/src/Data/Concrete/Utils.hs
--- a/src/Data/Concrete/Utils.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Concrete/Utils.hs
@@ -1,21 +1,11 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric #-}
 module Data.Concrete.Utils
        (
-         jsonToCommunication
        ) where
 
 import GHC.Generics
 import qualified Data.Concrete as C
 import Data.Concrete (Communication)
 import Data.Text
-import Data.Aeson
 import Data.ByteString.Lazy
 import Data.Map
-
-instance FromJSON Communication where
-  parseJSON (Object v) = return C.default_Communication
-
-jsonToCommunication :: ByteString -> IO (Maybe Communication)
-jsonToCommunication t = do
-  return $ (decode t :: Maybe Communication)
-