[PATCH libnftables] src: remove json support

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We have better json support in libnftables these days.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 configure.ac                             |  14 -
 examples/Makefile.am                     |  20 --
 examples/nft-chain-get.c                 |   5 +-
 examples/nft-chain-parse-add.c           | 160 -----------
 examples/nft-ct-helper-get.c             |  14 +-
 examples/nft-ct-timeout-get.c            |  15 +-
 examples/nft-events.c                    |  12 +-
 examples/nft-flowtable-get.c             |   5 +-
 examples/nft-obj-get.c                   |  15 +-
 examples/nft-rule-get.c                  |   8 +-
 examples/nft-rule-parse-add.c            | 159 -----------
 examples/nft-ruleset-get.c               |  12 +-
 examples/nft-ruleset-parse-file.c        | 467 -------------------------------
 examples/nft-set-elem-get.c              |   6 +-
 examples/nft-set-get.c                   |   5 +-
 examples/nft-set-parse-add.c             | 162 -----------
 examples/nft-table-get.c                 |  11 +-
 examples/nft-table-parse-add.c           | 157 -----------
 include/Makefile.am                      |   1 -
 include/common.h                         |  11 -
 include/expr_ops.h                       |   2 -
 include/internal.h                       |   1 -
 include/json.h                           |  58 ----
 include/obj.h                            |   2 -
 src/Makefile.am                          |   4 +-
 src/buffer.c                             | 220 ---------------
 src/chain.c                              | 193 +------------
 src/common.c                             |  74 -----
 src/expr/bitwise.c                       |  59 ----
 src/expr/byteorder.c                     |  59 ----
 src/expr/cmp.c                           |  51 ----
 src/expr/connlimit.c                     |  38 ---
 src/expr/counter.c                       |  38 ---
 src/expr/ct.c                            |  66 -----
 src/expr/data_reg.c                      | 137 ---------
 src/expr/dup.c                           |  37 ---
 src/expr/dynset.c                        |  55 ----
 src/expr/exthdr.c                        |  89 ------
 src/expr/fib.c                           |  44 ---
 src/expr/flow_offload.c                  |  32 ---
 src/expr/fwd.c                           |  42 ---
 src/expr/hash.c                          |  70 -----
 src/expr/immediate.c                     |  57 ----
 src/expr/limit.c                         |  48 ----
 src/expr/log.c                           |  63 -----
 src/expr/lookup.c                        |  50 ----
 src/expr/masq.c                          |  42 ---
 src/expr/match.c                         |  32 ---
 src/expr/meta.c                          |  52 ----
 src/expr/nat.c                           |  81 ------
 src/expr/numgen.c                        |  52 ----
 src/expr/objref.c                        |  47 ----
 src/expr/osf.c                           |  13 -
 src/expr/payload.c                       |  55 ----
 src/expr/queue.c                         |  49 ----
 src/expr/quota.c                         |  43 ---
 src/expr/range.c                         |  59 +---
 src/expr/redir.c                         |  44 ---
 src/expr/reject.c                        |  37 ---
 src/expr/rt.c                            |  44 ---
 src/expr/socket.c                        |  15 -
 src/expr/target.c                        |  32 ---
 src/expr/tunnel.c                        |  15 -
 src/expr/xfrm.c                          |  62 ----
 src/flowtable.c                          | 146 +---------
 src/gen.c                                |  16 +-
 src/jansson.c                            | 279 ------------------
 src/obj/counter.c                        |  38 ---
 src/obj/ct_helper.c                      |  43 ---
 src/obj/ct_timeout.c                     |  16 --
 src/obj/limit.c                          |  52 ----
 src/obj/quota.c                          |  43 ---
 src/obj/tunnel.c                         |  13 -
 src/object.c                             |  92 ------
 src/rule.c                               | 175 +-----------
 src/ruleset.c                            | 412 +--------------------------
 src/set.c                                | 260 +----------------
 src/set_elem.c                           | 104 +------
 src/table.c                              |  93 +-----
 tests/Makefile.am                        |   9 +-
 tests/jsonfiles/01-table.json            |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/02-table.json            |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/11-chain.json            |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/12-chain.json            |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/13-chain.json            |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/14-chain.json            |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/20-rule-bitwise.json     |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/21-rule-byteorder.json   |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/22-rule-cmp.json         |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/23-rule-counter.json     |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/24-rule-ct.json          |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/25-rule-exthdr.json      |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/26-rule-immediate.json   |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/27-rule-limit.json       |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/28-rule-log.json         |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/29-rule-match.json       |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/30-rule-lookup.json      |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/31-rule-meta.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/32-rule-nat4.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/33-rule-nat6.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/34-rule-payload.json     |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/35-rule-target.json      |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/36-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/37-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/38-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/39-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/40-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/41-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/42-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/43-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/44-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/45-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/46-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/47-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/48-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/49-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/50-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/51-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/52-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/53-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/54-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/55-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/56-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/57-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/58-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/59-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/60-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/61-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/62-set.json              |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/63-set.json              |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/64-ruleset.json          |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/65-rule-meta-target.json |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/66-rule-queue.json       |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/67-rule-queue.json       |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/68-rule-masq.json        |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/69-rule-redir.json       |   1 -
 tests/jsonfiles/70-rule-real.json        |   1 -
 tests/nft-parsing-test.c                 | 283 -------------------
 tests/test-script.sh                     |   1 -
 139 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 5716 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 examples/nft-chain-parse-add.c
 delete mode 100644 examples/nft-rule-parse-add.c
 delete mode 100644 examples/nft-ruleset-parse-file.c
 delete mode 100644 examples/nft-set-parse-add.c
 delete mode 100644 examples/nft-table-parse-add.c
 delete mode 100644 include/json.h
 delete mode 100644 src/buffer.c
 delete mode 100644 src/jansson.c
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/01-table.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/02-table.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/11-chain.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/12-chain.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/13-chain.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/14-chain.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/20-rule-bitwise.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/21-rule-byteorder.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/22-rule-cmp.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/23-rule-counter.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/24-rule-ct.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/25-rule-exthdr.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/26-rule-immediate.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/27-rule-limit.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/28-rule-log.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/29-rule-match.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/30-rule-lookup.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/31-rule-meta.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/32-rule-nat4.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/33-rule-nat6.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/34-rule-payload.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/35-rule-target.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/36-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/37-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/38-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/39-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/40-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/41-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/42-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/43-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/44-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/45-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/46-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/47-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/48-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/49-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/50-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/51-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/52-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/53-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/54-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/55-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/56-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/57-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/58-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/59-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/60-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/61-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/62-set.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/63-set.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/64-ruleset.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/65-rule-meta-target.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/66-rule-queue.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/67-rule-queue.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/68-rule-masq.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/69-rule-redir.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/jsonfiles/70-rule-real.json
 delete mode 100644 tests/nft-parsing-test.c

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dbb723d8eb06..d05532d1a20e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@ m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
 
 dnl Dependencies
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBMNL], [libmnl >= 1.0.3])
-AC_ARG_WITH([json-parsing],
-	AS_HELP_STRING([--with-json-parsing], [JSON parsing support]))
-
-AS_IF([test "x$with_json_parsing" = "xyes"],
-	[PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBJSON], [jansson >= 2.3])],
-	[with_json_parsing="no"]
-)
 AC_PROG_CC
 AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 AC_EXEEXT
@@ -35,9 +28,6 @@ esac
 
 regular_CPPFLAGS="-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_REENTRANT"
 
-AS_IF([test "x$with_json_parsing" = "xyes"], [
-	regular_CPPFLAGS="$regular_CPPFLAGS -DJSON_PARSING"
-])
 regular_CFLAGS="-Wall -Waggregate-return -Wmissing-declarations \
 	-Wmissing-prototypes -Wshadow -Wstrict-prototypes \
 	-Wformat=2 -Wwrite-strings -pipe"
@@ -45,7 +35,3 @@ AC_SUBST([regular_CPPFLAGS])
 AC_SUBST([regular_CFLAGS])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile include/Makefile include/libnftnl/Makefile include/linux/Makefile include/linux/netfilter/Makefile examples/Makefile tests/Makefile libnftnl.pc doxygen.cfg])
 AC_OUTPUT
-
-echo "
-libnftnl configuration:
-  JSON support:				${with_json_parsing}"
diff --git a/examples/Makefile.am b/examples/Makefile.am
index 67f01560ef59..d044b90738b9 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
 include $(top_srcdir)/Make_global.am
 
 check_PROGRAMS = nft-table-add		\
-		 nft-table-parse-add	\
 		 nft-table-upd		\
 		 nft-table-del		\
 		 nft-table-get		\
 		 nft-chain-add		\
-		 nft-chain-parse-add	\
 		 nft-chain-del		\
 		 nft-chain-get		\
 		 nft-rule-add		\
-		 nft-rule-parse-add	\
 		 nft-rule-del		\
 		 nft-rule-get		\
 		 nft-events		\
 		 nft-set-add		\
-		 nft-set-parse-add	\
 		 nft-set-get		\
 		 nft-set-del		\
 		 nft-map-add		\
@@ -32,7 +28,6 @@ check_PROGRAMS = nft-table-add		\
 		 nft-flowtable-del	\
 		 nft-flowtable-get	\
 		 nft-ruleset-get	\
-		 nft-ruleset-parse-file	\
 		 nft-compat-get 	\
 		 nft-ct-helper-add	\
 		 nft-ct-helper-get	\
@@ -43,9 +38,6 @@ check_PROGRAMS = nft-table-add		\
 nft_table_add_SOURCES = nft-table-add.c
 nft_table_add_LDADD = ../src/libnftnl.la ${LIBMNL_LIBS}
 
-nft_table_parse_add_SOURCES = nft-table-parse-add.c
-nft_table_parse_add_LDADD = ../src/libnftnl.la ${LIBMNL_LIBS}
-
 nft_table_upd_SOURCES = nft-table-upd.c
 nft_table_upd_LDADD = ../src/libnftnl.la ${LIBMNL_LIBS}
 
@@ -58,9 +50,6 @@ nft_table_get_LDADD = ../src/libnftnl.la ${LIBMNL_LIBS}
 nft_chain_add_SOURCES = nft-chain-add.c
 nft_chain_add_LDADD = ../src/libnftnl.la ${LIBMNL_LIBS}
 
-nft_chain_parse_add_SOURCES = nft-chain-parse-add.c
-nft_chain_parse_add_LDADD = ../src/libnftnl.la ${LIBMNL_LIBS}
-
 nft_chain_del_SOURCES = nft-chain-del.c
 nft_chain_del_LDADD = ../src/libnftnl.la ${LIBMNL_LIBS}
 
@@ -70,9 +59,6 @@ nft_chain_get_LDADD = ../src/libnftnl.la ${LIBMNL_LIBS}
 nft_rule_add_SOURCES = nft-rule-add.c
 nft_rule_add_LDADD = ../src/libnftnl.la ${LIBMNL_LIBS}
 
-nft_rule_parse_add_SOURCES = nft-rule-parse-add.c
-nft_rule_parse_add_LDADD = ../src/libnftnl.la ${LIBMNL_LIBS}
-
 nft_rule_del_SOURCES = nft-rule-del.c
 nft_rule_del_LDADD = ../src/libnftnl.la ${LIBMNL_LIBS}
 
@@ -85,9 +71,6 @@ nft_events_LDADD = ../src/libnftnl.la ${LIBMNL_LIBS}
 nft_set_add_SOURCES = nft-set-add.c
 nft_set_add_LDADD = ../src/libnftnl.la ${LIBMNL_LIBS}
 
-nft_set_parse_add_SOURCES = nft-set-parse-add.c
-nft_set_parse_add_LDADD = ../src/libnftnl.la ${LIBMNL_LIBS}
-
 nft_set_del_SOURCES = nft-set-del.c
 nft_set_del_LDADD = ../src/libnftnl.la ${LIBMNL_LIBS}
 
@@ -136,9 +119,6 @@ nft_flowtable_get_LDADD = ../src/libnftnl.la ${LIBMNL_LIBS}
 nft_ruleset_get_SOURCES = nft-ruleset-get.c
 nft_ruleset_get_LDADD = ../src/libnftnl.la ${LIBMNL_LIBS}
 
-nft_ruleset_parse_file_SOURCES = nft-ruleset-parse-file.c
-nft_ruleset_parse_file_LDADD = ../src/libnftnl.la ${LIBMNL_LIBS}
-
 nft_compat_get_SOURCES = nft-compat-get.c
 nft_compat_get_LDADD = ../src/libnftnl.la ${LIBMNL_LIBS}
 
diff --git a/examples/nft-chain-get.c b/examples/nft-chain-get.c
index 6fda2d8124d0..fcccbf718fd7 100644
--- a/examples/nft-chain-get.c
+++ b/examples/nft-chain-get.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	seq = time(NULL);
 
 	if (argc < 2 || argc > 5) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <family> [<table> <chain>] [json]\n",
+		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <family> [<table> <chain>]\n",
 			argv[0]);
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
@@ -95,9 +95,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 						NLM_F_DUMP, seq);
 	}
 
-	if (strcmp(argv[argc-1], "json") == 0)
-		type = NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON;
-
 	nl = mnl_socket_open(NETLINK_NETFILTER);
 	if (nl == NULL) {
 		perror("mnl_socket_open");
diff --git a/examples/nft-chain-parse-add.c b/examples/nft-chain-parse-add.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 9198615d9a5f..000000000000
--- a/examples/nft-chain-parse-add.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,160 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * (C) 2013 by Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- * (C) 2014 by Arturo Borrero Gonzalez <arturo@xxxxxxxxxx>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This code has been sponsored by Sophos Astaro <http://www.sophos.com>
- */
-
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <time.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-
-#include <linux/netfilter.h>
-#include <linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h>
-
-#include <libmnl/libmnl.h>
-#include <libnftnl/chain.h>
-#include <libnftnl/rule.h>
-
-static struct nftnl_chain *chain_parse_file(const char *file, uint16_t format)
-{
-	int fd;
-	struct nftnl_chain *c;
-	struct nftnl_parse_err *err;
-	char data[4096];
-
-	c = nftnl_chain_alloc();
-	if (c == NULL) {
-		perror("OOM");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	fd = open(file, O_RDONLY);
-	if (fd < 0) {
-		perror("open");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	if (read(fd, data, sizeof(data)) < 0) {
-		perror("read");
-		close(fd);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	close(fd);
-
-	err = nftnl_parse_err_alloc();
-	if (err == NULL) {
-		perror("OOM");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_chain_parse(c, format, data, err) < 0) {
-		nftnl_parse_perror("Unable to parse file", err);
-		nftnl_parse_err_free(err);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	nftnl_parse_err_free(err);
-	return c;
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-	struct mnl_socket *nl;
-	char buf[MNL_SOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE];
-	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
-	uint32_t portid, seq, chain_seq;
-	struct nftnl_chain *c;
-	uint16_t family, format, outformat;
-	struct mnl_nlmsg_batch *batch;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (argc < 3) {
-		printf("Usage: %s {json} <file>\n", argv[0]);
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	if (strcmp(argv[1], "json") == 0) {
-		format = NFTNL_PARSE_JSON;
-		outformat = NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON;
-	} else {
-		printf("Unknown format: only json is supported\n");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	c = chain_parse_file(argv[2], format);
-	if (c == NULL)
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-
-	nftnl_chain_fprintf(stdout, c, outformat, 0);
-	fprintf(stdout, "\n");
-
-	nftnl_chain_unset(c, NFTNL_CHAIN_HANDLE);
-	family = nftnl_chain_get_u32(c, NFTNL_CHAIN_FAMILY);
-
-	seq = time(NULL);
-
-	batch = mnl_nlmsg_batch_start(buf, sizeof(buf));
-
-	nftnl_batch_begin(mnl_nlmsg_batch_current(batch), seq++);
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_next(batch);
-
-	chain_seq = seq;
-	nlh = nftnl_chain_nlmsg_build_hdr(mnl_nlmsg_batch_current(batch),
-					NFT_MSG_NEWCHAIN, family,
-					NLM_F_ACK, seq++);
-	nftnl_chain_nlmsg_build_payload(nlh, c);
-	nftnl_chain_free(c);
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_next(batch);
-
-	nftnl_batch_end(mnl_nlmsg_batch_current(batch), seq++);
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_next(batch);
-
-	nl = mnl_socket_open(NETLINK_NETFILTER);
-	if (nl == NULL) {
-		perror("mnl_socket_open");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	if (mnl_socket_bind(nl, 0, MNL_SOCKET_AUTOPID) < 0) {
-		perror("mnl_socket_bind");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	portid = mnl_socket_get_portid(nl);
-
-	if (mnl_socket_sendto(nl, mnl_nlmsg_batch_head(batch),
-			      mnl_nlmsg_batch_size(batch)) < 0) {
-		perror("mnl_socket_send");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_stop(batch);
-
-	ret = mnl_socket_recvfrom(nl, buf, sizeof(buf));
-	while (ret > 0) {
-		ret = mnl_cb_run(buf, ret, chain_seq, portid, NULL, NULL);
-		if (ret <= 0)
-			break;
-		ret = mnl_socket_recvfrom(nl, buf, sizeof(buf));
-	}
-	if (ret == -1) {
-		perror("error");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-
-	mnl_socket_close(nl);
-	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-}
diff --git a/examples/nft-ct-helper-get.c b/examples/nft-ct-helper-get.c
index 94bd0cd8fbf7..eb0313322ca7 100644
--- a/examples/nft-ct-helper-get.c
+++ b/examples/nft-ct-helper-get.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	uint32_t type = NFTNL_OUTPUT_DEFAULT;
 
 	if (argc < 3 || argc > 5) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s <family> <table> [<obj>] [<default|xml|json>]\n",
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s <family> <table> [<obj>]\n",
 			argv[0]);
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
@@ -76,18 +76,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	if (strcmp(argv[argc-1], "xml") == 0) {
-		type = NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML;
-		argv[argc-1] = NULL;
-		argc--;
-	}else if (strcmp(argv[argc-1], "json") == 0) {
-		type = NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON;
-		argv[argc-1] = NULL;
-		argc--;
-	} else if (strcmp(argv[argc - 1], "default") == 0) {
-		argc--;
-	}
-
 	if (argc == 3 || argc == 4) {
 		t = nftnl_obj_alloc();
 		if (t == NULL) {
diff --git a/examples/nft-ct-timeout-get.c b/examples/nft-ct-timeout-get.c
index 503c48833853..badcd234529b 100644
--- a/examples/nft-ct-timeout-get.c
+++ b/examples/nft-ct-timeout-get.c
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	uint32_t type = NFTNL_OUTPUT_DEFAULT;
 
 	if (argc < 3 || argc > 5) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s <family> <table> [<obj>] [<default|xml|json>]\n",
-			argv[0]);
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s <family> <table> [<obj>]\n", argv[0]);
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
@@ -76,18 +75,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	if (strcmp(argv[argc-1], "xml") == 0) {
-		type = NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML;
-		argv[argc-1] = NULL;
-		argc--;
-	} else if (strcmp(argv[argc-1], "json") == 0) {
-		type = NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON;
-		argv[argc-1] = NULL;
-		argc--;
-	} else if (strcmp(argv[argc - 1], "default") == 0) {
-		argc--;
-	}
-
 	if (argc == 3 || argc == 4) {
 		t = nftnl_obj_alloc();
 		if (t == NULL) {
diff --git a/examples/nft-events.c b/examples/nft-events.c
index bd8c752e5668..8aab90a11824 100644
--- a/examples/nft-events.c
+++ b/examples/nft-events.c
@@ -235,18 +235,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	case 1:
 		type = NFTNL_OUTPUT_DEFAULT;
 		break;
-	case 2:
-		if (strcmp(argv[1], "json") == 0) {
-			type = NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON;
-		} else if (strcmp(argv[1], "default") == 0) {
-			type = NFTNL_OUTPUT_DEFAULT;
-		} else {
-			fprintf(stderr, "unknown format type `%s'\n", argv[1]);
-			return EXIT_FAILURE;
-		}
-		break;
 	default:
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s [<default|json>]\n", argv[0]);
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", argv[0]);
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
diff --git a/examples/nft-flowtable-get.c b/examples/nft-flowtable-get.c
index 37cfadf0b1cd..1a034ce60579 100644
--- a/examples/nft-flowtable-get.c
+++ b/examples/nft-flowtable-get.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	seq = time(NULL);
 
 	if (argc < 2 || argc > 5) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <family> [<table> <flowtable>] [json]\n",
+		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <family> [<table> <flowtable>]\n",
 			argv[0]);
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 						NLM_F_DUMP, seq);
 	}
 
-	if (strcmp(argv[argc-1], "json") == 0)
-		type = NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON;
-
 	nl = mnl_socket_open(NETLINK_NETFILTER);
 	if (nl == NULL) {
 		perror("mnl_socket_open");
diff --git a/examples/nft-obj-get.c b/examples/nft-obj-get.c
index bec33b693731..e6a19fe3baf8 100644
--- a/examples/nft-obj-get.c
+++ b/examples/nft-obj-get.c
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	uint32_t type = NFTNL_OUTPUT_DEFAULT;
 
 	if (argc < 2 || argc > 5) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s <family> <table> [<obj>] [<default|xml|json>]\n",
-			argv[0]);
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s <family> <table> [<obj>]\n", argv[0]);
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
@@ -77,18 +76,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	if (strcmp(argv[argc-1], "xml") == 0) {
-		type = NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML;
-		argv[argc-1] = NULL;
-		argc--;
-	}else if (strcmp(argv[argc-1], "json") == 0) {
-		type = NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON;
-		argv[argc-1] = NULL;
-		argc--;
-	} else if (strcmp(argv[argc - 1], "default") == 0) {
-		argc--;
-	}
-
 	if (argc == 3 || argc == 4) {
 		t = nftnl_obj_alloc();
 		if (t == NULL) {
diff --git a/examples/nft-rule-get.c b/examples/nft-rule-get.c
index aa496125570b..8a980ef180b0 100644
--- a/examples/nft-rule-get.c
+++ b/examples/nft-rule-get.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int ret, family;
 
 	if (argc < 2 || argc > 5) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <family> [<table> <chain>] [json]\n",
+		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <family> [<table> <chain>]\n",
 			argv[0]);
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
@@ -102,12 +102,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	/* json specified */
-	if (argc == 3 || argc == 5) {
-		if (strcmp(argv[argc - 1], "json") == 0)
-			type = NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON;
-	}
-
 	/* at least [<table> <chain>] specified */
 	if (argc >= 4) {
 		table = argv[2];
diff --git a/examples/nft-rule-parse-add.c b/examples/nft-rule-parse-add.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 3fcf2691295b..000000000000
--- a/examples/nft-rule-parse-add.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,159 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * (C) 2013 by Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- * (C) 2013 by Arturo Borrero Gonzalez <arturo@xxxxxxxxxx>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This code has been sponsored by Sophos Astaro <http://www.sophos.com>
- */
-
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <time.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <stddef.h>	/* for offsetof */
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-
-#include <linux/netfilter.h>
-#include <linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h>
-
-#include <libmnl/libmnl.h>
-#include <libnftnl/rule.h>
-
-static struct nftnl_rule *rule_parse_file(const char *file, uint16_t format)
-{
-	int fd;
-	struct nftnl_rule *r;
-	struct nftnl_parse_err *err;
-	char data[4096];
-
-	fd = open(file, O_RDONLY);
-	if (fd < 0) {
-		perror("open");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	if (read(fd, data, sizeof(data)) < 0) {
-		perror("read");
-		close(fd);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	close(fd);
-
-	r = nftnl_rule_alloc();
-	if (r == NULL) {
-		perror("OOM");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	err = nftnl_parse_err_alloc();
-	if (err == NULL) {
-		perror("error");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_rule_parse(r, format, data, err) < 0) {
-		nftnl_parse_perror("Unable to parse file", err);
-		nftnl_parse_err_free(err);
-		nftnl_rule_free(r);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	nftnl_rule_unset(r, NFTNL_RULE_HANDLE);
-
-	nftnl_parse_err_free(err);
-	return r;
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-	struct mnl_socket *nl;
-	struct mnl_nlmsg_batch *batch;
-	char buf[MNL_SOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE];
-	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
-	uint32_t portid, seq, rule_seq;
-	struct nftnl_rule *r;
-	int ret;
-	uint16_t family, format, outformat;
-
-	if (argc < 3) {
-		printf("Usage: %s {json} <file>\n", argv[0]);
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	if (strcmp(argv[1], "json") == 0) {
-		format = NFTNL_PARSE_JSON;
-		outformat = NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON;
-	} else {
-		printf("Unknown format: json\n");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	r = rule_parse_file(argv[2], format);
-	if (r == NULL)
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-
-	nftnl_rule_fprintf(stdout, r, outformat, 0);
-	fprintf(stdout, "\n");
-
-	seq = time(NULL);
-	batch = mnl_nlmsg_batch_start(buf, sizeof(buf));
-
-	nftnl_batch_begin(mnl_nlmsg_batch_current(batch), seq++);
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_next(batch);
-
-	rule_seq = seq;
-	family = nftnl_rule_get_u32(r, NFTNL_RULE_FAMILY);
-	nlh = nftnl_rule_nlmsg_build_hdr(mnl_nlmsg_batch_current(batch),
-				       NFT_MSG_NEWRULE, family,
-				       NLM_F_CREATE|NLM_F_APPEND|NLM_F_ACK,
-				       seq++);
-	nftnl_rule_nlmsg_build_payload(nlh, r);
-	nftnl_rule_free(r);
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_next(batch);
-
-	nftnl_batch_end(mnl_nlmsg_batch_current(batch), seq++);
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_next(batch);
-
-	nl = mnl_socket_open(NETLINK_NETFILTER);
-	if (nl == NULL) {
-		perror("mnl_socket_open");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	if (mnl_socket_bind(nl, 0, MNL_SOCKET_AUTOPID) < 0) {
-		perror("mnl_socket_bind");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-	portid = mnl_socket_get_portid(nl);
-
-	if (mnl_socket_sendto(nl, mnl_nlmsg_batch_head(batch),
-			      mnl_nlmsg_batch_size(batch)) < 0) {
-		perror("mnl_socket_send");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_stop(batch);
-
-	ret = mnl_socket_recvfrom(nl, buf, sizeof(buf));
-	while (ret > 0) {
-		ret = mnl_cb_run(buf, ret, rule_seq, portid, NULL, NULL);
-		if (ret <= 0)
-			break;
-		ret = mnl_socket_recvfrom(nl, buf, sizeof(buf));
-	}
-	if (ret == -1) {
-		perror("error");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-	mnl_socket_close(nl);
-
-	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-}
diff --git a/examples/nft-ruleset-get.c b/examples/nft-ruleset-get.c
index 9e80bb6f8338..70984370bc4d 100644
--- a/examples/nft-ruleset-get.c
+++ b/examples/nft-ruleset-get.c
@@ -344,20 +344,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int ret;
 
 	if (argc > 2) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s {json}\n",
-			argv[0]);
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", argv[0]);
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	if (argc == 2) {
-		if (strcmp(argv[1], "json") == 0)
-			type = NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON;
-		else {
-			fprintf(stderr, "Unknown type: only json is supported\n");
-			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-		}
-	}
-
 	nl = mnl_socket_open(NETLINK_NETFILTER);
 	if (nl == NULL) {
 		perror("mnl_socket_open");
diff --git a/examples/nft-ruleset-parse-file.c b/examples/nft-ruleset-parse-file.c
deleted file mode 100644
index be0994fd84f5..000000000000
--- a/examples/nft-ruleset-parse-file.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,467 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * (C) 2014 by Alvaro Neira Ayuso <alvaroneay@xxxxxxxxx>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- */
-
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <time.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <stddef.h>     /* for offsetof */
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <netinet/ip.h>
-#include <netinet/tcp.h>
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-
-#include <linux/netfilter.h>
-#include <linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h>
-#include <linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h>
-
-#include <libmnl/libmnl.h>
-#include <libnftnl/ruleset.h>
-#include <libnftnl/table.h>
-#include <libnftnl/chain.h>
-#include <libnftnl/rule.h>
-#include <libnftnl/set.h>
-
-struct mnl_nlmsg_batch *batch;
-uint32_t seq;
-
-static int nftnl_ruleset_set_elems(const struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx)
-{
-	struct nftnl_set_elems_iter *iter_elems;
-	uint16_t nl_type, nl_flags;
-	uint32_t cmd;
-	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
-	struct nftnl_set *set;
-
-	cmd = nftnl_ruleset_ctx_get_u32(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_CMD);
-
-	set = nftnl_ruleset_ctx_get(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_SET);
-	if (set == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	switch (cmd) {
-	case NFTNL_CMD_ADD:
-		nl_type = NFT_MSG_NEWSETELEM;
-		nl_flags = NLM_F_CREATE|NLM_F_EXCL|NLM_F_ACK;
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_CMD_DELETE:
-		nl_type = NFT_MSG_DELSETELEM;
-		/* This will generate an ACK message for each request. When
-		 * removing NLM_F_ACK, the kernel will only report when things
-		 * go wrong
-		 */
-		nl_flags = NLM_F_ACK;
-		break;
-	default:
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	iter_elems = nftnl_set_elems_iter_create(set);
-	if (iter_elems == NULL)
-		goto err;
-
-	nlh = nftnl_set_nlmsg_build_hdr(mnl_nlmsg_batch_current(batch), nl_type,
-				      nftnl_set_get_u32(set,
-							   NFTNL_SET_FAMILY),
-				      nl_flags, seq++);
-
-	nftnl_set_elems_nlmsg_build_payload_iter(nlh, iter_elems);
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_next(batch);
-
-	nftnl_set_elems_iter_destroy(iter_elems);
-	return 0;
-err:
-	return -1;
-}
-
-static int nftnl_ruleset_parse_set(const struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx)
-{
-
-	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
-	uint16_t nl_type, nl_flags;
-	struct nftnl_set *set;
-	uint32_t cmd;
-	int ret;
-
-	cmd = nftnl_ruleset_ctx_get_u32(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_CMD);
-
-	set = nftnl_ruleset_ctx_get(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_SET);
-	if (set == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	switch (cmd) {
-	case NFTNL_CMD_ADD:
-		nl_type = NFT_MSG_NEWSET;
-		nl_flags = NLM_F_CREATE|NLM_F_ACK;
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_CMD_DELETE:
-		nl_type = NFT_MSG_DELSET;
-		nl_flags = NLM_F_ACK;
-		break;
-	default:
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	nlh = nftnl_set_nlmsg_build_hdr(mnl_nlmsg_batch_current(batch),
-				      nl_type,
-				      nftnl_set_get_u32(set,
-							   NFTNL_SET_FAMILY),
-				      nl_flags,
-				      seq++);
-
-	nftnl_set_nlmsg_build_payload(nlh, set);
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_next(batch);
-
-	ret = nftnl_ruleset_set_elems(ctx);
-	return ret;
-err:
-	return -1;
-}
-
-static int nftnl_ruleset_rule_build_msg(const struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx,
-				      uint32_t cmd, struct nftnl_rule *rule)
-{
-	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
-	uint16_t nl_type, nl_flags;
-
-	switch (cmd) {
-	case NFTNL_CMD_ADD:
-		nl_type = NFT_MSG_NEWRULE;
-		nl_flags = NLM_F_APPEND|NLM_F_CREATE|NLM_F_ACK;
-		nftnl_rule_unset(rule, NFTNL_RULE_HANDLE);
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_CMD_DELETE:
-		nl_type = NFT_MSG_DELRULE;
-		nl_flags = NLM_F_ACK;
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_CMD_REPLACE:
-		nl_type = NFT_MSG_NEWRULE;
-		nl_flags = NLM_F_REPLACE|NLM_F_ACK;
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_CMD_INSERT:
-		nl_type = NFT_MSG_NEWRULE;
-		nl_flags = NLM_F_CREATE|NLM_F_ACK;
-		nftnl_rule_unset(rule, NFTNL_RULE_HANDLE);
-		break;
-	default:
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	nlh = nftnl_rule_nlmsg_build_hdr(mnl_nlmsg_batch_current(batch),
-				       nl_type,
-				       nftnl_rule_get_u32(rule,
-							  NFTNL_RULE_FAMILY),
-				       nl_flags,
-				       seq++);
-
-	nftnl_rule_nlmsg_build_payload(nlh, rule);
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_next(batch);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int nftnl_ruleset_rule(const struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx)
-{
-	struct nftnl_rule *rule;
-	int ret;
-	uint32_t cmd;
-
-	cmd = nftnl_ruleset_ctx_get_u32(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_CMD);
-
-	rule = nftnl_ruleset_ctx_get(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_RULE);
-	if (rule == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	ret = nftnl_ruleset_rule_build_msg(ctx, cmd, rule);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static int nftnl_ruleset_flush_rules(const struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx)
-{
-	struct nftnl_rule *nlr;
-	struct nftnl_table *nlt;
-	struct nftnl_chain *nlc;
-	uint32_t type;
-	int ret;
-
-	nlr = nftnl_rule_alloc();
-	if (nlr == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	type = nftnl_ruleset_ctx_get_u32(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_TYPE);
-	switch (type) {
-	case NFTNL_RULESET_TABLE:
-		nlt = nftnl_ruleset_ctx_get(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_TABLE);
-		nftnl_rule_set(nlr, NFTNL_RULE_TABLE,
-				  nftnl_table_get(nlt, NFTNL_TABLE_NAME));
-		nftnl_rule_set(nlr, NFTNL_RULE_FAMILY,
-				nftnl_table_get(nlt, NFTNL_TABLE_FAMILY));
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_RULESET_CHAIN:
-		nlc = nftnl_ruleset_ctx_get(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_CHAIN);
-		nftnl_rule_set(nlr, NFTNL_RULE_TABLE,
-				  nftnl_chain_get(nlc,
-						     NFTNL_CHAIN_TABLE));
-		nftnl_rule_set(nlr, NFTNL_RULE_CHAIN,
-				  nftnl_chain_get(nlc,
-						     NFTNL_CHAIN_NAME));
-		nftnl_rule_set(nlr, NFTNL_RULE_FAMILY,
-				nftnl_chain_get(nlc, NFTNL_TABLE_FAMILY));
-		break;
-	default:
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	ret = nftnl_ruleset_rule_build_msg(ctx, NFTNL_CMD_DELETE, nlr);
-	nftnl_rule_free(nlr);
-
-	return ret;
-err:
-	nftnl_rule_free(nlr);
-	return -1;
-}
-
-static int nftnl_ruleset_chain(const struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx)
-{
-	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
-	uint16_t nl_type, nl_flags;
-	uint32_t cmd;
-	struct nftnl_chain *chain;
-
-	cmd = nftnl_ruleset_ctx_get_u32(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_CMD);
-
-	chain = nftnl_ruleset_ctx_get(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_CHAIN);
-	if (chain == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	switch (cmd) {
-	case NFTNL_CMD_ADD:
-		nl_type = NFT_MSG_NEWCHAIN;
-		nl_flags = NLM_F_CREATE|NLM_F_ACK;
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_CMD_DELETE:
-		nl_type = NFT_MSG_DELCHAIN;
-		nl_flags = NLM_F_ACK;
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_CMD_FLUSH:
-		return nftnl_ruleset_flush_rules(ctx);
-	default:
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	nftnl_chain_unset(chain, NFTNL_CHAIN_HANDLE);
-	nlh = nftnl_chain_nlmsg_build_hdr(mnl_nlmsg_batch_current(batch),
-					nl_type,
-					nftnl_chain_get_u32(chain,
-							 NFTNL_CHAIN_FAMILY),
-					nl_flags,
-					seq++);
-
-	nftnl_chain_nlmsg_build_payload(nlh, chain);
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_next(batch);
-
-	return 0;
-err:
-	return -1;
-}
-
-static int nftnl_ruleset_table_build_msg(const struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx,
-				       uint32_t cmd, struct nftnl_table *table)
-{
-	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
-	uint16_t nl_type, nl_flags;
-
-	switch (cmd) {
-	case NFTNL_CMD_ADD:
-		nl_type = NFT_MSG_NEWTABLE;
-		nl_flags = NLM_F_CREATE|NLM_F_ACK;
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_CMD_DELETE:
-		nl_type = NFT_MSG_DELTABLE;
-		nl_flags = NLM_F_ACK;
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_CMD_FLUSH:
-		return nftnl_ruleset_flush_rules(ctx);
-	default:
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	nlh = nftnl_table_nlmsg_build_hdr(mnl_nlmsg_batch_current(batch),
-					nl_type,
-					nftnl_table_get_u32(table,
-							 NFTNL_TABLE_FAMILY),
-					nl_flags,
-					seq++);
-
-	nftnl_table_nlmsg_build_payload(nlh, table);
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_next(batch);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int nftnl_ruleset_table(const struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx)
-{
-	struct nftnl_table *table;
-	uint32_t cmd;
-	int ret;
-
-	cmd = nftnl_ruleset_ctx_get_u32(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_CMD);
-
-	table = nftnl_ruleset_ctx_get(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_TABLE);
-	if (table == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	ret = nftnl_ruleset_table_build_msg(ctx, cmd, table);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static int nftnl_ruleset_flush_ruleset(const struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx)
-{
-	struct nftnl_table *table;
-	int ret;
-
-	table = nftnl_table_alloc();
-	if (table == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	ret = nftnl_ruleset_table_build_msg(ctx, NFTNL_CMD_DELETE, table);
-	nftnl_table_free(table);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static int ruleset_elems_cb(const struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx)
-{
-	uint32_t type;
-	int ret;
-
-	type = nftnl_ruleset_ctx_get_u32(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_TYPE);
-
-	switch (type) {
-	case NFTNL_RULESET_TABLE:
-		ret = nftnl_ruleset_table(ctx);
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_RULESET_CHAIN:
-		ret = nftnl_ruleset_chain(ctx);
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_RULESET_RULE:
-		ret = nftnl_ruleset_rule(ctx);
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_RULESET_SET:
-		ret = nftnl_ruleset_parse_set(ctx);
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_RULESET_SET_ELEMS:
-		ret = nftnl_ruleset_set_elems(ctx);
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_RULESET_RULESET:
-		ret = nftnl_ruleset_flush_ruleset(ctx);
-		break;
-	default:
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	nftnl_ruleset_ctx_free(ctx);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-	struct nftnl_parse_err *err;
-	const char *filename;
-	FILE *fp;
-	int ret = -1, len, portid;
-	uint32_t ruleset_seq;
-	char buf[MNL_SOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE];
-	struct mnl_socket *nl;
-
-	if (argc < 2) {
-		printf("Usage: %s <file>\n", argv[0]);
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	fp = fopen(argv[1], "r");
-	if (fp == NULL) {
-		printf("unable to open file %s: %s\n", argv[1],
-		       strerror(errno));
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	err = nftnl_parse_err_alloc();
-	if (err == NULL) {
-		perror("error");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	seq = time(NULL);
-	batch = mnl_nlmsg_batch_start(buf, sizeof(buf));
-
-	nftnl_batch_begin(mnl_nlmsg_batch_current(batch), seq++);
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_next(batch);
-	ruleset_seq = seq;
-
-	filename = argv[1];
-	len = strlen(filename);
-	if (len >= 5 && strcmp(&filename[len - 5], ".json") == 0)
-		ret = nftnl_ruleset_parse_file_cb(NFTNL_PARSE_JSON, fp, err, NULL,
-						&ruleset_elems_cb);
-	else {
-		printf("the filename %s does not have a trailing .json\n",
-			filename);
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		nftnl_parse_perror("fail", err);
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	fclose(fp);
-
-	nftnl_batch_end(mnl_nlmsg_batch_current(batch), seq++);
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_next(batch);
-
-	nl = mnl_socket_open(NETLINK_NETFILTER);
-	if (nl == NULL) {
-		perror("mnl_socket_open");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	if (mnl_socket_bind(nl, 0, MNL_SOCKET_AUTOPID) < 0) {
-		perror("mnl_socket_bind");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-	portid = mnl_socket_get_portid(nl);
-
-	if (mnl_socket_sendto(nl, mnl_nlmsg_batch_head(batch),
-			      mnl_nlmsg_batch_size(batch)) < 0) {
-		perror("mnl_socket_send");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_stop(batch);
-
-	ret = mnl_socket_recvfrom(nl, buf, sizeof(buf));
-	while (ret > 0) {
-		ret = mnl_cb_run(buf, ret, ruleset_seq, portid, NULL, NULL);
-		if (ret <= 0)
-			break;
-		ret = mnl_socket_recvfrom(nl, buf, sizeof(buf));
-	}
-	if (ret == -1) {
-		perror("error");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	mnl_socket_close(nl);
-	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-}
diff --git a/examples/nft-set-elem-get.c b/examples/nft-set-elem-get.c
index 9a3ccd7cf2d4..1bc9abca3711 100644
--- a/examples/nft-set-elem-get.c
+++ b/examples/nft-set-elem-get.c
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int ret;
 
 	if (argc < 4 || argc > 5) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s <family> <table> <set> [<json>]\n",
-			argv[0]);
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s <family> <table> <set>\n", argv[0]);
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 	t = nftnl_set_alloc();
@@ -80,9 +79,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	if (argc == 5 && strcmp(argv[4], "json") == 0 )
-		type = NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON;
-
 	nlh = nftnl_set_nlmsg_build_hdr(buf, NFT_MSG_GETSETELEM, family,
 					NLM_F_DUMP|NLM_F_ACK, seq);
 	nftnl_set_set(t, NFTNL_SET_NAME, argv[3]);
diff --git a/examples/nft-set-get.c b/examples/nft-set-get.c
index c4ad8ee3b4dd..bb33674c0df7 100644
--- a/examples/nft-set-get.c
+++ b/examples/nft-set-get.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int ret;
 
 	if (argc < 2 || argc > 3) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s <family> [<json>]\n", argv[0]);
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s <family>\n", argv[0]);
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 	t = nftnl_set_alloc();
@@ -81,9 +81,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	if (argc == 3 && strcmp(argv[2], "json") == 0)
-		type = NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON;
-
 	nlh = nftnl_set_nlmsg_build_hdr(buf, NFT_MSG_GETSET, family,
 					NLM_F_DUMP|NLM_F_ACK, seq);
 	/* Use this below if you want to obtain sets per table */
diff --git a/examples/nft-set-parse-add.c b/examples/nft-set-parse-add.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 5197dc30aafe..000000000000
--- a/examples/nft-set-parse-add.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,162 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * (C) 2013 by Álvaro Neira Ayuso <alvaroneay@xxxxxxxxx>
- *
- * Based on nft-set-xml-add from:
- *
- * (C) 2013 by Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- * (C) 2013 by Arturo Borrero Gonzalez <arturo@xxxxxxxxxx>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- */
-
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <time.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-
-#include <linux/netfilter.h>
-#include <linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h>
-#include <linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h>
-
-#include <libmnl/libmnl.h>
-#include <libnftnl/set.h>
-
-static struct nftnl_set *set_parse_file(const char *file, uint16_t format)
-{
-	int fd;
-	struct nftnl_set *s;
-	struct nftnl_parse_err *err;
-	char data[4096];
-
-	s = nftnl_set_alloc();
-	if (s == NULL) {
-		perror("OOM");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	fd = open(file, O_RDONLY);
-	if (fd < 0) {
-		perror("open");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	if (read(fd, data, sizeof(data)) < 0) {
-		perror("read");
-		close(fd);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	close(fd);
-
-	err = nftnl_parse_err_alloc();
-	if (err == NULL) {
-		perror("error");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_set_parse(s, format, data, err) < 0) {
-		nftnl_parse_perror("Unable to parse file", err);
-		nftnl_parse_err_free(err);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	nftnl_parse_err_free(err);
-
-	nftnl_set_set_u32(s, NFTNL_SET_ID, 1);
-	return s;
-
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-	struct mnl_socket *nl;
-	char buf[MNL_SOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE];
-	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
-	uint32_t portid, seq, set_seq;
-	struct nftnl_set *s;
-	uint16_t family, format, outformat;
-	struct mnl_nlmsg_batch *batch;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (argc < 2) {
-		printf("Usage: %s {json} <file>\n", argv[0]);
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	if (strcmp(argv[1], "json") == 0) {
-		format = NFTNL_PARSE_JSON;
-		outformat = NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON;
-	} else {
-		printf("Unknown format: only json is supported\n");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	s = set_parse_file(argv[2], format);
-	if (s == NULL)
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-
-	nftnl_set_fprintf(stdout, s, outformat, 0);
-	fprintf(stdout, "\n");
-
-	seq = time(NULL);
-
-	batch = mnl_nlmsg_batch_start(buf, sizeof(buf));
-
-	nftnl_batch_begin(mnl_nlmsg_batch_current(batch), seq++);
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_next(batch);
-
-	family = nftnl_set_get_u32(s, NFTNL_SET_FAMILY);
-
-	set_seq = seq;
-	nlh = nftnl_set_nlmsg_build_hdr(mnl_nlmsg_batch_current(batch),
-				      NFT_MSG_NEWSET, family,
-				      NLM_F_CREATE|NLM_F_ACK, seq++);
-	nftnl_set_nlmsg_build_payload(nlh, s);
-	nftnl_set_free(s);
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_next(batch);
-
-	nftnl_batch_end(mnl_nlmsg_batch_current(batch), seq++);
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_next(batch);
-
-	nl = mnl_socket_open(NETLINK_NETFILTER);
-	if (nl == NULL) {
-		perror("mnl_socket_open");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	if (mnl_socket_bind(nl, 0, MNL_SOCKET_AUTOPID) < 0) {
-		perror("mnl_socket_bind");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-	portid = mnl_socket_get_portid(nl);
-
-	if (mnl_socket_sendto(nl, mnl_nlmsg_batch_head(batch),
-			      mnl_nlmsg_batch_size(batch)) < 0) {
-		perror("mnl_socket_send");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_stop(batch);
-
-	ret = mnl_socket_recvfrom(nl, buf, sizeof(buf));
-	while (ret > 0) {
-		ret = mnl_cb_run(buf, ret, set_seq, portid, NULL, NULL);
-		if (ret <= 0)
-			break;
-		ret = mnl_socket_recvfrom(nl, buf, sizeof(buf));
-	}
-	if (ret == -1) {
-		perror("error");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	mnl_socket_close(nl);
-
-	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-}
diff --git a/examples/nft-table-get.c b/examples/nft-table-get.c
index 193db7724a9e..eac2f2f6dfc8 100644
--- a/examples/nft-table-get.c
+++ b/examples/nft-table-get.c
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	uint32_t type = NFTNL_OUTPUT_DEFAULT;
 
 	if (argc < 2 || argc > 4) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s <family> [<table>] [<default|json>]\n",
-			argv[0]);
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s <family> [<table>]\n", argv[0]);
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
@@ -77,14 +76,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	if (strcmp(argv[argc-1], "json") == 0) {
-		type = NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON;
-		argv[argc-1] = NULL;
-		argc--;
-	} else if (strcmp(argv[argc - 1], "default") == 0) {
-		argc--;
-	}
-
 	if (argc == 3) {
 		t = nftnl_table_alloc();
 		if (t == NULL) {
diff --git a/examples/nft-table-parse-add.c b/examples/nft-table-parse-add.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 55dbc132ecea..000000000000
--- a/examples/nft-table-parse-add.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,157 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * (C) 2013 by Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- * (C) 2013 by Arturo Borrero Gonzalez <arturo@xxxxxxxxxx>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This code has been sponsored by Sophos Astaro <http://www.sophos.com>
- */
-
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <time.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-
-#include <linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h>
-
-#include <libmnl/libmnl.h>
-#include <libnftnl/table.h>
-#include <libnftnl/common.h>
-
-static struct nftnl_table *table_parse_file(const char *file, uint16_t format)
-{
-	int fd;
-	struct nftnl_table *t;
-	struct nftnl_parse_err *err;
-	char data[4096];
-
-	t = nftnl_table_alloc();
-	if (t == NULL) {
-		perror("OOM");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	fd = open(file, O_RDONLY);
-	if (fd < 0) {
-		perror("open");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	if (read(fd, data, sizeof(data)) < 0) {
-		perror("read");
-		close(fd);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	close(fd);
-
-	err = nftnl_parse_err_alloc();
-	if (err == NULL) {
-		perror("error");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_table_parse(t, format, data, err) < 0) {
-		nftnl_parse_perror("Unable to parse file", err);
-		nftnl_parse_err_free(err);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	nftnl_parse_err_free(err);
-	return t;
-
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-	struct mnl_socket *nl;
-	char buf[MNL_SOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE];
-	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
-	uint32_t portid, seq, table_seq;
-	struct nftnl_table *t = NULL;
-	uint16_t family, format, outformat;
-	struct mnl_nlmsg_batch *batch;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (argc < 3) {
-		printf("Usage: %s {json} <file>\n", argv[0]);
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	if (strcmp(argv[1], "json") == 0) {
-		format = NFTNL_PARSE_JSON;
-		outformat = NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON;
-	} else {
-		printf("Unknown format: only json is supported\n");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	t = table_parse_file(argv[2], format);
-	if (t == NULL)
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-
-	nftnl_table_fprintf(stdout, t, outformat, 0);
-	fprintf(stdout, "\n");
-
-	seq = time(NULL);
-
-	batch = mnl_nlmsg_batch_start(buf, sizeof(buf));
-
-	nftnl_batch_begin(mnl_nlmsg_batch_current(batch), seq++);
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_next(batch);
-
-	family = nftnl_table_get_u32(t, NFTNL_TABLE_FAMILY);
-
-	table_seq = seq;
-	nlh = nftnl_table_nlmsg_build_hdr(mnl_nlmsg_batch_current(batch),
-					NFT_MSG_NEWTABLE, family,
-					NLM_F_CREATE|NLM_F_ACK, seq++);
-	nftnl_table_nlmsg_build_payload(nlh, t);
-	nftnl_table_free(t);
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_next(batch);
-
-	nftnl_batch_end(mnl_nlmsg_batch_current(batch), seq++);
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_next(batch);
-
-	nl = mnl_socket_open(NETLINK_NETFILTER);
-	if (nl == NULL) {
-		perror("mnl_socket_open");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	if (mnl_socket_bind(nl, 0, MNL_SOCKET_AUTOPID) < 0) {
-		perror("mnl_socket_bind");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-	portid = mnl_socket_get_portid(nl);
-
-	if (mnl_socket_sendto(nl, mnl_nlmsg_batch_head(batch),
-			      mnl_nlmsg_batch_size(batch)) < 0) {
-		perror("mnl_socket_send");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	mnl_nlmsg_batch_stop(batch);
-
-	ret = mnl_socket_recvfrom(nl, buf, sizeof(buf));
-	while (ret > 0) {
-		ret = mnl_cb_run(buf, ret, table_seq, portid, NULL, NULL);
-		if (ret <= 0)
-			break;
-		ret = mnl_socket_recvfrom(nl, buf, sizeof(buf));
-	}
-	if (ret == -1) {
-		perror("error");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	mnl_socket_close(nl);
-
-	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-}
diff --git a/include/Makefile.am b/include/Makefile.am
index fd4cb408a44a..01667f57a7b1 100644
--- a/include/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/Makefile.am
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ noinst_HEADERS = internal.h	\
 		 set.h		\
 		 common.h	\
 		 expr.h		\
-		 json.h		\
 		 set_elem.h	\
 		 udata.h	\
 		 utils.h
diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index 425bbf5f8dd3..d05a81ad542c 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -18,15 +18,4 @@ enum nftnl_parse_input {
 	NFTNL_PARSE_FILE,
 };
 
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-int nftnl_cmd_header_snprintf(char *buf, size_t bufsize, uint32_t cmd,
-			   uint32_t format, uint32_t flags);
-int nftnl_cmd_header_fprintf(FILE *fp, uint32_t cmd, uint32_t format,
-			  uint32_t flags);
-int nftnl_cmd_footer_snprintf(char *buf, size_t bufsize, uint32_t cmd,
-			   uint32_t format, uint32_t flags);
-int nftnl_cmd_footer_fprintf(FILE *fp, uint32_t cmd, uint32_t format,
-			  uint32_t flags);
-
 #endif
diff --git a/include/expr_ops.h b/include/expr_ops.h
index e63939039c38..00548b355841 100644
--- a/include/expr_ops.h
+++ b/include/expr_ops.h
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ struct expr_ops {
 	int 	(*parse)(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr);
 	void	(*build)(struct nlmsghdr *nlh, const struct nftnl_expr *e);
 	int	(*snprintf)(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type, uint32_t flags, const struct nftnl_expr *e);
-	int	(*json_parse)(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *data,
-			      struct nftnl_parse_err *err);
 };
 
 struct expr_ops *nftnl_expr_ops_lookup(const char *name);
diff --git a/include/internal.h b/include/internal.h
index 7e97c4a8a2e4..b762a4a54261 100644
--- a/include/internal.h
+++ b/include/internal.h
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "linux_list.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "common.h"
-#include "json.h"
 #include "linux_list.h"
 #include "set.h"
 #include "set_elem.h"
diff --git a/include/json.h b/include/json.h
deleted file mode 100644
index bd70cecd6658..000000000000
--- a/include/json.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef LIBNFTNL_JSON_INTERNAL_H
-#define LIBNFTNL_JSON_INTERNAL_H
-
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-#include <jansson.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
-#include "common.h"
-
-struct nftnl_table;
-struct nftnl_chain;
-struct nftnl_rule;
-struct nftnl_set;
-struct nftnl_set_elem;
-struct nftnl_set_list;
-union nftnl_data_reg;
-
-int nftnl_jansson_parse_val(json_t *root, const char *node_name, int type,
-			  void *out, struct nftnl_parse_err *err);
-const char *nftnl_jansson_parse_str(json_t *root, const char *node_name,
-				  struct nftnl_parse_err *err);
-bool nftnl_jansson_node_exist(json_t *root, const char *node_name);
-json_t *nftnl_jansson_create_root(const void *json, json_error_t *error,
-				struct nftnl_parse_err *err, enum nftnl_parse_input input);
-json_t *nftnl_jansson_get_node(json_t *root, const char *node_name,
-			     struct nftnl_parse_err *err);
-void nftnl_jansson_free_root(json_t *root);
-int nftnl_jansson_parse_family(json_t *root, void *out, struct nftnl_parse_err *err);
-int nftnl_jansson_str2num(json_t *root, const char *node_name, int base, void *out,
-			enum nftnl_type type, struct nftnl_parse_err *err);
-int nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(json_t *root, const char *node_name, int type,
-			  void *out, struct nftnl_parse_err *err);
-struct nftnl_expr *nftnl_jansson_expr_parse(json_t *root,
-					     struct nftnl_parse_err *err,
-					     struct nftnl_set_list *set_list);
-int nftnl_jansson_data_reg_parse(json_t *root, const char *node_name,
-			       union nftnl_data_reg *data_reg,
-			       struct nftnl_parse_err *err);
-int nftnl_jansson_set_elem_parse(struct nftnl_set_elem *e, json_t *root,
-			       struct nftnl_parse_err *err);
-int nftnl_jansson_parse_table(struct nftnl_table *t, json_t *tree,
-			    struct nftnl_parse_err *err);
-int nftnl_jansson_parse_chain(struct nftnl_chain *c, json_t *tree,
-			    struct nftnl_parse_err *err);
-int nftnl_jansson_parse_rule(struct nftnl_rule *r, json_t *tree,
-			   struct nftnl_parse_err *err,
-			   struct nftnl_set_list *set_list);
-int nftnl_jansson_parse_set(struct nftnl_set *s, json_t *tree,
-			  struct nftnl_parse_err *err);
-int nftnl_jansson_parse_elem(struct nftnl_set *s, json_t *tree,
-			   struct nftnl_parse_err *err);
-
-int nftnl_data_reg_json_parse(union nftnl_data_reg *reg, json_t *data,
-			    struct nftnl_parse_err *err);
-#else
-#define json_t void
-#endif
-
-#endif /* LIBNFTNL_JSON_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/include/obj.h b/include/obj.h
index 26184da9f46f..36395c719f81 100644
--- a/include/obj.h
+++ b/include/obj.h
@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ struct obj_ops {
 	int	(*parse)(struct nftnl_obj *e, struct nlattr *attr);
 	void	(*build)(struct nlmsghdr *nlh, const struct nftnl_obj *e);
 	int	(*snprintf)(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type, uint32_t flags, const struct nftnl_obj *e);
-	int	(*json_parse)(struct nftnl_obj *e, json_t *data,
-			      struct nftnl_parse_err *err);
 };
 
 extern struct obj_ops obj_ops_counter;
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 05dbeaa4ed92..d5db59633154 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 include $(top_srcdir)/Make_global.am
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libnftnl.la
 
-libnftnl_la_LIBADD = ${LIBMNL_LIBS} ${LIBJSON_LIBS}
+libnftnl_la_LIBADD = ${LIBMNL_LIBS}
 libnftnl_la_LDFLAGS = -Wl,--version-script=$(srcdir)/libnftnl.map	\
 		      -version-info $(LIBVERSION)
 
 libnftnl_la_SOURCES = utils.c		\
 		      batch.c		\
-		      buffer.c		\
 		      flowtable.c	\
 		      common.c		\
 		      gen.c		\
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ libnftnl_la_SOURCES = utils.c		\
 		      set.c		\
 		      set_elem.c	\
 		      ruleset.c		\
-		      jansson.c		\
 		      udata.c		\
 		      expr.c		\
 		      expr_ops.c	\
diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ec86af121c9..000000000000
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,220 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * (C) 2012-2014 by Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
- * by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <stdarg.h>
-#include <inttypes.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <buffer.h>
-#include <libnftnl/common.h>
-#include <libnftnl/expr.h>
-#include "internal.h"
-
-int nftnl_buf_update(struct nftnl_buf *b, int ret)
-{
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		b->fail = true;
-	} else {
-		b->off += ret;
-		if (ret > b->len)
-			ret = b->len;
-		b->size += ret;
-		b->len -= ret;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-int nftnl_buf_done(struct nftnl_buf *b)
-{
-	if (b->fail)
-		return -1;
-
-	/* Remove trailing comma in json */
-	if (b->size > 0 && b->buf[b->size - 1] == ',') {
-		b->off--;
-		b->size--;
-		b->len++;
-	}
-
-	return b->off;
-}
-
-static int nftnl_buf_put(struct nftnl_buf *b, const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	int ret;
-	va_list ap;
-
-	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	ret = vsnprintf(b->buf + b->off, b->len, fmt, ap);
-	ret = nftnl_buf_update(b, ret);
-	va_end(ap);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-int nftnl_buf_open(struct nftnl_buf *b, int type, const char *tag)
-{
-	switch (type) {
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_buf_put(b, "{\"%s\":{", tag);
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
-	default:
-		return 0;
-	}
-}
-
-int nftnl_buf_close(struct nftnl_buf *b, int type, const char *tag)
-{
-	switch (type) {
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		/* Remove trailing comma in json */
-		if (b->size > 0 && b->buf[b->size - 1] == ',') {
-			b->off--;
-			b->size--;
-			b->len++;
-		}
-
-		return nftnl_buf_put(b, "}}");
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
-	default:
-		return 0;
-	}
-}
-
-int nftnl_buf_open_array(struct nftnl_buf *b, int type, const char *tag)
-{
-	switch (type) {
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_buf_put(b, "{\"%s\":[", tag);
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
-	default:
-		return 0;
-	}
-}
-
-int nftnl_buf_close_array(struct nftnl_buf *b, int type, const char *tag)
-{
-	switch (type) {
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_buf_put(b, "]}");
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
-	default:
-		return 0;
-	}
-}
-
-int nftnl_buf_u32(struct nftnl_buf *b, int type, uint32_t value, const char *tag)
-{
-	switch (type) {
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_buf_put(b, "\"%s\":%u,", tag, value);
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
-	default:
-		return 0;
-	}
-}
-
-int nftnl_buf_s32(struct nftnl_buf *b, int type, uint32_t value, const char *tag)
-{
-	switch (type) {
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_buf_put(b, "\"%s\":%d,", tag, value);
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
-	default:
-		return 0;
-	}
-}
-
-int nftnl_buf_u64(struct nftnl_buf *b, int type, uint64_t value, const char *tag)
-{
-	switch (type) {
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_buf_put(b, "\"%s\":%"PRIu64",", tag, value);
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
-	default:
-		return 0;
-	}
-}
-
-int nftnl_buf_str(struct nftnl_buf *b, int type, const char *str, const char *tag)
-{
-	switch (type) {
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_buf_put(b, "\"%s\":\"%s\",", tag, str);
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
-	default:
-		return 0;
-	}
-}
-
-int nftnl_buf_reg(struct nftnl_buf *b, int type, union nftnl_data_reg *reg,
-		int reg_type, const char *tag)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	switch (type) {
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
-		return 0;
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		nftnl_buf_put(b, "\"%s\":{", tag);
-		ret = nftnl_data_reg_snprintf(b->buf + b->off, b->len, reg,
-					    NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON, 0, reg_type);
-		nftnl_buf_update(b, ret);
-		return nftnl_buf_put(b, "},");
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int nftnl_buf_expr_open(struct nftnl_buf *b, int type)
-{
-	switch (type) {
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
-		return 0;
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_buf_put(b, "\"expr\":[");
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int nftnl_buf_expr_close(struct nftnl_buf *b, int type)
-{
-	switch (type) {
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
-		return 0;
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		nftnl_buf_done(b);
-		return nftnl_buf_put(b, "]");
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int nftnl_buf_expr(struct nftnl_buf *b, int type, uint32_t flags,
-		   struct nftnl_expr *expr)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	switch (type) {
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
-		return 0;
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		nftnl_buf_put(b, "{");
-		nftnl_buf_str(b, type, expr->ops->name, TYPE);
-		ret = nftnl_expr_snprintf(b->buf + b->off, b->len, expr, type,
-					  flags);
-		if (ret > 0)
-			nftnl_buf_update(b, ret);
-		else
-			nftnl_buf_done(b);
-
-		return nftnl_buf_put(b, "},");
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/src/chain.c b/src/chain.c
index eff518680873..06252b66a018 100644
--- a/src/chain.c
+++ b/src/chain.c
@@ -603,188 +603,6 @@ static inline int nftnl_str2hooknum(int family, const char *hook)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-int nftnl_jansson_parse_chain(struct nftnl_chain *c, json_t *tree,
-			    struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	json_t *root;
-	uint64_t handle, bytes, packets;
-	int policy_num;
-	int32_t family, prio, hooknum, use;
-	const char *name, *table, *type, *hooknum_str, *policy, *dev;
-
-	root = nftnl_jansson_get_node(tree, "chain", err);
-	if (root == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	name = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "name", err);
-	if (name != NULL)
-		nftnl_chain_set_str(c, NFTNL_CHAIN_NAME, name);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "handle", NFTNL_TYPE_U64, &handle,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_chain_set_u64(c,NFTNL_CHAIN_HANDLE, handle);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "bytes", NFTNL_TYPE_U64, &bytes,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_chain_set_u64(c, NFTNL_CHAIN_BYTES, bytes);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "packets", NFTNL_TYPE_U64, &packets,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_chain_set_u64(c, NFTNL_CHAIN_PACKETS, packets);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_family(root, &family, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_chain_set_u32(c, NFTNL_CHAIN_FAMILY, family);
-
-	table = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "table", err);
-
-	if (table != NULL)
-		nftnl_chain_set_str(c, NFTNL_CHAIN_TABLE, table);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "use", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &use, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_chain_set_u32(c, NFTNL_CHAIN_USE, use);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(root, "hooknum")) {
-		type = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "type", err);
-
-		if (type != NULL)
-			nftnl_chain_set_str(c, NFTNL_CHAIN_TYPE, type);
-
-		if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "prio", NFTNL_TYPE_S32,
-					  &prio, err) == 0)
-			nftnl_chain_set_s32(c, NFTNL_CHAIN_PRIO, prio);
-
-		hooknum_str = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "hooknum", err);
-		if (hooknum_str != NULL) {
-			hooknum = nftnl_str2hooknum(c->family, hooknum_str);
-			if (hooknum == -1)
-				return -1;
-			nftnl_chain_set_u32(c, NFTNL_CHAIN_HOOKNUM,
-					       hooknum);
-		}
-
-		policy = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "policy", err);
-		if (policy != NULL) {
-			if (nftnl_str2verdict(policy, &policy_num) != 0) {
-				errno = EINVAL;
-				err->node_name = "policy";
-				err->error = NFTNL_PARSE_EBADTYPE;
-				return -1;
-			}
-			nftnl_chain_set_u32(c, NFTNL_CHAIN_POLICY,
-					       policy_num);
-		}
-
-		dev = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "device", err);
-		if (dev != NULL)
-			nftnl_chain_set_str(c, NFTNL_CHAIN_DEV, dev);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif
-
-static int nftnl_chain_json_parse(struct nftnl_chain *c, const void *json,
-				struct nftnl_parse_err *err,
-				enum nftnl_parse_input input)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	json_t *tree;
-	json_error_t error;
-	int ret;
-
-	tree = nftnl_jansson_create_root(json, &error, err, input);
-	if (tree == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	ret = nftnl_jansson_parse_chain(c, tree, err);
-
-	nftnl_jansson_free_root(tree);
-
-	return ret;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int nftnl_chain_do_parse(struct nftnl_chain *c, enum nftnl_parse_type type,
-			      const void *data, struct nftnl_parse_err *err,
-			      enum nftnl_parse_input input)
-{
-	int ret;
-	struct nftnl_parse_err perr = {};
-
-	switch (type) {
-	case NFTNL_PARSE_JSON:
-		ret = nftnl_chain_json_parse(c, data, &perr, input);
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_PARSE_XML:
-	default:
-		ret = -1;
-		errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-		break;
-	}
-
-	if (err != NULL)
-		*err = perr;
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(nftnl_chain_parse);
-int nftnl_chain_parse(struct nftnl_chain *c, enum nftnl_parse_type type,
-		    const char *data, struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	return nftnl_chain_do_parse(c, type, data, err, NFTNL_PARSE_BUFFER);
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(nftnl_chain_parse_file);
-int nftnl_chain_parse_file(struct nftnl_chain *c, enum nftnl_parse_type type,
-			 FILE *fp, struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	return nftnl_chain_do_parse(c, type, fp, err, NFTNL_PARSE_FILE);
-}
-
-static int nftnl_chain_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-			      const struct nftnl_chain *c, int type)
-{
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	nftnl_buf_open(&b, type, CHAIN);
-	if (c->flags & (1 << NFTNL_CHAIN_NAME))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, c->name, NAME);
-	if (c->flags & (1 << NFTNL_CHAIN_HANDLE))
-		nftnl_buf_u64(&b, type, c->handle, HANDLE);
-	if (c->flags & (1 << NFTNL_CHAIN_BYTES))
-		nftnl_buf_u64(&b, type, c->bytes, BYTES);
-	if (c->flags & (1 << NFTNL_CHAIN_PACKETS))
-		nftnl_buf_u64(&b, type, c->packets, PACKETS);
-	if (c->flags & (1 << NFTNL_CHAIN_TABLE))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, c->table, TABLE);
-	if (c->flags & (1 << NFTNL_CHAIN_FAMILY))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, nftnl_family2str(c->family), FAMILY);
-	if (c->flags & (1 << NFTNL_CHAIN_USE))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, c->use, USE);
-	if (c->flags & (1 << NFTNL_CHAIN_HOOKNUM)) {
-		if (c->flags & (1 << NFTNL_CHAIN_TYPE))
-			nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, c->type, TYPE);
-		if (c->flags & (1 << NFTNL_CHAIN_HOOKNUM))
-			nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, nftnl_hooknum2str(c->family,
-					 c->hooknum), HOOKNUM);
-		if (c->flags & (1 << NFTNL_CHAIN_PRIO))
-			nftnl_buf_s32(&b, type, c->prio, PRIO);
-		if (c->flags & (1 << NFTNL_CHAIN_POLICY))
-			nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, nftnl_verdict2str(c->policy), POLICY);
-		if (c->flags & (1 << NFTNL_CHAIN_DEV))
-			nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, c->dev, DEVICE);
-	}
-
-	nftnl_buf_close(&b, type, CHAIN);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_chain_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 					const struct nftnl_chain *c)
 {
@@ -827,26 +645,17 @@ static int nftnl_chain_cmd_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size,
 {
 	int ret, remain = size, offset = 0;
 
-	ret = nftnl_cmd_header_snprintf(buf + offset, remain, cmd, type, flags);
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
 	switch (type) {
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_DEFAULT:
 		ret = nftnl_chain_snprintf_default(buf + offset, remain, c);
+		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
 		break;
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		ret = nftnl_chain_export(buf + offset, remain, c, type);
-		break;
 	default:
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-	ret = nftnl_cmd_footer_snprintf(buf + offset, remain, cmd, type, flags);
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
 	return offset;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/common.c b/src/common.c
index 561c95439114..feb13b2aa836 100644
--- a/src/common.c
+++ b/src/common.c
@@ -91,80 +91,6 @@ int nftnl_parse_perror(const char *msg, struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
 	}
 }
 
-int nftnl_cmd_header_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size, uint32_t cmd, uint32_t type,
-			    uint32_t flags)
-{
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (cmd == NFTNL_CMD_UNSPEC)
-		return 0;
-
-	switch (type) {
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		nftnl_buf_open_array(&b, type, nftnl_cmd2tag(cmd));
-		break;
-	default:
-		switch (cmd) {
-		case NFTNL_CMD_ADD:
-			return snprintf(buf, size, "%9s", "[ADD] ");
-		case NFTNL_CMD_DELETE:
-			return snprintf(buf, size, "%9s", "[DELETE] ");
-		default:
-			return snprintf(buf, size, "%9s", "[unknown] ");
-		}
-		break;
-	}
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
-static int nftnl_cmd_header_fprintf_cb(char *buf, size_t size, const void *obj,
-				       uint32_t cmd, uint32_t type,
-				       uint32_t flags)
-{
-	return nftnl_cmd_header_snprintf(buf, size, cmd, type, flags);
-}
-
-int nftnl_cmd_header_fprintf(FILE *fp, uint32_t cmd, uint32_t type,
-			   uint32_t flags)
-{
-	return nftnl_fprintf(fp, NULL, cmd, type, flags,
-			   nftnl_cmd_header_fprintf_cb);
-}
-
-int nftnl_cmd_footer_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size, uint32_t cmd, uint32_t type,
-			    uint32_t flags)
-{
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (cmd == NFTNL_CMD_UNSPEC)
-		return 0;
-
-	switch (type) {
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		nftnl_buf_close_array(&b, type, nftnl_cmd2tag(cmd));
-		break;
-	default:
-		return 0;
-	}
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
-static int nftnl_cmd_footer_fprintf_cb(char *buf, size_t size, const void *obj,
-				       uint32_t cmd, uint32_t type,
-				       uint32_t flags)
-{
-	return nftnl_cmd_footer_snprintf(buf, size, cmd, type, flags);
-}
-
-int nftnl_cmd_footer_fprintf(FILE *fp, uint32_t cmd, uint32_t type,
-			   uint32_t flags)
-{
-	return nftnl_fprintf(fp, NULL, cmd, type, flags,
-			   nftnl_cmd_footer_fprintf_cb);
-}
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nftnl_batch_begin);
 struct nlmsghdr *nftnl_batch_begin(char *buf, uint32_t seq)
 {
diff --git a/src/expr/bitwise.c b/src/expr/bitwise.c
index a89734b5f2d4..ebfbcd077237 100644
--- a/src/expr/bitwise.c
+++ b/src/expr/bitwise.c
@@ -174,61 +174,6 @@ nftnl_expr_bitwise_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int
-nftnl_expr_bitwise_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-				 struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	struct nftnl_expr_bitwise *bitwise = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	uint32_t reg, len;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "sreg", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &reg, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_SREG, reg);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "dreg", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &reg, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_DREG, reg);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "len", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &len, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_LEN, len);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_data_reg_parse(root, "mask", &bitwise->mask,
-				       err) == DATA_VALUE)
-		e->flags |= (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_MASK);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_data_reg_parse(root, "xor", &bitwise->xor,
-				       err) == DATA_VALUE)
-		e->flags |= (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_XOR);
-
-	if (bitwise->mask.len != bitwise->xor.len)
-		return -1;
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int nftnl_expr_bitwise_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				     const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_bitwise *bitwise = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_SREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, bitwise->sreg, SREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_DREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, bitwise->dreg, DREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_LEN))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, bitwise->len, LEN);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_MASK))
-		nftnl_buf_reg(&b, type, &bitwise->mask, DATA_VALUE, MASK);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_XOR))
-		nftnl_buf_reg(&b, type, &bitwise->xor, DATA_VALUE, XOR);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_expr_bitwise_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 					       const struct nftnl_expr *e)
 {
@@ -260,9 +205,6 @@ nftnl_expr_bitwise_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size, uint32_t type,
 	switch (type) {
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_DEFAULT:
 		return nftnl_expr_bitwise_snprintf_default(buf, size, e);
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_bitwise_export(buf, size, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -300,5 +242,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_bitwise = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_bitwise_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_bitwise_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_bitwise_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_bitwise_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/byteorder.c b/src/expr/byteorder.c
index 47c04cfea69f..4cddd4a052c2 100644
--- a/src/expr/byteorder.c
+++ b/src/expr/byteorder.c
@@ -197,63 +197,6 @@ static inline int nftnl_str2ntoh(const char *op)
 	}
 }
 
-static int
-nftnl_expr_byteorder_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-				   struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	const char *op;
-	uint32_t sreg, dreg, len, size;
-	int ntoh;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "sreg", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &sreg, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_BYTEORDER_SREG, sreg);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "dreg", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &dreg, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_BYTEORDER_DREG, dreg);
-
-	op = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "op", err);
-	if (op != NULL) {
-		ntoh = nftnl_str2ntoh(op);
-		if (ntoh < 0)
-			return -1;
-
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_BYTEORDER_OP, ntoh);
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "len", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &len, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_BYTEORDER_LEN, len);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "size", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &size, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_BYTEORDER_SIZE, size);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int nftnl_expr_byteorder_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				       const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_byteorder *byteorder = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_BYTEORDER_SREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, byteorder->sreg, SREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_BYTEORDER_DREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, byteorder->dreg, DREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_BYTEORDER_OP))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, bo2str(byteorder->op), OP);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_BYTEORDER_LEN))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, byteorder->len, LEN);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_BYTEORDER_SIZE))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, byteorder->size, SIZE);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_expr_byteorder_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 						 const struct nftnl_expr *e)
 {
@@ -277,7 +220,6 @@ nftnl_expr_byteorder_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_byteorder_snprintf_default(buf, size, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_byteorder_export(buf, size, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -315,5 +257,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_byteorder = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_byteorder_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_byteorder_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_byteorder_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_byteorder_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/cmp.c b/src/expr/cmp.c
index b26d0eb08bb2..86708a48410f 100644
--- a/src/expr/cmp.c
+++ b/src/expr/cmp.c
@@ -176,55 +176,6 @@ static inline int nftnl_str2cmp(const char *op)
 	}
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_cmp_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-					struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	struct nftnl_expr_cmp *cmp = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	const char *op;
-	uint32_t uval32;
-	int base;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "sreg", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &uval32,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_CMP_SREG, uval32);
-
-	op = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "op", err);
-	if (op != NULL) {
-		base = nftnl_str2cmp(op);
-		if (base < 0)
-			return -1;
-
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_CMP_OP, base);
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_data_reg_parse(root, "data",
-				       &cmp->data, err) == DATA_VALUE)
-		e->flags |= (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_CMP_DATA);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int nftnl_expr_cmp_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				 const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_cmp *cmp = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_CMP_SREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, cmp->sreg, SREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_CMP_OP))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, cmp2str(cmp->op), OP);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_CMP_DATA))
-		nftnl_buf_reg(&b, type, &cmp->data, DATA_VALUE, DATA);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_expr_cmp_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 					   const struct nftnl_expr *e)
 {
@@ -251,7 +202,6 @@ nftnl_expr_cmp_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_cmp_snprintf_default(buf, size, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_cmp_export(buf, size, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -285,5 +235,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_cmp = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_cmp_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_cmp_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_cmp_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_cmp_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/connlimit.c b/src/expr/connlimit.c
index 60965b5d8329..61fd299e6e31 100644
--- a/src/expr/connlimit.c
+++ b/src/expr/connlimit.c
@@ -117,42 +117,6 @@ nftnl_expr_connlimit_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int
-nftnl_expr_connlimit_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-				 struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	uint32_t uval32;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "count", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &uval32,
-				    err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_CONNLIMIT_COUNT, uval32);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "flags", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &uval32,
-				    err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_CONNLIMIT_FLAGS, uval32);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int nftnl_expr_connlimit_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				     const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_connlimit *connlimit = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_CONNLIMIT_COUNT))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, connlimit->count, COUNT);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_CONNLIMIT_FLAGS))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, connlimit->flags, FLAGS);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_expr_connlimit_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 					       const struct nftnl_expr *e)
 {
@@ -171,7 +135,6 @@ static int nftnl_expr_connlimit_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_connlimit_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_connlimit_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -203,5 +166,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_connlimit = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_connlimit_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_connlimit_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_connlimit_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_connlimit_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/counter.c b/src/expr/counter.c
index 21901e892471..2036cb0c1502 100644
--- a/src/expr/counter.c
+++ b/src/expr/counter.c
@@ -115,42 +115,6 @@ nftnl_expr_counter_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int
-nftnl_expr_counter_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-				 struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	uint64_t uval64;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "pkts", NFTNL_TYPE_U64, &uval64,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u64(e, NFTNL_EXPR_CTR_PACKETS, uval64);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "bytes", NFTNL_TYPE_U64, &uval64,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u64(e, NFTNL_EXPR_CTR_BYTES, uval64);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int nftnl_expr_counter_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				     const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_counter *ctr = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_CTR_PACKETS))
-		nftnl_buf_u64(&b, type, ctr->pkts, PKTS);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_CTR_BYTES))
-		nftnl_buf_u64(&b, type, ctr->bytes, BYTES);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_expr_counter_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 					       const struct nftnl_expr *e)
 {
@@ -169,7 +133,6 @@ static int nftnl_expr_counter_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_counter_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_counter_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -201,5 +164,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_counter = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_counter_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_counter_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_counter_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_counter_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/ct.c b/src/expr/ct.c
index 39e9be6c5da2..bb7fe8a4bac2 100644
--- a/src/expr/ct.c
+++ b/src/expr/ct.c
@@ -221,70 +221,6 @@ static inline int str2ctdir(const char *str, uint8_t *ctdir)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_ct_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-				       struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	const char *key_str, *dir_str;
-	uint32_t reg;
-	uint8_t dir;
-	int key;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "dreg", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &reg, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_CT_DREG, reg);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "sreg", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &reg, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_CT_SREG, reg);
-
-	key_str = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "key", err);
-	if (key_str != NULL) {
-		key = str2ctkey(key_str);
-		if (key < 0)
-			return -1;
-
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_CT_KEY, key);
-	}
-
-	dir_str = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "dir", err);
-	if (dir_str != NULL) {
-		if (str2ctdir(dir_str, &dir) != 0) {
-			err->node_name = "dir";
-			err->error = NFTNL_PARSE_EBADTYPE;
-			goto err;
-		}
-		nftnl_expr_set_u8(e, NFTNL_EXPR_CT_DIR, dir);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-err:
-	errno = EINVAL;
-	return -1;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-
-static int
-nftnl_expr_ct_export(char *buf, size_t size, const struct nftnl_expr *e,
-		     int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_ct *ct = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_CT_SREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, ct->sreg, SREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_CT_DREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, ct->dreg, DREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_CT_KEY))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, ctkey2str(ct->key), KEY);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_CT_DIR))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, ctdir2str(ct->dir), DIR);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int
 nftnl_expr_ct_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 			       const struct nftnl_expr *e)
@@ -322,7 +258,6 @@ nftnl_expr_ct_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_ct_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_ct_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -358,5 +293,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_ct = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_ct_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_ct_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_ct_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_ct_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/data_reg.c b/src/expr/data_reg.c
index ad7f4cb28ebd..48a012bb6cbf 100644
--- a/src/expr/data_reg.c
+++ b/src/expr/data_reg.c
@@ -24,116 +24,6 @@
 #include <libnftnl/rule.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-static int nftnl_data_reg_verdict_json_parse(union nftnl_data_reg *reg, json_t *data,
-					   struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	int verdict;
-	const char *verdict_str;
-	const char *chain;
-
-	verdict_str = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(data, "verdict", err);
-	if (verdict_str == NULL)
-		return DATA_NONE;
-
-	if (nftnl_str2verdict(verdict_str, &verdict) != 0) {
-		err->node_name = "verdict";
-		err->error = NFTNL_PARSE_EBADTYPE;
-		errno = EINVAL;
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	reg->verdict = (uint32_t)verdict;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(data, "chain")) {
-		chain = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(data, "chain", err);
-		if (chain == NULL)
-			return DATA_NONE;
-
-		reg->chain = strdup(chain);
-	}
-
-	return DATA_VERDICT;
-}
-
-static int nftnl_data_reg_value_json_parse(union nftnl_data_reg *reg, json_t *data,
-					 struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	char node_name[32] = {};
-	int ret, remain = sizeof(node_name), offset = 0, i;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(data, "len", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &reg->len, err) < 0)
-			return DATA_NONE;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < div_round_up(reg->len, sizeof(uint32_t)); i++) {
-		ret = snprintf(node_name, sizeof(node_name), "data%u", i);
-		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-		if (nftnl_jansson_str2num(data, node_name, BASE_HEX,
-					&reg->val[i], NFTNL_TYPE_U32, err) != 0)
-			return DATA_NONE;
-	}
-
-	return DATA_VALUE;
-}
-
-int nftnl_data_reg_json_parse(union nftnl_data_reg *reg, json_t *data,
-			    struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-
-	const char *type;
-
-	type = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(data, "type", err);
-	if (type == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	/* Select what type of parsing is needed */
-	if (strcmp(type, "value") == 0)
-		return nftnl_data_reg_value_json_parse(reg, data, err);
-	else if (strcmp(type, "verdict") == 0)
-		return nftnl_data_reg_verdict_json_parse(reg, data, err);
-
-	return DATA_NONE;
-}
-#endif
-
-static int
-nftnl_data_reg_value_snprintf_json(char *buf, size_t size,
-				   const union nftnl_data_reg *reg,
-				   uint32_t flags)
-{
-	int remain = size, offset = 0, ret, i, j;
-	uint32_t utemp;
-	uint8_t *tmp;
-
-	ret = snprintf(buf, remain, "\"reg\":{\"type\":\"value\",");
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-	ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, "\"len\":%u,", reg->len);
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-	for (i = 0; i < div_round_up(reg->len, sizeof(uint32_t)); i++) {
-		ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, "\"data%d\":\"0x", i);
-		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-		utemp = htonl(reg->val[i]);
-		tmp = (uint8_t *)&utemp;
-
-		for (j = 0; j<sizeof(uint32_t); j++) {
-			ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, "%.02x", tmp[j]);
-			SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-		}
-
-		ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, "\",");
-		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-	}
-	offset--;
-	ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, "}");
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-	return offset;
-}
-
 static int
 nftnl_data_reg_value_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 				      const union nftnl_data_reg *reg,
@@ -167,29 +57,6 @@ nftnl_data_reg_verdict_snprintf_def(char *buf, size_t size,
 	return offset;
 }
 
-static int
-nftnl_data_reg_verdict_snprintf_json(char *buf, size_t size,
-				     const union nftnl_data_reg *reg,
-				     uint32_t flags)
-{
-	int remain = size, offset = 0, ret = 0;
-
-	ret = snprintf(buf, size, "\"reg\":{\"type\":\"verdict\","
-		       "\"verdict\":\"%s\"", nftnl_verdict2str(reg->verdict));
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-	if (reg->chain != NULL) {
-		ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, ",\"chain\":\"%s\"",
-			       reg->chain);
-		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-	}
-
-	ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, "}");
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-	return offset;
-}
-
 int nftnl_data_reg_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size,
 			    const union nftnl_data_reg *reg,
 			    uint32_t output_format, uint32_t flags,
@@ -202,8 +69,6 @@ int nftnl_data_reg_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size,
 			return nftnl_data_reg_value_snprintf_default(buf, size,
 								   reg, flags);
 		case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-			return nftnl_data_reg_value_snprintf_json(buf, size,
-							       reg, flags);
 		case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 		default:
 			break;
@@ -216,8 +81,6 @@ int nftnl_data_reg_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size,
 			return nftnl_data_reg_verdict_snprintf_def(buf, size,
 								 reg, flags);
 		case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-			return nftnl_data_reg_verdict_snprintf_json(buf, size,
-								  reg, flags);
 		case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 		default:
 			break;
diff --git a/src/expr/dup.c b/src/expr/dup.c
index ed8e6208cfab..6fa65988c835 100644
--- a/src/expr/dup.c
+++ b/src/expr/dup.c
@@ -112,41 +112,6 @@ static int nftnl_expr_dup_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_dup_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-				     struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	uint32_t sreg_addr, sreg_dev;
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "sreg_addr", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &sreg_addr, err);
-	if (ret >= 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_DUP_SREG_DEV, sreg_addr);
-	ret = nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "sreg_dev", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &sreg_dev, err);
-	if (ret >= 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_DUP_SREG_DEV, sreg_dev);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int nftnl_expr_dup_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				 const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_dup *dup = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_DUP_SREG_ADDR))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, dup->sreg_addr, "sreg_addr");
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_DUP_SREG_DEV))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, dup->sreg_addr, "sreg_dev");
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_expr_dup_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 					   const struct nftnl_expr *e,
 					   uint32_t flags)
@@ -175,7 +140,6 @@ static int nftnl_expr_dup_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_dup_snprintf_default(buf, len, e, flags);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_dup_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -207,5 +171,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_dup = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_dup_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_dup_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_dup_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_dup_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/dynset.c b/src/expr/dynset.c
index 160d0e15c151..3d24ef8da0f8 100644
--- a/src/expr/dynset.c
+++ b/src/expr/dynset.c
@@ -205,59 +205,6 @@ nftnl_expr_dynset_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int
-nftnl_expr_dynset_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-				struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	const char *set_name;
-	uint32_t uval32;
-	uint64_t uval64;
-
-	set_name = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "set", err);
-	if (set_name != NULL)
-		nftnl_expr_set_str(e, NFTNL_EXPR_DYNSET_SET_NAME, set_name);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "sreg_key",
-				  NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &uval32, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_DYNSET_SREG_KEY, uval32);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "sreg_data",
-				  NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &uval32, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_DYNSET_SREG_DATA, uval32);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "op", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &uval32,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_DYNSET_OP, uval32);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "timeout", NFTNL_TYPE_U64, &uval64,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u64(e, NFTNL_EXPR_DYNSET_TIMEOUT, uval64);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int
-nftnl_expr_dynset_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-			 const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_dynset *dynset = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_DYNSET_SET_NAME))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, dynset->set_name, SET_NAME);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_DYNSET_SREG_KEY))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, dynset->sreg_key, SREG_KEY);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_DYNSET_SREG_DATA))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, dynset->sreg_data, SREG_DATA);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static const char *op2str_array[] = {
 	[NFT_DYNSET_OP_ADD]		= "add",
 	[NFT_DYNSET_OP_UPDATE] 		= "update",
@@ -319,7 +266,6 @@ nftnl_expr_dynset_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_dynset_snprintf_default(buf, size, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_dynset_export(buf, size, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -369,5 +315,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_dynset = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_dynset_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_dynset_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_dynset_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_dynset_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/exthdr.c b/src/expr/exthdr.c
index a3518353be09..ec6a855b3f8e 100644
--- a/src/expr/exthdr.c
+++ b/src/expr/exthdr.c
@@ -205,24 +205,6 @@ static const char *op2str(uint8_t op)
 	}
 }
 
-static const char *type2str(uint32_t type)
-{
-	switch (type) {
-	case IPPROTO_HOPOPTS:
-		return "hopopts";
-	case IPPROTO_ROUTING:
-		return "routing";
-	case IPPROTO_FRAGMENT:
-		return "fragment";
-	case IPPROTO_DSTOPTS:
-		return "dstopts";
-	case IPPROTO_MH:
-		return "mh";
-	default:
-		return "unknown";
-	}
-}
-
 static inline int str2exthdr_op(const char* str)
 {
 	if (!strcmp(str, "tcpopt"))
@@ -248,75 +230,6 @@ static inline int str2exthdr_type(const char *str)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-static int
-nftnl_expr_exthdr_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-				struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	const char *exthdr_type;
-	uint32_t uval32;
-	int type;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "dreg", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &uval32,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_EXTHDR_DREG, uval32);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "sreg", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &uval32,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_EXTHDR_SREG, uval32);
-
-	exthdr_type = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "exthdr_type", err);
-	if (exthdr_type != NULL) {
-		type = str2exthdr_type(exthdr_type);
-		if (type < 0)
-			return -1;
-		nftnl_expr_set_u8(e, NFTNL_EXPR_EXTHDR_TYPE, type);
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "offset", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &uval32,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_EXTHDR_OFFSET, uval32);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "len", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &uval32, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_EXTHDR_LEN, uval32);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "op", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &uval32, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_EXTHDR_OP, uval32);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "flags", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &uval32, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_EXTHDR_FLAGS, uval32);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int nftnl_expr_exthdr_export(char *buf, size_t len,
-				    const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_exthdr *exthdr = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, len);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_EXTHDR_DREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, exthdr->dreg, DREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_EXTHDR_SREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, exthdr->dreg, SREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_EXTHDR_TYPE))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, type2str(exthdr->type), EXTHDR_TYPE);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_EXTHDR_OFFSET))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, exthdr->offset, OFFSET);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_EXTHDR_LEN))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, exthdr->len, LEN);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_EXTHDR_OP))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, exthdr->op, OP);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_EXTHDR_FLAGS))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, exthdr->flags, FLAGS);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_expr_exthdr_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 					      const struct nftnl_expr *e)
 {
@@ -344,7 +257,6 @@ nftnl_expr_exthdr_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_exthdr_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_exthdr_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -386,5 +298,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_exthdr = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_exthdr_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_exthdr_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_exthdr_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_exthdr_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/fib.c b/src/expr/fib.c
index b922b26681e7..f1eec73a2927 100644
--- a/src/expr/fib.c
+++ b/src/expr/fib.c
@@ -128,31 +128,6 @@ nftnl_expr_fib_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_fib_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-				      struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	uint32_t result, flags, dreg;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "result", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				    &result, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_FIB_RESULT, result);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "dreg", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				    &dreg, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_FIB_DREG, dreg);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "flags", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				    &flags, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_FIB_FLAGS, flags);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
 static const char *fib_type[NFT_FIB_RESULT_MAX + 1] = {
 	[NFT_FIB_RESULT_OIF] = "oif",
 	[NFT_FIB_RESULT_OIFNAME] = "oifname",
@@ -215,23 +190,6 @@ nftnl_expr_fib_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 	return offset;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_fib_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				  const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_fib *fib = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_FIB_RESULT))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, fib->result, OP);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_FIB_DREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, fib->dreg, DREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_FIB_FLAGS))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, fib->flags, FLAGS);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int
 nftnl_expr_fib_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 			 uint32_t flags, const struct nftnl_expr *e)
@@ -241,7 +199,6 @@ nftnl_expr_fib_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_fib_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_fib_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -275,5 +232,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_fib = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_fib_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_fib_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_fib_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_fib_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/flow_offload.c b/src/expr/flow_offload.c
index a2001c9ae9db..648099a2d6af 100644
--- a/src/expr/flow_offload.c
+++ b/src/expr/flow_offload.c
@@ -92,36 +92,6 @@ static int nftnl_expr_flow_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int
-nftnl_expr_flow_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-				struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	const char *table_name;
-
-	table_name = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "flowtable", err);
-	if (table_name != NULL)
-		nftnl_expr_set_str(e, NFTNL_EXPR_FLOW_TABLE_NAME, table_name);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int nftnl_expr_flow_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				  const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_flow *l = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_FLOW_TABLE_NAME))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, l->table_name, SET);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_expr_flow_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 					    const struct nftnl_expr *e)
 {
@@ -142,7 +112,6 @@ static int nftnl_expr_flow_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_flow_snprintf_default(buf, size, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_flow_export(buf, size, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -180,5 +149,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_flow = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_flow_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_flow_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_flow_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_flow_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/fwd.c b/src/expr/fwd.c
index 90216066cb07..9890e9aca546 100644
--- a/src/expr/fwd.c
+++ b/src/expr/fwd.c
@@ -126,46 +126,6 @@ static int nftnl_expr_fwd_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_fwd_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-				     struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	uint32_t u32val;
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "sreg_dev", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &u32val, err);
-	if (ret >= 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_FWD_SREG_DEV, u32val);
-	ret = nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "sreg_addr", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &u32val, err);
-	if (ret >= 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_FWD_SREG_ADDR, u32val);
-	ret = nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "nfproto", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &u32val, err);
-	if (ret >= 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_FWD_NFPROTO, u32val);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int nftnl_expr_fwd_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				 const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_fwd *fwd = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_FWD_SREG_DEV))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, fwd->sreg_dev, "sreg_dev");
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_FWD_SREG_ADDR))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, fwd->sreg_dev, "sreg_addr");
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_FWD_NFPROTO))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, fwd->nfproto, "nfproto");
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_expr_fwd_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 					   const struct nftnl_expr *e,
 					   uint32_t flags)
@@ -200,7 +160,6 @@ static int nftnl_expr_fwd_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_fwd_snprintf_default(buf, len, e, flags);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_fwd_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -234,5 +193,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_fwd = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_fwd_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_fwd_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_fwd_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_fwd_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/hash.c b/src/expr/hash.c
index 415537ea721b..280ea0c41e75 100644
--- a/src/expr/hash.c
+++ b/src/expr/hash.c
@@ -220,47 +220,6 @@ nftnl_expr_hash_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_hash_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-				      struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	uint32_t sreg, dreg, len, modulus, seed, offset, type;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "sreg", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				    &sreg, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_HASH_SREG, sreg);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "dreg", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				    &dreg, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_HASH_DREG, dreg);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "len", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				    &len, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_HASH_LEN, len);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "modulus", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				    &modulus, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_HASH_MODULUS, modulus);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "seed", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				    &seed, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_HASH_SEED, seed);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "offset", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				    &offset, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_HASH_OFFSET, offset);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "type", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				    &type, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_HASH_TYPE, type);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
 static int
 nftnl_expr_hash_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 				 const struct nftnl_expr *e)
@@ -302,33 +261,6 @@ nftnl_expr_hash_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 	return offset;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_hash_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				  const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_hash *hash = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_HASH_SREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, hash->sreg, SREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_HASH_DREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, hash->dreg, DREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_HASH_LEN))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, hash->len, LEN);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_HASH_MODULUS))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, hash->modulus, MODULUS);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_HASH_SEED))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, hash->seed, SEED);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_HASH_OFFSET))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, hash->offset, OFFSET);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_HASH_TYPE))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, hash->type, TYPE);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_HASH_SET_NAME))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, hash->map.name, SET);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int
 nftnl_expr_hash_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 			 uint32_t flags, const struct nftnl_expr *e)
@@ -338,7 +270,6 @@ nftnl_expr_hash_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_hash_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_hash_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -384,5 +315,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_hash = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_hash_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_hash_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_hash_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_hash_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/immediate.c b/src/expr/immediate.c
index b0570bd539a4..22edbc80b7f4 100644
--- a/src/expr/immediate.c
+++ b/src/expr/immediate.c
@@ -174,61 +174,6 @@ nftnl_expr_immediate_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 }
 
 static int
-nftnl_expr_immediate_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-				   struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	struct nftnl_expr_immediate *imm = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	int datareg_type;
-	uint32_t reg;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "dreg", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &reg, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_IMM_DREG, reg);
-
-	datareg_type = nftnl_jansson_data_reg_parse(root, "data",
-						  &imm->data, err);
-	if (datareg_type >= 0) {
-		switch (datareg_type) {
-		case DATA_VALUE:
-			e->flags |= (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_IMM_DATA);
-			break;
-		case DATA_VERDICT:
-			e->flags |= (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_IMM_VERDICT);
-			break;
-		case DATA_CHAIN:
-			e->flags |= (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_IMM_CHAIN);
-			break;
-		default:
-			return -1;
-		}
-	}
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int
-nftnl_expr_immediate_export(char *buf, size_t size, const struct nftnl_expr *e,
-			    int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_immediate *imm = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_IMM_DREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, imm->dreg, DREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_IMM_DATA))
-		nftnl_buf_reg(&b, type, &imm->data, DATA_VALUE, DATA);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_IMM_VERDICT))
-		nftnl_buf_reg(&b, type, &imm->data, DATA_VERDICT, DATA);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_IMM_CHAIN))
-		nftnl_buf_reg(&b, type, &imm->data, DATA_CHAIN, DATA);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
-static int
 nftnl_expr_immediate_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 				      const struct nftnl_expr *e,
 				      uint32_t flags)
@@ -267,7 +212,6 @@ nftnl_expr_immediate_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_immediate_snprintf_default(buf, len, e, flags);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_immediate_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -317,5 +261,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_immediate = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_immediate_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_immediate_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_immediate_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_immediate_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/limit.c b/src/expr/limit.c
index 856ab1839b0a..4831abd4bdfc 100644
--- a/src/expr/limit.c
+++ b/src/expr/limit.c
@@ -160,32 +160,6 @@ nftnl_expr_limit_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_limit_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-					  struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	uint64_t uval64;
-	uint32_t uval32;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "rate", NFTNL_TYPE_U64, &uval64, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u64(e, NFTNL_EXPR_LIMIT_RATE, uval64);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "unit", NFTNL_TYPE_U64, &uval64, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u64(e, NFTNL_EXPR_LIMIT_UNIT, uval64);
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "burst", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &uval32, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_LIMIT_BURST, uval32);
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "type", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &uval32, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_LIMIT_TYPE, uval32);
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "flags", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &uval32, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_LIMIT_FLAGS, uval32);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
 static const char *get_unit(uint64_t u)
 {
 	switch (u) {
@@ -198,26 +172,6 @@ static const char *get_unit(uint64_t u)
 	return "error";
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_limit_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				   const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_limit *limit = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_LIMIT_RATE))
-		nftnl_buf_u64(&b, type, limit->rate, RATE);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_LIMIT_UNIT))
-		nftnl_buf_u64(&b, type, limit->unit, UNIT);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_LIMIT_BURST))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, limit->burst, BURST);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_LIMIT_TYPE))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, limit->type, TYPE);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_LIMIT_FLAGS))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, limit->flags, FLAGS);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static const char *limit_to_type(enum nft_limit_type type)
 {
 	switch (type) {
@@ -248,7 +202,6 @@ nftnl_expr_limit_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_limit_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_limit_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -286,5 +239,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_limit = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_limit_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_limit_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_limit_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_limit_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/log.c b/src/expr/log.c
index 86d965136cd4..e4bf0516e966 100644
--- a/src/expr/log.c
+++ b/src/expr/log.c
@@ -186,45 +186,6 @@ nftnl_expr_log_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_log_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-					struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	const char *prefix;
-	uint32_t snaplen, level, flags;
-	uint16_t group, qthreshold;
-
-	prefix = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "prefix", err);
-	if (prefix != NULL)
-		nftnl_expr_set_str(e, NFTNL_EXPR_LOG_PREFIX, prefix);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "group", NFTNL_TYPE_U16, &group,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u16(e, NFTNL_EXPR_LOG_GROUP, group);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "snaplen", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &snaplen,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_LOG_SNAPLEN, snaplen);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "qthreshold", NFTNL_TYPE_U16,
-				  &qthreshold, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u16(e, NFTNL_EXPR_LOG_QTHRESHOLD, qthreshold);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "level", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &level,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_LOG_LEVEL, level);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "flags", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &flags,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_LOG_FLAGS, flags);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
 static int nftnl_expr_log_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 					   const struct nftnl_expr *e)
 {
@@ -275,28 +236,6 @@ static int nftnl_expr_log_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 	return offset;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_log_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				 const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_log *log = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_LOG_PREFIX))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, log->prefix, PREFIX);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_LOG_GROUP))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, log->group, GROUP);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_LOG_SNAPLEN))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, log->snaplen, SNAPLEN);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_LOG_QTHRESHOLD))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, log->qthreshold, QTHRESH);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_LOG_LEVEL))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, log->level, LEVEL);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_LOG_FLAGS))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, log->flags, FLAGS);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int
 nftnl_expr_log_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 			uint32_t flags, const struct nftnl_expr *e)
@@ -306,7 +245,6 @@ nftnl_expr_log_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_log_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_log_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -354,5 +292,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_log = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_log_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_log_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_log_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_log_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/lookup.c b/src/expr/lookup.c
index 5fcb81f3a7a2..132dc4e66dc6 100644
--- a/src/expr/lookup.c
+++ b/src/expr/lookup.c
@@ -168,54 +168,6 @@ nftnl_expr_lookup_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 }
 
 static int
-nftnl_expr_lookup_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-				struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	const char *set_name;
-	uint32_t sreg, dreg, flags;
-
-	set_name = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "set", err);
-	if (set_name != NULL)
-		nftnl_expr_set_str(e, NFTNL_EXPR_LOOKUP_SET, set_name);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "sreg", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &sreg, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_LOOKUP_SREG, sreg);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "dreg", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &dreg, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_LOOKUP_DREG, dreg);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "flags", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				    &flags, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_LOOKUP_FLAGS, flags);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int
-nftnl_expr_lookup_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-			 const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_lookup *l = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_LOOKUP_SET))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, l->set_name, SET);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_LOOKUP_SREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, l->sreg, SREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_LOOKUP_DREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, l->dreg, DREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_LOOKUP_FLAGS))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, l->flags, FLAGS);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
-static int
 nftnl_expr_lookup_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 				   const struct nftnl_expr *e)
 {
@@ -247,7 +199,6 @@ nftnl_expr_lookup_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_lookup_snprintf_default(buf, size, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_lookup_export(buf, size, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -293,5 +244,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_lookup = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_lookup_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_lookup_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_lookup_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_lookup_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/masq.c b/src/expr/masq.c
index 7c235d3b0bdc..78dd76b1a3b3 100644
--- a/src/expr/masq.c
+++ b/src/expr/masq.c
@@ -131,46 +131,6 @@ nftnl_expr_masq_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int
-nftnl_expr_masq_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-			      struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	uint32_t reg, flags;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "flags", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &flags,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_MASQ_FLAGS, flags);
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "sreg_proto_min", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				    &reg, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_MASQ_REG_PROTO_MIN, reg);
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "sreg_proto_max", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				    &reg, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_MASQ_REG_PROTO_MAX, reg);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int nftnl_expr_masq_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				  const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_masq *masq = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_MASQ_FLAGS))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, masq->flags, FLAGS);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_MASQ_REG_PROTO_MIN))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, masq->sreg_proto_min, SREG_PROTO_MIN);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_MASQ_REG_PROTO_MAX))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, masq->sreg_proto_max, SREG_PROTO_MAX);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_expr_masq_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 					    const struct nftnl_expr *e)
 {
@@ -195,7 +155,6 @@ static int nftnl_expr_masq_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_masq_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_masq_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -229,5 +188,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_masq = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_masq_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_masq_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_masq_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_masq_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/match.c b/src/expr/match.c
index dd09e1e85192..85dd79c6a63d 100644
--- a/src/expr/match.c
+++ b/src/expr/match.c
@@ -164,36 +164,6 @@ static int nftnl_expr_match_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_match_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-					  struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	const char *name;
-
-	name = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "name", err);
-	if (name != NULL)
-		nftnl_expr_set_str(e, NFTNL_EXPR_MT_NAME, name);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-
-static int nftnl_expr_match_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				   const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_match *mt = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_MT_NAME))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, mt->name, NAME);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int
 nftnl_expr_match_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 			  uint32_t flags, const struct nftnl_expr *e)
@@ -206,7 +176,6 @@ nftnl_expr_match_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 				match->name, match->rev);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_match_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -250,5 +219,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_match = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_match_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_match_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_match_snprintf,
-	.json_parse 	= nftnl_expr_match_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/meta.c b/src/expr/meta.c
index de82105de44f..b66b9b702ca2 100644
--- a/src/expr/meta.c
+++ b/src/expr/meta.c
@@ -182,40 +182,6 @@ static inline int str2meta_key(const char *str)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_meta_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-					 struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	const char *key_str;
-	uint32_t reg;
-	int key;
-
-	key_str = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "key", err);
-	if (key_str != NULL) {
-		key = str2meta_key(key_str);
-		if (key >= 0)
-			nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_META_KEY, key);
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(root, "dreg")) {
-		if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "dreg", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &reg,
-					  err) == 0)
-			nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_META_DREG, reg);
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(root, "sreg")) {
-		if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "sreg", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &reg,
-					  err) == 0)
-			nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_META_SREG, reg);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
 static int
 nftnl_expr_meta_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 				 const struct nftnl_expr *e)
@@ -233,22 +199,6 @@ nftnl_expr_meta_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_meta_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				  const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_meta *meta = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_META_DREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, meta->dreg, DREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_META_KEY))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, meta_key2str(meta->key), KEY);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_META_SREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, meta->sreg, SREG);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int
 nftnl_expr_meta_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 			 uint32_t flags, const struct nftnl_expr *e)
@@ -258,7 +208,6 @@ nftnl_expr_meta_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_meta_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_meta_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -292,5 +241,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_meta = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_meta_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_meta_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_meta_snprintf,
-	.json_parse 	= nftnl_expr_meta_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/nat.c b/src/expr/nat.c
index 92713033a6e7..9be78f39c31d 100644
--- a/src/expr/nat.c
+++ b/src/expr/nat.c
@@ -220,85 +220,6 @@ static inline int nftnl_str2nat(const char *nat)
 	}
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_nat_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-					struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	const char *nat_type, *family_str;
-	uint32_t reg, flags;
-	int val32;
-
-	nat_type = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "nat_type", err);
-	if (nat_type == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	val32 = nftnl_str2nat(nat_type);
-	if (val32 < 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_NAT_TYPE, val32);
-
-	family_str = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "family", err);
-	if (family_str == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	val32 = nftnl_str2family(family_str);
-	if (val32 < 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_NAT_FAMILY, val32);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "sreg_addr_min", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				  &reg, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_NAT_REG_ADDR_MIN, reg);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "sreg_addr_max", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				  &reg, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_NAT_REG_ADDR_MAX, reg);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "sreg_proto_min", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				  &reg, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_NAT_REG_PROTO_MIN, reg);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "sreg_proto_max", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				  &reg, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_NAT_REG_PROTO_MAX, reg);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "flags", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				  &flags, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_NAT_FLAGS, flags);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int nftnl_expr_nat_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				 const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_nat *nat = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_NAT_TYPE))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, nat2str(nat->type), NAT_TYPE);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_NAT_FAMILY))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, nftnl_family2str(nat->family), FAMILY);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_NAT_REG_ADDR_MIN))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, nat->sreg_addr_min, SREG_ADDR_MIN);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_NAT_REG_ADDR_MAX))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, nat->sreg_addr_max, SREG_ADDR_MAX);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_NAT_REG_PROTO_MIN))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, nat->sreg_proto_min, SREG_PROTO_MIN);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_NAT_REG_PROTO_MAX))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, nat->sreg_proto_max, SREG_PROTO_MAX);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_NAT_FLAGS))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, nat->flags, FLAGS);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int
 nftnl_expr_nat_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 				const struct nftnl_expr *e)
@@ -344,7 +265,6 @@ nftnl_expr_nat_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_nat_snprintf_default(buf, size, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_nat_export(buf, size, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -385,5 +305,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_nat = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_nat_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_nat_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_nat_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_nat_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/numgen.c b/src/expr/numgen.c
index 5336fdec1d69..d46cf947464d 100644
--- a/src/expr/numgen.c
+++ b/src/expr/numgen.c
@@ -179,35 +179,6 @@ nftnl_expr_ng_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_ng_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-				    struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	uint32_t dreg, modulus, type, offset;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "dreg", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				    &dreg, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_NG_DREG, dreg);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "modulus", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				    &modulus, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_NG_MODULUS, modulus);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "type", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				    &type, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_NG_TYPE, type);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "offset", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				    &offset, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_NG_OFFSET, offset);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
 static int
 nftnl_expr_ng_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 			       const struct nftnl_expr *e)
@@ -244,27 +215,6 @@ nftnl_expr_ng_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 	return offset;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_ng_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_ng *ng = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_NG_DREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, ng->dreg, DREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_NG_MODULUS))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, ng->modulus, MODULUS);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_NG_TYPE))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, ng->type, TYPE);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_NG_OFFSET))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, ng->type, OFFSET);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_NG_SET_NAME))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, ng->map.name, SET);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int
 nftnl_expr_ng_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		       uint32_t flags, const struct nftnl_expr *e)
@@ -274,7 +224,6 @@ nftnl_expr_ng_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_ng_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_ng_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -314,5 +263,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_ng = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_ng_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_ng_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_ng_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_ng_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/objref.c b/src/expr/objref.c
index 64ee8638027c..67fd74bd8992 100644
--- a/src/expr/objref.c
+++ b/src/expr/objref.c
@@ -174,51 +174,6 @@ static int nftnl_expr_objref_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int
-nftnl_expr_objref_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-			     struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	uint32_t uval32;
-	const char *str;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(root, "name")) {
-		str = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "name", err);
-		if (str == NULL)
-			return -1;
-
-		nftnl_expr_set_str(e, NFTNL_EXPR_OBJREF_IMM_NAME, str);
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "type", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &uval32,
-				    err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_OBJREF_IMM_TYPE, uval32);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int nftnl_expr_objref_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				    const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_objref *objref = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_OBJREF_IMM_TYPE))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, objref->imm.type, BYTES);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_OBJREF_IMM_NAME))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, objref->imm.name, NAME);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_OBJREF_SET_SREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, objref->set.sreg, SREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_OBJREF_SET_NAME))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, objref->set.name, SET);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_expr_objref_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 					      const struct nftnl_expr *e)
 {
@@ -241,7 +196,6 @@ static int nftnl_expr_objref_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_objref_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_objref_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -279,5 +233,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_objref = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_objref_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_objref_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_objref_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_objref_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/osf.c b/src/expr/osf.c
index 6fd62e582332..372ebe1a8588 100644
--- a/src/expr/osf.c
+++ b/src/expr/osf.c
@@ -102,18 +102,6 @@ static int nftnl_expr_osf_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 	return offset;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_osf_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				 const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_osf *osf = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_OSF_DREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, osf->dreg, "dreg");
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int
 nftnl_expr_osf_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 			uint32_t flags, const struct nftnl_expr *e)
@@ -123,7 +111,6 @@ nftnl_expr_osf_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_osf_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_osf_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/src/expr/payload.c b/src/expr/payload.c
index 91e1587ff239..4b2f32213c29 100644
--- a/src/expr/payload.c
+++ b/src/expr/payload.c
@@ -232,59 +232,6 @@ static inline int nftnl_str2base(const char *base)
 }
 
 static int
-nftnl_expr_payload_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-				 struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	const char *base_str;
-	uint32_t reg, uval32;
-	int base;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "dreg", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &reg, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_PAYLOAD_DREG, reg);
-
-	base_str = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "base", err);
-	if (base_str != NULL) {
-		base = nftnl_str2base(base_str);
-		if (base < 0)
-			return -1;
-
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_PAYLOAD_BASE, base);
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "offset", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &uval32,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_PAYLOAD_OFFSET, uval32);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "len", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &uval32, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_PAYLOAD_LEN, uval32);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int nftnl_expr_payload_export(char *buf, size_t size, uint32_t flags,
-				     const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_payload *payload = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_PAYLOAD_DREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, payload->dreg, DREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_PAYLOAD_OFFSET))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, payload->offset, OFFSET);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_PAYLOAD_LEN))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, payload->len, LEN);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_PAYLOAD_BASE))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, base2str(payload->base), BASE);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
-static int
 nftnl_expr_payload_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 			    uint32_t flags, const struct nftnl_expr *e)
 {
@@ -305,7 +252,6 @@ nftnl_expr_payload_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 					payload->offset, payload->dreg);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_payload_export(buf, len, flags, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -349,5 +295,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_payload = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_payload_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_payload_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_payload_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_payload_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/queue.c b/src/expr/queue.c
index a392a271a6fb..e71df7dafd03 100644
--- a/src/expr/queue.c
+++ b/src/expr/queue.c
@@ -143,35 +143,6 @@ nftnl_expr_queue_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int
-nftnl_expr_queue_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-			       struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	uint32_t sreg_qnum;
-	uint16_t type;
-	uint16_t code;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "num", NFTNL_TYPE_U16, &type, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u16(e, NFTNL_EXPR_QUEUE_NUM, type);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "total", NFTNL_TYPE_U16, &code, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u16(e, NFTNL_EXPR_QUEUE_TOTAL, code);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "flags", NFTNL_TYPE_U16, &code, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u16(e, NFTNL_EXPR_QUEUE_FLAGS, code);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "sreg_qnum", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &sreg_qnum,
-				    err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_QUEUE_SREG_QNUM, sreg_qnum);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
 static int nftnl_expr_queue_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 					     const struct nftnl_expr *e)
 {
@@ -213,24 +184,6 @@ static int nftnl_expr_queue_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 	return offset;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_queue_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				   const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_queue *queue = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_QUEUE_NUM))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, queue->queuenum, NUM);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_QUEUE_TOTAL))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, queue->queues_total, TOTAL);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_QUEUE_FLAGS))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, queue->flags, FLAGS);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_QUEUE_SREG_QNUM))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, queue->sreg_qnum, SREG_QNUM);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int
 nftnl_expr_queue_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 			  uint32_t flags, const struct nftnl_expr *e)
@@ -240,7 +193,6 @@ nftnl_expr_queue_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_queue_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_queue_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -276,5 +228,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_queue = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_queue_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_queue_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_queue_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_queue_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/quota.c b/src/expr/quota.c
index 667e6e17c28c..b2808529442a 100644
--- a/src/expr/quota.c
+++ b/src/expr/quota.c
@@ -128,47 +128,6 @@ nftnl_expr_quota_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int
-nftnl_expr_quota_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-				 struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	uint64_t bytes, consumed;
-	uint32_t flags;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "bytes", NFTNL_TYPE_U64, &bytes,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u64(e, NFTNL_EXPR_QUOTA_BYTES, bytes);
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "consumed", NFTNL_TYPE_U64, &consumed,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u64(e, NFTNL_EXPR_QUOTA_CONSUMED, consumed);
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "flags", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &flags,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_QUOTA_FLAGS, flags);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int nftnl_expr_quota_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				   const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_quota *quota = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_QUOTA_BYTES))
-		nftnl_buf_u64(&b, type, quota->bytes, BYTES);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_QUOTA_CONSUMED))
-		nftnl_buf_u64(&b, type, quota->consumed, CONSUMED);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_QUOTA_FLAGS))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, quota->flags, FLAGS);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_expr_quota_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 					       const struct nftnl_expr *e)
 {
@@ -188,7 +147,6 @@ static int nftnl_expr_quota_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_quota_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_quota_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -204,5 +162,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_quota = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_quota_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_quota_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_quota_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_quota_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/range.c b/src/expr/range.c
index b2789ffaada3..f5a41acd12e0 100644
--- a/src/expr/range.c
+++ b/src/expr/range.c
@@ -184,61 +184,6 @@ static inline int nftnl_str2range(const char *op)
 	}
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_range_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-				       struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	struct nftnl_expr_range *range = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	const char *op;
-	uint32_t uval32;
-	int base;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "sreg", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &uval32,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_RANGE_SREG, uval32);
-
-	op = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "op", err);
-	if (op != NULL) {
-		base = nftnl_str2range(op);
-		if (base < 0)
-			return -1;
-
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_RANGE_OP, base);
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_data_reg_parse(root, "data_from",
-					 &range->data_from, err) == DATA_VALUE)
-		e->flags |= (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_RANGE_FROM_DATA);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_data_reg_parse(root, "data_to",
-					 &range->data_to, err) == DATA_VALUE)
-		e->flags |= (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_RANGE_TO_DATA);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int nftnl_expr_range_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				 const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_range *range = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_RANGE_SREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, range->sreg, SREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_RANGE_OP))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, range2str(range->op), OP);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_RANGE_FROM_DATA))
-		nftnl_buf_reg(&b, type, &range->data_from, DATA_VALUE, DATA);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_RANGE_TO_DATA))
-		nftnl_buf_reg(&b, type, &range->data_to, DATA_VALUE, DATA);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_expr_range_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 					   const struct nftnl_expr *e)
 {
@@ -246,7 +191,7 @@ static int nftnl_expr_range_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 	int remain = size, offset = 0, ret;
 
 	ret = snprintf(buf, remain, "%s reg %u ",
-		       expr_range_str[range->op], range->sreg);
+		       range2str(range->op), range->sreg);
 	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
 
 	ret = nftnl_data_reg_snprintf(buf + offset, remain, &range->data_from,
@@ -268,7 +213,6 @@ static int nftnl_expr_range_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_range_snprintf_default(buf, size, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_range_export(buf, size, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -284,5 +228,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_range = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_range_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_range_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_range_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_range_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/redir.c b/src/expr/redir.c
index b2aa3453870a..1ed48969b154 100644
--- a/src/expr/redir.c
+++ b/src/expr/redir.c
@@ -131,48 +131,6 @@ nftnl_expr_redir_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int
-nftnl_expr_redir_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-			       struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	uint32_t reg, flags;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "sreg_proto_min", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				  &reg, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_REDIR_REG_PROTO_MIN, reg);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "sreg_proto_max", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				  &reg, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_REDIR_REG_PROTO_MAX, reg);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "flags", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &flags,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_REDIR_FLAGS, flags);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int nftnl_expr_redir_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				   const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_redir *redir = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-        NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_REDIR_REG_PROTO_MIN))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, redir->sreg_proto_min, SREG_PROTO_MIN);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_REDIR_REG_PROTO_MAX))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, redir->sreg_proto_max, SREG_PROTO_MAX);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_REDIR_FLAGS))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, redir->flags, FLAGS);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_expr_redir_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 					     const struct nftnl_expr *e)
 {
@@ -209,7 +167,6 @@ nftnl_expr_redir_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_redir_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_redir_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -243,5 +200,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_redir = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_redir_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_redir_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_redir_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_redir_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/reject.c b/src/expr/reject.c
index 11d8b20096ae..b26b0cc5711a 100644
--- a/src/expr/reject.c
+++ b/src/expr/reject.c
@@ -116,27 +116,6 @@ nftnl_expr_reject_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int
-nftnl_expr_reject_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-				struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	uint32_t type;
-	uint8_t code;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "type", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &type, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_REJECT_TYPE, type);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "code", NFTNL_TYPE_U8, &code, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u8(e, NFTNL_EXPR_REJECT_CODE, code);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
 static int nftnl_expr_reject_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 					      const struct nftnl_expr *e)
 {
@@ -146,20 +125,6 @@ static int nftnl_expr_reject_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 			reject->type, reject->icmp_code);
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_reject_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				    const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_reject *reject = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_REJECT_TYPE))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, reject->type, TYPE);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_REJECT_CODE))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, reject->icmp_code, CODE);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int
 nftnl_expr_reject_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 			   uint32_t flags, const struct nftnl_expr *e)
@@ -169,7 +134,6 @@ nftnl_expr_reject_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_reject_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_reject_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -201,5 +165,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_reject = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_reject_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_reject_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_reject_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_reject_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/rt.c b/src/expr/rt.c
index 18c3945d45ee..2c0c1cf00b56 100644
--- a/src/expr/rt.c
+++ b/src/expr/rt.c
@@ -141,34 +141,6 @@ static inline int str2rt_key(const char *str)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_rt_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-				    struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	const char *val_str;
-	uint32_t reg;
-	int val32;
-
-	val_str = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "key", err);
-	if (val_str != NULL) {
-		val32 = str2rt_key(val_str);
-		if (val32 >= 0)
-			nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_RT_KEY, val32);
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(root, "dreg")) {
-		if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "dreg", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &reg,
-					  err) == 0)
-			nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_RT_DREG, reg);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
 static int
 nftnl_expr_rt_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 			       const struct nftnl_expr *e)
@@ -182,20 +154,6 @@ nftnl_expr_rt_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_rt_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				  const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_rt *rt = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_RT_DREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, rt->dreg, DREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_RT_KEY))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, rt_key2str(rt->key), KEY);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int
 nftnl_expr_rt_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		       uint32_t flags, const struct nftnl_expr *e)
@@ -205,7 +163,6 @@ nftnl_expr_rt_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_rt_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_rt_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -237,5 +194,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_rt = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_rt_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_rt_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_rt_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_rt_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/socket.c b/src/expr/socket.c
index 5fa2ef2ec2f3..704b1d943d24 100644
--- a/src/expr/socket.c
+++ b/src/expr/socket.c
@@ -151,20 +151,6 @@ nftnl_expr_socket_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_socket_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				  const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_socket *socket = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_SOCKET_DREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, socket->dreg, DREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_SOCKET_KEY))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, socket_key2str(socket->key), KEY);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int
 nftnl_expr_socket_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		       uint32_t flags, const struct nftnl_expr *e)
@@ -174,7 +160,6 @@ nftnl_expr_socket_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_socket_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_socket_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/src/expr/target.c b/src/expr/target.c
index ed4bf7df6328..6ae6c819d2f4 100644
--- a/src/expr/target.c
+++ b/src/expr/target.c
@@ -165,36 +165,6 @@ static int nftnl_expr_target_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 }
 
 static int
-nftnl_expr_target_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-				struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	const char *name;
-
-	name = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "name", err);
-	if (name != NULL)
-		nftnl_expr_set_str(e, NFTNL_EXPR_TG_NAME, name);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int nftnl_rule_exp_target_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				        const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_target *target = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_TG_NAME))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, target->name, NAME);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
-static int
 nftnl_expr_target_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 			   uint32_t flags, const struct nftnl_expr *e)
 {
@@ -206,7 +176,6 @@ nftnl_expr_target_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 				target->name, target->rev);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_rule_exp_target_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -250,5 +219,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_target = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_target_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_target_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_target_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_target_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/expr/tunnel.c b/src/expr/tunnel.c
index 2067c35d79d5..677e9685b8ad 100644
--- a/src/expr/tunnel.c
+++ b/src/expr/tunnel.c
@@ -150,20 +150,6 @@ nftnl_expr_tunnel_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_expr_tunnel_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				  const struct nftnl_expr *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_tunnel *tunnel = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_TUNNEL_DREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, tunnel->dreg, DREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_TUNNEL_KEY))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, tunnel_key2str(tunnel->key), KEY);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int
 nftnl_expr_tunnel_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 			 uint32_t flags, const struct nftnl_expr *e)
@@ -173,7 +159,6 @@ nftnl_expr_tunnel_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_tunnel_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_tunnel_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/src/expr/xfrm.c b/src/expr/xfrm.c
index b159d60d1e3f..dd3062c43a74 100644
--- a/src/expr/xfrm.c
+++ b/src/expr/xfrm.c
@@ -199,66 +199,6 @@ static int str2xfmrdir(const char *s)
 }
 #endif
 
-static int nftnl_expr_xfrm_json_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, json_t *root,
-				      struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	const char *key_str, *dir_str;
-	uint32_t reg, key, spnum;
-	uint8_t dir;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(root, "dreg", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &reg, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_XFRM_DREG, reg);
-
-	key_str = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "key", err);
-	if (key_str != NULL) {
-		key = str2xfrmkey(key_str);
-		if (key < 0)
-			return -1;
-
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_XFRM_KEY, key);
-	}
-
-	dir_str = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "dir", err);
-	if (dir_str != NULL) {
-		dir = str2xfmrdir(dir_str);
-		if (dir == -1) {
-			err->node_name = "dir";
-			err->error = NFTNL_PARSE_EBADTYPE;
-			goto err;
-		}
-		nftnl_expr_set_u8(e, NFTNL_EXPR_XFRM_DIR, dir);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-err:
-	errno = EINVAL;
-	return -1;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int
-nftnl_expr_xfrm_export(char *buf, size_t size, const struct nftnl_expr *e,
-		     int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr_xfrm *x = nftnl_expr_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_XFRM_DREG))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, x->dreg, DREG);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_XFRM_KEY))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, xfrmkey2str(x->key), KEY);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_XFRM_DIR))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, xfrmdir2str(x->dir), DIR);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_EXPR_XFRM_SPNUM))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, x->spnum, NUM);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int
 nftnl_expr_xfrm_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 			       const struct nftnl_expr *e)
@@ -285,7 +225,6 @@ nftnl_expr_xfrm_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_expr_xfrm_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_expr_xfrm_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -321,5 +260,4 @@ struct expr_ops expr_ops_xfrm = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_expr_xfrm_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_expr_xfrm_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_expr_xfrm_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_expr_xfrm_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/flowtable.c b/src/flowtable.c
index c1ddae4ad65e..c939306b56c4 100644
--- a/src/flowtable.c
+++ b/src/flowtable.c
@@ -513,109 +513,11 @@ static inline int nftnl_str2hooknum(int family, const char *hook)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-static int nftnl_jansson_parse_flowtable(struct nftnl_flowtable *c,
-					 json_t *tree,
-					 struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	const char *name, *table, *hooknum_str;
-	int32_t family, prio, hooknum;
-	uint32_t size;
-	json_t *root;
-
-	root = nftnl_jansson_get_node(tree, "flowtable", err);
-	if (root == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	name = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "name", err);
-	if (name != NULL)
-		nftnl_flowtable_set_str(c, NFTNL_FLOWTABLE_NAME, name);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_family(root, &family, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_flowtable_set_u32(c, NFTNL_FLOWTABLE_FAMILY, family);
-
-	table = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "table", err);
-
-	if (table != NULL)
-		nftnl_flowtable_set_str(c, NFTNL_FLOWTABLE_TABLE, table);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(root, "hooknum")) {
-		if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "prio", NFTNL_TYPE_S32,
-					  &prio, err) == 0)
-			nftnl_flowtable_set_s32(c, NFTNL_FLOWTABLE_PRIO, prio);
-
-		hooknum_str = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "hooknum", err);
-		if (hooknum_str != NULL) {
-			hooknum = nftnl_str2hooknum(c->family, hooknum_str);
-			if (hooknum == -1)
-				return -1;
-			nftnl_flowtable_set_u32(c, NFTNL_FLOWTABLE_HOOKNUM,
-					       hooknum);
-		}
-	}
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "size", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-				    &size, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_flowtable_set_u32(c, NFTNL_FLOWTABLE_SIZE, size);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif
-
-static int nftnl_flowtable_json_parse(struct nftnl_flowtable *c,
-				      const void *json,
-				      struct nftnl_parse_err *err,
-				      enum nftnl_parse_input input)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	json_t *tree;
-	json_error_t error;
-	int ret;
-
-	tree = nftnl_jansson_create_root(json, &error, err, input);
-	if (tree == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	ret = nftnl_jansson_parse_flowtable(c, tree, err);
-
-	nftnl_jansson_free_root(tree);
-
-	return ret;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int nftnl_flowtable_do_parse(struct nftnl_flowtable *c,
-				    enum nftnl_parse_type type,
-				    const void *data,
-				    struct nftnl_parse_err *err,
-				    enum nftnl_parse_input input)
-{
-	int ret;
-	struct nftnl_parse_err perr = {};
-
-	switch (type) {
-	case NFTNL_PARSE_JSON:
-		ret = nftnl_flowtable_json_parse(c, data, &perr, input);
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_PARSE_XML:
-	default:
-		ret = -1;
-		errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-		break;
-	}
-
-	if (err != NULL)
-		*err = perr;
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 int nftnl_flowtable_parse(struct nftnl_flowtable *c, enum nftnl_parse_type type,
 			  const char *data, struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
 {
-	return nftnl_flowtable_do_parse(c, type, data, err, NFTNL_PARSE_BUFFER);
+	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
+	return -1;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nftnl_flowtable_parse);
 
@@ -623,41 +525,11 @@ int nftnl_flowtable_parse_file(struct nftnl_flowtable *c,
 			       enum nftnl_parse_type type,
 			       FILE *fp, struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
 {
-	return nftnl_flowtable_do_parse(c, type, fp, err, NFTNL_PARSE_FILE);
+	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
+	return -1;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nftnl_flowtable_parse_file);
 
-static int nftnl_flowtable_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				  const struct nftnl_flowtable *c, int type)
-{
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	nftnl_buf_open(&b, type, CHAIN);
-	if (c->flags & (1 << NFTNL_FLOWTABLE_NAME))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, c->name, NAME);
-	if (c->flags & (1 << NFTNL_FLOWTABLE_TABLE))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, c->table, TABLE);
-	if (c->flags & (1 << NFTNL_FLOWTABLE_FAMILY))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, nftnl_family2str(c->family), FAMILY);
-	if (c->flags & (1 << NFTNL_FLOWTABLE_USE))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, c->use, USE);
-	if (c->flags & (1 << NFTNL_FLOWTABLE_HOOKNUM)) {
-		if (c->flags & (1 << NFTNL_FLOWTABLE_HOOKNUM))
-			nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, nftnl_hooknum2str(c->family,
-					 c->hooknum), HOOKNUM);
-		if (c->flags & (1 << NFTNL_FLOWTABLE_PRIO))
-			nftnl_buf_s32(&b, type, c->prio, PRIO);
-	}
-	if (c->flags & (1 << NFTNL_FLOWTABLE_SIZE))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, c->size, SIZE);
-	if (c->flags & (1 << NFTNL_FLOWTABLE_FLAGS))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, c->ft_flags, FLAGS);
-
-	nftnl_buf_close(&b, type, CHAIN);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_flowtable_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 					    const struct nftnl_flowtable *c)
 {
@@ -697,26 +569,18 @@ static int nftnl_flowtable_cmd_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size,
 {
 	int ret, remain = size, offset = 0;
 
-	ret = nftnl_cmd_header_snprintf(buf + offset, remain, cmd, type, flags);
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
 	switch (type) {
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_DEFAULT:
 		ret = nftnl_flowtable_snprintf_default(buf + offset, remain, c);
+		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
 		break;
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		ret = nftnl_flowtable_export(buf + offset, remain, c, type);
 		break;
 	default:
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-	ret = nftnl_cmd_footer_snprintf(buf + offset, remain, cmd, type, flags);
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
 	return offset;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gen.c b/src/gen.c
index f92180c7baf6..8e1a37a3097f 100644
--- a/src/gen.c
+++ b/src/gen.c
@@ -156,32 +156,20 @@ int nftnl_gen_nlmsg_parse(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nftnl_gen *gen)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_gen_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
-				      const struct nftnl_gen *gen)
-{
-	return snprintf(buf, size, "ruleset generation ID %u", gen->id);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_gen_cmd_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size,
 				  const struct nftnl_gen *gen, uint32_t cmd,
 				  uint32_t type, uint32_t flags)
 {
 	int ret, remain = size, offset = 0;
 
-	ret = nftnl_cmd_header_snprintf(buf + offset, remain, cmd, type, flags);
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
 	switch(type) {
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_DEFAULT:
-		ret = nftnl_gen_snprintf_default(buf + offset, remain, gen);
+		ret = snprintf(buf, size, "ruleset generation ID %u", gen->id);
+		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
 		break;
 	default:
 		return -1;
 	}
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-	ret = nftnl_cmd_footer_snprintf(buf + offset, remain, cmd, type, flags);
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
 
 	return offset;
 }
diff --git a/src/jansson.c b/src/jansson.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 3476ed264dfa..000000000000
--- a/src/jansson.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,279 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * (C) 2013 by Álvaro Neira Ayuso <alvaroneay@xxxxxxxxx>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
- * by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- */
-
-#include <internal.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <limits.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include "expr_ops.h"
-#include <libnftnl/set.h>
-
-#include <libnftnl/expr.h>
-#include <linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h>
-
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-
-static int nftnl_jansson_load_int_node(json_t *root, const char *node_name,
-				      json_int_t *val, struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	json_t *node;
-
-	node = json_object_get(root, node_name);
-	if (node == NULL) {
-		err->error = NFTNL_PARSE_EMISSINGNODE;
-		err->node_name = node_name;
-		errno = EINVAL;
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	if (!json_is_integer(node)) {
-		err->error = NFTNL_PARSE_EBADTYPE;
-		err->node_name = node_name;
-		errno = ERANGE;
-		return -1;
-	}
-	*val = json_integer_value(node);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-const char *nftnl_jansson_parse_str(json_t *root, const char *node_name,
-				  struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	json_t *node;
-	const char *val;
-
-	node = json_object_get(root, node_name);
-	if (node == NULL) {
-		err->error = NFTNL_PARSE_EMISSINGNODE;
-		err->node_name = node_name;
-		errno = EINVAL;
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	val = json_string_value(node);
-	if (val == NULL) {
-		err->error = NFTNL_PARSE_EBADTYPE;
-		err->node_name = node_name;
-	}
-
-	return val;
-}
-
-int nftnl_jansson_parse_val(json_t *root, const char *node_name, int type,
-			  void *out, struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	json_int_t val;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_load_int_node(root, node_name, &val, err) == -1)
-		return -1;
-
-	if (nftnl_get_value(type, &val, out) == -1)
-		return -1;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-bool nftnl_jansson_node_exist(json_t *root, const char *node_name)
-{
-	return json_object_get(root, node_name) != NULL;
-}
-
-json_t *nftnl_jansson_create_root(const void *json, json_error_t *error,
-				struct nftnl_parse_err *err, enum nftnl_parse_input input)
-{
-	json_t *root;
-
-	switch (input) {
-	case NFTNL_PARSE_BUFFER:
-		root = json_loadb(json, strlen(json), 0, error);
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_PARSE_FILE:
-		root = json_loadf((FILE *)json, 0, error);
-		break;
-	default:
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	if (root == NULL) {
-		err->error = NFTNL_PARSE_EBADINPUT;
-		err->line = error->line;
-		err->column = error->column;
-		err->node_name = error->source;
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	return root;
-err:
-	errno = EINVAL;
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-json_t *nftnl_jansson_get_node(json_t *root, const char *node_name,
-			     struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	json_t *node;
-
-	node = json_object_get(root, node_name);
-	if (node == NULL) {
-		err->error = NFTNL_PARSE_EMISSINGNODE;
-		err->node_name = node_name;
-		errno = EINVAL;
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	return node;
-}
-
-void nftnl_jansson_free_root(json_t *root)
-{
-	json_decref(root);
-}
-
-int nftnl_jansson_parse_family(json_t *root, void *out, struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	const char *str;
-	int family;
-
-	str = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "family", err);
-	if (str == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	family = nftnl_str2family(str);
-	if (family < 0) {
-		err->node_name = "family";
-		errno = EINVAL;
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	memcpy(out, &family, sizeof(family));
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int nftnl_jansson_parse_reg(json_t *root, const char *node_name, int type,
-			  void *out, struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, node_name, type, out, err) < 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	if (*((uint32_t *)out) > NFT_REG_MAX){
-		errno = ERANGE;
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int nftnl_jansson_str2num(json_t *root, const char *node_name, int base,
-			void *out, enum nftnl_type type, struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	const char *str;
-
-	str = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, node_name, err);
-	if (str == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	return nftnl_strtoi(str, base, out, type);
-}
-
-struct nftnl_expr *nftnl_jansson_expr_parse(json_t *root,
-					     struct nftnl_parse_err *err,
-					     struct nftnl_set_list *set_list)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr *e;
-	const char *type;
-	uint32_t set_id;
-	int ret;
-
-	type = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "type", err);
-	if (type == NULL)
-		return NULL;
-
-	e = nftnl_expr_alloc(type);
-	if (e == NULL) {
-		err->node_name = "type";
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	ret = e->ops->json_parse(e, root, err);
-
-	if (set_list != NULL &&
-	    strcmp(type, "lookup") == 0 &&
-	    nftnl_set_lookup_id(e, set_list, &set_id))
-		nftnl_expr_set_u32(e, NFTNL_EXPR_LOOKUP_SET_ID, set_id);
-
-	return ret < 0 ? NULL : e;
-}
-
-int nftnl_jansson_data_reg_parse(json_t *root, const char *node_name,
-			       union nftnl_data_reg *data_reg,
-			       struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	json_t *data;
-	int ret;
-
-	 /* It is necessary for the compatibility with cmpdata label. */
-	data = json_object_get(root, node_name);
-	if (data == NULL)
-		data = root;
-
-	data = json_object_get(data, "reg");
-	if (data == NULL) {
-		err->error = NFTNL_PARSE_EMISSINGNODE;
-		err->node_name = "reg";
-		errno = EINVAL;
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	ret = nftnl_data_reg_json_parse(data_reg, data, err);
-	if (ret == DATA_NONE) {
-		errno = EINVAL;
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-int nftnl_jansson_set_elem_parse(struct nftnl_set_elem *e, json_t *root,
-			       struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	int set_elem_data;
-	uint32_t flags;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "flags", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &flags, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_set_elem_set_u32(e, NFTNL_SET_ELEM_FLAGS, flags);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_data_reg_parse(root, "key", &e->key, err) == DATA_VALUE)
-		e->flags |= (1 << NFTNL_SET_ELEM_KEY);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(root, "data")) {
-		set_elem_data = nftnl_jansson_data_reg_parse(root, "data",
-							   &e->data, err);
-		switch (set_elem_data) {
-		case DATA_VALUE:
-			e->flags |= (1 << NFTNL_SET_ELEM_DATA);
-			break;
-		case DATA_VERDICT:
-			e->flags |= (1 << NFTNL_SET_ELEM_VERDICT);
-			if (e->data.chain != NULL)
-				e->flags |= (1 << NFTNL_SET_ELEM_CHAIN);
-			break;
-		case DATA_NONE:
-		default:
-			return -1;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/src/obj/counter.c b/src/obj/counter.c
index 332bb2b35fa2..23b60c56638a 100644
--- a/src/obj/counter.c
+++ b/src/obj/counter.c
@@ -109,42 +109,6 @@ nftnl_obj_counter_parse(struct nftnl_obj *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int
-nftnl_obj_counter_json_parse(struct nftnl_obj *e, json_t *root,
-				 struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	uint64_t uval64;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "pkts", NFTNL_TYPE_U64, &uval64,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_obj_set_u64(e, NFTNL_OBJ_CTR_PKTS, uval64);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "bytes", NFTNL_TYPE_U64, &uval64,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_obj_set_u64(e, NFTNL_OBJ_CTR_BYTES, uval64);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int nftnl_obj_counter_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				    const struct nftnl_obj *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_obj_counter *ctr = nftnl_obj_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_OBJ_CTR_PKTS))
-		nftnl_buf_u64(&b, type, ctr->pkts, PKTS);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_OBJ_CTR_BYTES))
-		nftnl_buf_u64(&b, type, ctr->bytes, BYTES);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_obj_counter_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 					       const struct nftnl_obj *e)
 {
@@ -166,7 +130,6 @@ static int nftnl_obj_counter_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_obj_counter_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_obj_counter_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -183,5 +146,4 @@ struct obj_ops obj_ops_counter = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_obj_counter_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_obj_counter_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_obj_counter_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_obj_counter_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/obj/ct_helper.c b/src/obj/ct_helper.c
index 62569fefe26f..5a689b1405d8 100644
--- a/src/obj/ct_helper.c
+++ b/src/obj/ct_helper.c
@@ -131,47 +131,6 @@ nftnl_obj_ct_helper_parse(struct nftnl_obj *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int
-nftnl_obj_quota_json_parse(struct nftnl_obj *e, json_t *root,
-				 struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	uint64_t bytes;
-	uint32_t flags;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "bytes", NFTNL_TYPE_U64, &bytes,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_obj_set_u64(e, NFTNL_OBJ_QUOTA_BYTES, bytes);
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "consumed", NFTNL_TYPE_U64, &bytes,
-				    err) == 0)
-		nftnl_obj_set_u64(e, NFTNL_OBJ_QUOTA_CONSUMED, bytes);
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "flags", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &flags,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_obj_set_u32(e, NFTNL_OBJ_QUOTA_FLAGS, flags);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int nftnl_obj_ct_helper_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				   const struct nftnl_obj *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_obj_ct_helper *helper = nftnl_obj_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_OBJ_CT_HELPER_NAME))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, helper->name, NAME);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_OBJ_CT_HELPER_L3PROTO))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, helper->l3proto, FAMILY);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_OBJ_CT_HELPER_L4PROTO))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, helper->l4proto, "service");
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_obj_ct_helper_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 					       const struct nftnl_obj *e)
 {
@@ -192,7 +151,6 @@ static int nftnl_obj_ct_helper_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_DEFAULT:
 		return nftnl_obj_ct_helper_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_obj_ct_helper_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -209,5 +167,4 @@ struct obj_ops obj_ops_ct_helper = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_obj_ct_helper_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_obj_ct_helper_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_obj_ct_helper_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_obj_quota_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/obj/ct_timeout.c b/src/obj/ct_timeout.c
index 7c2ea97e7821..12c8f5f9b4df 100644
--- a/src/obj/ct_timeout.c
+++ b/src/obj/ct_timeout.c
@@ -254,21 +254,6 @@ nftnl_obj_ct_timeout_parse(struct nftnl_obj *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_obj_ct_timeout_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				   const struct nftnl_obj *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_obj_ct_timeout *timeout = nftnl_obj_data(e);
-
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_OBJ_CT_TIMEOUT_L3PROTO))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, timeout->l3proto, FAMILY);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_OBJ_CT_TIMEOUT_L4PROTO))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, timeout->l4proto, "service");
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_obj_ct_timeout_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 					       const struct nftnl_obj *e)
 {
@@ -330,7 +315,6 @@ static int nftnl_obj_ct_timeout_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_DEFAULT:
 		return nftnl_obj_ct_timeout_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_obj_ct_timeout_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/src/obj/limit.c b/src/obj/limit.c
index 7f8bcf732b18..b0ed4c8b84b2 100644
--- a/src/obj/limit.c
+++ b/src/obj/limit.c
@@ -148,56 +148,6 @@ static int nftnl_obj_limit_parse(struct nftnl_obj *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_obj_limit_json_parse(struct nftnl_obj *e, json_t *root,
-				      struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	uint64_t uval64;
-	uint32_t uval32;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "rate", NFTNL_TYPE_U64, &uval64,
-				    err) == 0)
-		nftnl_obj_set_u64(e, NFTNL_OBJ_LIMIT_RATE, uval64);
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "unit", NFTNL_TYPE_U64, &uval64,
-				    err) == 0)
-		nftnl_obj_set_u64(e, NFTNL_OBJ_LIMIT_UNIT, uval64);
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "burst", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &uval32,
-				    err) == 0)
-		nftnl_obj_set_u32(e, NFTNL_OBJ_LIMIT_BURST, uval32);
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "type", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &uval32,
-				    err) == 0)
-		nftnl_obj_set_u32(e, NFTNL_OBJ_LIMIT_TYPE, uval32);
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "flags", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &uval32,
-				    err) == 0)
-		nftnl_obj_set_u32(e, NFTNL_OBJ_LIMIT_FLAGS, uval32);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int nftnl_obj_limit_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				  const struct nftnl_obj *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_obj_limit *limit = nftnl_obj_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_OBJ_LIMIT_RATE))
-		nftnl_buf_u64(&b, type, limit->rate, RATE);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_OBJ_LIMIT_UNIT))
-		nftnl_buf_u64(&b, type, limit->unit, UNIT);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_OBJ_LIMIT_BURST))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, limit->burst, BURST);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_OBJ_LIMIT_TYPE))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, limit->type, TYPE);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_OBJ_LIMIT_FLAGS))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, limit->flags, FLAGS);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_obj_limit_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 					    const struct nftnl_obj *e)
 {
@@ -220,7 +170,6 @@ static int nftnl_obj_limit_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_obj_limit_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_obj_limit_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -237,5 +186,4 @@ struct obj_ops obj_ops_limit = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_obj_limit_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_obj_limit_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_obj_limit_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_obj_limit_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/obj/quota.c b/src/obj/quota.c
index 6d3678465d40..b1a3f7e4b754 100644
--- a/src/obj/quota.c
+++ b/src/obj/quota.c
@@ -125,47 +125,6 @@ nftnl_obj_quota_parse(struct nftnl_obj *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int
-nftnl_obj_quota_json_parse(struct nftnl_obj *e, json_t *root,
-				 struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	uint64_t bytes;
-	uint32_t flags;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "bytes", NFTNL_TYPE_U64, &bytes,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_obj_set_u64(e, NFTNL_OBJ_QUOTA_BYTES, bytes);
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "consumed", NFTNL_TYPE_U64, &bytes,
-				    err) == 0)
-		nftnl_obj_set_u64(e, NFTNL_OBJ_QUOTA_CONSUMED, bytes);
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "flags", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &flags,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_obj_set_u32(e, NFTNL_OBJ_QUOTA_FLAGS, flags);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int nftnl_obj_quota_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				   const struct nftnl_obj *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_obj_quota *quota = nftnl_obj_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_OBJ_QUOTA_BYTES))
-		nftnl_buf_u64(&b, type, quota->bytes, BYTES);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_OBJ_QUOTA_CONSUMED))
-		nftnl_buf_u64(&b, type, quota->consumed, CONSUMED);
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_OBJ_QUOTA_FLAGS))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, quota->flags, FLAGS);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_obj_quota_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 					       const struct nftnl_obj *e)
 {
@@ -187,7 +146,6 @@ static int nftnl_obj_quota_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_obj_quota_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_obj_quota_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -204,5 +162,4 @@ struct obj_ops obj_ops_quota = {
 	.parse		= nftnl_obj_quota_parse,
 	.build		= nftnl_obj_quota_build,
 	.snprintf	= nftnl_obj_quota_snprintf,
-	.json_parse	= nftnl_obj_quota_json_parse,
 };
diff --git a/src/obj/tunnel.c b/src/obj/tunnel.c
index 32ca0fd59717..5b2d9de74438 100644
--- a/src/obj/tunnel.c
+++ b/src/obj/tunnel.c
@@ -530,18 +530,6 @@ nftnl_obj_tunnel_parse(struct nftnl_obj *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_obj_tunnel_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-				   const struct nftnl_obj *e, int type)
-{
-	struct nftnl_obj_tunnel *tun = nftnl_obj_data(e);
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_OBJ_TUNNEL_ID))
-		nftnl_buf_u64(&b, type, tun->id, ID);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_obj_tunnel_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t len,
 					     const struct nftnl_obj *e)
 {
@@ -561,7 +549,6 @@ static int nftnl_obj_tunnel_snprintf(char *buf, size_t len, uint32_t type,
 		return nftnl_obj_tunnel_snprintf_default(buf, len, e);
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		return nftnl_obj_tunnel_export(buf, len, e, type);
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/src/object.c b/src/object.c
index 434f999d7414..09199ee48ca9 100644
--- a/src/object.c
+++ b/src/object.c
@@ -320,58 +320,6 @@ int nftnl_obj_nlmsg_parse(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nftnl_obj *obj)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-static int nftnl_jansson_parse_obj(struct nftnl_obj *t, json_t *tree,
-			    struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	const char *str;
-	uint32_t type;
-	json_t *root;
-
-	root = nftnl_jansson_get_node(tree, "obj", err);
-	if (root == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	str = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "table", err);
-	if (str != NULL)
-		nftnl_obj_set_str(t, NFTNL_OBJ_TABLE, str);
-
-	str = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "name", err);
-	if (str != NULL)
-		nftnl_obj_set_str(t, NFTNL_OBJ_NAME, str);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "type", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &type,
-				    err) < 0)
-		nftnl_obj_set_u32(t, NFTNL_OBJ_TYPE, type);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif
-
-static int nftnl_obj_json_parse(struct nftnl_obj *t, const void *json,
-				struct nftnl_parse_err *err,
-				enum nftnl_parse_input input)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	json_t *tree;
-	json_error_t error;
-	int ret;
-
-	tree = nftnl_jansson_create_root(json, &error, err, input);
-	if (tree == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	ret = nftnl_jansson_parse_obj(t, tree, err);
-
-	nftnl_jansson_free_root(tree);
-
-	return ret;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
 static int nftnl_obj_do_parse(struct nftnl_obj *obj, enum nftnl_parse_type type,
 			      const void *data, struct nftnl_parse_err *err,
 			      enum nftnl_parse_input input)
@@ -381,8 +329,6 @@ static int nftnl_obj_do_parse(struct nftnl_obj *obj, enum nftnl_parse_type type,
 
 	switch (type) {
 	case NFTNL_PARSE_JSON:
-		ret = nftnl_obj_json_parse(obj, data, &perr, input);
-		break;
 	case NFTNL_PARSE_XML:
 	default:
 		ret = -1;
@@ -410,36 +356,6 @@ int nftnl_obj_parse_file(struct nftnl_obj *obj, enum nftnl_parse_type type,
 	return nftnl_obj_do_parse(obj, type, fp, err, NFTNL_PARSE_FILE);
 }
 
-static int nftnl_obj_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-			    const struct nftnl_obj *obj,
-			    uint32_t type, uint32_t flags)
-{
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	nftnl_buf_open(&b, type, TABLE);
-	if (obj->flags & (1 << NFTNL_OBJ_TABLE))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, obj->name, NAME);
-	if (obj->flags & (1 << NFTNL_OBJ_NAME))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, obj->name, NAME);
-	if (obj->flags & (1 << NFTNL_OBJ_FAMILY))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, nftnl_family2str(obj->family), FAMILY);
-	if (obj->flags & (1 << NFTNL_OBJ_USE))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, obj->use, USE);
-	if (obj->flags & (1 << NFTNL_OBJ_HANDLE))
-		nftnl_buf_u64(&b, type, obj->handle, HANDLE);
-
-	if (obj->ops)
-		ret = obj->ops->snprintf(buf + b.len, size - b.len, type,
-					 flags, obj);
-
-	b.len += ret;
-	nftnl_buf_close(&b, type, TABLE);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_obj_snprintf_dflt(char *buf, size_t size,
 				   const struct nftnl_obj *obj,
 				   uint32_t type, uint32_t flags)
@@ -468,26 +384,18 @@ static int nftnl_obj_cmd_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size,
 {
 	int ret, remain = size, offset = 0;
 
-	ret = nftnl_cmd_header_snprintf(buf + offset, remain, cmd, type, flags);
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
 	switch (type) {
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_DEFAULT:
 		ret = nftnl_obj_snprintf_dflt(buf + offset, remain, obj, type,
 					      flags);
 		break;
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		ret = nftnl_obj_export(buf + offset, remain, obj, type, flags);
-		break;
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	default:
 		return -1;
 	}
 	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
 
-	ret = nftnl_cmd_footer_snprintf(buf + offset, remain, cmd, type, flags);
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
 	return offset;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/rule.c b/src/rule.c
index 146b06ca91ef..a42d087c95c5 100644
--- a/src/rule.c
+++ b/src/rule.c
@@ -512,130 +512,6 @@ int nftnl_rule_nlmsg_parse(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nftnl_rule *r)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-int nftnl_jansson_parse_rule(struct nftnl_rule *r, json_t *tree,
-			   struct nftnl_parse_err *err,
-			   struct nftnl_set_list *set_list)
-{
-	json_t *root, *array;
-	struct nftnl_expr *e;
-	const char *str = NULL;
-	uint64_t uval64;
-	uint32_t uval32;
-	int i, family;
-
-	root = nftnl_jansson_get_node(tree, "rule", err);
-	if (root == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(root, "family")) {
-		if (nftnl_jansson_parse_family(root, &family, err) != 0)
-			goto err;
-
-		nftnl_rule_set_u32(r, NFTNL_RULE_FAMILY, family);
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(root, "table")) {
-		str = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "table", err);
-		if (str == NULL)
-			goto err;
-
-		nftnl_rule_set_str(r, NFTNL_RULE_TABLE, str);
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(root, "chain")) {
-		str = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "chain", err);
-		if (str == NULL)
-			goto err;
-
-		nftnl_rule_set_str(r, NFTNL_RULE_CHAIN, str);
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(root, "handle")) {
-		if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "handle", NFTNL_TYPE_U64, &uval64,
-					  err) < 0)
-			goto err;
-
-		nftnl_rule_set_u64(r, NFTNL_RULE_HANDLE, uval64);
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(root, "compat_proto") ||
-	    nftnl_jansson_node_exist(root, "compat_flags")) {
-		if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "compat_proto", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-					  &uval32, err) < 0)
-			goto err;
-
-		nftnl_rule_set_u32(r, NFTNL_RULE_COMPAT_PROTO, uval32);
-
-		if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "compat_flags", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-					  &uval32, err) < 0)
-			goto err;
-
-		nftnl_rule_set_u32(r, NFTNL_RULE_COMPAT_FLAGS, uval32);
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(root, "position")) {
-		if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "position", NFTNL_TYPE_U64,
-					  &uval64, err) < 0)
-			goto err;
-
-		nftnl_rule_set_u64(r, NFTNL_RULE_POSITION, uval64);
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(root, "id")) {
-		if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "id", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-					    &uval32, err) < 0)
-			goto err;
-		nftnl_rule_set_u32(r, NFTNL_RULE_COMPAT_PROTO, uval32);
-	}
-
-	array = json_object_get(root, "expr");
-	if (array == NULL) {
-		err->error = NFTNL_PARSE_EMISSINGNODE;
-		err->node_name = "expr";
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < json_array_size(array); ++i) {
-
-		e = nftnl_jansson_expr_parse(json_array_get(array, i), err,
-					   set_list);
-		if (e == NULL)
-			goto err;
-
-		nftnl_rule_add_expr(r, e);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-err:
-	return -1;
-}
-#endif
-
-static int nftnl_rule_json_parse(struct nftnl_rule *r, const void *json,
-			       struct nftnl_parse_err *err,
-			       enum nftnl_parse_input input,
-			       struct nftnl_set_list *set_list)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	json_t *tree;
-	json_error_t error;
-	int ret;
-
-	tree = nftnl_jansson_create_root(json, &error, err, input);
-	if (tree == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	ret = nftnl_jansson_parse_rule(r, tree, err, set_list);
-
-	nftnl_jansson_free_root(tree);
-	return ret;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
 static int nftnl_rule_do_parse(struct nftnl_rule *r, enum nftnl_parse_type type,
 			     const void *data, struct nftnl_parse_err *err,
 			     enum nftnl_parse_input input)
@@ -645,8 +521,6 @@ static int nftnl_rule_do_parse(struct nftnl_rule *r, enum nftnl_parse_type type,
 
 	switch (type) {
 	case NFTNL_PARSE_JSON:
-		ret = nftnl_rule_json_parse(r, data, &perr, input, NULL);
-		break;
 	case NFTNL_PARSE_XML:
 	default:
 		ret = -1;
@@ -673,43 +547,6 @@ int nftnl_rule_parse_file(struct nftnl_rule *r, enum nftnl_parse_type type,
 	return nftnl_rule_do_parse(r, type, fp, err, NFTNL_PARSE_FILE);
 }
 
-static int nftnl_rule_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-			     const struct nftnl_rule *r,
-			     uint32_t type, uint32_t flags)
-{
-	struct nftnl_expr *expr;
-
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	nftnl_buf_open(&b, type, RULE);
-
-	if (r->flags & (1 << NFTNL_RULE_FAMILY))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, nftnl_family2str(r->family), FAMILY);
-	if (r->flags & (1 << NFTNL_RULE_TABLE))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, r->table, TABLE);
-	if (r->flags & (1 << NFTNL_RULE_CHAIN))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, r->chain, CHAIN);
-	if (r->flags & (1 << NFTNL_RULE_HANDLE))
-		nftnl_buf_u64(&b, type, r->handle, HANDLE);
-	if (r->flags & (1 << NFTNL_RULE_COMPAT_PROTO))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, r->compat.proto, COMPAT_PROTO);
-	if (r->flags & (1 << NFTNL_RULE_COMPAT_FLAGS))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, r->compat.flags, COMPAT_FLAGS);
-	if (r->flags & (1 << NFTNL_RULE_POSITION))
-		nftnl_buf_u64(&b, type, r->position, POSITION);
-	if (r->flags & (1 << NFTNL_RULE_ID))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, r->id, ID);
-
-	nftnl_buf_expr_open(&b, type);
-	list_for_each_entry(expr, &r->expr_list, head)
-		nftnl_buf_expr(&b, type, flags, expr);
-	nftnl_buf_expr_close(&b, type);
-
-	nftnl_buf_close(&b, type, RULE);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_rule_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 				       const struct nftnl_rule *r,
 				       uint32_t type, uint32_t flags)
@@ -795,28 +632,18 @@ static int nftnl_rule_cmd_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size,
 
 	inner_flags &= ~NFTNL_OF_EVENT_ANY;
 
-	ret = nftnl_cmd_header_snprintf(buf + offset, remain, cmd, type, flags);
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
 	switch(type) {
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_DEFAULT:
 		ret = nftnl_rule_snprintf_default(buf + offset, remain, r, type,
 						inner_flags);
+		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
 		break;
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		ret = nftnl_rule_export(buf + offset, remain, r, type,
-					     inner_flags);
-		break;
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	default:
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-	ret = nftnl_cmd_footer_snprintf(buf + offset, remain, cmd, type, flags);
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
 	return offset;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ruleset.c b/src/ruleset.c
index eb49fde582c2..2468bd46cd5d 100644
--- a/src/ruleset.c
+++ b/src/ruleset.c
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ struct nftnl_parse_ctx {
 	void *data;
 
 	/* These fields below are not exposed to the user */
-	json_t *json;
-
 	uint32_t format;
 	uint32_t set_id;
 	struct nftnl_set_list *set_list;
@@ -212,393 +210,14 @@ uint32_t nftnl_ruleset_ctx_get_u32(const struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx, uint16_t a
 	return ret == NULL ? 0 : *((uint32_t *)ret);
 }
 
-#if defined(JSON_PARSING)
-static void nftnl_ruleset_ctx_set(struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx, uint16_t attr,
-				void *data)
-{
-	switch (attr) {
-	case NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_CMD:
-		ctx->cmd = *((uint32_t *)data);
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_TYPE:
-		ctx->type = *((uint32_t *)data);
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_TABLE:
-		ctx->table = data;
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_CHAIN:
-		ctx->chain = data;
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_RULE:
-		ctx->rule = data;
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_SET:
-		ctx->set = data;
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_DATA:
-		ctx->data = data;
-		break;
-	}
-	ctx->flags |= (1 << attr);
-}
-
-static void nftnl_ruleset_ctx_set_u32(struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx, uint16_t attr,
-				    uint32_t val)
-{
-	nftnl_ruleset_ctx_set(ctx, attr, &val);
-}
-
-static int nftnl_ruleset_parse_tables(struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx,
-				    struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	struct nftnl_table *table;
-
-	table = nftnl_table_alloc();
-	if (table == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	switch (ctx->format) {
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-		if (nftnl_jansson_parse_table(table, ctx->json, err) < 0)
-			goto err;
-#endif
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
-	default:
-		errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	nftnl_ruleset_ctx_set_u32(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_TYPE, NFTNL_RULESET_TABLE);
-	nftnl_ruleset_ctx_set(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_TABLE, table);
-	if (ctx->cb(ctx) < 0)
-		goto err;
-
-	return 0;
-err:
-	nftnl_table_free(table);
-	return -1;
-}
-
-static int nftnl_ruleset_parse_chains(struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx,
-				    struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	struct nftnl_chain *chain;
-
-	chain = nftnl_chain_alloc();
-	if (chain == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	switch (ctx->format) {
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-		if (nftnl_jansson_parse_chain(chain, ctx->json, err) < 0)
-			goto err;
-#endif
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
-	default:
-		errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	nftnl_ruleset_ctx_set_u32(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_TYPE, NFTNL_RULESET_CHAIN);
-	nftnl_ruleset_ctx_set(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_CHAIN, chain);
-	if (ctx->cb(ctx) < 0)
-		goto err;
-
-	return 0;
-err:
-	nftnl_chain_free(chain);
-	return -1;
-}
-
-static int nftnl_ruleset_parse_set(struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx,
-				 struct nftnl_set *set, uint32_t type,
-				 struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	struct nftnl_set *newset;
-
-	nftnl_set_set_u32(set, NFTNL_SET_ID, ctx->set_id++);
-
-	newset = nftnl_set_clone(set);
-	if (newset == NULL)
-		goto err;
-
-	nftnl_set_list_add_tail(newset, ctx->set_list);
-
-	nftnl_ruleset_ctx_set_u32(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_TYPE, type);
-	nftnl_ruleset_ctx_set(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_SET, set);
-	if (ctx->cb(ctx) < 0)
-		goto err;
-
-	return 0;
-err:
-	return -1;
-}
-
-static int nftnl_ruleset_parse_set_elems(struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx,
-				       struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	struct nftnl_set *set;
-
-	set = nftnl_set_alloc();
-	if (set == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	switch (ctx->format) {
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-		if (nftnl_jansson_parse_elem(set, ctx->json, err) < 0)
-			goto err;
-#endif
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
-	default:
-		errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_ruleset_parse_set(ctx, set, NFTNL_RULESET_SET_ELEMS, err) < 0)
-		goto err;
-
-	return 0;
-err:
-	nftnl_set_free(set);
-	return -1;
-}
-
-static int nftnl_ruleset_parse_sets(struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx,
-				  struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	struct nftnl_set *set;
-
-	set = nftnl_set_alloc();
-	if (set == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	switch (ctx->format) {
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-		if (nftnl_jansson_parse_set(set, ctx->json, err) < 0)
-			goto err;
-#endif
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
-	default:
-		errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_ruleset_parse_set(ctx, set, NFTNL_RULESET_SET, err) < 0)
-		goto err;
-
-	return 0;
-err:
-	nftnl_set_free(set);
-	return -1;
-}
-
-static int nftnl_ruleset_parse_rules(struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx,
-				   struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	struct nftnl_rule *rule;
-
-	rule = nftnl_rule_alloc();
-	if (rule == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	switch (ctx->format) {
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-		if (nftnl_jansson_parse_rule(rule, ctx->json, err,
-					   ctx->set_list) < 0)
-			goto err;
-#endif
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
-	default:
-		errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	nftnl_ruleset_ctx_set_u32(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_TYPE, NFTNL_RULESET_RULE);
-	nftnl_ruleset_ctx_set(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_RULE, rule);
-	if (ctx->cb(ctx) < 0)
-		goto err;
-
-	return 0;
-err:
-	nftnl_rule_free(rule);
-	return -1;
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-static int nftnl_ruleset_json_parse_ruleset(struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx,
-					  struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	json_t *node, *array = ctx->json;
-	int len, i, ret;
-
-	len = json_array_size(array);
-	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-		node = json_array_get(array, i);
-		if (node == NULL) {
-			errno = EINVAL;
-			return -1;
-		}
-
-		ctx->json = node;
-		if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(node, "table"))
-			ret = nftnl_ruleset_parse_tables(ctx, err);
-		else if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(node, "chain"))
-			ret = nftnl_ruleset_parse_chains(ctx, err);
-		else if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(node, "set"))
-			ret = nftnl_ruleset_parse_sets(ctx, err);
-		else if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(node, "rule"))
-			ret = nftnl_ruleset_parse_rules(ctx, err);
-		else if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(node, "element"))
-			ret = nftnl_ruleset_parse_set_elems(ctx, err);
-		else
-			return -1;
-
-		if (ret < 0)
-			return ret;
-	}
-
-	if (len == 0 && ctx->cmd == NFTNL_CMD_FLUSH) {
-		nftnl_ruleset_ctx_set_u32(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_TYPE,
-					NFTNL_RULESET_RULESET);
-		if (ctx->cb(ctx) < 0)
-			return -1;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int nftnl_ruleset_json_parse_cmd(const char *cmd,
-				      struct nftnl_parse_err *err,
-				      struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx)
-{
-	uint32_t cmdnum;
-	json_t *nodecmd;
-
-	cmdnum = nftnl_str2cmd(cmd);
-	if (cmdnum == NFTNL_CMD_UNSPEC) {
-		err->error = NFTNL_PARSE_EMISSINGNODE;
-		err->node_name = strdup(cmd);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	nftnl_ruleset_ctx_set_u32(ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_CMD, cmdnum);
-
-	nodecmd = json_object_get(ctx->json, cmd);
-	if (nodecmd == NULL)
-		return 0;
-
-	ctx->json = nodecmd;
-	if (nftnl_ruleset_json_parse_ruleset(ctx, err) != 0)
-		goto err;
-
-	return 0;
-err:
-	return -1;
-}
-#endif
-
-static int nftnl_ruleset_json_parse(const void *json,
-				  struct nftnl_parse_err *err,
-				  enum nftnl_parse_input input,
-				  enum nftnl_parse_type type, void *arg,
-				  int (*cb)(const struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx))
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	json_t *root, *array, *node;
-	json_error_t error;
-	int i, len;
-	const char *key;
-	struct nftnl_parse_ctx ctx = {
-		.cb = cb,
-		.format = type,
-		.flags = 0,
-	};
-
-	ctx.set_list = nftnl_set_list_alloc();
-	if (ctx.set_list == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	if (arg != NULL)
-		nftnl_ruleset_ctx_set(&ctx, NFTNL_RULESET_CTX_DATA, arg);
-
-	root = nftnl_jansson_create_root(json, &error, err, input);
-	if (root == NULL)
-		goto err1;
-
-	array = json_object_get(root, "nftables");
-	if (array == NULL) {
-		errno = EINVAL;
-		goto err2;
-	}
-
-	len = json_array_size(array);
-	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-		node = json_array_get(array, i);
-		if (node == NULL) {
-			errno = EINVAL;
-			goto err2;
-		}
-		ctx.json = node;
-		key = json_object_iter_key(json_object_iter(node));
-		if (key == NULL)
-			goto err2;
-
-		if (nftnl_ruleset_json_parse_cmd(key, err, &ctx) < 0)
-			goto err2;
-	}
-
-	nftnl_set_list_free(ctx.set_list);
-	nftnl_jansson_free_root(root);
-	return 0;
-err2:
-	nftnl_jansson_free_root(root);
-err1:
-	nftnl_set_list_free(ctx.set_list);
-	return -1;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int
-nftnl_ruleset_do_parse(enum nftnl_parse_type type, const void *data,
-		     struct nftnl_parse_err *err, enum nftnl_parse_input input,
-		     void *arg, int (*cb)(const struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx))
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	switch (type) {
-	case NFTNL_PARSE_JSON:
-		ret = nftnl_ruleset_json_parse(data, err, input, type, arg, cb);
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_PARSE_XML:
-	default:
-		ret = -1;
-		errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nftnl_ruleset_parse_file_cb);
 int nftnl_ruleset_parse_file_cb(enum nftnl_parse_type type, FILE *fp,
 			      struct nftnl_parse_err *err, void *data,
 			      int (*cb)(const struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx))
 {
-	return nftnl_ruleset_do_parse(type, fp, err, NFTNL_PARSE_FILE, data, cb);
+	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
+	return -1;
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nftnl_ruleset_parse_buffer_cb);
@@ -606,8 +225,8 @@ int nftnl_ruleset_parse_buffer_cb(enum nftnl_parse_type type, const char *buffer
 				struct nftnl_parse_err *err, void *data,
 				int (*cb)(const struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx))
 {
-	return nftnl_ruleset_do_parse(type, buffer, err, NFTNL_PARSE_BUFFER, data,
-				    cb);
+	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
+	return -1;
 }
 
 static int nftnl_ruleset_cb(const struct nftnl_parse_ctx *ctx)
@@ -675,7 +294,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(nftnl_ruleset_parse);
 int nftnl_ruleset_parse(struct nftnl_ruleset *r, enum nftnl_parse_type type,
 		      const char *data, struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
 {
-	return nftnl_ruleset_parse_buffer_cb(type, data, err, r, nftnl_ruleset_cb);
+	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
+	return -1;
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nftnl_ruleset_parse_file);
@@ -849,13 +469,6 @@ nftnl_ruleset_do_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const struct nftnl_ruleset *rs
 	/* dont pass events flags to child calls of _snprintf() */
 	inner_flags &= ~NFTNL_OF_EVENT_ANY;
 
-	ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, "%s",
-		       nftnl_ruleset_o_opentag(type));
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-	ret = nftnl_cmd_header_snprintf(buf + offset, remain, cmd, type, flags);
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
 	if (nftnl_ruleset_is_set(rs, NFTNL_RULESET_TABLELIST) &&
 	    (!nftnl_table_list_is_empty(rs->table_list))) {
 		ret = nftnl_ruleset_snprintf_table(buf + offset, remain, rs,
@@ -905,13 +518,6 @@ nftnl_ruleset_do_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const struct nftnl_ruleset *rs
 		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
 	}
 
-	ret = nftnl_cmd_footer_snprintf(buf + offset, remain, cmd, type, flags);
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-	ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, "%s",
-		       nftnl_ruleset_o_closetag(type));
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
 	return offset;
 }
 
@@ -1108,9 +714,6 @@ static int nftnl_ruleset_cmd_fprintf(FILE *fp, const struct nftnl_ruleset *rs,
 	ret = fprintf(fp, "%s", nftnl_ruleset_o_opentag(type));
 	NFTNL_FPRINTF_RETURN_OR_FIXLEN(ret, len);
 
-	ret = nftnl_cmd_header_fprintf(fp, cmd, type, flags);
-	NFTNL_FPRINTF_RETURN_OR_FIXLEN(ret, len);
-
 	if ((nftnl_ruleset_is_set(rs, NFTNL_RULESET_TABLELIST)) &&
 	    (!nftnl_table_list_is_empty(rs->table_list))) {
 		ret = nftnl_ruleset_fprintf_tables(fp, rs, type, inner_flags);
@@ -1153,9 +756,6 @@ static int nftnl_ruleset_cmd_fprintf(FILE *fp, const struct nftnl_ruleset *rs,
 		NFTNL_FPRINTF_RETURN_OR_FIXLEN(ret, len);
 	}
 
-	ret = nftnl_cmd_footer_fprintf(fp, cmd, type, flags);
-	NFTNL_FPRINTF_RETURN_OR_FIXLEN(ret, len);
-
 	ret = fprintf(fp, "%s", nftnl_ruleset_o_closetag(type));
 	NFTNL_FPRINTF_RETURN_OR_FIXLEN(ret, len);
 
diff --git a/src/set.c b/src/set.c
index d2a75893ef70..74724224b683 100644
--- a/src/set.c
+++ b/src/set.c
@@ -569,153 +569,6 @@ int nftnl_set_nlmsg_parse(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nftnl_set *s)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-static int nftnl_jansson_parse_set_info(struct nftnl_set *s, json_t *tree,
-				      struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	json_t *root = tree, *array, *json_elem;
-	uint32_t flags, key_type, key_len, data_type, data_len, policy, size;
-	int family, i;
-	const char *name, *table;
-	struct nftnl_set_elem *elem;
-
-	name = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "name", err);
-	if (name == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	nftnl_set_set_str(s, NFTNL_SET_NAME, name);
-
-	table = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "table", err);
-	if (table == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	nftnl_set_set_str(s, NFTNL_SET_TABLE, table);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_family(root, &family, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_set_set_u32(s, NFTNL_SET_FAMILY, family);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "flags", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &flags, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_set_set_u32(s, NFTNL_SET_FLAGS, flags);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "key_type", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &key_type,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_set_set_u32(s, NFTNL_SET_KEY_TYPE, key_type);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "key_len", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &key_len,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_set_set_u32(s, NFTNL_SET_KEY_LEN, key_len);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(root, "data_type")) {
-		if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "data_type", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-					  &data_type, err) < 0)
-			return -1;
-
-		nftnl_set_set_u32(s, NFTNL_SET_DATA_TYPE, data_type);
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(root, "data_len")) {
-		if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "data_len", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-					  &data_len, err) < 0)
-			return -1;
-
-		nftnl_set_set_u32(s, NFTNL_SET_DATA_LEN, data_len);
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(root, "obj_type")) {
-		if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "obj_type", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-					  &data_type, err) < 0)
-			return -1;
-
-		nftnl_set_set_u32(s, NFTNL_SET_OBJ_TYPE, data_type);
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(root, "policy")) {
-		if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "policy", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-					  &policy, err) < 0)
-			return -1;
-
-		nftnl_set_set_u32(s, NFTNL_SET_POLICY, policy);
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(root, "desc_size")) {
-		if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "desc_size", NFTNL_TYPE_U32,
-					  &size, err) < 0)
-			return -1;
-
-		nftnl_set_set_u32(s, NFTNL_SET_DESC_SIZE, size);
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_node_exist(root, "set_elem")) {
-		array = json_object_get(root, "set_elem");
-		for (i = 0; i < json_array_size(array); i++) {
-			elem = nftnl_set_elem_alloc();
-			if (elem == NULL)
-				return -1;
-
-			json_elem = json_array_get(array, i);
-			if (json_elem == NULL ||
-			    nftnl_jansson_set_elem_parse(elem,
-							 json_elem, err) < 0) {
-				free(elem);
-				return -1;
-			}
-
-			list_add_tail(&elem->head, &s->element_list);
-		}
-
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int nftnl_jansson_parse_set(struct nftnl_set *s, json_t *tree,
-			  struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	json_t *root;
-
-	root = nftnl_jansson_get_node(tree, "set", err);
-	if (root == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	return nftnl_jansson_parse_set_info(s, root, err);
-}
-
-int nftnl_jansson_parse_elem(struct nftnl_set *s, json_t *tree,
-			   struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	json_t *root;
-
-	root = nftnl_jansson_get_node(tree, "element", err);
-	if (root == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	return nftnl_jansson_parse_set_info(s, root, err);
-}
-#endif
-
-static int nftnl_set_json_parse(struct nftnl_set *s, const void *json,
-			      struct nftnl_parse_err *err,
-			      enum nftnl_parse_input input)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	json_t *tree;
-	json_error_t error;
-	int ret;
-
-	tree = nftnl_jansson_create_root(json, &error, err, input);
-	if (tree == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	ret = nftnl_jansson_parse_set(s, tree, err);
-	nftnl_jansson_free_root(tree);
-
-	return ret;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
 static int nftnl_set_do_parse(struct nftnl_set *s, enum nftnl_parse_type type,
 			    const void *data, struct nftnl_parse_err *err,
 			    enum nftnl_parse_input input)
@@ -725,8 +578,6 @@ static int nftnl_set_do_parse(struct nftnl_set *s, enum nftnl_parse_type type,
 
 	switch (type) {
 	case NFTNL_PARSE_JSON:
-		ret = nftnl_set_json_parse(s, data, &perr, input);
-		break;
 	case NFTNL_PARSE_XML:
 	default:
 		ret = -1;
@@ -754,104 +605,6 @@ int nftnl_set_parse_file(struct nftnl_set *s, enum nftnl_parse_type type,
 	return nftnl_set_do_parse(s, type, fp, err, NFTNL_PARSE_FILE);
 }
 
-static int nftnl_set_snprintf_json(char *buf, size_t size,
-				   const struct nftnl_set *s,
-				   uint32_t type, uint32_t flags)
-{
-	int remain = size, offset = 0, ret;
-	struct nftnl_set_elem *elem;
-
-	ret = snprintf(buf, remain, "{\"set\":{");
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-	if (s->flags & (1 << NFTNL_SET_NAME)) {
-		ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, "\"name\":\"%s\"",
-			       s->name);
-		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-	}
-	if (s->flags & (1 << NFTNL_SET_TABLE)) {
-		ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, ",\"table\":\"%s\"",
-			       s->table);
-		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-	}
-	if (s->flags & (1 << NFTNL_SET_FLAGS)) {
-		ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, ",\"flags\":%u",
-			       s->set_flags);
-		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-	}
-	if (s->flags & (1 << NFTNL_SET_FAMILY)) {
-		ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, ",\"family\":\"%s\"",
-			       nftnl_family2str(s->family));
-		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-	}
-	if (s->flags & (1 << NFTNL_SET_KEY_TYPE)) {
-		ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, ",\"key_type\":%u",
-			       s->key_type);
-		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-	}
-	if (s->flags & (1 << NFTNL_SET_KEY_LEN)) {
-		ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, ",\"key_len\":%u",
-			       s->key_len);
-		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-	}
-	if(s->flags & (1 << NFTNL_SET_DATA_TYPE)) {
-		ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain,
-				  ",\"data_type\":%u", s->data_type);
-		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-	}
-	if(s->flags & (1 << NFTNL_SET_DATA_LEN)) {
-		ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, ",\"data_len\":%u",
-			       s->data_len);
-		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-	}
-	if (s->flags & (1 << NFTNL_SET_OBJ_TYPE)) {
-		ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain,
-				  ",\"obj_type\":%u", s->obj_type);
-		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-	}
-
-	if (s->flags & (1 << NFTNL_SET_POLICY)) {
-		ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, ",\"policy\":%u",
-			       s->policy);
-		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-	}
-
-	if (s->flags & (1 << NFTNL_SET_DESC_SIZE)) {
-		ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, ",\"desc_size\":%u",
-			       s->desc.size);
-		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-	}
-
-	/* Empty set? Skip printinf of elements */
-	if (list_empty(&s->element_list)){
-		ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, "}}");
-		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-		return offset;
-	}
-
-	ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, ",\"set_elem\":[");
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-	list_for_each_entry(elem, &s->element_list, head) {
-		ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, "{");
-		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-		ret = nftnl_set_elem_snprintf(buf + offset, remain, elem, type,
-					    flags);
-		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-		ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, "},");
-		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-	}
-	/* Overwrite trailing ", " from last set element */
-	offset --;
-
-	ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, "]}}");
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-	return offset;
-}
-
 static int nftnl_set_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 				      const struct nftnl_set *s,
 				      uint32_t type, uint32_t flags)
@@ -918,27 +671,16 @@ static int nftnl_set_cmd_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size,
 	/* prevent set_elems to print as events */
 	inner_flags &= ~NFTNL_OF_EVENT_ANY;
 
-	ret = nftnl_cmd_header_snprintf(buf + offset, remain, cmd, type, flags);
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
 	switch(type) {
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_DEFAULT:
 		ret = nftnl_set_snprintf_default(buf + offset, remain, s, type,
 					       inner_flags);
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		ret = nftnl_set_snprintf_json(buf + offset, remain, s, type,
-					    inner_flags);
+		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
 		break;
 	default:
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-	ret = nftnl_cmd_footer_snprintf(buf + offset, remain, cmd, type, flags);
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
 	return offset;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/set_elem.c b/src/set_elem.c
index 1ac53dadbb75..bb8d0464087b 100644
--- a/src/set_elem.c
+++ b/src/set_elem.c
@@ -548,101 +548,20 @@ int nftnl_set_elems_nlmsg_parse(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nftnl_set *s)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int nftnl_set_elem_json_parse(struct nftnl_set_elem *e, const void *json,
-				   struct nftnl_parse_err *err,
-				   enum nftnl_parse_input input)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	json_t *tree;
-	json_error_t error;
-
-	tree = nftnl_jansson_create_root(json, &error, err, input);
-	if (tree == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	return nftnl_jansson_set_elem_parse(e, tree, err);
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int
-nftnl_set_elem_do_parse(struct nftnl_set_elem *e, enum nftnl_parse_type type,
-		      const void *data, struct nftnl_parse_err *err,
-		      enum nftnl_parse_input input)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	switch (type) {
-	case NFTNL_PARSE_JSON:
-		ret = nftnl_set_elem_json_parse(e, data, err, input);
-		break;
-	case NFTNL_PARSE_XML:
-	default:
-		errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-		ret = -1;
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nftnl_set_elem_parse);
 int nftnl_set_elem_parse(struct nftnl_set_elem *e, enum nftnl_parse_type type,
 		       const char *data, struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
 {
-	return nftnl_set_elem_do_parse(e, type, data, err, NFTNL_PARSE_BUFFER);
+	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
+	return -1;
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nftnl_set_elem_parse_file);
 int nftnl_set_elem_parse_file(struct nftnl_set_elem *e, enum nftnl_parse_type type,
 			    FILE *fp, struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
 {
-	return nftnl_set_elem_do_parse(e, type, fp, err, NFTNL_PARSE_FILE);
-}
-
-static int nftnl_set_elem_snprintf_json(char *buf, size_t size,
-					const struct nftnl_set_elem *e,
-					uint32_t flags)
-{
-	int ret, remain = size, offset = 0, type = -1;
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_SET_ELEM_FLAGS)) {
-		ret = snprintf(buf, remain, "\"flags\":%u,", e->set_elem_flags);
-		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-	}
-
-	ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, "\"key\":{");
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-	ret = nftnl_data_reg_snprintf(buf + offset, remain, &e->key,
-				    NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON, flags, DATA_VALUE);
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-	ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, "}");
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-	if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_SET_ELEM_DATA))
-		type = DATA_VALUE;
-	else if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_SET_ELEM_CHAIN))
-		type = DATA_CHAIN;
-	else if (e->flags & (1 << NFTNL_SET_ELEM_VERDICT))
-		type = DATA_VERDICT;
-
-	if (type != -1) {
-		ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, ",\"data\":{");
-		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-		ret = nftnl_data_reg_snprintf(buf + offset, remain, &e->data,
-					    NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON, flags, type);
-			SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-		ret = snprintf(buf + offset, remain, "}");
-		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-	}
-
-	return offset;
+	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
+	return -1;
 }
 
 static int nftnl_set_elem_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
@@ -695,29 +614,18 @@ static int nftnl_set_elem_cmd_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size,
 {
 	int ret, remain = size, offset = 0;
 
-	if (type == NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML)
-		return 0;
-
-	ret = nftnl_cmd_header_snprintf(buf + offset, remain, cmd, type, flags);
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
 	switch(type) {
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_DEFAULT:
 		ret = nftnl_set_elem_snprintf_default(buf + offset, remain, e);
+		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
 		break;
+	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		ret = nftnl_set_elem_snprintf_json(buf + offset, remain, e,
-						   flags);
 		break;
 	default:
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-	ret = nftnl_cmd_footer_snprintf(buf + offset, remain, cmd, type, flags);
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
 	return offset;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/table.c b/src/table.c
index e7616f6dddbc..c987c5e7552a 100644
--- a/src/table.c
+++ b/src/table.c
@@ -283,72 +283,14 @@ int nftnl_table_nlmsg_parse(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nftnl_table *t)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-int nftnl_jansson_parse_table(struct nftnl_table *t, json_t *tree,
-			    struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	json_t *root;
-	uint32_t flags, use;
-	const char *str;
-	int family;
-
-	root = nftnl_jansson_get_node(tree, "table", err);
-	if (root == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	str = nftnl_jansson_parse_str(root, "name", err);
-	if (str != NULL)
-		nftnl_table_set_str(t, NFTNL_TABLE_NAME, str);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_family(root, &family, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_table_set_u32(t, NFTNL_TABLE_FAMILY, family);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "flags", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &flags,
-				  err) == 0)
-		nftnl_table_set_u32(t, NFTNL_TABLE_FLAGS, flags);
-
-	if (nftnl_jansson_parse_val(root, "use", NFTNL_TYPE_U32, &use, err) == 0)
-		nftnl_table_set_u32(t, NFTNL_TABLE_USE, use);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif
-
-static int nftnl_table_json_parse(struct nftnl_table *t, const void *json,
-				struct nftnl_parse_err *err,
-				enum nftnl_parse_input input)
-{
-#ifdef JSON_PARSING
-	json_t *tree;
-	json_error_t error;
-	int ret;
-
-	tree = nftnl_jansson_create_root(json, &error, err, input);
-	if (tree == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	ret = nftnl_jansson_parse_table(t, tree, err);
-
-	nftnl_jansson_free_root(tree);
-
-	return ret;
-#else
-	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
 static int nftnl_table_do_parse(struct nftnl_table *t, enum nftnl_parse_type type,
 			      const void *data, struct nftnl_parse_err *err,
 			      enum nftnl_parse_input input)
 {
 	int ret;
-	struct nftnl_parse_err perr = {};
 
 	switch (type) {
 	case NFTNL_PARSE_JSON:
-		ret = nftnl_table_json_parse(t, data, &perr, input);
-		break;
 	case NFTNL_PARSE_XML:
 	default:
 		ret = -1;
@@ -356,9 +298,6 @@ static int nftnl_table_do_parse(struct nftnl_table *t, enum nftnl_parse_type typ
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (err != NULL)
-		*err = perr;
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -376,28 +315,6 @@ int nftnl_table_parse_file(struct nftnl_table *t, enum nftnl_parse_type type,
 	return nftnl_table_do_parse(t, type, fp, err, NFTNL_PARSE_FILE);
 }
 
-static int nftnl_table_export(char *buf, size_t size,
-			      const struct nftnl_table *t, int type)
-{
-	NFTNL_BUF_INIT(b, buf, size);
-
-	nftnl_buf_open(&b, type, TABLE);
-	if (t->flags & (1 << NFTNL_TABLE_NAME))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, t->name, NAME);
-	if (t->flags & (1 << NFTNL_TABLE_FAMILY))
-		nftnl_buf_str(&b, type, nftnl_family2str(t->family), FAMILY);
-	if (t->flags & (1 << NFTNL_TABLE_FLAGS))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, t->table_flags, FLAGS);
-	if (t->flags & (1 << NFTNL_TABLE_USE))
-		nftnl_buf_u32(&b, type, t->use, USE);
-	if (t->flags & (1 << NFTNL_TABLE_HANDLE))
-		nftnl_buf_u64(&b, type, t->handle, HANDLE);
-
-	nftnl_buf_close(&b, type, TABLE);
-
-	return nftnl_buf_done(&b);
-}
-
 static int nftnl_table_snprintf_default(char *buf, size_t size,
 					const struct nftnl_table *t)
 {
@@ -412,24 +329,16 @@ static int nftnl_table_cmd_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size,
 {
 	int ret, remain = size, offset = 0;
 
-	ret = nftnl_cmd_header_snprintf(buf + offset, remain, cmd, type, flags);
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
 	switch (type) {
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_DEFAULT:
 		ret = nftnl_table_snprintf_default(buf + offset, remain, t);
+		SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
 		break;
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML:
 	case NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON:
-		ret = nftnl_table_export(buf + offset, remain, t, type);
-		break;
 	default:
 		return -1;
 	}
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
-
-	ret = nftnl_cmd_footer_snprintf(buf + offset, remain, cmd, type, flags);
-	SNPRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE(ret, remain, offset);
 
 	return offset;
 }
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 5872bb13990f..556575fcce4d 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 include $(top_srcdir)/Make_global.am
 
-EXTRA_DIST =		test-script.sh			\
-			jsonfiles
+EXTRA_DIST =		test-script.sh
 
-check_PROGRAMS = 	nft-parsing-test		\
-			nft-table-test			\
+check_PROGRAMS = 	nft-table-test			\
 			nft-chain-test			\
 			nft-object-test			\
 			nft-rule-test			\
@@ -37,9 +35,6 @@ check_PROGRAMS = 	nft-parsing-test		\
 			nft-expr_target-test		\
 			nft-expr_hash-test
 
-nft_parsing_test_SOURCES = nft-parsing-test.c
-nft_parsing_test_LDADD = ../src/libnftnl.la ${LIBMNL_LIBS} ${LIBJSON_LIBS}
-
 nft_table_test_SOURCES = nft-table-test.c
 nft_table_test_LDADD = ../src/libnftnl.la ${LIBMNL_LIBS}
 
diff --git a/tests/nft-parsing-test.c b/tests/nft-parsing-test.c
deleted file mode 100644
index d25a73ebd205..000000000000
--- a/tests/nft-parsing-test.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,283 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <dirent.h>
-#include <limits.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <getopt.h>
-
-#include <libmnl/libmnl.h> /*nlmsghdr*/
-#include <libnftnl/ruleset.h>
-#include <libnftnl/table.h>
-#include <libnftnl/chain.h>
-#include <libnftnl/rule.h>
-#include <libnftnl/set.h>
-
-enum {
-	TEST_XML_RULESET,
-	TEST_JSON_RULESET,
-};
-
-static bool update = false;
-
-static void print_detail_error(char *a, char *b)
-{
-	int i;
-	int from = -1;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < strlen(b); i++) {
-		if (from == -1 && a[i] != b[i]) {
-			from = i;
-			break;
-
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (from != -1) {
-		int k = from - 10;
-
-		if (k < 0)
-			k = 0;
-
-		fprintf(stderr, "from file:     ");
-		for (i = k; i < from + 10; i++)
-			fprintf(stderr, "%c", a[i]);
-
-		fprintf(stderr, "\nfrom snprintf: ");
-		for (i = k; i < from + 10; i++)
-			fprintf(stderr, "%c", b[i]);
-
-		/* Don't look twice below this comment ;-) */
-		fprintf(stderr, "\n               ");
-		for (i = k; i < from + 10; i++) {
-			if (i == from)
-				fprintf(stderr, "^");
-			else
-				fprintf(stderr, " ");
-		}
-		fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-	}
-}
-
-static int compare_test(uint32_t type, struct nftnl_ruleset *rs,
-			const char *filename, FILE *fp)
-{
-	char orig[4096];
-	char out[4096];
-
-	switch (type) {
-	case TEST_XML_RULESET:
-		nftnl_ruleset_snprintf(out, sizeof(out), rs,
-				     NFTNL_OUTPUT_XML, NFTNL_OF_EVENT_NEW);
-		break;
-	case TEST_JSON_RULESET:
-		nftnl_ruleset_snprintf(out, sizeof(out), rs,
-				     NFTNL_OUTPUT_JSON, NFTNL_OF_EVENT_NEW);
-		break;
-	default:
-		errno = EINVAL;
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	rewind(fp);
-	fgets(orig, sizeof(orig), fp);
-
-	if (strncmp(orig, out, strlen(out)) == 0) {
-		if (update)
-			printf("%s: No changes to update\n", filename);
-		return 0;
-	}
-	if (update) {
-		FILE *fout;
-		printf("%s: Updating test file\n", filename);
-		fout = fopen(filename, "w");
-		if (fout == NULL) {
-			printf("unable to open file %s: %s\n", filename,
-			strerror(errno));
-			return -1;
-		}
-		fprintf(fout, "%s\n", out);
-		fclose(fout);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	printf("validating %s: ", filename);
-	printf("\033[31mFAILED\e[0m\n");
-	print_detail_error(orig, out);
-	return -1;
-}
-
-static int test_json(const char *filename, struct nftnl_parse_err *err)
-{
-	int ret = -1;
-	struct nftnl_ruleset *rs;
-	FILE *fp;
-
-	fp = fopen(filename, "r");
-	if (fp == NULL) {
-		printf("unable to open file %s: %s\n", filename,
-		       strerror(errno));
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	rs = nftnl_ruleset_alloc();
-	if (rs == NULL) {
-		perror("nftnl_ruleset_alloc");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	if (nftnl_ruleset_parse_file(rs, NFTNL_PARSE_JSON, fp, err) == 0)
-		ret = compare_test(TEST_JSON_RULESET, rs, filename, fp);
-	else
-		goto failparsing;
-
-	nftnl_ruleset_free(rs);
-	fclose(fp);
-
-	return ret;
-
-failparsing:
-	fclose(fp);
-	printf("parsing %s: ", filename);
-	printf("\033[31mFAILED\e[0m (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
-	nftnl_parse_perror("Reason", err);
-	return -1;
-}
-
-static int execute_test(const char *dir_name)
-{
-	DIR *d;
-	struct dirent *dent;
-	char path[PATH_MAX];
-	int ret = 0, exit_code = 0;
-	struct nftnl_parse_err *err;
-
-	d = opendir(dir_name);
-	if (d == NULL) {
-		perror("opendir");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	err = nftnl_parse_err_alloc();
-	if (err == NULL) {
-		perror("error");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	while ((dent = readdir(d)) != NULL) {
-		int len = strlen(dent->d_name);
-
-		if (strcmp(dent->d_name, ".") == 0 ||
-		    strcmp(dent->d_name, "..") == 0)
-			continue;
-
-		snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s", dir_name, dent->d_name);
-
-		if (strcmp(&dent->d_name[len-5], ".json") == 0) {
-			if ((ret = test_json(path, err)) == 0) {
-				if (!update) {
-					printf("parsing and validating %s: ",
-					       path);
-					printf("\033[32mOK\e[0m\n");
-				}
-			}
-			exit_code += ret;
-		}
-	}
-
-	closedir(d);
-	nftnl_parse_err_free(err);
-
-	if (exit_code != 0)
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int execute_test_file(const char *filename)
-{
-	char path[PATH_MAX];
-	struct nftnl_parse_err *err;
-	int ret = 0, len;
-
-	err = nftnl_parse_err_alloc();
-	if (err == NULL) {
-		perror("error");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s", filename);
-
-	len = strlen(filename);
-	if (strcmp(&filename[len-5], ".json") == 0) {
-		if ((ret = test_json(path, err)) == 0) {
-			if (!update) {
-				printf("parsing and validating %s: ",
-				       path);
-				printf("\033[32mOK\e[0m\n");
-			}
-		}
-		nftnl_parse_err_free(err);
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	nftnl_parse_err_free(err);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void show_help(const char *name)
-{
-	printf(
-"Usage: %s [option]\n"
-"\n"
-"Options:\n"
-"  -d/--dir <directory>		Check test files from <directory>.\n"
-"  -u/--update <directory>	Update test files from <directory>.\n"
-"  -f/--file <file>		Check test file <file>\n"
-"\n",
-	       name);
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-	int val;
-	int ret = 0;
-	int option_index = 0;
-	static struct option long_options[] = {
-		{ "dir", required_argument, 0, 'd' },
-		{ "update", required_argument, 0, 'u' },
-		{ "file", required_argument, 0, 'f' },
-		{ 0 }
-	};
-
-	if (argc != 3) {
-		show_help(argv[0]);
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	while (1) {
-		val = getopt_long(argc, argv, "d:u:f:", long_options,
-				  &option_index);
-
-		if (val == -1)
-			break;
-
-		switch (val) {
-		case 'd':
-			ret = execute_test(optarg);
-			break;
-		case 'u':
-			update = true;
-			ret = execute_test(optarg);
-			break;
-		case 'f':
-			ret = execute_test_file(optarg);
-			break;
-		default:
-			show_help(argv[0]);
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	return ret;
-}
diff --git a/tests/test-script.sh b/tests/test-script.sh
index 2bd7ef0e6716..83dbda228abc 100755
--- a/tests/test-script.sh
+++ b/tests/test-script.sh
@@ -29,4 +29,3 @@
 ./nft-set-test
 ./nft-table-test
 ./nft-object-test
-./nft-parsing-test -d jsonfiles
-- 
2.11.0





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