diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/netapp/eseries/test_client.py b/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/netapp/eseries/test_client.py
index 16f0e27c48f..30c007c4efc 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/netapp/eseries/test_client.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/netapp/eseries/test_client.py
@@ -16,20 +16,18 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 import copy
+import json
 
 import ddt
-import json
 import mock
-from simplejson import scanner
 from six.moves import http_client
 
 from cinder import exception
 from cinder import test
 from cinder.tests.unit.volume.drivers.netapp.eseries import fakes as \
     eseries_fake
-from cinder.volume.drivers.netapp.eseries import exception as es_exception
-
 from cinder.volume.drivers.netapp.eseries import client
+from cinder.volume.drivers.netapp.eseries import exception as es_exception
 from cinder.volume.drivers.netapp import utils as na_utils
 
 
@@ -1146,7 +1144,7 @@ class NetAppEseriesClientDriverTestCase(test.TestCase):
     def test_invoke_bad_content_type(self):
         """Tests the invoke behavior with a non-JSON response"""
         fake_response = mock.Mock()
-        fake_response.json = mock.Mock(side_effect=scanner.JSONDecodeError(
+        fake_response.json = mock.Mock(side_effect=ValueError(
             '', '{}', 1))
         fake_response.status_code = http_client.FAILED_DEPENDENCY
         fake_response.text = "Fake Response"
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/dell_emc/sc/storagecenter_api.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/dell_emc/sc/storagecenter_api.py
index a453b296099..43f1ecedfd7 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/dell_emc/sc/storagecenter_api.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/dell_emc/sc/storagecenter_api.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import eventlet
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_utils import excutils
 import requests
-from simplejson import scanner
 import six
 from six.moves import http_client
 import uuid
@@ -599,8 +598,8 @@ class SCApi(object):
             LOG.error('Error invalid json: %s', blob)
         except TypeError as ex:
             LOG.error('Error TypeError. %s', ex)
-        except scanner.JSONDecodeError as ex:
-            LOG.error('Error JSONDecodeError. %s', ex)
+        except ValueError as ex:
+            LOG.error('JSON decoding error. %s', ex)
         # We are here so this went poorly. Log our blob.
         LOG.debug('_get_json blob %s', blob)
         return None
@@ -618,8 +617,8 @@ class SCApi(object):
             LOG.error('Invalid API object: %s', blob)
         except TypeError as ex:
             LOG.error('Error TypeError. %s', ex)
-        except scanner.JSONDecodeError as ex:
-            LOG.error('Error JSONDecodeError. %s', ex)
+        except ValueError as ex:
+            LOG.error('JSON decoding error. %s', ex)
         LOG.debug('_get_id failed: blob %s', blob)
         return None
 
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/netapp/eseries/client.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/netapp/eseries/client.py
index 974787eac39..774969b5e4f 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/netapp/eseries/client.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/netapp/eseries/client.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import uuid
 
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 import requests
-from simplejson import scanner
 import six
 from six.moves import urllib
 
@@ -287,7 +286,7 @@ class RestClient(WebserviceClient):
                 res_dict = res.json() if res.text else None
             # This should only occur if we expected JSON, but were sent
             # something else
-            except scanner.JSONDecodeError:
+            except ValueError:
                 res_dict = None
 
             if cinder_utils.TRACE_API:
diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 42afced8138..7b1f81b9d66 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ rfc3986==1.1.0
 Routes==2.3.1
 rsa==3.4.2
 rtslib-fb==2.1.65
-simplejson==3.5.1
 six==1.10.0
 smmap2==2.0.3
 snowballstemmer==1.2.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5ebfe2db080..c179191d2e2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ retrying!=1.3.0,>=1.2.3 # Apache-2.0
 Routes>=2.3.1 # MIT
 taskflow>=2.16.0 # Apache-2.0
 rtslib-fb>=2.1.65 # Apache-2.0
-simplejson>=3.5.1 # MIT
 six>=1.10.0 # MIT
 SQLAlchemy!=1.1.5,!=1.1.6,!=1.1.7,!=1.1.8,>=1.0.10 # MIT
 sqlalchemy-migrate>=0.11.0 # Apache-2.0