diff --git a/src/Content/ContentManager.py b/src/Content/ContentManager.py
index bcf96c0b7..a06ba523f 100644
--- a/src/Content/ContentManager.py
+++ b/src/Content/ContentManager.py
@@ -928,10 +928,7 @@ def verifyFile(self, inner_path, file, ignore_same=True):
                     new_content = file
                 else:
                     try:
-                        if sys.version_info.major == 3 and sys.version_info.minor < 6:
-                            new_content = json.loads(file.read().decode("utf8"))
-                        else:
-                            new_content = json.load(file)
+                        new_content = json.load(file)
                     except Exception as err:
                         raise VerifyError(f"Invalid json file: {err}")
                 if inner_path in self.contents:
diff --git a/src/Db/Db.py b/src/Db/Db.py
index 3d4b6d7da..6ee3a9779 100644
--- a/src/Db/Db.py
+++ b/src/Db/Db.py
@@ -377,10 +377,7 @@ def updateJson(self, file_path, file=None, cur=None):
                 if file_path.endswith("json.gz"):
                     file = helper.limitedGzipFile(fileobj=file)
 
-                if sys.version_info.major == 3 and sys.version_info.minor < 6:
-                    data = json.loads(file.read().decode("utf8"))
-                else:
-                    data = json.load(file)
+                data = json.load(file)
         except Exception as err:
             self.log.debug("Json file %s load error: %s" % (file_path, err))
             data = {}