diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/serialization/Serializable.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/serialization/Serializable.scala
index c446dbbe59..b15784f9ce 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/serialization/Serializable.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/serialization/Serializable.scala
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ object Serializable {
    * @author <a href="http://jonasboner.com">Jonas Bon&#233;r</a>
    */
   trait ScalaJSON[T] extends JSON {
-    def toJSON: String = new String(toBytes, "UTF-8")
+    def toJSON: String 
     def fromJSON(js: String): T
     def toBytes: Array[Byte] 
     def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]): T
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/serialization/Serializer.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/serialization/Serializer.scala
index 9df1f4200a..871ce1f681 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/serialization/Serializer.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/serialization/Serializer.scala
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ object Serializer {
    * @author <a href="http://jonasboner.com">Jonas Bon&#233;r</a>
    */
   trait ScalaJSON {
-    import dispatch.json._
     import sjson.json._
 
     var classLoader: Option[ClassLoader] = None
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/serialization/package.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/serialization/package.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a3c83341f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/serialization/package.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package se.scalablesolutions.akka
+
+package object serialization {
+  type JsValue = _root_.dispatch.json.JsValue
+  val JsValue = _root_.dispatch.json.JsValue
+  val Js = _root_.dispatch.json.Js
+  val JsonSerialization = sjson.json.JsonSerialization
+  val DefaultProtocol = sjson.json.DefaultProtocol
+}
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/serialization/ScalaJSONSerializableSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/serialization/ScalaJSONSerializableSpec.scala
index 0ca548d4e1..68b2f171e4 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/serialization/ScalaJSONSerializableSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/serialization/ScalaJSONSerializableSpec.scala
@@ -9,16 +9,15 @@ import org.junit.runner.RunWith
 import se.scalablesolutions.akka.serialization.Serializable.ScalaJSON
 
 object Serializables {
-  import sjson.json.DefaultProtocol._
+  import DefaultProtocol._
+  import JsonSerialization._
+
   case class Shop(store: String, item: String, price: Int) extends
     ScalaJSON[Shop] {
     implicit val ShopFormat: sjson.json.Format[Shop] = 
       asProduct3("store", "item", "price")(Shop)(Shop.unapply(_).get)
 
-    import dispatch.json._
-    import sjson.json._
-    import sjson.json.JsonSerialization._
-
+    def toJSON: String = JsValue.toJson(tojson(this))
     def toBytes: Array[Byte] = tobinary(this)
     def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = frombinary[Shop](bytes)
     def fromJSON(js: String) = fromjson[Shop](Js(js))
@@ -33,10 +32,7 @@ object Serializables {
     implicit val MyJsonObjectFormat: sjson.json.Format[MyJsonObject] =
       asProduct3("key", "map", "standAloneInt")(MyJsonObject)(MyJsonObject.unapply(_).get)
 
-    import dispatch.json._
-    import sjson.json._
-    import sjson.json.JsonSerialization._
-
+    def toJSON: String = JsValue.toJson(tojson(this))
     def toBytes: Array[Byte] = tobinary(this)
     def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = frombinary[MyJsonObject](bytes)
     def fromJSON(js: String) = fromjson[MyJsonObject](Js(js))
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/serialization/SerializableTypeClassActorSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/serialization/SerializableTypeClassActorSpec.scala
index de64b803fa..90c445dd3c 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/serialization/SerializableTypeClassActorSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/serialization/SerializableTypeClassActorSpec.scala
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith
 
 import se.scalablesolutions.akka.serialization._
-import dispatch.json._
+// import dispatch.json._
 import se.scalablesolutions.akka.actor._
 import ActorSerialization._
 import Actor._
@@ -230,12 +230,14 @@ case class MyMessage(val id: String, val value: Tuple2[String, Int])
   extends Serializable.ScalaJSON[MyMessage] {
 
   def this() = this(null, null)
-  import sjson.json.DefaultProtocol._
-  import sjson.json._
-  import sjson.json.JsonSerialization._
+
+  import DefaultProtocol._
+  import JsonSerialization._
+
   implicit val MyMessageFormat: sjson.json.Format[MyMessage] =
     asProduct2("id", "value")(MyMessage)(MyMessage.unapply(_).get)
 
+  def toJSON: String = JsValue.toJson(tojson(this))
   def toBytes: Array[Byte] = tobinary(this)
   def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = frombinary[MyMessage](bytes)
   def fromJSON(js: String) = fromjson[MyMessage](Js(js))