diff --git a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/outputarea.js b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/outputarea.js
index 6e2e1f5..bc3bf0f 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/outputarea.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/outputarea.js
@@ -855,7 +855,6 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
         "image/png" : OutputArea.prototype.append_png,
         "image/jpeg" : OutputArea.prototype.append_jpeg,
         "text/latex" : OutputArea.prototype.append_latex,
-        "application/json" : OutputArea.prototype.append_json,
         "application/javascript" : OutputArea.prototype.append_javascript,
         "application/pdf" : OutputArea.prototype.append_pdf
     };