diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index bc42fd06..4be9e456 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ sudo yum install \
  git automake autoconf gettext-devel gperf gawk libtool \
  sqlite-devel libconfuse-devel libunistring-devel mxml-devel libevent-devel \
  avahi-devel libgcrypt-devel zlib-devel alsa-lib-devel ffmpeg-devel \
- libplist-devel libsodium-devel
+ libplist-devel libsodium-devel json-c-devel
 
 Clone the forked-daapd repo:
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Afterwards, you can optionally install Oracle's newer version, and then
 
 sudo port install \
   autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig git gperf libgcrypt \
-  libunistring libconfuse ffmpeg libevent
+  libunistring libconfuse ffmpeg libevent json-c
 
 Download, configure, build and install the Mini-XML library:
   http://www.msweet.org/projects.php/Mini-XML
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ Optional features require the following additional ports:
 
  Feature             | Configure argument     | Ports
  --------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------
- Chromecast          | --enable-chromecast    | json-c gnutls protobuf-c
+ Chromecast          | --enable-chromecast    | gnutls protobuf-c
  LastFM              | --enable-lastfm        | curl
  iTunes XML          | --disable-itunes       | libplist
  Device verification | --disable-verification | libplist libsodium
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fd8c90f3..68bbb577 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -144,6 +144,15 @@ FORK_MODULES_CHECK([FORKED], [LIBEVENT], [libevent >= 2],
 			[Define to 1 if you have libevent 2 (<2.1.4)])])
 	])
 
+dnl json-c version checks
+FORK_MODULES_CHECK([FORKED], [JSON_C], [json-c],
+	[json_tokener_parse], [json.h],
+	[dnl check for old version
+	 PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([json-c >= 0.11], [],
+		[AC_DEFINE([HAVE_JSON_C_OLD], 1,
+			[Define to 1 if you have json-c < 0.11])])
+	])
+
 dnl antlr version checks
 FORK_FUNC_REQUIRE([FORKED], [ANTLR3 C runtime], [ANTLR3C], [antlr3c],
 	[antlr3BaseRecognizerNew], [antlr3.h],
@@ -286,19 +295,6 @@ FORK_ARG_WITH_CHECK([FORKED_OPTS], [libevent_pthreads support],
 	[libevent_pthreads], [LIBEVENT_PTHREADS], [libevent_pthreads],
 	[evthread_use_pthreads], [event2/thread.h])
 
-dnl Build with json-c
-FORK_ARG_WITH_CHECK([FORKED_OPTS], [json-c support], [json], [JSON_C],
-	[json-c >= 0.11], [json_tokener_parse], [json.h], [],
-	[FORK_MODULES_CHECK([FORKED_OPTS], [JSON_C], [json],
-		[json_tokener_parse], [json.h],
-		[[with_json=yes]
-		 AC_DEFINE([HAVE_JSON_C_OLD], 1,
-			[Define to 1 if you have json-c < 0.11])],
-		[AS_IF([[test "x$with_json" != "xcheck"]],
-			[AC_MSG_FAILURE([[--with-json was given, but test for json-c failed]])])
-		 [with_json=no]]
-	)])
-
 dnl Build with Avahi (or Bonjour if not)
 FORK_ARG_WITH_CHECK([FORKED_OPTS], [Avahi mDNS], [avahi], [AVAHI],
 	[avahi-client >= 0.6.24], [avahi_client_new], [avahi-client/client.h])
diff --git a/scripts/freebsd_install_11.0.sh b/scripts/freebsd_install_11.0.sh
index 072e44dd..1207f523 100644
--- a/scripts/freebsd_install_11.0.sh
+++ b/scripts/freebsd_install_11.0.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Credit thorsteneckel who made the how-to that is the basis for this
 # script, see https://gist.github.com/thorsteneckel/c0610fb415c8d0486bce
 
-echo "This script will install forked-daapd in FreeBSD 10.1. The script is not"
+echo "This script will install forked-daapd in FreeBSD 11.0. The script is not"
 echo "very polished, so you might want to look through it before running it."
 read -p "Continue? [y/N] " yn
 if [ "$yn" != "y" ]; then
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ fi
 
 DEPS="gmake autoconf automake libtool gettext gperf glib pkgconf wget git \
      ffmpeg libconfuse libevent mxml libgcrypt libunistring libiconv \
-     libplist libinotify avahi sqlite3 alsa-lib libsodium"
+     libplist libinotify avahi sqlite3 alsa-lib libsodium json-c"
 echo "The script can install the following dependency packages for you:"
 echo $DEPS
 read -p "Should the script install these packages? [y/N] " yn
diff --git a/src/httpd_jsonapi.c b/src/httpd_jsonapi.c
index b0e561be..67ceb2e5 100644
--- a/src/httpd_jsonapi.c
+++ b/src/httpd_jsonapi.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 # include <config.h>
 #endif
-#include <json.h>
+
 #include <regex.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>