diff --git a/samples/StandaloneApp/Pages/FetchData.cshtml b/samples/StandaloneApp/Pages/FetchData.cshtml
index a14615eb57..e426907457 100644
--- a/samples/StandaloneApp/Pages/FetchData.cshtml
+++ b/samples/StandaloneApp/Pages/FetchData.cshtml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.Services.Temporary
+@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor
+@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.Services.Temporary
 @inject HttpClient Http
 
 <h1>Weather forecast</h1>
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ else
     protected override async Task OnInitAsync()
     {
         var json = await Http.GetStringAsync("/sample-data/weather.json");
-        forecasts = Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Json.Deserialize<WeatherForecast[]>(json);
+        forecasts = JsonUtil.Deserialize<WeatherForecast[]>(json);
     }
 
     class WeatherForecast
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser/Interop/RegisteredFunction.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser/Interop/RegisteredFunction.cs
index 5c6d1b42c6..6aae64af93 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser/Interop/RegisteredFunction.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser/Interop/RegisteredFunction.cs
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.Interop
         {
             // This is a low-perf convenience method that bypasses the need to deal with
             // .NET memory and data structures on the JS side
-            var argsJson = args.Select(Json.Serialize);
+            var argsJson = args.Select(JsonUtil.Serialize);
             var resultJson = InvokeUnmarshalled<string>("invokeWithJsonMarshalling",
                 argsJson.Prepend(identifier).ToArray());
-            return Json.Deserialize<TRes>(resultJson);
+            return JsonUtil.Deserialize<TRes>(resultJson);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser/Rendering/BrowserRendererEventDispatcher.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser/Rendering/BrowserRendererEventDispatcher.cs
index aacb277f3f..5bc8668ca4 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser/Rendering/BrowserRendererEventDispatcher.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser/Rendering/BrowserRendererEventDispatcher.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.Rendering
         // This can be simplified in the future when the Mono WASM runtime is enhanced.
         public static void DispatchEvent(string eventDescriptorJson, string eventArgsJson)
         {
-            var eventDescriptor = Json.Deserialize<BrowserEventDescriptor>(eventDescriptorJson);
+            var eventDescriptor = JsonUtil.Deserialize<BrowserEventDescriptor>(eventDescriptorJson);
             var eventArgs = ParseEventArgsJson(eventDescriptor.EventArgsType, eventArgsJson);
             var browserRenderer = BrowserRendererRegistry.Find(eventDescriptor.BrowserRendererId);
             browserRenderer.DispatchBrowserEvent(
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.Rendering
             switch (eventArgsType)
             {
                 case "mouse":
-                    return Json.Deserialize<UIMouseEventArgs>(eventArgsJson);
+                    return JsonUtil.Deserialize<UIMouseEventArgs>(eventArgsJson);
                 case "keyboard":
-                    return Json.Deserialize<UIKeyboardEventArgs>(eventArgsJson);
+                    return JsonUtil.Deserialize<UIKeyboardEventArgs>(eventArgsJson);
                 case "change":
-                    return Json.Deserialize<UIChangeEventArgs>(eventArgsJson);
+                    return JsonUtil.Deserialize<UIChangeEventArgs>(eventArgsJson);
                 default:
                     throw new ArgumentException($"Unsupported value '{eventArgsType}'.", nameof(eventArgsType));
             }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser/Services/Temporary/HttpClient.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser/Services/Temporary/HttpClient.cs
index 2d964d6741..24af600334 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser/Services/Temporary/HttpClient.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser/Services/Temporary/HttpClient.cs
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.Services.Temporary
         }
 
         private string SerializeHeadersAsJson(HttpRequestMessage request)
-            => Json.Serialize(
+            => JsonUtil.Serialize(
                 (from header in request.Headers.Concat(request.Content?.Headers ?? Enumerable.Empty<KeyValuePair<string, IEnumerable<string>>>())
                 from headerValue in header.Value // There can be more than one value for each name
                 select new[] { header.Key, headerValue }).ToList()
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.Services.Temporary
             }
             else
             {
-                var responseDescriptor = Json.Deserialize<ResponseDescriptor>(responseDescriptorJson);
+                var responseDescriptor = JsonUtil.Deserialize<ResponseDescriptor>(responseDescriptorJson);
                 var responseContent = responseBodyText == null ? null : new StringContent(responseBodyText);
                 var responseMessage = responseDescriptor.ToResponseMessage(responseContent);
                 tcs.SetResult(responseMessage);
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor/Json/Json.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor/Json/JsonUtil.cs
similarity index 79%
rename from src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor/Json/Json.cs
rename to src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor/Json/JsonUtil.cs
index 984057dd3c..7d96e594d4 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor/Json/Json.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor/Json/JsonUtil.cs
@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor
 {
+    // TODO: Once we no longer need the Razor base class hacks, rename this from 'JsonUtil'
+    // to 'Json', because it's a better name. Currently we can't call it 'Json' because the
+    // fake Razor base class already has a property called 'Json'.
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Provides mechanisms for converting between .NET objects and JSON strings.
     /// </summary>
-    public static class Json
+    public static class JsonUtil
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Serializes the value as a JSON string.