diff --git a/eng/Dependencies.props b/eng/Dependencies.props
index 02fa31c1ba..b4da0223e5 100644
--- a/eng/Dependencies.props
+++ b/eng/Dependencies.props
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ and are generated based on the last package release.
     <LatestPackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="$(SystemTextJsonPackageVersion)" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="System.Threading.Channels" Version="$(SystemThreadingChannelsPackageVersion)" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions" Version="$(SystemThreadingTasksExtensionsPackageVersion)" />
-    <LatestPackageReference Include="Utf8Json" Version="$(Utf8JsonPackageVersion)" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="xunit.abstractions" Version="$(XunitAbstractionsPackageVersion)" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="xunit.analyzers" Version="$(XunitAnalyzersPackageVersion)" />
     <LatestPackageReference Include="xunit.assert" Version="$(XunitAssertPackageVersion)" />
diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index fb43141088..1a458a547f 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@
     <SerilogSinksFilePackageVersion>4.0.0</SerilogSinksFilePackageVersion>
     <StackExchangeRedisPackageVersion>2.0.513</StackExchangeRedisPackageVersion>
     <SystemReactiveLinqPackageVersion>3.1.1</SystemReactiveLinqPackageVersion>
-    <Utf8JsonPackageVersion>1.3.7</Utf8JsonPackageVersion>
     <XunitAbstractionsPackageVersion>2.0.3</XunitAbstractionsPackageVersion>
     <XunitAnalyzersPackageVersion>0.10.0</XunitAnalyzersPackageVersion>
     <XunitVersion>2.4.1</XunitVersion>
diff --git a/src/Servers/Kestrel/perf/PlatformBenchmarks/BenchmarkApplication.cs b/src/Servers/Kestrel/perf/PlatformBenchmarks/BenchmarkApplication.cs
index f494902681..b1e5c8b475 100644
--- a/src/Servers/Kestrel/perf/PlatformBenchmarks/BenchmarkApplication.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/Kestrel/perf/PlatformBenchmarks/BenchmarkApplication.cs
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.IO.Pipelines;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.Http;
-using Utf8Json;
 
 namespace PlatformBenchmarks
 {
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ namespace PlatformBenchmarks
 
         private readonly static AsciiString _plainTextBody = "Hello, World!";
 
+        private static readonly JsonSerializerOptions SerializerOptions = new JsonSerializerOptions();
+
         public static class Paths
         {
             public readonly static AsciiString Plaintext = "/plaintext";
@@ -115,8 +117,8 @@ namespace PlatformBenchmarks
 
             // Content-Length header
             writer.Write(_headerContentLength);
-            var jsonPayload = JsonSerializer.SerializeUnsafe(new { message = "Hello, World!" });
-            writer.WriteNumeric((uint)jsonPayload.Count);
+            var jsonPayload = JsonSerializer.ToBytes(new { message = "Hello, World!" }, SerializerOptions);
+            writer.WriteNumeric((uint)jsonPayload.Length);
 
             // End of headers
             writer.Write(_eoh);
diff --git a/src/Servers/Kestrel/perf/PlatformBenchmarks/PlatformBenchmarks.csproj b/src/Servers/Kestrel/perf/PlatformBenchmarks/PlatformBenchmarks.csproj
index cd238b374f..4a9e6c3750 100644
--- a/src/Servers/Kestrel/perf/PlatformBenchmarks/PlatformBenchmarks.csproj
+++ b/src/Servers/Kestrel/perf/PlatformBenchmarks/PlatformBenchmarks.csproj
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
   <!-- These references are used when running locally -->
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(BenchmarksTargetFramework)' == ''">
-    <Reference Include="Utf8Json" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv" />
 
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@
 
   <!-- These references are used when running on the Benchmarks Server -->
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(BenchmarksTargetFramework)' != ''">
-    <PackageReference Include="Utf8Json" Version="1.3.7" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv" Version="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreAppPackageVersion)" />
 
     <FrameworkReference Update="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" RuntimeFrameworkVersion="$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreAppPackageVersion)" />