diff --git a/lib/formats/json/parser.js b/lib/formats/json/parser.js
index 115b6ae..66e5419 100644
--- a/lib/formats/json/parser.js
+++ b/lib/formats/json/parser.js
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-var Spec02 = require("../../specs/spec_0_2.js");
+function JSONParser() {
 
-const spec02 = new Spec02();
-
-function JSONParser(_spec) {
-  this.spec = (_spec) ? _spec : new Spec02();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -45,13 +41,10 @@ function validate_spec(payload, spec) {
 
 JSONParser.prototype.parse = function(payload) {
 
-  // Level 0 of validation: is that string? is that JSON?
-  var valid0 = validate_and_parse_as_json(payload);
+  //is that string? is that JSON?
+  var valid = validate_and_parse_as_json(payload);
 
-  // Level 1 of validation: is that follow a spec?
-  var valid1 = validate_spec(valid0, this.spec);
-
-  return valid1;
+  return valid;
 }
 
 module.exports = JSONParser;