diff --git a/SPD-classes/src/main/java/com/watabou/utils/Bundle.java b/SPD-classes/src/main/java/com/watabou/utils/Bundle.java
index a17de1d55..fafe0b068 100644
--- a/SPD-classes/src/main/java/com/watabou/utils/Bundle.java
+++ b/SPD-classes/src/main/java/com/watabou/utils/Bundle.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
 
 package com.watabou.utils;
 
-import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.JsonReader;
-import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.JsonValue;
-import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.JsonWriter;
 import com.watabou.noosa.Game;
 
 import org.json.JSONArray;
@@ -42,7 +39,6 @@ import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;
@@ -517,20 +513,7 @@ public class Bundle {
 			}
 			String jsonString = jsonBuilder.toString();
 
-			Object json;
-			try {
-				json = new JSONTokener(jsonString).nextValue();
-			} catch (Exception e){
-				//TODO support for v1.1.X saves has been dropped, can probably remove this soon
-				//if the string can't be tokenized, it may be written by v1.1.X, which used libGDX JSON.
-				// Some of these are written in a 'minified' format, some have duplicate keys.
-				// We read them in with the libGDX JSON code, fix duplicates, write as full JSON
-				// and then try to read again with org.json
-				Game.reportException(e);
-				JsonValue gdxJSON = new JsonReader().parse(jsonString);
-				killDuplicateKeysInLibGDXJSON(gdxJSON);
-				json = new JSONTokener(gdxJSON.prettyPrint(JsonWriter.OutputType.json, 0)).nextValue();
-			}
+			Object json = new JSONTokener(jsonString).nextValue();
 			reader.close();
 
 			//if the data is an array, put it in a fresh object with the default key
@@ -538,6 +521,10 @@ public class Bundle {
 				json = new JSONObject().put( DEFAULT_KEY, json );
 			}
 
+			if (!(json instanceof JSONObject)){
+				throw new JSONException("Malformed JSON Object: " + jsonString);
+			}
+
 			return new Bundle( (JSONObject) json );
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			Game.reportException(e);
@@ -545,24 +532,6 @@ public class Bundle {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private static void killDuplicateKeysInLibGDXJSON(JsonValue val){
-		HashSet<String> keys = new HashSet<>();
-		while(val != null) {
-			if (val.name != null && keys.contains(val.name)){
-				//delete the duplicate key
-				val.prev.next = val.next;
-				if (val.next != null) val.next.prev = val.prev;
-				val.parent.size--;
-			} else {
-				keys.add(val.name);
-				if (val.child != null){
-					killDuplicateKeysInLibGDXJSON(val.child);
-				}
-			}
-			val = val.next;
-		}
-	}
-
 	public static boolean write( Bundle bundle, OutputStream stream ){
 		return write(bundle, stream, compressByDefault);
 	}