diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_fact_view.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_fact_view.py
index 2282baeef7..6db1889943 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_fact_view.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_fact_view.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import mock
 import pytest
-import json
 
 from awx.main.utils import timestamp_apiformat
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ def test_content(hosts, fact_scans, get, user, fact_ansible_json):
     (fact_known, response) = setup_common(hosts, fact_scans, get, user)
 
     assert fact_known.host_id == response.data['host']
-    assert fact_ansible_json == json.loads(response.data['facts'])
+    assert fact_ansible_json == response.data['facts']
     assert timestamp_apiformat(fact_known.timestamp) == response.data['timestamp']
     assert fact_known.module == response.data['module']
 
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ def _test_search_by_module(hosts, fact_scans, get, user, fact_json, module_name)
     }
     (fact_known, response) = setup_common(hosts, fact_scans, get, user, module_name=module_name, get_params=params)
 
-    assert fact_json == json.loads(response.data['facts'])
+    assert fact_json == response.data['facts']
     assert timestamp_apiformat(fact_known.timestamp) == response.data['timestamp']
     assert module_name == response.data['module']
 
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/commands/test_run_fact_cache_receiver.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/commands/test_run_fact_cache_receiver.py
index a6006c7427..e8eaad3128 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/commands/test_run_fact_cache_receiver.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/commands/test_run_fact_cache_receiver.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # Python
 import pytest
 from datetime import datetime
-import json
 
 # Django
 from django.utils import timezone
@@ -80,12 +79,12 @@ def test_process_facts_message_ansible_overwrite(fact_scans, fact_msg_ansible):
 
     fact_obj = Fact.objects.get(id=fact_returned.id)
     assert key in fact_obj.facts
-    assert json.loads(fact_obj.facts) == fact_msg_ansible['facts']
-    assert value == json.loads(fact_obj.facts)[key]
+    assert fact_obj.facts == fact_msg_ansible['facts']
+    assert value == fact_obj.facts[key]
 
 # Ensure that the message flows from the socket through to process_fact_message()
 @pytest.mark.django_db
-def test_run_receiver(mocker, fact_msg_ansible): 
+def test_run_receiver(mocker, fact_msg_ansible):
     mocker.patch("awx.main.socket.Socket.listen", return_value=[fact_msg_ansible])
 
     receiver = FactCacheReceiver()