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diff --git a/parser/metadecoders/json.go b/parser/metadecoders/json.go
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-// Copyright 2018 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package metadecoders
-
-import "encoding/json"
-
-// HandleJSONData unmarshals JSON-encoded datum and returns a Go interface
-// representing the encoded data structure.
-func HandleJSONData(datum []byte) (interface{}, error) {
-	if datum == nil {
-		// Package json returns on error on nil input.
-		// Return an empty map to be consistent with our other supported
-		// formats.
-		return make(map[string]interface{}), nil
-	}
-
-	var f interface{}
-	err := json.Unmarshal(datum, &f)
-	return f, err
-}