diff --git a/awx/api/parsers.py b/awx/api/parsers.py
index eadeaf0c97..468962976c 100644
--- a/awx/api/parsers.py
+++ b/awx/api/parsers.py
@@ -62,9 +62,4 @@ class JSONParser(parsers.JSONParser):
                 raise ParseError(_('JSON parse error - not a JSON object'))
             return obj
         except ValueError as exc:
-            try:
-                # PyYAML can also parse JSON-style input string, and support more flexible
-                # input grammar like trailing commas.
-                return yaml.load(data, OrderedDictLoader)
-            except Exception:
-                raise ParseError(_('JSON parse error - %s') % six.text_type(exc))
+            raise ParseError(_('JSON parse error - %s\nPossible cause: trailing comma.' % six.text_type(exc)))
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/api/test_parsers.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/api/test_parsers.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3740e23f87..0000000000
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/api/test_parsers.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-import pytest
-
-import StringIO
-from collections import OrderedDict
-
-from awx.api.parsers import JSONParser
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('input_, output', [
-    ('{"foo": "bar", "alice": "bob"}', OrderedDict([("foo", "bar"), ("alice", "bob")])),
-    ('{"foo": "bar", "alice": "bob",\n }', OrderedDict([("foo", "bar"), ("alice", "bob")])),
-    ('{"foo": ["alice", "bob"]}', {"foo": ["alice","bob"]}),
-    ('{"foo": ["alice", "bob",\n ]}', {"foo": ["alice","bob"]}),
-    ('{"foo": "\\"bar, \\n}"}', {"foo": "\"bar, \n}"}),
-    ('{"foo": ["\\"alice,\\n ]", "bob"]}', {"foo": ["\"alice,\n ]","bob"]}),
-])
-def test_trailing_comma_support(input_, output):
-    input_buffer = StringIO.StringIO()
-    input_buffer.write(input_)
-    input_buffer.seek(0)
-    assert JSONParser().parse(input_buffer) == output
-    input_buffer.close()
-
-
-def test_yaml_load_preserves_input_order():
-    input_ = '{"a": "b", "c": "d", "e": "f"}'
-    output = ('a', 'c', 'e')
-    input_buffer = StringIO.StringIO()
-    input_buffer.write(input_)
-    input_buffer.seek(0)
-    assert tuple(JSONParser().parse(input_buffer)) == output