diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/openflow/plugins/ryu.bro b/scripts/base/frameworks/openflow/plugins/ryu.bro
index acf44d37da..3721126754 100644
--- a/scripts/base/frameworks/openflow/plugins/ryu.bro
+++ b/scripts/base/frameworks/openflow/plugins/ryu.bro
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @load base/frameworks/openflow
-@load base/frameworks/openflow/utils/json
-@load base/utils/exec
 @load base/utils/active-http
+@load base/utils/exec
+@load base/utils/json
 
 module OpenflowRyu;
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ function flow_mod(state: Openflow::ControllerState, flow_mod: Openflow::ofp_flow
 	local request: ActiveHTTP::Request = ActiveHTTP::Request(
 		$url=cat("http://", cat(state$host), ":", cat(state$host_port), RYU_FLOWENTRY_PATH, command_type),
 		$method="POST",
-		$client_data=OpenflowJSON::convert(_flow_mod)
+		$client_data=to_json(_flow_mod)
 	);
 	# Execute call to Ryu's ReST API
 	when(local result = ActiveHTTP::request(request))
diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/openflow/utils/json.bro b/scripts/base/utils/json.bro
similarity index 76%
rename from scripts/base/frameworks/openflow/utils/json.bro
rename to scripts/base/utils/json.bro
index b29619afc3..f872ecac44 100644
--- a/scripts/base/frameworks/openflow/utils/json.bro
+++ b/scripts/base/utils/json.bro
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-@load base/utils/strings
+##! Functions to assist with generating JSON data from Bro data scructures.
 
-module OpenflowJSON;
+# We might want to implement this in core somtime, this looks... hacky at best.
+
+@load base/utils/strings
 
 export {
 	## A function to convert arbitrary Bro data into a JSON string.
@@ -11,20 +13,9 @@ export {
 	##                fields with the &log attribute to be included in the JSON.
 	##
 	## returns: a JSON formatted string.
-	global convert: function(v: any, only_loggable: bool &default=F, field_escape_pattern: pattern &default=/^_/): string;
-
-	global jsonToRecord: function(input: string): any;
+	global to_json: function(v: any, only_loggable: bool &default=F, field_escape_pattern: pattern &default=/^_/): string;
 }
 
-function jsonToRecord(input: string): any
-	{
-	local lhs: table[count] of string;
-	lhs = split1(input, / /);
-	for (i in lhs)
-		print lhs[i];
-	return lhs;
-	}
-
 function convert(v: any, only_loggable: bool &default=F, field_escape_pattern: pattern &default=/^_/): string
 	{
 	local tn = type_name(v);
@@ -39,7 +30,7 @@ function convert(v: any, only_loggable: bool &default=F, field_escape_pattern: p
 		case "port":
 		return cat(port_to_count(to_port(cat(v))));
 
-		case "addr":		
+		case "addr":
 		return cat("\"", v, "\"");
 
 		case "int":
@@ -72,21 +63,21 @@ function convert(v: any, only_loggable: bool &default=F, field_escape_pattern: p
 				field = cat(sub(field, field_escape_pattern, ""));
 			if ( field_desc?$value && (!only_loggable || field_desc$log) )
 				{
-				local onepart = cat("\"", field, "\": ", OpenflowJSON::convert(field_desc$value, only_loggable));
+				local onepart = cat("\"", field, "\": ", to_json(field_desc$value, only_loggable));
 				rec_parts[|rec_parts|] = onepart;
 				}
 			}
 			return cat("{", join_string_vec(rec_parts, ", "), "}");
 		}
-	
+
 	# None of the following are supported.
 	else if ( /^set/ in tn )
 		{
 		local set_parts: string_vec = vector();
 		local sa: set[bool] = v;
-		for ( sv in sa ) 
+		for ( sv in sa )
 			{
-			set_parts[|set_parts|] = OpenflowJSON::convert(sv, only_loggable);
+			set_parts[|set_parts|] = to_json(sv, only_loggable);
 			}
 		return cat("[", join_string_vec(set_parts, ", "), "]");
 		}
@@ -94,11 +85,11 @@ function convert(v: any, only_loggable: bool &default=F, field_escape_pattern: p
 		{
 		local tab_parts: vector of string = vector();
 		local ta: table[bool] of any = v;
-		for ( ti in ta ) 
+		for ( ti in ta )
 			{
-			local ts = OpenflowJSON::convert(ti);
+			local ts = to_json(ti);
 			local if_quotes = (ts[0] == "\"") ? "" : "\"";
-			tab_parts[|tab_parts|] = cat(if_quotes, ts, if_quotes, ": ", OpenflowJSON::convert(ta[ti], only_loggable));
+			tab_parts[|tab_parts|] = cat(if_quotes, ts, if_quotes, ": ", to_json(ta[ti], only_loggable));
 			}
 		return cat("{", join_string_vec(tab_parts, ", "), "}");
 		}
@@ -108,10 +99,10 @@ function convert(v: any, only_loggable: bool &default=F, field_escape_pattern: p
 		local va: vector of any = v;
 		for ( vi in va )
 			{
-			vec_parts[|vec_parts|] = OpenflowJSON::convert(va[vi], only_loggable);
+			vec_parts[|vec_parts|] = to_json(va[vi], only_loggable);
 			}
 		return cat("[", join_string_vec(vec_parts, ", "), "]");
 		}
-	
+
 	return "\"\"";
 	}