diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/osquery_sorted_json.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/osquery_sorted_json.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 6081326..0000000
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/osquery_sorted_json.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-require 'json'
-
-def sorted_json(obj)
-  case obj
-    when String, Fixnum, Float, TrueClass, FalseClass, NilClass
-      return obj.to_json
-    when Array
-      arrayRet = []
-      obj.each do |a|
-        arrayRet.push(sorted_json(a))
-      end
-      return "[" << arrayRet.join(',') << "]";
-    when Hash
-      ret = []
-      obj.keys.sort.each do |k|
-        ret.push(k.to_json << ":" << sorted_json(obj[k]))
-      end
-      return "{" << ret.join(",") << "}";
-    else
-      raise Exception("Unable to handle object of type <%s>" % obj.class.to_s)
-  end
-end
-
-def pretty_sorted_json(obj, indent=0)
-  # calculate the number of spaces to indent
-  prefix = " ".*(indent)
-  # use a leading space before new structures except on the first
-  leading_space = indent == 0 ? '' : ' '
-  case obj
-    when String, Fixnum, Float, TrueClass, FalseClass, NilClass
-      return "#{prefix}#{obj.to_json}"
-    when Array
-      arrayRet = []
-      obj.each do |a|
-        arrayRet.push(pretty_sorted_json(a, indent+2))
-      end
-      return "#{leading_space}[\n" << arrayRet.join(",\n") << "\n#{prefix}]";
-    when Hash
-      ret = []
-      obj.keys.sort.each do |k|
-        ret.push( '  ' + prefix + k.to_json << ":" << pretty_sorted_json(obj[k], indent+2))
-      end
-      return "#{leading_space}{\n" << ret.join(",\n") << "\n#{prefix}}";
-    else
-      raise Exception("Unable to handle object of type <%s>" % obj.class.to_s)
-  end
-end
-
-module Puppet::Parser::Functions
-  newfunction(:osquery_sorted_json, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
-This function takes data, outputs making sure the hash keys are sorted
-
-*Examples:*
-
-    osquery_sorted_json({'key'=>'value'}, 'simple')
-
-Would return: {'key':'value'}
-
-    osquery_sorted_json({'key'=> ['value','another']}, 'pretty')
-
-Would return:
-{
-  'key': [
-    'value',
-    'another'
-  ]
-}
-    EOS
-  ) do |arguments|
-    raise(Puppet::ParseError, "osquery_sorted_json(): Wrong number of arguments " +
-      "given (#{arguments.size} for 2)") if arguments.size != 2
-
-    input = arguments[0]
-    if arguments[1] == 'pretty'
-      return pretty_sorted_json(input)
-    elsif arguments[1] == 'simple'
-      return sorted_json(input)
-    else
-      raise(Puppet::ParseError, "osquery_sorted_json(): Invalid format given")
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index 7c9b6ce..7ea25a2 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 # class osquery::config - manage json config in /etc/osquery
-class osquery::config (
-
-  $format = 'simple'
-
-){
-  include '::stdlib'
+class osquery::config {
 
   file { $::osquery::config:
     ensure  => present,
-    content => osquery_sorted_json($::osquery::settings, $format), # format as JSON
+    content => to_json_pretty($::osquery::settings),
     owner   => $::osquery::config_user,
     group   => $::osquery::config_group,
     require => Package[$::osquery::package_name],
@@ -17,8 +12,6 @@
 
   if has_key($::osquery::settings, 'packs') {
     $packs = keys($::osquery::settings['packs'])
-    osquery::pack { $packs:
-      format => $format,
-    }
+    osquery::pack { $packs: }
   }
 }
diff --git a/manifests/pack.pp b/manifests/pack.pp
index d50bf49..8a8590a 100644
--- a/manifests/pack.pp
+++ b/manifests/pack.pp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # define osquery::pack - manage json config in pack file
 define osquery::pack(
   $pack_file  = $::osquery::settings['packs'][$title],
-  $format     = 'simple',
   $pack_input = hiera_hash("osquery::pack::${title}", undef),
   $owner      = 'root',
   $group      = 'root',
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@
       ensure  => present,
       owner   => $owner,
       group   => $group,
-      content => osquery_sorted_json($pack_input, $format), # convert to JSON
+      content => to_json_pretty($pack_input),
       require => Package[$::osquery::package_name],
       notify  => Service[$::osquery::service_name],
     }
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 0632817..c033df1 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -8,14 +8,20 @@
   "project_page": "https://github.com/BIAndrews/puppet-osquery",
   "issues_url": "https://github.com/BIAndrews/puppet-osquery/issues",
   "dependencies": [
-    {"name":"puppetlabs-apt","version_requirement":">= 2.0.0"},
-    {"name":"puppetlabs-stdlib","version_requirement":">= 2.2.1"}
+    {
+      "name":"puppetlabs-apt",
+      "version_requirement":">= 2.0.0"
+    },
+    {
+      "name":"puppetlabs-stdlib",
+      "version_requirement": ">= 4.25.0 < 9.0.0"
+    }
   ],
   "tags": ["osquery","security","compliance","pci-dss","audit"],
   "requirements": [
     {
       "name": "puppet",
-      "version_requirement": ">= 3.3.0"
+      "version_requirement": ">= 6.1.0 < 8.0.0"
     }
   ],
   "operatingsystem_support": [