diff --git a/core/config/initializers/json_api_client.rb b/core/config/initializers/json_api_client.rb
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index dfb22a526..000000000
--- a/core/config/initializers/json_api_client.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# MonkeyPatching json_api_client, see: https://github.com/chingor13/json_api_client/pull/263
-JsonApiClient::Resource.include JsonApiClientExtension::ResourceExtension
diff --git a/core/lib/json_api_client_extension/resource_extension.rb b/core/lib/json_api_client_extension/resource_extension.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index c1e8c7bdd..000000000
--- a/core/lib/json_api_client_extension/resource_extension.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# MonkeyPatching json_api_client, see: https://github.com/chingor13/json_api_client/pull/263
-module JsonApiClientExtension::ResourceExtension
-  extend ActiveSupport::Concern
-
-  included do
-    def initialize(params = {})
-      @persisted = nil
-      self.links = self.class.linker.new(params.delete("links") || {})
-      self.relationships = self.class.relationship_linker.new(self.class, params.delete("relationships") || {})
-      self.attributes = params.merge(self.class.default_attributes)
-
-      self.class.schema.each_property do |property|
-        attributes[property.name] = property.default unless attributes.has_key?(property.name) || property.default.nil?
-      end
-
-      self.class.associations.each do |association|
-        if params.has_key?(association.attr_name.to_s)
-          set_attribute(association.attr_name, params[association.attr_name.to_s])
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end