diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0be0b1a9d..34ba8046b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -316,11 +316,8 @@ if(USE_LIBABYSS)
   set(ABYSS_SRC
     ${ABYSS}/src/http.cpp
     ${ABYSS}/src/client.cpp
-    ${ABYSS}/src/server.cpp
-    ${ABYSS}/src/json.cpp)
+    ${ABYSS}/src/server.cpp)
   add_library(${ABYSS_LIB} STATIC ${ABYSS_SRC})
-
-
 endif(USE_LIBABYSS)
 
 add_subdirectory(crypto)
@@ -337,7 +334,6 @@ if(USE_LIBABYSS)
     add_executable(${ABYSS_EXE} ${ABYSS}/main.cpp llarp/win32/abyss.rc)
     target_link_libraries(${ABYSS_EXE} PUBLIC ${ABYSS_LIB} ${STATIC_LIB} ws2_32)
   endif(NOT WIN32)
-  target_include_directories(${UTIL_LIB} PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${ABYSS}/include")
   target_include_directories(${ABYSS_LIB} PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${ABYSS}/include")
   target_include_directories(${ABYSS_EXE} PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${ABYSS}/include")
   # for freebsd
diff --git a/libabyss/include/abyss/client.hpp b/libabyss/include/abyss/client.hpp
index 8a6bd3aea..302418fd2 100644
--- a/libabyss/include/abyss/client.hpp
+++ b/libabyss/include/abyss/client.hpp
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef __ABYSS_CLIENT_HPP__
 #define __ABYSS_CLIENT_HPP__
 
-#include <abyss/json.hpp>
 #include <ev/ev.h>
+#include <util/json.hpp>
 #include <util/string_view.hpp>
 
 #include <deque>
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ namespace abyss
   namespace http
   {
     using RPC_Method_t = std::string;
-    using RPC_Params   = json::Value;
-    using RPC_Response = json::Document;
+    using RPC_Params   = llarp::json::Value;
+    using RPC_Response = llarp::json::Document;
     using Headers_t    = std::unordered_multimap< std::string, std::string >;
     struct ConnImpl;
 
diff --git a/libabyss/include/abyss/http.hpp b/libabyss/include/abyss/http.hpp
index 2298ba782..0ac3abfb5 100644
--- a/libabyss/include/abyss/http.hpp
+++ b/libabyss/include/abyss/http.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef __ABYSS_HTTP_HPP__
 #define __ABYSS_HTTP_HPP__
-#include <abyss/json.hpp>
+#include <util/json.hpp>
 #include <util/string_view.hpp>
 
 #include <string>
@@ -20,16 +20,18 @@ namespace abyss
 
     struct HeaderReader
     {
+      using string_view = llarp::string_view;
+
       RequestHeader Header;
       virtual ~HeaderReader()
       {
       }
 
       bool
-      ProcessHeaderLine(abyss::string_view line, bool& done);
+      ProcessHeaderLine(string_view line, bool& done);
 
       virtual bool
-      ShouldProcessHeader(const abyss::string_view& line) const = 0;
+      ShouldProcessHeader(const string_view& line) const = 0;
     };
 
   }  // namespace http
diff --git a/libabyss/include/abyss/server.hpp b/libabyss/include/abyss/server.hpp
index f6891bb2a..5a3046afa 100644
--- a/libabyss/include/abyss/server.hpp
+++ b/libabyss/include/abyss/server.hpp
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef __ABYSS_SERVER_HPP__
 #define __ABYSS_SERVER_HPP__
 
-#include <abyss/json.hpp>
 #include <ev/ev.h>
+#include <util/json.hpp>
 #include <util/logic.hpp>
 #include <util/string_view.hpp>
 #include <util/time.hpp>
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ namespace abyss
     struct IRPCHandler
     {
       using Method_t = std::string;
-      using Params   = json::Value;
-      using Response = json::Writer;
+      using Params   = llarp::json::Value;
+      using Response = llarp::json::Writer;
 
       IRPCHandler(ConnImpl* impl);
 
diff --git a/libabyss/main.cpp b/libabyss/main.cpp
index 3ef0faad3..5d4d174d1 100644
--- a/libabyss/main.cpp
+++ b/libabyss/main.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct DemoCall : public abyss::http::IRPCClientHandler
   bool
   HandleResponse(abyss::http::RPC_Response resp) override
   {
-    abyss::json::ToString(resp, std::cout);
+    llarp::json::ToString(resp, std::cout);
     return true;
   }
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct DemoClient : public abyss::http::JSONRPC
   void
   DoDemoRequest()
   {
-    abyss::json::Value params;
+    llarp::json::Value params;
     params.SetObject();
     QueueRPC("test", std::move(params),
              std::bind(&DemoClient::NewConn, this, std::placeholders::_1));
diff --git a/libabyss/src/client.cpp b/libabyss/src/client.cpp
index f291ee621..a8bb99d2d 100644
--- a/libabyss/src/client.cpp
+++ b/libabyss/src/client.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace abyss
 {
   namespace http
   {
+    namespace json = llarp::json;
     struct ConnImpl : HeaderReader
     {
       // big
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ namespace abyss
       json::Document m_RequestBody;
       Headers_t m_SendHeaders;
       IRPCClientHandler* handler;
-      std::unique_ptr< abyss::json::IParser > m_BodyParser;
+      std::unique_ptr< json::IParser > m_BodyParser;
       json::Document m_Response;
 
       enum State
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ namespace abyss
       }
 
       bool
-      ShouldProcessHeader(const abyss::string_view& name) const
+      ShouldProcessHeader(const llarp::string_view& name) const
       {
         return name == "content-length" || name == "content-type";
       }
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ namespace abyss
           if(contentSize > MAX_BODY_SIZE)
             return false;
 
-          m_BodyParser.reset(abyss::json::MakeParser(contentSize));
+          m_BodyParser.reset(json::MakeParser(contentSize));
         }
         if(m_BodyParser && m_BodyParser->FeedData(buf, sz))
         {
diff --git a/libabyss/src/server.cpp b/libabyss/src/server.cpp
index cdfa62cd4..75a7c757b 100644
--- a/libabyss/src/server.cpp
+++ b/libabyss/src/server.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace abyss
 {
   namespace httpd
   {
+    namespace json = llarp::json;
     struct ConnImpl : abyss::http::HeaderReader
     {
       llarp_tcp_conn* _conn;
@@ -22,11 +23,11 @@ namespace abyss
       llarp_time_t m_LastActive;
       llarp_time_t m_ReadTimeout;
       bool m_Bad;
-      std::unique_ptr< abyss::json::IParser > m_BodyParser;
+      std::unique_ptr< json::IParser > m_BodyParser;
       json::Document m_Request;
       std::stringstream m_ResponseBuffer;
-      abyss::json::Stream m_ResponseStream;
-      abyss::json::Writer m_Response;
+      json::Stream m_ResponseStream;
+      json::Writer m_Response;
 
       enum HTTPState
       {
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ namespace abyss
           }
           else
           {
-            m_BodyParser.reset(abyss::json::MakeParser(contentLength));
+            m_BodyParser.reset(json::MakeParser(contentLength));
           }
         }
         if(!m_BodyParser->FeedData(buf, sz))
diff --git a/llarp/CMakeLists.txt b/llarp/CMakeLists.txt
index 043bf1882..c2122a09c 100644
--- a/llarp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/llarp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ set(LIB_UTIL_SRC
   util/endian.cpp
   util/fs.cpp
   util/ini.cpp
+  util/json.cpp
   util/logger.cpp
   util/logic.cpp
   util/mem.cpp
@@ -78,7 +79,6 @@ if(WIN32)
   target_link_libraries(${PLATFORM_LIB} PUBLIC iphlpapi)
 endif()
 
-
 set(DNSLIB_SRC
   dns/dotlokilookup.cpp
   dns/dns.cpp
@@ -206,8 +206,6 @@ target_link_libraries(${STATIC_LIB} PUBLIC ${PLATFORM_LIB} ${UTIL_LIB} ${CRYPTOG
 
 if(USE_LIBABYSS)
     add_definitions(-DUSE_ABYSS=1)
-    target_link_libraries(${UTIL_LIB} PUBLIC ${ABYSS_LIB})
-    target_link_libraries(${PLATFORM_LIB} PUBLIC  ${ABYSS_LIB})
     target_link_libraries(${STATIC_LIB} PUBLIC ${ABYSS_LIB})
 endif()
 
diff --git a/llarp/link/iwp_internal.hpp b/llarp/link/iwp_internal.hpp
index 96dfb7a68..579f8ed99 100644
--- a/llarp/link/iwp_internal.hpp
+++ b/llarp/link/iwp_internal.hpp
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ namespace llarp
               const AddressInfo &ai);
       ~Session();
 
+      util::StatusObject
+      ExtractStatus() const override
+      {
+        // TODO: fill me in.
+        return {};
+      }
+
       void
       PumpIO();
 
diff --git a/llarp/rpc/rpc.cpp b/llarp/rpc/rpc.cpp
index 134f6cca3..19f29702e 100644
--- a/llarp/rpc/rpc.cpp
+++ b/llarp/rpc/rpc.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace llarp
       }
 
       virtual bool
-      HandleJSONResult(const ::abyss::json::Value& val) = 0;
+      HandleJSONResult(const json::Value& val) = 0;
 
       bool
       HandleResponse(::abyss::http::RPC_Response response)
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace llarp
       }
 
       bool
-      HandleJSONResult(const ::abyss::json::Value& result) override
+      HandleJSONResult(const json::Value& result) override
       {
         PubkeyList_t keys;
         if(!result.IsObject())
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ namespace llarp
       AsyncUpdatePubkeyList()
       {
         LogInfo("Updating service node list");
-        ::abyss::json::Value params;
+        json::Value params;
         params.SetObject();
         QueueRPC("get_all_service_nodes_keys", std::move(params),
                  std::bind(&CallerImpl::NewAsyncUpdatePubkeyListConn, this,
diff --git a/libabyss/src/json.cpp b/llarp/util/json.cpp
similarity index 94%
rename from libabyss/src/json.cpp
rename to llarp/util/json.cpp
index 8bfc8d070..36882971d 100644
--- a/libabyss/src/json.cpp
+++ b/llarp/util/json.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-#include <abyss/json.hpp>
+#include <util/json.hpp>
 #include <util/string_view.hpp>
 
 #include <cstring>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-namespace abyss
+namespace llarp
 {
   namespace json
   {
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ namespace abyss
     }
 
   }  // namespace json
-}  // namespace abyss
+}  // namespace llarp
diff --git a/libabyss/include/abyss/json.hpp b/llarp/util/json.hpp
similarity index 95%
rename from libabyss/include/abyss/json.hpp
rename to llarp/util/json.hpp
index 022e6e7f3..0bfa1b2e9 100644
--- a/libabyss/include/abyss/json.hpp
+++ b/llarp/util/json.hpp
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-#ifndef __ABYSS_JSON_JSON_HPP
-#define __ABYSS_JSON_JSON_HPP
+#ifndef LLARP_UTIL_JSON_HPP
+#define LLARP_UTIL_JSON_HPP
 
-#include <memory>
 #include <rapidjson/document.h>
 #include <rapidjson/writer.h>
+
+#include <memory>
 #include <iostream>
 
-namespace abyss
+namespace llarp
 {
   namespace json
   {
@@ -116,6 +117,6 @@ namespace abyss
     ToString(const json::Document& obj, std::ostream& out);
 
   }  // namespace json
-}  // namespace abyss
+}  // namespace llarp
 
 #endif
diff --git a/llarp/util/status.hpp b/llarp/util/status.hpp
index 12ed47671..02e06ea42 100644
--- a/llarp/util/status.hpp
+++ b/llarp/util/status.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef LLARP_UTIL_STATUS_HPP
 #define LLARP_UTIL_STATUS_HPP
 #ifdef USE_ABYSS
-#include <abyss/json.hpp>
+#include <util/json.hpp>
 #endif
 #include <util/string_view.hpp>
 #include <vector>
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ namespace llarp
   namespace util
   {
 #ifdef USE_ABYSS
-    using StatusObject_Impl = ::abyss::json::Document;
-    using Value_t           = ::abyss::json::Value;
+    using StatusObject_Impl = json::Document;
+    using Value_t           = json::Value;
 #else
     struct StatusObject_Impl
     {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace llarp
 
     struct StatusObject
     {
-      using String_t = llarp::string_view;
+      using String_t = string_view;
       using Variant  = absl::variant< uint64_t, std::string, bool, StatusObject,
                                      std::vector< std::string >,
                                      std::vector< StatusObject > >;
diff --git a/test/test_libabyss.cpp b/test/test_libabyss.cpp
index ae36de93f..8eff239f3 100644
--- a/test/test_libabyss.cpp
+++ b/test/test_libabyss.cpp
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ struct AbyssTest : public AbyssTestBase,
 TEST_F(AbyssTest, TestClientAndServer)
 {
   Start();
-  abyss::json::Value params;
+  llarp::json::Value params;
   params.SetObject();
   QueueRPC(method, std::move(params),
            std::bind(&AbyssTest::NewConn, this, std::placeholders::_1));