diff --git a/lib/codegen/python/pkg_request.dart b/lib/codegen/python/pkg_request.dart
index 7c2c8376..e25c9d76 100644
--- a/lib/codegen/python/pkg_request.dart
+++ b/lib/codegen/python/pkg_request.dart
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ class PythonRequestCodeGen {
   int kHeadersPadding = 16;
   String kPythonTemplate = '''
 import requests
-import json
 
 def main():
     url = '{{url}}'{{params}}{{body}}{{headers}}
@@ -56,9 +55,7 @@ main()
       if (requestBody != null && requestBody.isNotEmpty) {
         hasBody = true;
         var bodyType = requestModel.requestBodyContentType;
-        if (bodyType == ContentType.text) {
-          requestBodyString = "data = '''$requestBody'''\n";
-        } else if (bodyType == ContentType.json) {
+        if (bodyType == ContentType.json) {
           int index = requestBody.lastIndexOf("}");
           index--;
           while (requestBody[index] == " " || requestBody[index] == "\n") {
@@ -68,9 +65,8 @@ main()
             requestBody = requestBody.substring(0, index) +
                 requestBody.substring(index + 1);
           }
-          requestBodyString =
-              "data = '''$requestBody''' \n    data = json.loads(data)\n";
         }
+        requestBodyString = "data = '''$requestBody'''";
       }
 
       var headersList = requestModel.requestHeaders;
diff --git a/test/codegen/python_request_codegen_test.dart b/test/codegen/python_request_codegen_test.dart
index a4c86096..a74f50ac 100644
--- a/test/codegen/python_request_codegen_test.dart
+++ b/test/codegen/python_request_codegen_test.dart
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ void main() {
         id: '',
       );
       const expectedCode = """import requests
-import json
 
 def main():
     url = 'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1'
@@ -44,14 +43,11 @@ main()""";
         id: '1',
       );
       const expectedCode = """import requests
-import json
 
 def main():
     url = 'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts'
 
-    data = '''{"title": "foo","body": "bar","userId": 1}''' 
-    data = json.loads(data)
-
+    data = '''{"title": "foo","body": "bar","userId": 1}'''
 
     headers = {
                   "content-type": "application/json"
@@ -82,14 +78,11 @@ main()""";
         id: '1',
       );
       const expectedCode = """import requests
-import json
 
 def main():
     url = 'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1'
 
-    data = '''{"title": "foo","body": "bar","userId": 1}''' 
-    data = json.loads(data)
-
+    data = '''{"title": "foo","body": "bar","userId": 1}'''
 
     headers = {
                   "content-type": "application/json"
@@ -118,7 +111,6 @@ main()""";
         id: '1',
       );
       const expectedCode = """import requests
-import json
 
 def main():
     url = 'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1'
@@ -155,7 +147,6 @@ main()""";
         id: '1',
       );
       const expectedCode = """import requests
-import json
 
 def main():
     url = 'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts'