diff --git a/commands/response.go b/commands/response.go
index e386cb08f..577b86a8b 100644
--- a/commands/response.go
+++ b/commands/response.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 func marshalJson(value interface{}) (io.Reader, error) {
-	b, err := json.MarshalIndent(value, "", "  ")
+	b, err := json.Marshal(value)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0051-object-data/expected_getOut b/test/sharness/t0051-object-data/expected_getOut
index 578285edf..dc12f63ba 100644
--- a/test/sharness/t0051-object-data/expected_getOut
+++ b/test/sharness/t0051-object-data/expected_getOut
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-{
-  "Links": [],
-  "Data": "\u0008\u0002\u0012\nHello Mars\u0018\n"
-}
+{"Links":[],"Data":"\u0008\u0002\u0012\nHello Mars\u0018\n"}
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0200-unixfs-ls.sh b/test/sharness/t0200-unixfs-ls.sh
index 1b889987d..c7b1e3688 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0200-unixfs-ls.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0200-unixfs-ls.sh
@@ -108,19 +108,7 @@ test_ls_cmd() {
 
 	test_expect_success "'ipfs --encoding=json file ls <file hashes>' output looks good" '
 		cat <<-\EOF >expected_json_ls_file_trailing_newline &&
-			{
-			  "Arguments": {
-			    "/ipfs/QmR3jhV4XpxxPjPT3Y8vNnWvWNvakdcT3H6vqpRBsX1MLy/1024": "QmbQBUSRL9raZtNXfpTDeaxQapibJEG6qEY8WqAN22aUzd"
-			  },
-			  "Objects": {
-			    "QmbQBUSRL9raZtNXfpTDeaxQapibJEG6qEY8WqAN22aUzd": {
-			      "Hash": "QmbQBUSRL9raZtNXfpTDeaxQapibJEG6qEY8WqAN22aUzd",
-			      "Size": 1024,
-			      "Type": "File",
-			      "Links": null
-			    }
-			  }
-			}
+			{"Arguments":{"/ipfs/QmR3jhV4XpxxPjPT3Y8vNnWvWNvakdcT3H6vqpRBsX1MLy/1024":"QmbQBUSRL9raZtNXfpTDeaxQapibJEG6qEY8WqAN22aUzd"},"Objects":{"QmbQBUSRL9raZtNXfpTDeaxQapibJEG6qEY8WqAN22aUzd":{"Hash":"QmbQBUSRL9raZtNXfpTDeaxQapibJEG6qEY8WqAN22aUzd","Size":1024,"Type":"File","Links":null}}}
 		EOF
 		printf "%s\n" "$(cat expected_json_ls_file_trailing_newline)" >expected_json_ls_file &&
 		test_cmp expected_json_ls_file actual_json_ls_file
@@ -131,46 +119,13 @@ test_ls_cmd() {
 	'
 
 	test_expect_success "'ipfs --encoding=json file ls <duplicates>' output looks good" '
-		cat <<-\EOF >expected_json_ls_duplicates_file_trailing_newline &&
-			{
-			  "Arguments": {
-			    "/ipfs/QmR3jhV4XpxxPjPT3Y8vNnWvWNvakdcT3H6vqpRBsX1MLy/1024": "QmbQBUSRL9raZtNXfpTDeaxQapibJEG6qEY8WqAN22aUzd",
-			    "/ipfs/QmSix55yz8CzWXf5ZVM9vgEvijnEeeXiTSarVtsqiiCJss": "QmSix55yz8CzWXf5ZVM9vgEvijnEeeXiTSarVtsqiiCJss",
-			    "/ipfs/QmbQBUSRL9raZtNXfpTDeaxQapibJEG6qEY8WqAN22aUzd": "QmbQBUSRL9raZtNXfpTDeaxQapibJEG6qEY8WqAN22aUzd",
-			    "/ipfs/QmfNy183bXiRVyrhyWtq3TwHn79yHEkiAGFr18P7YNzESj/d1": "QmSix55yz8CzWXf5ZVM9vgEvijnEeeXiTSarVtsqiiCJss"
-			  },
-			  "Objects": {
-			    "QmSix55yz8CzWXf5ZVM9vgEvijnEeeXiTSarVtsqiiCJss": {
-			      "Hash": "QmSix55yz8CzWXf5ZVM9vgEvijnEeeXiTSarVtsqiiCJss",
-			      "Size": 0,
-			      "Type": "Directory",
-			      "Links": [
-			        {
-			          "Name": "128",
-			          "Hash": "QmQNd6ubRXaNG6Prov8o6vk3bn6eWsj9FxLGrAVDUAGkGe",
-			          "Size": 128,
-			          "Type": "File"
-			        },
-			        {
-			          "Name": "a",
-			          "Hash": "QmZULkCELmmk5XNfCgTnCyFgAVxBRBXyDHGGMVoLFLiXEN",
-			          "Size": 6,
-			          "Type": "File"
-			        }
-			      ]
-			    },
-			    "QmbQBUSRL9raZtNXfpTDeaxQapibJEG6qEY8WqAN22aUzd": {
-			      "Hash": "QmbQBUSRL9raZtNXfpTDeaxQapibJEG6qEY8WqAN22aUzd",
-			      "Size": 1024,
-			      "Type": "File",
-			      "Links": null
-			    }
-			  }
-			}
-		EOF
-		printf "%s\n" "$(cat expected_json_ls_duplicates_file_trailing_newline)" >expected_json_ls_duplicates_file &&
-		test_cmp expected_json_ls_duplicates_file actual_json_ls_duplicates_file
+			cat <<-\EOF >expected_json_ls_duplicates_file_trailing_newline &&
+					{"Arguments":{"/ipfs/QmR3jhV4XpxxPjPT3Y8vNnWvWNvakdcT3H6vqpRBsX1MLy/1024":"QmbQBUSRL9raZtNXfpTDeaxQapibJEG6qEY8WqAN22aUzd","/ipfs/QmSix55yz8CzWXf5ZVM9vgEvijnEeeXiTSarVtsqiiCJss":"QmSix55yz8CzWXf5ZVM9vgEvijnEeeXiTSarVtsqiiCJss","/ipfs/QmbQBUSRL9raZtNXfpTDeaxQapibJEG6qEY8WqAN22aUzd":"QmbQBUSRL9raZtNXfpTDeaxQapibJEG6qEY8WqAN22aUzd","/ipfs/QmfNy183bXiRVyrhyWtq3TwHn79yHEkiAGFr18P7YNzESj/d1":"QmSix55yz8CzWXf5ZVM9vgEvijnEeeXiTSarVtsqiiCJss"},"Objects":{"QmSix55yz8CzWXf5ZVM9vgEvijnEeeXiTSarVtsqiiCJss":{"Hash":"QmSix55yz8CzWXf5ZVM9vgEvijnEeeXiTSarVtsqiiCJss","Size":0,"Type":"Directory","Links":[{"Name":"128","Hash":"QmQNd6ubRXaNG6Prov8o6vk3bn6eWsj9FxLGrAVDUAGkGe","Size":128,"Type":"File"},{"Name":"a","Hash":"QmZULkCELmmk5XNfCgTnCyFgAVxBRBXyDHGGMVoLFLiXEN","Size":6,"Type":"File"}]},"QmbQBUSRL9raZtNXfpTDeaxQapibJEG6qEY8WqAN22aUzd":{"Hash":"QmbQBUSRL9raZtNXfpTDeaxQapibJEG6qEY8WqAN22aUzd","Size":1024,"Type":"File","Links":null}}}
+			EOF
+			printf "%s\n" "$(cat expected_json_ls_duplicates_file_trailing_newline)" >expected_json_ls_duplicates_file &&
+			test_cmp expected_json_ls_duplicates_file actual_json_ls_duplicates_file
 	'
+
 }
 
 
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0230-channel-streaming-http-content-type.sh b/test/sharness/t0230-channel-streaming-http-content-type.sh
index f4dc81c26..cb1ffb692 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0230-channel-streaming-http-content-type.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0230-channel-streaming-http-content-type.sh
@@ -48,10 +48,7 @@ test_ls_cmd() {
 		printf "Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n" >>expected_output &&
 		printf "\r\n" >>expected_output &&
 		cat <<-\EOF >>expected_output &&
-			{
-			  "Ref": "QmRmPLc1FsPAn8F8F9DQDEYADNX5ER2sgqiokEvqnYknVW",
-			  "Err": ""
-			}
+			{"Ref":"QmRmPLc1FsPAn8F8F9DQDEYADNX5ER2sgqiokEvqnYknVW","Err":""}
 		EOF
 		printf "\n" >> expected_output &&
 		perl -pi -e '"'"'chomp if eof'"'"' expected_output &&