Index: config.lua
==================================================================
--- config.lua
+++ config.lua
@@ -256,12 +256,8 @@
 			end
 		end
 	end
 end
 
-pkg('mbedtls')
-pkg('mongoose')
-pkg('json-c')
-pkg('libc')
-pkg('libpq')
+for k in pairs(fallback) do pkg(k) end
 
 return conf

Index: makefile
==================================================================
--- makefile
+++ makefile
@@ -27,18 +27,18 @@
 
 install: parsav
 	mkdir $(prefix)/bin
 	cp $< $(prefix)/bin/
 
-dep: dep.mbedtls dep.mongoose dep.json-c
+dep: dep.mbedtls dep.mongoose dep.mjson
 dep.mbedtls: lib/mbedtls/library/libmbedtls.a \
 	lib/mbedtls/library/libmbedcrypto.a \
 	lib/mbedtls/library/libmbedx509.a
 dep.mongoose: lib/mongoose/libmongoose.a
-dep.json-c: lib/json-c/libjson-c.a
+dep.mjson: lib/mjson/libmjson.a
 
-static-libs = lib/json-c/libjson-c.a \
+static-libs = lib/mjson/libmjson.a \
 		      lib/mongoose/libmongoose.a \
 		      lib/mbedtls/library/libmbedx509.a \
 		      lib/mbedtls/library/libmbedcrypto.a \
 		      lib/mbedtls/library/libmbedtls.a
 
@@ -51,39 +51,44 @@
 	xz -c9e  $(parsav-dist).tar > $@
 	rm -r    $(parsav-dist){.tar,}
 
 lib:
 	mkdir $@
+
+lib%.a %.a: %.o
+	ar rcs $@ $<
+	ranlib $@ # bsd-ism
+
 # generate a shim static library so mongoose cooperates
 # with the build apparatus. note that parsav is designed
 # to be fronted by a real web server like nginx if SSL
 # is to be used, so we don't turn on SSL in mongoose
-lib/mongoose/libmongoose.a: lib/mongoose lib/mongoose/mongoose.c lib/mongoose/mongoose.h
-	$(CC) -c $</mongoose.c -o lib/mongoose/mongoose.o \
+lib/mongoose/mongoose.o: lib/mongoose/mongoose.c lib/mongoose/mongoose.h lib/mongoose
+	$(CC) -c $< -o lib/mongoose/mongoose.o \
 		-DMG_ENABLE_THREADS=1 \
 		-DMG_ENABLE_IPV6=1 \
 		-DMG_ENABLE_HTTP_WEBDAV=1 \
 		-DMG_ENABLE_HTTP_WEBSOCKET=0
-	ar rcs $@ lib/mongoose/*.o
-	ranlib $@
 
-lib/json-c/Makefile: lib/json-c lib/json-c/CMakeLists.txt
-	cd $< && cmake .
-lib/json-c/libjson-c.a: lib/json-c/Makefile
-	$(MAKE) -C lib/json-c
+lib/mjson/mjson.o: lib/mjson/src/mjson.c lib/mjson/src/mjson.h lib/mjson
+	$(CC) -c $< -o lib/mjson/mjson.o \
+		-DMJSON_MAX_DEPTH=16 \
+		-DMJSON_ENABLE_BASE64=0 \
+		-DMJSON_ENABLE_RPC=0
+
 lib/mbedtls/library/%.a: lib/mbedtls 
 	$(MAKE) -C lib/mbedtls/library $*.a
 
 ifeq ($(dl), git)
 clone = git clone --depth 1 # save time
 ensurelib = mkdir -p lib && cd lib
 lib/mongoose: 
 	$(ensurelib) && $(clone) https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose.git
+lib/mjson: 
+	$(ensurelib) && $(clone) https://github.com/cesanta/mjson.git
 lib/mbedtls: 
 	$(ensurelib) && $(clone) https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls.git
-lib/json-c: 
-	$(ensurelib) && $(clone) https://github.com/json-c/json-c.git
 else
 lib/%: lib/%.tar.gz
 	$(ensurelib) && tar zxf $*.tar.gz
 	mv lib/$$(tar tf $< | head -n1) $@
 
@@ -95,10 +100,10 @@
     dlfile = mkdir -p $(dir $@) && curl "$1" -o "$@"
 endif
 
 lib/mongoose.tar.gz:
 	$(call dlfile,https://api.github.com/repos/cesanta/mongoose/tarball/master)
+lib/mjson.tar.gz:
+	$(call dlfile,https://api.github.com/repos/cesanta/mjson/tarball/master)
 lib/mbedtls.tar.gz:
 	$(call dlfile,https://api.github.com/repos/ARMmbed/mbedtls/tarball/master)
-lib/json-c.tar.gz:
-	$(call dlfile,https://api.github.com/repos/json-c/json-c/tarball/master)
 endif

Index: parsav.t
==================================================================
--- parsav.t
+++ parsav.t
@@ -436,11 +436,11 @@
 lib.pk = lib.loadlib('mbedtls','mbedtls/pk.h')
 lib.md = lib.loadlib('mbedtls','mbedtls/md.h')
 lib.b64 = lib.loadlib('mbedtls','mbedtls/base64.h')
 lib.net = lib.loadlib('mongoose','mongoose.h')
 lib.pq = lib.loadlib('libpq','libpq-fe.h')
-lib.jc = lib.loadlib('json-c','json.h')
+lib.jc = lib.loadlib('mjson','mjson.h')
 
 lib.load {
 	'mem', 'math', 'str', 'file', 'crypt', 'ipc';
 	'http', 'html', 'session', 'tpl', 'store', 'acl';
 

Index: pkgdata.lua
==================================================================
--- pkgdata.lua
+++ pkgdata.lua
@@ -8,23 +8,13 @@
 			linux_nixos = { -- lacks a *.pc on nixos systems
 				prefix = sthunk('nix', 'path-info', 'nixos.mbedtls');
 			}
 		};
 		vars = { builddir = '/library', srcincdir = '/include' };
-	};
-	['json-c'] = {
-		osvars = {
-			linux_nixos = {
-				prefix = sthunk('nix','path-info','nixos.json_c');
-			};
-		};
-		vars = {
-			builddir = '';
-			incsuffix = '/json-c'; -- only used when path generated from prefix
-		}
 	};
 	mongoose = { vars = { builddir = '' } };
+	mjson = { vars = { builddir = '', srcincdir = '/src' } };
 	libpq = {
 		osvars = {
 			linux_nixos = {
 				prefix = sthunk('nix', 'path-info', 'nixos.postgresql.lib');
 				incdir = function()