diff --git a/spec/amd-runtime.html b/spec/amd-runtime.html
index fc413bd6..fbdd3434 100644
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@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
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diff --git a/spec/amd.html b/spec/amd.html
index 9ec44e68..595d70be 100644
--- a/spec/amd.html
+++ b/spec/amd.html
@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@
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diff --git a/spec/env/json2.js b/spec/env/json2.js
deleted file mode 100644
index deb88ec9..00000000
--- a/spec/env/json2.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,489 +0,0 @@
-/*
-    json2.js
-    2014-02-04
-
-    Public Domain.
-
-    NO WARRANTY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
-
-    See http://www.JSON.org/js.html
-
-
-    This code should be minified before deployment.
-    See http://javascript.crockford.com/jsmin.html
-
-    USE YOUR OWN COPY. IT IS EXTREMELY UNWISE TO LOAD CODE FROM SERVERS YOU DO
-    NOT CONTROL.
-
-
-    This file creates a global JSON object containing two methods: stringify
-    and parse.
-
-        JSON.stringify(value, replacer, space)
-            value       any JavaScript value, usually an object or array.
-
-            replacer    an optional parameter that determines how object
-                        values are stringified for objects. It can be a
-                        function or an array of strings.
-
-            space       an optional parameter that specifies the indentation
-                        of nested structures. If it is omitted, the text will
-                        be packed without extra whitespace. If it is a number,
-                        it will specify the number of spaces to indent at each
-                        level. If it is a string (such as '\t' or '&nbsp;'),
-                        it contains the characters used to indent at each level.
-
-            This method produces a JSON text from a JavaScript value.
-
-            When an object value is found, if the object contains a toJSON
-            method, its toJSON method will be called and the result will be
-            stringified. A toJSON method does not serialize: it returns the
-            value represented by the name/value pair that should be serialized,
-            or undefined if nothing should be serialized. The toJSON method
-            will be passed the key associated with the value, and this will be
-            bound to the value
-
-            For example, this would serialize Dates as ISO strings.
-
-                Date.prototype.toJSON = function (key) {
-                    function f(n) {
-                        // Format integers to have at least two digits.
-                        return n < 10 ? '0' + n : n;
-                    }
-
-                    return this.getUTCFullYear()   + '-' +
-                         f(this.getUTCMonth() + 1) + '-' +
-                         f(this.getUTCDate())      + 'T' +
-                         f(this.getUTCHours())     + ':' +
-                         f(this.getUTCMinutes())   + ':' +
-                         f(this.getUTCSeconds())   + 'Z';
-                };
-
-            You can provide an optional replacer method. It will be passed the
-            key and value of each member, with this bound to the containing
-            object. The value that is returned from your method will be
-            serialized. If your method returns undefined, then the member will
-            be excluded from the serialization.
-
-            If the replacer parameter is an array of strings, then it will be
-            used to select the members to be serialized. It filters the results
-            such that only members with keys listed in the replacer array are
-            stringified.
-
-            Values that do not have JSON representations, such as undefined or
-            functions, will not be serialized. Such values in objects will be
-            dropped; in arrays they will be replaced with null. You can use
-            a replacer function to replace those with JSON values.
-            JSON.stringify(undefined) returns undefined.
-
-            The optional space parameter produces a stringification of the
-            value that is filled with line breaks and indentation to make it
-            easier to read.
-
-            If the space parameter is a non-empty string, then that string will
-            be used for indentation. If the space parameter is a number, then
-            the indentation will be that many spaces.
-
-            Example:
-
-            text = JSON.stringify(['e', {pluribus: 'unum'}]);
-            // text is '["e",{"pluribus":"unum"}]'
-
-
-            text = JSON.stringify(['e', {pluribus: 'unum'}], null, '\t');
-            // text is '[\n\t"e",\n\t{\n\t\t"pluribus": "unum"\n\t}\n]'
-
-            text = JSON.stringify([new Date()], function (key, value) {
-                return this[key] instanceof Date ?
-                    'Date(' + this[key] + ')' : value;
-            });
-            // text is '["Date(---current time---)"]'
-
-
-        JSON.parse(text, reviver)
-            This method parses a JSON text to produce an object or array.
-            It can throw a SyntaxError exception.
-
-            The optional reviver parameter is a function that can filter and
-            transform the results. It receives each of the keys and values,
-            and its return value is used instead of the original value.
-            If it returns what it received, then the structure is not modified.
-            If it returns undefined then the member is deleted.
-
-            Example:
-
-            // Parse the text. Values that look like ISO date strings will
-            // be converted to Date objects.
-
-            myData = JSON.parse(text, function (key, value) {
-                var a;
-                if (typeof value === 'string') {
-                    a =
-/^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})T(\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2}(?:\.\d*)?)Z$/.exec(value);
-                    if (a) {
-                        return new Date(Date.UTC(+a[1], +a[2] - 1, +a[3], +a[4],
-                            +a[5], +a[6]));
-                    }
-                }
-                return value;
-            });
-
-            myData = JSON.parse('["Date(09/09/2001)"]', function (key, value) {
-                var d;
-                if (typeof value === 'string' &&
-                        value.slice(0, 5) === 'Date(' &&
-                        value.slice(-1) === ')') {
-                    d = new Date(value.slice(5, -1));
-                    if (d) {
-                        return d;
-                    }
-                }
-                return value;
-            });
-
-
-    This is a reference implementation. You are free to copy, modify, or
-    redistribute.
-*/
-
-/*jslint evil: true, regexp: true */
-
-/*members "", "\b", "\t", "\n", "\f", "\r", "\"", JSON, "\\", apply,
-    call, charCodeAt, getUTCDate, getUTCFullYear, getUTCHours,
-    getUTCMinutes, getUTCMonth, getUTCSeconds, hasOwnProperty, join,
-    lastIndex, length, parse, prototype, push, replace, slice, stringify,
-    test, toJSON, toString, valueOf
-*/
-
-
-// Create a JSON object only if one does not already exist. We create the
-// methods in a closure to avoid creating global variables.
-
-if (typeof JSON !== 'object') {
-    JSON = {};
-}
-
-(function () {
-    'use strict';
-
-    function f(n) {
-        // Format integers to have at least two digits.
-        return n < 10 ? '0' + n : n;
-    }
-
-    if (typeof Date.prototype.toJSON !== 'function') {
-
-        Date.prototype.toJSON = function () {
-
-            return isFinite(this.valueOf())
-                ? this.getUTCFullYear()     + '-' +
-                    f(this.getUTCMonth() + 1) + '-' +
-                    f(this.getUTCDate())      + 'T' +
-                    f(this.getUTCHours())     + ':' +
-                    f(this.getUTCMinutes())   + ':' +
-                    f(this.getUTCSeconds())   + 'Z'
-                : null;
-        };
-
-        String.prototype.toJSON      =
-            Number.prototype.toJSON  =
-            Boolean.prototype.toJSON = function () {
-                return this.valueOf();
-            };
-    }
-
-    var cx,
-        escapable,
-        gap,
-        indent,
-        meta,
-        rep;
-
-
-    function quote(string) {
-
-// If the string contains no control characters, no quote characters, and no
-// backslash characters, then we can safely slap some quotes around it.
-// Otherwise we must also replace the offending characters with safe escape
-// sequences.
-
-        escapable.lastIndex = 0;
-        return escapable.test(string) ? '"' + string.replace(escapable, function (a) {
-            var c = meta[a];
-            return typeof c === 'string'
-                ? c
-                : '\\u' + ('0000' + a.charCodeAt(0).toString(16)).slice(-4);
-        }) + '"' : '"' + string + '"';
-    }
-
-
-    function str(key, holder) {
-
-// Produce a string from holder[key].
-
-        var i,          // The loop counter.
-            k,          // The member key.
-            v,          // The member value.
-            length,
-            mind = gap,
-            partial,
-            value = holder[key];
-
-// If the value has a toJSON method, call it to obtain a replacement value.
-
-        if (value && typeof value === 'object' &&
-                typeof value.toJSON === 'function') {
-            value = value.toJSON(key);
-        }
-
-// If we were called with a replacer function, then call the replacer to
-// obtain a replacement value.
-
-        if (typeof rep === 'function') {
-            value = rep.call(holder, key, value);
-        }
-
-// What happens next depends on the value's type.
-
-        switch (typeof value) {
-        case 'string':
-            return quote(value);
-
-        case 'number':
-
-// JSON numbers must be finite. Encode non-finite numbers as null.
-
-            return isFinite(value) ? String(value) : 'null';
-
-        case 'boolean':
-        case 'null':
-
-// If the value is a boolean or null, convert it to a string. Note:
-// typeof null does not produce 'null'. The case is included here in
-// the remote chance that this gets fixed someday.
-
-            return String(value);
-
-// If the type is 'object', we might be dealing with an object or an array or
-// null.
-
-        case 'object':
-
-// Due to a specification blunder in ECMAScript, typeof null is 'object',
-// so watch out for that case.
-
-            if (!value) {
-                return 'null';
-            }
-
-// Make an array to hold the partial results of stringifying this object value.
-
-            gap += indent;
-            partial = [];
-
-// Is the value an array?
-
-            if (Object.prototype.toString.apply(value) === '[object Array]') {
-
-// The value is an array. Stringify every element. Use null as a placeholder
-// for non-JSON values.
-
-                length = value.length;
-                for (i = 0; i < length; i += 1) {
-                    partial[i] = str(i, value) || 'null';
-                }
-
-// Join all of the elements together, separated with commas, and wrap them in
-// brackets.
-
-                v = partial.length === 0
-                    ? '[]'
-                    : gap
-                    ? '[\n' + gap + partial.join(',\n' + gap) + '\n' + mind + ']'
-                    : '[' + partial.join(',') + ']';
-                gap = mind;
-                return v;
-            }
-
-// If the replacer is an array, use it to select the members to be stringified.
-
-            if (rep && typeof rep === 'object') {
-                length = rep.length;
-                for (i = 0; i < length; i += 1) {
-                    if (typeof rep[i] === 'string') {
-                        k = rep[i];
-                        v = str(k, value);
-                        if (v) {
-                            partial.push(quote(k) + (gap ? ': ' : ':') + v);
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            } else {
-
-// Otherwise, iterate through all of the keys in the object.
-
-                for (k in value) {
-                    if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(value, k)) {
-                        v = str(k, value);
-                        if (v) {
-                            partial.push(quote(k) + (gap ? ': ' : ':') + v);
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-// Join all of the member texts together, separated with commas,
-// and wrap them in braces.
-
-            v = partial.length === 0
-                ? '{}'
-                : gap
-                ? '{\n' + gap + partial.join(',\n' + gap) + '\n' + mind + '}'
-                : '{' + partial.join(',') + '}';
-            gap = mind;
-            return v;
-        }
-    }
-
-// If the JSON object does not yet have a stringify method, give it one.
-
-    if (typeof JSON.stringify !== 'function') {
-        escapable = /[\\\"\x00-\x1f\x7f-\x9f\u00ad\u0600-\u0604\u070f\u17b4\u17b5\u200c-\u200f\u2028-\u202f\u2060-\u206f\ufeff\ufff0-\uffff]/g;
-        meta = {    // table of character substitutions
-            '\b': '\\b',
-            '\t': '\\t',
-            '\n': '\\n',
-            '\f': '\\f',
-            '\r': '\\r',
-            '"' : '\\"',
-            '\\': '\\\\'
-        };
-        JSON.stringify = function (value, replacer, space) {
-
-// The stringify method takes a value and an optional replacer, and an optional
-// space parameter, and returns a JSON text. The replacer can be a function
-// that can replace values, or an array of strings that will select the keys.
-// A default replacer method can be provided. Use of the space parameter can
-// produce text that is more easily readable.
-
-            var i;
-            gap = '';
-            indent = '';
-
-// If the space parameter is a number, make an indent string containing that
-// many spaces.
-
-            if (typeof space === 'number') {
-                for (i = 0; i < space; i += 1) {
-                    indent += ' ';
-                }
-
-// If the space parameter is a string, it will be used as the indent string.
-
-            } else if (typeof space === 'string') {
-                indent = space;
-            }
-
-// If there is a replacer, it must be a function or an array.
-// Otherwise, throw an error.
-
-            rep = replacer;
-            if (replacer && typeof replacer !== 'function' &&
-                    (typeof replacer !== 'object' ||
-                    typeof replacer.length !== 'number')) {
-                throw new Error('JSON.stringify');
-            }
-
-// Make a fake root object containing our value under the key of ''.
-// Return the result of stringifying the value.
-
-            return str('', {'': value});
-        };
-    }
-
-
-// If the JSON object does not yet have a parse method, give it one.
-
-    if (typeof JSON.parse !== 'function') {
-        cx = /[\u0000\u00ad\u0600-\u0604\u070f\u17b4\u17b5\u200c-\u200f\u2028-\u202f\u2060-\u206f\ufeff\ufff0-\uffff]/g;
-        JSON.parse = function (text, reviver) {
-
-// The parse method takes a text and an optional reviver function, and returns
-// a JavaScript value if the text is a valid JSON text.
-
-            var j;
-
-            function walk(holder, key) {
-
-// The walk method is used to recursively walk the resulting structure so
-// that modifications can be made.
-
-                var k, v, value = holder[key];
-                if (value && typeof value === 'object') {
-                    for (k in value) {
-                        if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(value, k)) {
-                            v = walk(value, k);
-                            if (v !== undefined) {
-                                value[k] = v;
-                            } else {
-                                delete value[k];
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                return reviver.call(holder, key, value);
-            }
-
-
-// Parsing happens in four stages. In the first stage, we replace certain
-// Unicode characters with escape sequences. JavaScript handles many characters
-// incorrectly, either silently deleting them, or treating them as line endings.
-
-            text = String(text);
-            cx.lastIndex = 0;
-            if (cx.test(text)) {
-                text = text.replace(cx, function (a) {
-                    return '\\u' +
-                        ('0000' + a.charCodeAt(0).toString(16)).slice(-4);
-                });
-            }
-
-// In the second stage, we run the text against regular expressions that look
-// for non-JSON patterns. We are especially concerned with '()' and 'new'
-// because they can cause invocation, and '=' because it can cause mutation.
-// But just to be safe, we want to reject all unexpected forms.
-
-// We split the second stage into 4 regexp operations in order to work around
-// crippling inefficiencies in IE's and Safari's regexp engines. First we
-// replace the JSON backslash pairs with '@' (a non-JSON character). Second, we
-// replace all simple value tokens with ']' characters. Third, we delete all
-// open brackets that follow a colon or comma or that begin the text. Finally,
-// we look to see that the remaining characters are only whitespace or ']' or
-// ',' or ':' or '{' or '}'. If that is so, then the text is safe for eval.
-
-            if (/^[\],:{}\s]*$/
-                    .test(text.replace(/\\(?:["\\\/bfnrt]|u[0-9a-fA-F]{4})/g, '@')
-                        .replace(/"[^"\\\n\r]*"|true|false|null|-?\d+(?:\.\d*)?(?:[eE][+\-]?\d+)?/g, ']')
-                        .replace(/(?:^|:|,)(?:\s*\[)+/g, ''))) {
-
-// In the third stage we use the eval function to compile the text into a
-// JavaScript structure. The '{' operator is subject to a syntactic ambiguity
-// in JavaScript: it can begin a block or an object literal. We wrap the text
-// in parens to eliminate the ambiguity.
-
-                j = eval('(' + text + ')');
-
-// In the optional fourth stage, we recursively walk the new structure, passing
-// each name/value pair to a reviver function for possible transformation.
-
-                return typeof reviver === 'function'
-                    ? walk({'': j}, '')
-                    : j;
-            }
-
-// If the text is not JSON parseable, then a SyntaxError is thrown.
-
-            throw new SyntaxError('JSON.parse');
-        };
-    }
-}());
diff --git a/spec/index.html b/spec/index.html
index b768dff7..30aa2001 100644
--- a/spec/index.html
+++ b/spec/index.html
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
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     </script>
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diff --git a/spec/umd-runtime.html b/spec/umd-runtime.html
index 212d4f2d..93791d67 100644
--- a/spec/umd-runtime.html
+++ b/spec/umd-runtime.html
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@
       window.expect = chai.expect;
       mocha.setup('bdd');
     </script>
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diff --git a/spec/umd.html b/spec/umd.html
index 53d6b271..9b70f015 100644
--- a/spec/umd.html
+++ b/spec/umd.html
@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@
       window.expect = chai.expect;
       mocha.setup('bdd');
     </script>
-    <script src="/spec/env/json2.js"></script>
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     <script>
       requirejs.config({