diff --git a/src/fluree/db/json_ld/commit.cljc b/src/fluree/db/json_ld/commit.cljc
index 29ca6c90b..683fe04e7 100644
--- a/src/fluree/db/json_ld/commit.cljc
+++ b/src/fluree/db/json_ld/commit.cljc
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 (ns fluree.db.json-ld.commit
-  (:require [clojure.walk :as walk]
-            [fluree.json-ld :as json-ld]
+  (:require [fluree.json-ld :as json-ld]
             [fluree.crypto :as crypto]
             [fluree.db.flake :as flake]
             [fluree.db.constants :as const]
@@ -360,7 +359,7 @@
     (let [context (get commit (keyword const/iri-default-context))
           stringify? (-> context keys first keyword?) ; (too?) simple check if we need to stringify the keys before storing
           context-str (if stringify?
-                        (walk/stringify-keys context)
+                        (util/stringify-keys context)
                         context)
           {:keys [address]} (<? (conn-proto/-ctx-write conn ledger context-str))]
       (assoc commit (keyword const/iri-default-context) address))))
diff --git a/src/fluree/db/ledger/json_ld.cljc b/src/fluree/db/ledger/json_ld.cljc
index d6e56eb2f..0387fe6ac 100644
--- a/src/fluree/db/ledger/json_ld.cljc
+++ b/src/fluree/db/ledger/json_ld.cljc
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
             [clojure.string :as str]
             [fluree.db.indexer.proto :as idx-proto]
             [fluree.db.util.core :as util]
-            [fluree.db.util.log :as log]
-            [clojure.walk :as walk])
+            [fluree.db.util.log :as log])
   (:refer-clojure :exclude [load]))
 
 #?(:clj (set! *warn-on-reflection* true))
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@
                       ;; default branch
                       (get branches branch))
         context-kw  (json-ld/parse-context context)
-        context-str (-> context walk/stringify-keys json-ld/parse-context)]
+        context-str (-> context util/stringify-keys json-ld/parse-context)]
     (-> branch
         (assoc-in [:latest-db :schema :context] context-kw)
         (assoc-in [:latest-db :schema :context-str] context-str))))