diff --git a/exercises/rest-api/canonical-data.json b/exercises/rest-api/canonical-data.json
index 4ba237fd00..06fac0284f 100644
--- a/exercises/rest-api/canonical-data.json
+++ b/exercises/rest-api/canonical-data.json
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
     "The state of the API database before the request is represented",
     "by the input->database object. Your track may determine how this",
     "initial state is set.",
-    "The input->payload and expected objects should be marshalled as",
-    "strings in track implementation, as parsing and validating text",
-    "payloads is an integral part of implementing a REST API.",
     "All arrays are ordered."
   ],
   "cases": [