diff --git a/.github/workflows/actionlint.yaml b/.github/workflows/actionlint.yaml
index b8c9d8e9..ee79a646 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actionlint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actionlint.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,4 @@ jobs:
           # in our e2e tests.
           # This error occurs because vault-action's outputs are dynamic but
           # actionlint expects action.yml to define them.
-          args: >
-            -ignore "property \"othersecret\" is not defined in object type"
-            -ignore "property \"jsonstring\" is not defined in object type"
+          args: '-ignore "property \"othersecret\" is not defined in object type"'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index c4de30c9..778f18c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -153,27 +153,6 @@ jobs:
           my-secret/test altSecret | NAMED_ALTSECRET ;
           my-secret/nested/test otherAltSecret ;
 
-    # The ordering of these two Test Vault Action JSON String Format steps matters
-    - name: Test Vault Action JSON String Format (part 1/2)
-      id: import-secrets
-      uses: ./
-      with:
-        url: http://localhost:8200
-        token: testtoken
-        secrets: |
-          secret/data/test-json-string jsonString | JSON_STRING ;
-          secret/data/test-json-data jsonData | JSON_DATA ;
-
-    - name: Test Vault Action JSON String Format (part 2/2)
-      run: |
-        echo "${{ steps.import-secrets.outputs.jsonString }}" > string.json
-        echo "${{ steps.import-secrets.outputs.jsonData }}" > data.json
-        cat string.json
-        cat data.json
-        # we should be able to parse the output as JSON
-        jq -c . < string.json
-        jq -c . < data.json
-
     - name: Test Vault Action (cubbyhole)
       uses: ./
       with:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 3238489f..6a8ee521 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 version: "3.0"
 services:
   vault:
-    image: vault:latest
+    image: hashicorp/vault:latest
     environment:
       VAULT_DEV_ROOT_TOKEN_ID: testtoken
     ports:
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ services:
       - 8200:8200
     privileged: true
   vault-tls:
-    image: vault:latest
+    image: hashicorp/vault:latest
     hostname: vault-tls
     environment:
       VAULT_CAPATH: /etc/vault/ca.crt
diff --git a/integrationTests/e2e/e2e.test.js b/integrationTests/e2e/e2e.test.js
index 3e43490f..6495d14e 100644
--- a/integrationTests/e2e/e2e.test.js
+++ b/integrationTests/e2e/e2e.test.js
@@ -10,10 +10,5 @@ describe('e2e', () => {
         expect(process.env.FOO).toBe("bar");
         expect(process.env.NAMED_CUBBYSECRET).toBe("zap");
         expect(process.env.SUBSEQUENT_TEST_SECRET).toBe("SUBSEQUENT_TEST_SECRET");
-
-        const jsonString = '{"x":1,"y":"qux"}';
-        let jsonResult = JSON.stringify(jsonString);
-        jsonResult = jsonResult.substring(1, jsonResult.length - 1);
-        expect(process.env.JSON_STRING).toBe(jsonResult);
     });
 });
diff --git a/integrationTests/e2e/setup.js b/integrationTests/e2e/setup.js
index 0766820f..96f2295f 100644
--- a/integrationTests/e2e/setup.js
+++ b/integrationTests/e2e/setup.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ const got = require('got');
 const vaultUrl = `${process.env.VAULT_HOST}:${process.env.VAULT_PORT}`;
 const vaultToken = `${process.env.VAULT_TOKEN}` === undefined ? `${process.env.VAULT_TOKEN}` : "testtoken";
 
-
 (async () => {
     try {
         // Verify Connection
@@ -37,30 +36,6 @@ const vaultToken = `${process.env.VAULT_TOKEN}` === undefined ? `${process.env.V
             }
         });
 
-        await got(`http://${vaultUrl}/v1/secret/data/test-json-string`, {
-            method: 'POST',
-            headers: {
-                'X-Vault-Token': vaultToken,
-            },
-            json: {
-                data: {
-                    jsonString: '{"x":1,"y":"qux"}',
-                },
-            },
-        });
-
-        await got(`http://${vaultUrl}/v1/secret/data/test-json-data`, {
-            method: 'POST',
-            headers: {
-                'X-Vault-Token': vaultToken,
-            },
-            json: {
-                data: {
-                    jsonData: {"x":1,"y":"qux"},
-                },
-            },
-        });
-
         await got(`http://${vaultUrl}/v1/sys/mounts/my-secret`, {
             method: 'POST',
             headers: {
diff --git a/src/action.test.js b/src/action.test.js
index f6304007..49c33cd3 100644
--- a/src/action.test.js
+++ b/src/action.test.js
@@ -220,22 +220,6 @@ describe('exportSecrets', () => {
         expect(core.setOutput).toBeCalledWith('key', '1');
     });
 
-    it('json secret retrieval', async () => {
-        const jsonString = '{"x":1,"y":2}';
-        let result = JSON.stringify(jsonString);
-        result = result.substring(1, result.length - 1);
-
-        mockInput('test key');
-        mockVaultData({
-            key: jsonString,
-        });
-
-        await exportSecrets();
-
-        expect(core.exportVariable).toBeCalledWith('KEY', result);
-        expect(core.setOutput).toBeCalledWith('key', result);
-    });
-
     it('intl secret retrieval', async () => {
         mockInput('测试 测试');
         mockVaultData({
@@ -350,31 +334,7 @@ describe('exportSecrets', () => {
         expect(core.setOutput).toBeCalledWith('key', 'secret');
     })
 
-    it('multi-line secret', async () => {
-        const multiLineString = `ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEAklOUpkDHrfHY17SbrmTIpNLTGK9Tjom/BWDSU
-GPl+nafzlHDTYW7hdI4yZ5ew18JH4JW9jbhUFrviQzM7xlELEVf4h9lFX5QVkbPppSwg0cda3
-Pbv7kOdJ/MTyBlWXFCR+HAo3FXRitBqxiX1nKhXpHAZsMciLq8V6RjsNAQwdsdMFvSlVK/7XA
-NrRFi9wrf+M7Q==`;
-
-        mockInput('test key');
-        mockVaultData({
-            key: multiLineString
-        });
-        mockExportToken("false")
-
-        await exportSecrets();
-
-        expect(core.setSecret).toBeCalledTimes(5); // 1 for each non-empty line + VAULT_TOKEN
-
-        expect(core.setSecret).toBeCalledWith("EXAMPLE"); // called for VAULT_TOKEN
-        expect(core.setSecret).toBeCalledWith("ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEAklOUpkDHrfHY17SbrmTIpNLTGK9Tjom/BWDSU");
-        expect(core.setSecret).toBeCalledWith("GPl+nafzlHDTYW7hdI4yZ5ew18JH4JW9jbhUFrviQzM7xlELEVf4h9lFX5QVkbPppSwg0cda3");
-        expect(core.setSecret).toBeCalledWith("Pbv7kOdJ/MTyBlWXFCR+HAo3FXRitBqxiX1nKhXpHAZsMciLq8V6RjsNAQwdsdMFvSlVK/7XA");
-        expect(core.setSecret).toBeCalledWith("NrRFi9wrf+M7Q==");
-        expect(core.setOutput).toBeCalledWith('key', multiLineString);
-    })
-
-    it('multi-line secret gets masked for each non-empty line', async () => {
+    it('multi-line secret gets masked for each line', async () => {
         const multiLineString = `a multi-line string
 
 with blank lines
@@ -388,7 +348,7 @@ with blank lines
 
         await exportSecrets();
 
-        expect(core.setSecret).toBeCalledTimes(3); // 1 for each non-empty line + VAULT_TOKEN
+        expect(core.setSecret).toBeCalledTimes(3); // 1 for each non-empty line.
 
         expect(core.setSecret).toBeCalledWith('a multi-line string');
         expect(core.setSecret).toBeCalledWith('with blank lines');
diff --git a/src/retries.test.js b/src/retries.test.js
index 285a7f25..132edd52 100644
--- a/src/retries.test.js
+++ b/src/retries.test.js
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ describe('exportSecrets retries', () => {
             done();
         });
     });
-});
+});
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diff --git a/src/secrets.js b/src/secrets.js
index bc810a81..45b26e0a 100644
--- a/src/secrets.js
+++ b/src/secrets.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const jsonata = require("jsonata");
 
+
 /**
  * @typedef {Object} SecretRequest
  * @property {string} path
@@ -66,20 +67,12 @@ async function getSecrets(secretRequests, client) {
 
 /**
  * Uses a Jsonata selector retrieve a bit of data from the result
- * @param {object} data
- * @param {string} selector
+ * @param {object} data 
+ * @param {string} selector 
  */
 async function selectData(data, selector) {
     const ata = jsonata(selector);
-    let d = await ata.evaluate(data);
-    if (isJSON(d)) {
-        // If we already have JSON we will not "stringify" it yet so that we
-        // don't end up calling JSON.parse. This would break the secrets that
-        // are stored as JSON. See: https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-action/issues/194
-        result = d;
-    } else {
-        result = JSON.stringify(d);
-    }
+    let result = JSON.stringify(await ata.evaluate(data));
     // Compat for custom engines
     if (!result && ((ata.ast().type === "path" && ata.ast()['steps'].length === 1) || ata.ast().type === "string") && selector !== 'data' && 'data' in data) {
         result = JSON.stringify(await jsonata(`data.${selector}`).evaluate(data));
@@ -88,44 +81,12 @@ async function selectData(data, selector) {
     }
 
     if (result.startsWith(`"`)) {
-        // we need to strip the beginning and ending quotes otherwise it will
-        // always successfully parse as JSON
-        result = result.substring(1, result.length - 1);
-        if (!isJSON(result)) {
-            // add the quotes back so we can parse it into a Javascript object
-            // to allow support for multi-line secrets. See https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-action/issues/160
-            result = `"${result}"`
-            result = JSON.parse(result);
-        }
-    } else if (isJSON(result)) {
-        // This is required to support secrets in JSON format.
-        // See https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-action/issues/194 and https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-action/pull/173
-        result = JSON.stringify(result);
-        result = result.substring(1, result.length - 1);
+        result = JSON.parse(result);
     }
     return result;
 }
 
-/**
- * isJSON returns true if str parses as a valid JSON string
- * @param {string} str
- */
-function isJSON(str) {
-    if (typeof str !== "string"){
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    try {
-        JSON.parse(str);
-    } catch (e) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
 module.exports = {
     getSecrets,
     selectData
-}
-
+}
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