diff --git a/wagtail/contrib/wagtailapi/endpoints.py b/wagtail/contrib/wagtailapi/endpoints.py
index 642f7df2ea..2eff00e5f8 100644
--- a/wagtail/contrib/wagtailapi/endpoints.py
+++ b/wagtail/contrib/wagtailapi/endpoints.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.viewsets import GenericViewSet
+from rest_framework.renderers import JSONRenderer
 
 from wagtail.wagtailcore.models import Page
 from wagtail.wagtailimages.models import get_image_model
@@ -19,14 +20,13 @@ from .filters import (
     FieldsFilter, OrderingFilter, SearchFilter,
     ChildOfFilter, DescendantOfFilter
 )
-from .renderers import WagtailJSONRenderer
 from .pagination import WagtailPagination
 from .serializers import BaseSerializer, PageSerializer, DocumentSerializer, ImageSerializer, get_serializer_class
 from .utils import BadRequestError
 
 
 class BaseAPIEndpoint(GenericViewSet):
-    renderer_classes = [WagtailJSONRenderer]
+    renderer_classes = [JSONRenderer]
     pagination_class = WagtailPagination
     base_serializer_class = BaseSerializer
     filter_backends = []
@@ -151,11 +151,7 @@ class BaseAPIEndpoint(GenericViewSet):
 
     def get_renderer_context(self):
         context = super(BaseAPIEndpoint, self).get_renderer_context()
-        context['endpoints'] = [
-            PagesAPIEndpoint,
-            ImagesAPIEndpoint,
-            DocumentsAPIEndpoint
-        ]
+        context['indent'] = 4
         return context
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/wagtail/contrib/wagtailapi/renderers.py b/wagtail/contrib/wagtailapi/renderers.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 978db1c07f..0000000000
--- a/wagtail/contrib/wagtailapi/renderers.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import json
-
-from django.core.serializers.json import DjangoJSONEncoder
-from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
-from django.utils.six import text_type
-
-from rest_framework import renderers
-
-from .utils import ObjectDetailURL, get_full_url
-
-
-def find_model_detail_view(model, endpoints):
-    for endpoint in endpoints:
-        if issubclass(model, endpoint.model):
-            return 'wagtailapi_v1:%s:detail' % endpoint.name
-
-
-class WagtailJSONRenderer(renderers.BaseRenderer):
-    media_type = 'application/json'
-    charset = None
-
-    def render(self, data, media_type=None, renderer_context=None):
-        request = renderer_context['request']
-        endpoints = renderer_context['endpoints']
-
-        class WagtailAPIJSONEncoder(DjangoJSONEncoder):
-            def default(self, o):
-                if isinstance(o, ObjectDetailURL):
-                    detail_view = find_model_detail_view(o.model, endpoints)
-
-                    if detail_view:
-                        return get_full_url(request, reverse(detail_view, args=(o.pk, )))
-                    else:
-                        return None
-                else:
-                    return super(WagtailAPIJSONEncoder, self).default(o)
-
-        ret = json.dumps(data, indent=4, cls=WagtailAPIJSONEncoder)
-
-        # Deal with inconsistent py2/py3 behavior, and always return bytes.
-        if isinstance(ret, text_type):
-            return bytes(ret.encode('utf-8'))
-        return ret
diff --git a/wagtail/contrib/wagtailapi/utils.py b/wagtail/contrib/wagtailapi/utils.py
index 96ba69d8f4..629b1dc643 100644
--- a/wagtail/contrib/wagtailapi/utils.py
+++ b/wagtail/contrib/wagtailapi/utils.py
@@ -8,12 +8,6 @@ class BadRequestError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-class ObjectDetailURL(object):
-    def __init__(self, model, pk):
-        self.model = model
-        self.pk = pk
-
-
 def get_base_url(request=None):
     base_url = getattr(settings, 'WAGTAILAPI_BASE_URL', request.site.root_url if request else None)