diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index ddf39c28..24c5287c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ jobs:
           # execution so this value is required for preventing meta tests from
           # panicking
           GIT_HASH: 8e77345f1597e40c2e266cb4e6dee74888918a61
-          OPEN_API_DOCS: 8e77345f1597e40c2e266cb4e6dee74888918a61
           CACHE_BUSTER_FILE_MAP: '{"map":{"./static/bundle/main.js":"./prod/bundle/main.1417115E59909BE0A01040A45A398ADB09D928DF89CCF038FA44B14850442096.js"},"base_dir":"./prod"}'
           COMPILED_DATE: "2021-07-21"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index 25260cf8..d171f525 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ jobs:
         env:
           DATABASE_URL: postgres://postgres:password@localhost:5432/postgres
           GIT_HASH: 8e77345f1597e40c2e266cb4e6dee74888918a61 # dummy value
-          OPEN_API_DOCS: 8e77345f1597e40c2e266cb4e6dee74888918a61
           COMPILED_DATE: "2021-07-21"
 
       - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bb1ccb59..31b6ee17 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1608,12 +1608,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "sailfish",
  "serde 1.0.127",
  "serde_json",
- "serde_yaml",
  "sqlx",
  "tokio",
  "url",
  "validator",
- "yaml-rust",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2627,18 +2625,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde 1.0.127",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serde_yaml"
-version = "0.8.18"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "039ba818c784248423789eec090aab9fb566c7b94d6ebbfa1814a9fd52c8afb2"
-dependencies = [
- "dtoa",
- "linked-hash-map",
- "serde 1.0.127",
- "yaml-rust",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "sha-1"
 version = "0.9.7"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0ad241c9..957f3243 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ derive_more = "0.99"
 
 serde = "1"
 serde_json = "1"
-serde_yaml = "0.8.17"
 
 url = "2.2"
 
@@ -85,9 +84,7 @@ openssl = { version = "0.10.29", features = ["vendored"] }
 
 
 [build-dependencies]
-serde_yaml = "0.8.17"
 serde_json = "1"
-yaml-rust = "0.4.5"
 cache-buster = { version = "0.2.0", git = "https://github.com/realaravinth/cache-buster" }
 mime = "0.3.16"
 sqlx = { version = "0.5.5", features = [ "runtime-actix-rustls", "postgres", "time", "offline" ] }
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index fafd88a4..60d504f9 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -28,13 +28,6 @@ fn main() {
     let git_hash = String::from_utf8(output.stdout).unwrap();
     println!("cargo:rustc-env=GIT_HASH={}", git_hash);
 
-    let yml = include_str!("./openapi.yaml");
-    let api_json: serde_json::Value = serde_yaml::from_str(yml).unwrap();
-    println!(
-        "cargo:rustc-env=OPEN_API_DOCS={}",
-        serde_json::to_string(&api_json).unwrap()
-    );
-
     let now = OffsetDateTime::now_utc().format("%y-%m-%d");
     println!("cargo:rustc-env=COMPILED_DATE={}", &now);
 
diff --git a/src/docs.rs b/src/docs.rs
index fad45a95..da052404 100644
--- a/src/docs.rs
+++ b/src/docs.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub mod routes {
         pub const fn new() -> Self {
             Docs {
                 home: "/docs/",
-                spec: "/docs/openapi.json",
+                spec: "/docs/openapi.yaml",
                 assets: "/docs/{_:.*}",
             }
         }
@@ -73,12 +73,13 @@ pub fn handle_embedded_file(path: &str) -> HttpResponse {
 async fn dist(path: web::Path<String>) -> impl Responder {
     handle_embedded_file(&path)
 }
+const OPEN_API_SPEC: &str = include_str!("../openapi.yaml");
 
 #[my_codegen::get(path = "DOCS.spec")]
 async fn spec() -> HttpResponse {
     HttpResponse::Ok()
-        .content_type("appilcation/json")
-        .body(&*crate::OPEN_API_DOC)
+        .content_type("text/yaml")
+        .body(OPEN_API_SPEC)
 }
 
 #[my_codegen::get(path = "&DOCS.home[0..DOCS.home.len() -1]")]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 57214870..88bbcd39 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ lazy_static! {
 
 }
 
-pub const OPEN_API_DOC: &str = env!("OPEN_API_DOCS");
 pub const COMPILED_DATE: &str = env!("COMPILED_DATE");
 pub const GIT_COMMIT_HASH: &str = env!("GIT_HASH");
 pub const VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
diff --git a/src/tests-migrate.rs b/src/tests-migrate.rs
index 5e592924..81f7666b 100644
--- a/src/tests-migrate.rs
+++ b/src/tests-migrate.rs
@@ -59,12 +59,6 @@ fn build() {
     let git_hash = String::from_utf8(output.stdout).unwrap();
     println!("cargo:rustc-env=GIT_HASH={}", git_hash);
 
-    let yml = include_str!("../openapi.yaml");
-    let api_json: serde_json::Value = serde_yaml::from_str(yml).unwrap();
-    println!(
-        "cargo:rustc-env=OPEN_API_DOCS={}",
-        serde_json::to_string(&api_json).unwrap()
-    );
     cache_bust();
 }
 
diff --git a/static/openapi/index.html b/static/openapi/index.html
index 4116f441..529b3ace 100644
--- a/static/openapi/index.html
+++ b/static/openapi/index.html
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     window.onload = function() {
       // Begin Swagger UI call region
       const ui = SwaggerUIBundle({
-        url: "/docs/openapi.json",
+        url: "/docs/openapi.yaml",
         dom_id: '#swagger-ui',
         deepLinking: true,
         presets: [