diff --git a/function_call.go b/function_call.go
index 11cccb3e..b3a22c4f 100644
--- a/function_call.go
+++ b/function_call.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package pgproto3
 
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"github.com/jackc/pgio"
 )
 
@@ -93,12 +92,3 @@ func (src *FunctionCall) Encode(dst []byte) []byte {
 	pgio.SetInt32(dst[sp:], int32(len(dst[sp:])))
 	return dst
 }
-
-// MarshalJSON implements encoding/json.Marshaler.
-func (src FunctionCall) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
-	return json.Marshal(struct {
-		Type string
-	}{
-		Type: "FunctionCall",
-	})
-}