jsonapi.services.yml                |  4 ----
 src/Normalizer/ScalarNormalizer.php | 41 -------------------------------------
 2 files changed, 45 deletions(-)

diff --git a/jsonapi.services.yml b/jsonapi.services.yml
index 2fda8c8..e66e5b5 100644
--- a/jsonapi.services.yml
+++ b/jsonapi.services.yml
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ services:
     arguments: ['@current_user']
     tags:
       - { name: normalizer, priority: 2 }
-  serializer.normalizer.scalar.jsonapi:
-    class: Drupal\jsonapi\Normalizer\ScalarNormalizer
-    tags:
-      - { name: normalizer, priority: 5 }
   serializer.normalizer.entity_reference_item.jsonapi:
     class: Drupal\jsonapi\Normalizer\RelationshipItemNormalizer
     arguments: ['@jsonapi.resource_type.repository', '@serializer.normalizer.jsonapi_document_toplevel.jsonapi',]
diff --git a/src/Normalizer/ScalarNormalizer.php b/src/Normalizer/ScalarNormalizer.php
deleted file mode 100644
index e34750a..0000000
--- a/src/Normalizer/ScalarNormalizer.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Drupal\jsonapi\Normalizer;
-
-use Drupal\jsonapi\Normalizer\Value\FieldItemNormalizerValue;
-use Drupal\jsonapi\Normalizer\Value\FieldNormalizerValue;
-use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
-
-/**
- * The normalizer used for scalar inputs.
- */
-class ScalarNormalizer extends NormalizerBase {
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  protected $formats = ['api_json'];
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  public function supportsNormalization($data, $format = NULL) {
-    return (!$data || is_scalar($data)) && in_array($format, $this->formats);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  public function normalize($object, $format = NULL, array $context = []) {
-    $value = new FieldItemNormalizerValue(['value' => $object]);
-    return new FieldNormalizerValue([$value], 1);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  public function denormalize($data, $class, $format = NULL, array $context = []) {
-    throw new UnexpectedValueException('Denormalization not implemented for JSON API');
-  }
-
-}