diff -r bb509f39d387 -r 579672b347d2 hgext/lfs/blobstore.py
--- a/hgext/lfs/blobstore.py	Sat Nov 02 11:48:38 2019 -0700
+++ b/hgext/lfs/blobstore.py	Sat Nov 02 12:09:35 2019 -0700
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
                 _(b'LFS error: %s') % _urlerrorreason(ex), hint=hint
             )
         try:
-            response = json.loads(rawjson)
+            response = pycompat.json_loads(rawjson)
         except ValueError:
             raise LfsRemoteError(
                 _(b'LFS server returns invalid JSON: %s')