diff --git a/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/json-object-edit.component.ts b/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/json-object-edit.component.ts
index e7a1b97cad..35f9e1e623 100644
--- a/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/json-object-edit.component.ts
+++ b/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/json-object-edit.component.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { ActionNotificationHide, ActionNotificationShow } from '@core/notificati
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { AppState } from '@core/core.state';
 import { CancelAnimationFrame, RafService } from '@core/services/raf.service';
-import { guid, isDefinedAndNotNull, isLiteralObject, isUndefined } from '@core/utils';
+import { guid, isDefinedAndNotNull, isUndefined } from '@core/utils';
 import { ResizeObserver } from '@juggle/resize-observer';
 import { getAce } from '@shared/models/ace/ace.models';
 
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ export class JsonObjectEditComponent implements OnInit, ControlValueAccessor, Va
       if (this.contentValue && this.contentValue.length > 0) {
         try {
           data = JSON.parse(this.contentValue);
-          if (!isLiteralObject(data)) {
+          if (typeof data !== 'object') {
             throw new TypeError(`Value is not a valid JSON`);
           }
           this.objectValid = true;