diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f0705e9a2..fd75803adc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ if (NOT PNG_FOUND)
 endif (NOT PNG_FOUND)
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ZLIB REQUIRED zlib)
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(JANSSON REQUIRED jansson>=2.7)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(JANSSON REQUIRED jansson>=2.3)
 
 # Handle creating the rct2 text and data files on macOS and Linux
 # See details in src/openrct2.c:openrct2_setup_rct2_segment for how the values
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 562e118de3..4ab49c7b75 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Section: misc
 Priority: optional
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
 Multi-Arch: same
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), cmake, libsdl2-dev, libsdl2-ttf-dev, gcc, pkg-config, libjansson4 (>= 2.7), libjansson-dev (>= 2.7), libspeex-dev, libspeexdsp-dev, libcurl4-openssl-dev, libcrypto++-dev, libfontconfig1-dev, libfreetype6-dev, libpng-dev, libssl-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), cmake, libsdl2-dev, libsdl2-ttf-dev, gcc, pkg-config, libjansson4 (>= 2.3), libjansson-dev (>= 2.3), libspeex-dev, libspeexdsp-dev, libcurl4-openssl-dev, libcrypto++-dev, libfontconfig1-dev, libfreetype6-dev, libpng-dev, libssl-dev
 
 Package: openrct2
 Architecture: any
diff --git a/scripts/linux/install.sh b/scripts/linux/install.sh
index 10b946424a..668a29f31f 100755
--- a/scripts/linux/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/linux/install.sh
@@ -174,19 +174,11 @@ elif [[ $(uname) == "Linux" ]]; then
 				sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
 				sudo apt-get update
 				sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y --force-yes cmake libsdl2-dev:i386 libsdl2-ttf-dev:i386 gcc-4.8 pkg-config:i386 g++-4.8-multilib gcc-4.8-multilib libjansson-dev:i386 libspeex-dev:i386 libspeexdsp-dev:i386 libcurl4-openssl-dev:i386 libcrypto++-dev:i386 clang libfontconfig1-dev:i386 libfreetype6-dev:i386 libpng-dev:i386
-				download https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/libjansson4_2.7-1ubuntu1_i386.deb libjansson4_2.7-1ubuntu1_i386.deb
-				download https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/libjansson-dev_2.7-1ubuntu1_i386.deb libjansson-dev_2.7-1ubuntu1_i386.deb
-				sudo dpkg -i libjansson4_2.7-1ubuntu1_i386.deb
-				sudo dpkg -i libjansson-dev_2.7-1ubuntu1_i386.deb
 				sudo apt-get install -f
 				;;
 			"linux64")
 				sudo apt-get update
 				sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y --force-yes cmake libsdl2-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev gcc-4.8 pkg-config g++ gcc libjansson-dev libspeex-dev libspeexdsp-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libcrypto++-dev libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libpng-dev
-				download https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/libjansson4_2.7-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb libjansson4_2.7-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
-				download https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/libjansson-dev_2.7-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb libjansson-dev_2.7-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
-				sudo dpkg -i libjansson4_2.7-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
-				sudo dpkg -i libjansson-dev_2.7-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
 				sudo apt-get install -f
 				;;
 			"windows")