diff --git a/browserid/static/include.js b/browserid/static/include.js
index 4bffd65457f95345f7fa5f23b1014e472d2eca87..56cc35534683b8cf5cad6c271e10a8f05b355338 100644
--- a/browserid/static/include.js
+++ b/browserid/static/include.js
@@ -525,29 +525,6 @@ if (!navigator.id.getVerifiedEmail || navigator.id._getVerifiedEmailIsShimmed)
     };
   })();
 
-  function JWTWrapper(jwtBlob) {
-    var obj = {
-      jwt: jwtBlob,
-      email: undefined,
-      audience: undefined,
-      issuer: undefined,
-      "valid-until": undefined,
-      toString: function() { return this.jwt; }
-    };
-    // attempt to decode the middle part of the assertion to populate object keys
-    try {
-      var jwtContents = JSON.parse(window.atob(jwtBlob.split(".")[1]));
-      for (var k in obj) {
-        if (obj.hasOwnProperty(k) && obj[k] === undefined) {
-          if (typeof jwtContents[k] === 'string' || typeof jwtContents[k] === 'number') obj[k] = jwtContents[k];
-        }
-      }
-    } catch(e) {
-      // failure is an option.
-    }
-
-    return obj;
-  }
 
   var chan = undefined;
 
@@ -582,8 +559,8 @@ if (!navigator.id.getVerifiedEmail || navigator.id._getVerifiedEmailIsShimmed)
       method: "getVerifiedEmail",
       success: function(rv) {
         if (callback) {
-          // wrap the raw JWT with a handy dandy object that exposes everything in a readable form
-          callback(JWTWrapper(rv));
+          // return the string representation of the JWT, the client is responsible for unpacking it.
+          callback(rv);
         }
         cleanup();
       },
@@ -659,8 +636,8 @@ if (!navigator.id.getVerifiedEmail || navigator.id._getVerifiedEmailIsShimmed)
       params: [email, token],
       success: function(rv) {
         if (onsuccess) {
-          // wrap the raw JWT with a handy dandy object that exposes everything in a readable form
-          onsuccess(JWTWrapper(rv));
+          // return the string representation of the JWT, the client is responsible for unpacking it.
+          onsuccess(rv);
         }
         cleanup();
       },
diff --git a/rp/index.html b/rp/index.html
index c331e8d58d716dd651378ab10807d5f467bf5129..ccab62f549e1566ed0c3fd444b6096d132e8e9e1 100644
--- a/rp/index.html
+++ b/rp/index.html
@@ -81,19 +81,6 @@ a:hover { border-bottom: 2px solid black ; }
 <script src="jquery-min.js"></script>
 <script src="https://browserid.org/include.js"></script>
 <script>
-  function dumpObject(obj) {
-    var htmlRep = "";
-    for (var k in obj) {
-      if (obj.hasOwnProperty(k) && typeof obj[k] === 'string') {
-        htmlRep += "<b>" + k + ":</b> " + obj[k] + "<br/>";
-      } else if (k === 'valid-until') {
-        htmlRep += "<b>" + k + ":</b> " + (new Date(obj[k])).toString() + "<br/>";
-      }
-
-    }
-    return htmlRep;
-  }
-
   $(document).ready(function() {
     $("#partyStarter").click(function() {
       navigator.id.getVerifiedEmail(function(assertion) {
@@ -101,7 +88,7 @@ a:hover { border-bottom: 2px solid black ; }
           alert("couldn't get the users email address!"); 
         } else {
           // Now we'll send this assertion over to the verification server for validation
-          $("#oAssertion").empty().html(dumpObject(assertion));
+          $("#oAssertion").empty().text(assertion);
 
           var url = "http://browserid.org/verify?assertion=" + window.encodeURIComponent(assertion) +
                     "&audience=" + window.encodeURIComponent(window.location.host);