diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d3fa946dc096..6d5025753f3f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.12.3
 	github.com/containernetworking/cni v1.1.2
 	github.com/containernetworking/plugins v1.4.0
-	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0
+	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.1
 	github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.11.1
 	github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.0.2
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.7.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f9ad8ffc9e2a..2e9e25518072 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0 h1:El9xVISelRB7BuFusrZozjnkIM5YnzCViNKoh
 github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0/go.mod h1:Gbd7IOopHjR8Iph03tsViu4nIes5XhDvyHbTtUxmeec=
 github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0 h1:69rxXcBk27SvSaaxTtLh/8llcHD8vYHT7WSdRZ/jvr4=
 github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0/go.mod h1:fgPhTUdO+D/Jk86RDLlptpiXQzgHJF7gydDDbaIK4Dk=
-github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 h1:rAQeMHw1c7zTmncogyy8VvRZwtkmkZ4FxERmMY4rD+g=
-github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0/go.mod h1:6n3XBCmQQb25CM2LCACGz8ukIrRry+4bhvbpWn3mrbc=
+github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.1 h1:S+9bSbua1z3FgCnV0KKOSSZ3mDthb5NyEPL5gEpCvyk=
+github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.1/go.mod h1:6n3XBCmQQb25CM2LCACGz8ukIrRry+4bhvbpWn3mrbc=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.0/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.1-0.20191026205805-5f8ba28d4473/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.11.1 h1:wSUXTlLfiAQRWs2F+p+EKOY9rUyis1MyGqJ2DIk5HpM=
diff --git a/pkg/api-server/customization/api_manager_test.go b/pkg/api-server/customization/api_manager_test.go
index a7859bb5a988..fd5cd379eb0b 100644
--- a/pkg/api-server/customization/api_manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api-server/customization/api_manager_test.go
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@ var _ = Describe("API Manager", func() {
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
 		// when
-		Expect(string(body)).To(Equal("\"bar\"\n"))
+		Expect(string(body)).To(Equal("\"bar\""))
 	})
 })
diff --git a/pkg/api-server/server.go b/pkg/api-server/server.go
index 16f220e2636e..f5aa3c1dc28d 100644
--- a/pkg/api-server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/api-server/server.go
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 package api_server
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"crypto/x509"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
@@ -74,24 +71,6 @@ func (a *ApiServer) Config() api_server.ApiServerConfig {
 	return a.config
 }
 
-func init() {
-	// turn off escape & character so the link in "next" fields for resources is user friendly
-	restful.NewEncoder = func(w io.Writer) *json.Encoder {
-		encoder := json.NewEncoder(w)
-		encoder.SetEscapeHTML(false)
-		return encoder
-	}
-	restful.MarshalIndent = func(v interface{}, prefix, indent string) ([]byte, error) {
-		var buf bytes.Buffer
-		encoder := restful.NewEncoder(&buf)
-		encoder.SetIndent(prefix, indent)
-		if err := encoder.Encode(v); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		return buf.Bytes(), nil
-	}
-}
-
 func NewApiServer(
 	resManager manager.ResourceManager,
 	meshContextBuilder xds_context.MeshContextBuilder,