diff --git a/capability/policy/selector/supported_test.go b/capability/policy/selector/supported_test.go
index 2f25316..fe47afe 100644
--- a/capability/policy/selector/supported_test.go
+++ b/capability/policy/selector/supported_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	_ "embed"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	basicnode "github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/node/basic"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"github.com/wI2L/jsondiff"
 
 	"github.com/ucan-wg/go-ucan/v1/capability/policy/selector"
 )
@@ -150,27 +148,17 @@ func TestSupportedForms(t *testing.T) {
 func equalIPLD(t *testing.T, expected datamodel.Node, actual datamodel.Node, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) bool {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	if !assert.ObjectsAreEqual(expected, actual) {
-		exp, act := &bytes.Buffer{}, &bytes.Buffer{}
-		if err := dagjson.Encode(expected, exp); err != nil {
-			return assert.Fail(t, "Failed to encode json for expected IPLD node")
-		}
-
-		if err := dagjson.Encode(actual, act); err != nil {
-			return assert.Fail(t, "Failed to encode JSON for actual IPLD node")
-		}
-
-		diff, err := jsondiff.CompareJSON(act.Bytes(), exp.Bytes())
-		if err != nil {
-			return assert.Fail(t, "Failed to create diff of expected and actual IPLD nodes")
-		}
-
-		return assert.Fail(t, fmt.Sprintf("Not equal: \n"+
-			"expected: %s\n"+
-			"actual: %s\n"+
-			"diff: %s", exp, act, diff), msgAndArgs)
+	exp, act := &bytes.Buffer{}, &bytes.Buffer{}
+	if err := dagjson.Encode(expected, exp); err != nil {
+		return assert.Fail(t, "Failed to encode json for expected IPLD node")
 	}
 
+	if err := dagjson.Encode(actual, act); err != nil {
+		return assert.Fail(t, "Failed to encode JSON for actual IPLD node")
+	}
+
+	require.JSONEq(t, exp.String(), act.String())
+
 	return true
 }
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d36cf78..19a71aa 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 module github.com/ucan-wg/go-ucan/v1
 
-go 1.22.1
+go 1.21
+
+toolchain go1.22.1
 
 require (
 	github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.3
@@ -9,7 +11,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multibase v0.0.3
 	github.com/multiformats/go-varint v0.0.6
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
-	github.com/wI2L/jsondiff v0.6.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -23,10 +24,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/polydawn/refmt v0.89.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.17.1 // indirect
-	github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.1 // indirect
-	github.com/tidwall/sjson v1.2.5 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.1.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 930d7f4..abe7c04 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -57,19 +57,7 @@ github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v1.1.0 h1:7c1g84S4BPRrfL5Xrdp6fOJ206sU9y293DDHaoy0b
 github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v1.1.0/go.mod h1:JwIasOWyU6f++ZhiEuf87xNszmSA2myDM2Kzu9HwQUA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
-github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.14.2/go.mod h1:/wbyibRr2FHMks5tjHJ5F8dMZh3AcwJEMf5vlfC0lxk=
-github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.17.1 h1:wlYEnwqAHgzmhNUFfw7Xalt2JzQvsMx2Se4PcoFCT/U=
-github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.17.1/go.mod h1:/wbyibRr2FHMks5tjHJ5F8dMZh3AcwJEMf5vlfC0lxk=
-github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 h1:+Ho715JplO36QYgwN9PGYNhgZvoUSc9X2c80KVTi+GA=
-github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1/go.mod h1:eRSPERbgtNPcGhD8UCthc6PmLEQXEWd3PRB5JTxsfmM=
-github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.0/go.mod h1:ITEVvHYasfjBbM0u2Pg8T2nJnzm8xPwvNhhsoaGGjNU=
-github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.1 h1:qjsOFOWWQl+N3RsoF5/ssm1pHmJJwhjlSbZ51I6wMl4=
-github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.1/go.mod h1:ITEVvHYasfjBbM0u2Pg8T2nJnzm8xPwvNhhsoaGGjNU=
-github.com/tidwall/sjson v1.2.5 h1:kLy8mja+1c9jlljvWTlSazM7cKDRfJuR/bOJhcY5NcY=
-github.com/tidwall/sjson v1.2.5/go.mod h1:Fvgq9kS/6ociJEDnK0Fk1cpYF4FIW6ZF7LAe+6jwd28=
 github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.10/go.mod h1:Gos4lmkARVdJ6EkW0WaNv/tZAAMe9V7XWyB60NtXRu0=
-github.com/wI2L/jsondiff v0.6.0 h1:zrsH3FbfVa3JO9llxrcDy/XLkYPLgoMX6Mz3T2PP2AI=
-github.com/wI2L/jsondiff v0.6.0/go.mod h1:D6aQ5gKgPF9g17j+E9N7aasmU1O+XvfmWm1y8UMmNpw=
 github.com/warpfork/go-wish v0.0.0-20220906213052-39a1cc7a02d0 h1:GDDkbFiaK8jsSDJfjId/PEGEShv6ugrt4kYsC5UIDaQ=
 github.com/warpfork/go-wish v0.0.0-20220906213052-39a1cc7a02d0/go.mod h1:x6AKhvSSexNrVSrViXSHUEbICjmGXhtgABaHIySUSGw=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=