diff --git a/src/JSON3.jl b/src/JSON3.jl
index f85527f..94b443f 100644
--- a/src/JSON3.jl
+++ b/src/JSON3.jl
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ end
 
 Object() = Object(codeunits(""), UInt64[object(Int64(2)), 0], Dict{Symbol, Int}())
 
+# show(::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", ::AbstractDict) gets used at the top level
+# This method below is used for nested objects
+Base.show(io::IO, obj::Object) = JSON3.write(io, obj)
+
 """An immutable (read only) struct which provides an efficient view of a JSON array. Supports the `AbstractArray` interface. See [built in types](#Builtin-types) for more detail on why we have an `Array` type."""
 struct Array{T, S <: AbstractVector{UInt8}, TT <: AbstractVector{UInt64}} <: AbstractVector{T}
     buf::S
@@ -167,7 +171,6 @@ Base.copy(arr::Array) = map(x->x isa Object || x isa Array ? copy(x) : x, arr)
 
 include("read.jl")
 include("strings.jl")
-include("show.jl")
 include("structs.jl")
 include("write.jl")
 include("pretty.jl")
diff --git a/src/show.jl b/src/show.jl
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f5c218..0000000
--- a/src/show.jl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-Base.show(io::IO, j::Object) = _show(io, j)
-# use the Base fallback AbstractArray show method instead
-# Base.show(io::IO, j::Array) = _show(io, j)
-_show(io::IO, x, indent=0, offset=0) = show(io, x)
-
-function _show(io::IO, obj::Object, indent=0, offset=0)
-    if isempty(obj)
-        print(io, "{}")
-        return
-    end
-    println(io, "{")
-    indent += 1
-    keyvals = collect(obj)
-    keys = map(x->x[1], keyvals)
-    vals = map(x->x[2], keyvals)
-    maxlen = maximum(map(sizeof, keys)) + 5
-    # @show maxlen
-    for i = 1:length(keys)
-        Base.write(io, "  "^indent)
-        Base.write(io, lpad("\"$(keys[i])\"" * ": ", maxlen + offset, ' '))
-        _show(io, vals[i], indent, maxlen + offset)
-        if i == length(keys)
-            indent -= 1
-            Base.write(io, "\n" * ("  "^indent * " "^offset) * "}")
-        else
-            Base.write(io, ",\n")
-        end
-    end
-    return
-end
-
-function _show(io::IO, arr::Array, indent=0, offset=0)
-    if isempty(arr)
-        print(io, "[]")
-        return
-    end
-    println(io, "[")
-    indent += 1
-    vals = collect(arr)
-    for (i, val) in enumerate(vals)
-        Base.write(io, "  "^indent * " "^offset)
-        _show(io, vals[i], indent, offset)
-        if i == length(vals)
-            indent -= 1
-            Base.write(io, "\n" * ("  "^indent * " "^offset) * "]")
-        else
-            Base.write(io, ",\n")
-        end
-    end
-    return
-end
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index a036012..85b0c37 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -809,16 +809,14 @@ json = JSON3.write(w)
 
 end # @testset "structs.jl"
 
-@testset "show.jl" begin
+@testset "repr" begin
 
 @test repr(JSON3.read("{}")) == "{}"
-@test repr(JSON3.read("{\"a\": 1}")) == "{\n   \"a\": 1\n}"
-@test repr(JSON3.read("{\"a\": {\"b\": 2}}")) == "{\n   \"a\": {\n           \"b\": 2\n        }\n}"
-# @test repr(JSON3.read("[]")) == "[]"
-# @test repr(JSON3.read("[1,2,3]")) == "[\n  1,\n  2,\n  3\n]"
-# @test repr(JSON3.read("[1,[2.1,2.2,2.3],3]")) == "[\n  1,\n  [\n    2.1,\n    2.2,\n    2.3\n  ],\n  3\n]"
+@test repr(JSON3.read("{\"a\": 1}")) == "{\"a\":1}"
+@test repr(JSON3.read("{\"a\": {\"b\": 2}}")) == "{\"a\":{\"b\":2}}"
+@test repr(JSON3.read("[1,2,3]")) == "[1, 2, 3]"
 
-end # @testset "show.jl"
+end # @testset "repr"
 
 include("json.jl")