diff --git a/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/platform/base.py b/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/platform/base.py
index 39f50683..1457f23c 100644
--- a/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/platform/base.py
+++ b/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/platform/base.py
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class OnlPlatformBase(object):
     def environment(self):
         yamlstr = subprocess.check_output(['/bin/onlpd', '-r', '-y'])
         data = yaml.load(yamlstr);
-        return json.dumps(data, indent=4)
+        return data
 
     def __str__(self):
         s = """Model: %s