diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a059ada..19bf899 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ set(SRC_FILES
     network/testdownload.cpp
     network/vimeodownload.cpp
     network/youtubedownload.cpp
+    resources/json.qrc
 )
 
 set(WIDGETS_HEADER_FILES
@@ -163,22 +164,6 @@ use_qt_utilities()
 # add Qt modules which can currently not be detected automatically
 list(APPEND ADDITIONAL_QT_MODULES Network)
 
-# add installs for JSON resource files
-install(FILES resources/json/groovesharkauthenticationinfo.json
-    DESTINATION share/${META_PROJECT_NAME}/json
-    COMPONENT json-res
-)
-install(FILES resources/json/itaginfo.json
-    DESTINATION share/${META_PROJECT_NAME}/json
-    COMPONENT json-res
-)
-if(NOT TARGET install-json-res)
-    add_custom_target(install-json-res
-        DEPENDS ${META_PROJECT_NAME}
-        COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_COMPONENT=json-res -P "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_install.cmake"
-    )
-endif()
-
 # include modules to apply configuration
 include(BasicConfig)
 include(QtGuiConfig)
diff --git a/gui/settings.cpp b/gui/settings.cpp
index e75eaf0..b9aada3 100644
--- a/gui/settings.cpp
+++ b/gui/settings.cpp
@@ -481,19 +481,10 @@ void restoreSettings()
     UiPage::multiSelection() = settings.value("multiselection").toBool();
 
     // load grooveshark authentication file
-    const auto errorMsg = QApplication::translate("QtGui::Settings",
-        "Unable to read Grooveshark authentication information file.\n\nReason: %1\n\nThe values stored in this file are required "
-        "when connection to Grooveshark. Built-in will values be used instead, but these might be deprecated.");
-    const auto groovesharkAuthenticationFile
-        = ConfigFile::locateConfigFile(QStringLiteral(PROJECT_NAME), QStringLiteral("json/groovesharkauthenticationinfo.json"), &settings);
     QString reason;
-    if (!groovesharkAuthenticationFile.isEmpty()) {
-        if (!GroovesharkDownload::loadAuthenticationInformationFromFile(groovesharkAuthenticationFile, &reason)) {
-            QMessageBox::warning(nullptr, QApplication::applicationName(), errorMsg.arg(reason));
-        }
-    } else {
+    if (!GroovesharkDownload::loadAuthenticationInformationFromFile(QStringLiteral(":/jsonobjects/groovesharkauthenticationinfo"), &reason)) {
         QMessageBox::warning(nullptr, QApplication::applicationName(),
-            errorMsg.arg(QApplication::translate("QtGui::Settings", "Unable to find \"groovesharkauthenticationinfo.json\".")));
+            QCoreApplication::translate("QtGui::restoreSettings", "Unable to load Grooveshark authentication file: %1").arg(reason));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/network/youtubedownload.cpp b/network/youtubedownload.cpp
index db5e1d3..331c46e 100644
--- a/network/youtubedownload.cpp
+++ b/network/youtubedownload.cpp
@@ -4,13 +4,10 @@
 
 #include "resources/config.h"
 
-#include <qtutilities/resources/resources.h>
-
 #include <QJsonDocument>
 #include <QUrlQuery>
 
 using namespace CppUtilities;
-using namespace QtUtilities;
 using namespace Application;
 
 namespace Network {
@@ -62,12 +59,7 @@ Download *YoutubeDownload::infoRequestDownload(bool &success, QString &reasonFor
 void YoutubeDownload::evalVideoInformation(Download *, QBuffer *videoInfoBuffer)
 {
     if (m_itagInfo.isEmpty()) {
-        // allow an external config file to be used instead of built-in values
-        QString path = ConfigFile::locateConfigFile(QStringLiteral(PROJECT_NAME), QStringLiteral("json/itaginfo.json"));
-        if (path.isEmpty()) {
-            path = QStringLiteral(":/jsonobjects/itaginfo");
-        }
-        m_itagInfo = loadJsonObjectFromResource(path);
+        m_itagInfo = loadJsonObjectFromResource(QStringLiteral(":/jsonobjects/itaginfo"));
     }
     QString videoInfo(videoInfoBuffer->readAll());
     QStringList completeFields = videoInfo.split(QChar('&'), QString::SkipEmptyParts, Qt::CaseSensitive);
diff --git a/resources/json.qrc b/resources/json.qrc
index 74b4044..f974967 100644
--- a/resources/json.qrc
+++ b/resources/json.qrc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <RCC>
     <qresource prefix="/jsonobjects">
         <file alias="itaginfo">json/itaginfo.json</file>
+        <file alias="groovesharkauthenticationinfo">json/groovesharkauthenticationinfo.json</file>
     </qresource>
 </RCC>