diff --git a/app/controllers/members_controller.rb b/app/controllers/members_controller.rb
index f53faded3..40a50f161 100644
--- a/app/controllers/members_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/members_controller.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ class MembersController < ApplicationController
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html # index.html.haml
-      format.json { render json: @members}
     end
   end
 
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ class MembersController < ApplicationController
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html # show.html.haml
-      format.json { render json: @member }
       format.rss { render(
         :layout => false,
         :locals => { :member => @member }
diff --git a/spec/controllers/member_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/member_controller_spec.rb
index 781a7e656..bc928fbe4 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/member_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/member_controller_spec.rb
@@ -3,29 +3,37 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 describe MembersController do
 
   before :each do
-    @member1 = FactoryGirl.create(:member, :login_name => 'fred')
-    @member2 = FactoryGirl.create(:unconfirmed_member, :login_name => 'bob')
+    @member1 = FactoryGirl.create(:member)
     @posts = [ FactoryGirl.create(:post, :author => @member1) ]
   end
 
   describe "GET index" do
-    it "assigns only confirmed members as @members" do
-      member = Member.find('fred')
+    it "assigns only confirmed members as @member1s" do
       get :index, {}
-      assigns(:members).should eq([member])
+      assigns(:members).should eq([@member1])
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "GET JSON index" do
+    it "does NOT provide JSON for members" do
+      get :index, :format => 'json'
+      response.should_not be_success
     end
   end
 
   describe "GET show" do
-    it "assigns the requested member as @member" do
-      member = Member.find('fred')
-      get :show, {:id => member.id}
-      assigns(:member).should eq(member)
+    it "assigns the requested member as @member1" do
+      get :show, {:id => @member1.id}
+      assigns(:member).should eq(@member1)
+    end
+
+    it "does NOT provide JSON for member profile" do
+      get :show, { :id => @member1.id , :format => 'json' }
+      response.should_not be_success
     end
 
     it "assigns @posts with the member's posts" do
-      member = Member.find('fred')
-      get :show, {:id => member.id}
+      get :show, {:id => @member1.id}
       assigns(:posts).should eq(@posts)
     end
 
@@ -34,16 +42,15 @@ describe MembersController do
     end
 
     it "doesn't show unconfirmed members" do
-      member = Member.find('bob')
-      lambda { get :show, {:id => member.id} }.should raise_error
+      @member2 = FactoryGirl.create(:unconfirmed_member)
+      lambda { get :show, {:id => @member2.id} }.should raise_error
     end
 
   end
 
   describe "GET member's RSS feed" do
     it "returns an RSS feed" do
-      member = Member.find('fred')
-      get :show, { :id => member.to_param, :format => "rss" }
+      get :show, { :id => @member1.to_param, :format => "rss" }
       response.should be_success
       response.should render_template("members/show")
       response.content_type.should eq("application/rss+xml")