diff --git a/frappe/core/page/data_import_tool/data_import_tool.py b/frappe/core/page/data_import_tool/data_import_tool.py
index 1e7deac090..06e357a0e7 100644
--- a/frappe/core/page/data_import_tool/data_import_tool.py
+++ b/frappe/core/page/data_import_tool/data_import_tool.py
@@ -44,6 +44,19 @@ def export_csv(doctype, path):
 		csvfile.write(frappe.response.result.encode("utf-8"))
 
 def export_json(doctype, path, filters=None):
+	def post_process(out):
+		del_keys = ('parent', 'parentfield', 'parenttype', 'modified_by', 'creation', 'owner', 'idx')
+		for doc in out:
+			for key in del_keys:
+				if key in doc:
+					del doc[key]
+			for k, v in doc.items():
+				if isinstance(v, list):
+					for child in v:
+						for key in del_keys + ('docstatus', 'doctype', 'modified', 'name'):
+							if key in child:
+								del child[key]
+
 	from frappe.utils.response import json_handler
 	out = []
 	if frappe.db.get_value("DocType", doctype, "issingle"):
@@ -51,6 +64,7 @@ def export_json(doctype, path, filters=None):
 	else:
 		for doc in frappe.get_all(doctype, fields=["name"], filters=filters, limit_page_length=0, order_by="creation asc"):
 			out.append(frappe.get_doc(doctype, doc.name).as_dict())
+	post_process(out)
 	with open(path, "w") as outfile:
 		outfile.write(json.dumps(out, default=json_handler, indent=1, sort_keys=True))
 
diff --git a/frappe/utils/fixtures.py b/frappe/utils/fixtures.py
index b086169d3f..3cb07eb988 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/fixtures.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/fixtures.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import frappe, os
-from frappe.core.page.data_import_tool.data_import_tool import import_doc, export_fixture, export_csv
+from frappe.core.page.data_import_tool.data_import_tool import import_doc, export_json
 
 def sync_fixtures(app=None):
 	if app:
@@ -25,9 +25,5 @@ def export_fixtures():
 			print "Exporting {0}".format(fixture)
 			if not os.path.exists(frappe.get_app_path(app, "fixtures")):
 				os.mkdir(frappe.get_app_path(app, "fixtures"))
-			if isinstance(fixture, basestring):
-				fixture = [fixture];
-			if frappe.db.get_value("DocType", fixture[0], "issingle"):
-				export_fixture(fixture[0], app)
-			else:
-				export_csv(fixture, frappe.get_app_path(app, "fixtures", frappe.scrub(fixture[0]) + ".csv"))
+
+			export_json(fixture, frappe.get_app_path(app, "fixtures", frappe.scrub(fixture) + ".json"))