diff --git a/server/hosts/cros_repair.py b/server/hosts/cros_repair.py
index fa709a0..85802f9 100644
--- a/server/hosts/cros_repair.py
+++ b/server/hosts/cros_repair.py
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
 
     def verify(self, host):
         # pylint: disable=missing-docstring
-        result = host.run('python -c "import cPickle"',
+        result = host.run('python -c "import json"',
                           ignore_status=True)
         if result.exit_status != 0:
             message = 'The python interpreter is broken'