diff --git a/homeassistant/components/ecobee/config_flow.py b/homeassistant/components/ecobee/config_flow.py
index cce39a9ce92..0bd7306e54e 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/ecobee/config_flow.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/ecobee/config_flow.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import voluptuous as vol
 from homeassistant import config_entries
 from homeassistant.const import CONF_API_KEY
 from homeassistant.exceptions import HomeAssistantError
-from homeassistant.util.json import load_json
+from homeassistant.util.json import load_json_object
 
 from .const import _LOGGER, CONF_REFRESH_TOKEN, DATA_ECOBEE_CONFIG, DOMAIN
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class EcobeeFlowHandler(config_entries.ConfigFlow, domain=DOMAIN):
         """
         try:
             legacy_config = await self.hass.async_add_executor_job(
-                load_json, self.hass.config.path(ECOBEE_CONFIG_FILENAME)
+                load_json_object, self.hass.config.path(ECOBEE_CONFIG_FILENAME)
             )
             config = {
                 ECOBEE_API_KEY: legacy_config[ECOBEE_API_KEY],
diff --git a/tests/components/ecobee/test_config_flow.py b/tests/components/ecobee/test_config_flow.py
index e5937953326..a4185313f5f 100644
--- a/tests/components/ecobee/test_config_flow.py
+++ b/tests/components/ecobee/test_config_flow.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ async def test_import_flow_triggered_with_ecobee_conf_and_valid_data_and_valid_t
     MOCK_ECOBEE_CONF = {ECOBEE_API_KEY: None, ECOBEE_REFRESH_TOKEN: None}
 
     with patch(
-        "homeassistant.components.ecobee.config_flow.load_json",
+        "homeassistant.components.ecobee.config_flow.load_json_object",
         return_value=MOCK_ECOBEE_CONF,
     ), patch("homeassistant.components.ecobee.config_flow.Ecobee") as mock_ecobee:
         mock_ecobee = mock_ecobee.return_value
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ async def test_import_flow_triggered_with_ecobee_conf_and_invalid_data(
     MOCK_ECOBEE_CONF = {}
 
     with patch(
-        "homeassistant.components.ecobee.config_flow.load_json",
+        "homeassistant.components.ecobee.config_flow.load_json_object",
         return_value=MOCK_ECOBEE_CONF,
     ), patch.object(
         flow, "async_step_user", return_value=mock_coro()
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ async def test_import_flow_triggered_with_ecobee_conf_and_valid_data_and_stale_t
     MOCK_ECOBEE_CONF = {ECOBEE_API_KEY: None, ECOBEE_REFRESH_TOKEN: None}
 
     with patch(
-        "homeassistant.components.ecobee.config_flow.load_json",
+        "homeassistant.components.ecobee.config_flow.load_json_object",
         return_value=MOCK_ECOBEE_CONF,
     ), patch(
         "homeassistant.components.ecobee.config_flow.Ecobee"