diff --git a/src/Services/QueuedJobService.php b/src/Services/QueuedJobService.php
index c230f4cf..bfb5cfaa 100644
--- a/src/Services/QueuedJobService.php
+++ b/src/Services/QueuedJobService.php
@@ -253,16 +253,9 @@ protected function copyDescriptorToJob($jobDescriptor, $job)
         $jobData = @unserialize($jobDescriptor->SavedJobData);
         $messages = @unserialize($jobDescriptor->SavedJobMessages);
 
-        if (!$jobData) {
-            // SS's convert:: function doesn't do this detection for us!!
-            if (function_exists('json_decode')) {
-                $jobData = json_decode($jobDescriptor->SavedJobData);
-                $messages = json_decode($jobDescriptor->SavedJobMessages);
-            } else {
-                $jobData = Convert::json2obj($jobDescriptor->SavedJobData);
-                $messages = Convert::json2obj($jobDescriptor->SavedJobMessages);
-            }
-        }
+        // try decoding as json if null
+        $jobData = $jobData ?: json_decode($jobDescriptor->SavedJobData);
+        $messages = $messages ?: json_decode($jobDescriptor->SavedJobMessages);
 
         $job->setJobData(
             $jobDescriptor->TotalSteps,