diff --git a/java/src/main/native/src/TableJni.cpp b/java/src/main/native/src/TableJni.cpp
index 0b3ccb59a39..ddcc8644a9c 100644
--- a/java/src/main/native/src/TableJni.cpp
+++ b/java/src/main/native/src/TableJni.cpp
@@ -1334,8 +1334,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_ai_rapids_cudf_Table_readAndInferJSON(
 
     cudf::io::json_reader_options_builder opts = cudf::io::json_reader_options::builder(source)
                                                      .dayfirst(static_cast<bool>(day_first))
-                                                     .lines(static_cast<bool>(lines))
-                                                     .legacy(true);
+                                                     .lines(static_cast<bool>(lines));
 
     auto result =
         std::make_unique<cudf::io::table_with_metadata>(cudf::io::read_json(opts.build()));
@@ -1441,8 +1440,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jlongArray JNICALL Java_ai_rapids_cudf_Table_readJSON(
 
     cudf::io::json_reader_options_builder opts = cudf::io::json_reader_options::builder(source)
                                                      .dayfirst(static_cast<bool>(day_first))
-                                                     .lines(static_cast<bool>(lines))
-                                                     .legacy(true);
+                                                     .lines(static_cast<bool>(lines));
 
     if (!n_col_names.is_null() && data_types.size() > 0) {
       if (n_col_names.size() != n_types.size()) {
diff --git a/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/TableTest.java b/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/TableTest.java
index 1656d871c2d..4f00bc7493d 100644
--- a/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/TableTest.java
+++ b/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/TableTest.java
@@ -335,22 +335,38 @@ void testReadJSONBufferInferred() {
     JSONOptions opts = JSONOptions.builder()
         .withDayFirst(true)
         .build();
-    byte[] data = ("[false,A,1,2,05/03/2001]\n" +
-        "[true,B,2,3,31/10/2010]'\n" +
-        "[false,C,3,4,20/10/1994]\n" +
-        "[true,D,4,5,18/10/1990]").getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    byte[] data = ("[false,A,1,2]\n" +
+        "[true,B,2,3]\n" +
+        "[false,C,3,4]\n" +
+        "[true,D,4,5]").getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
     try (Table expected = new Table.TestBuilder()
         .column(false, true, false, true)
         .column("A", "B", "C", "D")
         .column(1L, 2L, 3L, 4L)
         .column(2L, 3L, 4L, 5L)
-        .timestampMillisecondsColumn(983750400000L, 1288483200000L, 782611200000L, 656208000000L)
         .build();
          Table table = Table.readJSON(Schema.INFERRED, opts, data)) {
       assertTablesAreEqual(expected, table);
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testReadJSONSubColumns() {
+    // JSON file has 2 columns, here only read 1 column
+    Schema schema = Schema.builder()
+        .column(DType.INT32, "age")
+        .build();
+    JSONOptions opts = JSONOptions.builder()
+        .withLines(true)
+        .build();
+    try (Table expected = new Table.TestBuilder()
+        .column(null, 30, 19)
+        .build();
+         Table table = Table.readJSON(schema, opts, TEST_SIMPLE_JSON_FILE)) {
+      assertTablesAreEqual(expected, table);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   void testReadJSONBuffer() {
     // JSON reader will set the column according to the iterator if can't infer the name
@@ -363,7 +379,7 @@ void testReadJSONBuffer() {
     JSONOptions opts = JSONOptions.builder()
         .build();
     byte[] data = ("[A,1,2]\n" +
-        "[B,2,3]'\n" +
+        "[B,2,3]\n" +
         "[C,3,4]\n" +
         "[D,4,5]").getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
     try (Table expected = new Table.TestBuilder()
@@ -389,7 +405,7 @@ void testReadJSONBufferWithOffset() {
         .build();
     int bytesToIgnore = 8;
     byte[] data = ("[A,1,2]\n" +
-        "[B,2,3]'\n" +
+        "[B,2,3]\n" +
         "[C,3,4]\n" +
         "[D,4,5]").getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
     try (Table expected = new Table.TestBuilder()