diff --git a/lix/libutil/deprecated-features-json.hh b/lix/libutil/deprecated-features-json.hh
index f3992e64b..913c437cd 100644
--- a/lix/libutil/deprecated-features-json.hh
+++ b/lix/libutil/deprecated-features-json.hh
@@ -20,10 +20,4 @@ JSON documentDeprecatedFeatures();
 void to_json(JSON &, const DeprecatedFeature &);
 void from_json(const JSON &, DeprecatedFeature &);
 
-/**
- * It is always rendered as a string
- */
-template<>
-struct json_avoids_null<DeprecatedFeature> : std::true_type {};
-
 };
diff --git a/lix/libutil/experimental-features-json.hh b/lix/libutil/experimental-features-json.hh
index 8a31d4548..8329c7e41 100644
--- a/lix/libutil/experimental-features-json.hh
+++ b/lix/libutil/experimental-features-json.hh
@@ -20,10 +20,4 @@ JSON documentExperimentalFeatures();
 void to_json(JSON &, const ExperimentalFeature &);
 void from_json(const JSON &, ExperimentalFeature &);
 
-/**
- * It is always rendered as a string
- */
-template<>
-struct json_avoids_null<ExperimentalFeature> : std::true_type {};
-
 };
diff --git a/lix/libutil/json-utils.hh b/lix/libutil/json-utils.hh
index bae902892..7f75f1baa 100644
--- a/lix/libutil/json-utils.hh
+++ b/lix/libutil/json-utils.hh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "lix/libutil/json.hh"
 #include <list>
+#include <type_traits>
 
 namespace nix {
 
@@ -41,10 +42,12 @@ template<typename T>
 struct json_avoids_null;
 
 /**
- * Handle numbers in default impl
+ * Handle numbers and enums in default impl
  */
 template<typename T>
-struct json_avoids_null : std::bool_constant<std::is_integral<T>::value> {};
+struct json_avoids_null
+    : std::bool_constant<std::is_integral_v<T> || std::is_floating_point_v<T> || std::is_enum_v<T>>
+{};
 
 template<>
 struct json_avoids_null<std::nullptr_t> : std::false_type {};