diff --git a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONDuplicateKeyStrategy.java b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONDuplicateKeyStrategy.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 954ac3a..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONDuplicateKeyStrategy.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-package org.json;
-
-/**
- * An enum class that is supposed to be used in {@link JSONParserConfiguration},
- * it dedicates which way should be used to handle duplicate keys.
- */
-public enum JSONDuplicateKeyStrategy {
-    /**
-     * The default value. And this is the way it used to be in the previous versions.<br>
-     * The JSONParser will throw an {@link JSONException} when meet duplicate key.
-     */
-    THROW_EXCEPTION,
-
-    /**
-     * The JSONParser will ignore duplicate keys and won't overwrite the value of the key.
-     */
-    IGNORE,
-
-    /**
-     * The JSONParser will overwrite the old value of the key.
-     */
-    OVERWRITE,
-
-    /**
-     * The JSONParser will try to merge the values of the duplicate key into a {@link JSONArray}.
-     */
-    MERGE_INTO_ARRAY
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONObject.java b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONObject.java
index 1572a81..317fd3d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONObject.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONObject.java
@@ -212,10 +212,6 @@ public class JSONObject {
         this();
         char c;
         String key;
-        JSONDuplicateKeyStrategy duplicateKeyStrategy = jsonParserConfiguration.getDuplicateKeyStrategy();
-
-        // A list to store merged keys
-        List<String> mergedKeys = null;
 
         if (x.nextClean() != '{') {
             throw x.syntaxError("A JSONObject text must begin with '{'");
@@ -243,44 +239,14 @@ public class JSONObject {
             if (key != null) {
                 // Check if key exists
                 boolean keyExists = this.opt(key) != null;
-                // Read value early to make the tokener work well
-                Object value = null;
-                if (!keyExists || duplicateKeyStrategy != JSONDuplicateKeyStrategy.THROW_EXCEPTION) {
-                    value = x.nextValue();
+                if (keyExists && !jsonParserConfiguration.isOverwriteDuplicateKey()) {
+                    throw x.syntaxError("Duplicate key \"" + key + "\"");
                 }
 
-                if (keyExists) {
-                    switch (duplicateKeyStrategy) {
-                        case THROW_EXCEPTION:
-                            throw x.syntaxError("Duplicate key \"" + key + "\"");
-
-                        case MERGE_INTO_ARRAY:
-                            if (mergedKeys == null) {
-                                mergedKeys = new ArrayList<String>();
-                            }
-
-                            Object current = this.get(key);
-                            if (current instanceof JSONArray && mergedKeys.contains(key)) {
-                                ((JSONArray) current).put(value);
-                                break;
-                            }
-
-                            JSONArray merged = new JSONArray();
-                            merged.put(current);
-                            merged.put(value);
-                            this.put(key, merged);
-                            mergedKeys.add(key);
-                            break;
-                    }
-
-                    // == IGNORE, ignored :)
-                }
-
-                if (!keyExists || duplicateKeyStrategy == JSONDuplicateKeyStrategy.OVERWRITE) {
-                    // Only add value if non-null
-                    if (value != null) {
-                        this.put(key, value);
-                    }
+                Object value = x.nextValue();
+                // Only add value if non-null
+                if (value != null) {
+                    this.put(key, value);
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONParserConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONParserConfiguration.java
index f1ea2b2..0d8706c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONParserConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONParserConfiguration.java
@@ -5,25 +5,27 @@ package org.json;
  */
 public class JSONParserConfiguration extends ParserConfiguration {
     /**
-     * The way should be used to handle duplicate keys.
+     * Used to indicate whether to overwrite duplicate key or not.
      */
-    private JSONDuplicateKeyStrategy duplicateKeyStrategy;
+    private boolean overwriteDuplicateKey;
 
     /**
      * Configuration with the default values.
      */
     public JSONParserConfiguration() {
-        this(JSONDuplicateKeyStrategy.THROW_EXCEPTION);
+        this(false);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Configure the parser with {@link JSONDuplicateKeyStrategy}.
+     * Configure the parser with argument overwriteDuplicateKey.
      *
-     * @param duplicateKeyStrategy Indicate which way should be used to handle duplicate keys.
+     * @param overwriteDuplicateKey Indicate whether to overwrite duplicate key or not.<br>
+     *                              If not, the JSONParser will throw a {@link JSONException}
+     *                              when meeting duplicate keys.
      */
-    public JSONParserConfiguration(JSONDuplicateKeyStrategy duplicateKeyStrategy) {
+    public JSONParserConfiguration(boolean overwriteDuplicateKey) {
         super();
-        this.duplicateKeyStrategy = duplicateKeyStrategy;
+        this.overwriteDuplicateKey = overwriteDuplicateKey;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -37,14 +39,14 @@ public class JSONParserConfiguration extends ParserConfiguration {
         return super.withMaxNestingDepth(maxNestingDepth);
     }
 
-    public JSONParserConfiguration withDuplicateKeyStrategy(final JSONDuplicateKeyStrategy duplicateKeyStrategy) {
+    public JSONParserConfiguration withOverwriteDuplicateKey(final boolean overwriteDuplicateKey) {
         JSONParserConfiguration newConfig = this.clone();
-        newConfig.duplicateKeyStrategy = duplicateKeyStrategy;
+        newConfig.overwriteDuplicateKey = overwriteDuplicateKey;
 
         return newConfig;
     }
 
-    public JSONDuplicateKeyStrategy getDuplicateKeyStrategy() {
-        return this.duplicateKeyStrategy;
+    public boolean isOverwriteDuplicateKey() {
+        return this.overwriteDuplicateKey;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONObjectDuplicateKeyTest.java b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONObjectDuplicateKeyTest.java
index 73dc70b..1a3525b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONObjectDuplicateKeyTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONObjectDuplicateKeyTest.java
@@ -7,41 +7,17 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class JSONObjectDuplicateKeyTest {
-    private static final String TEST_SOURCE = "{\"key\": \"value1\", \"key\": \"value2\", \"key\": \"value3\"}";
+    private static final String TEST_SOURCE = "{\"key\": \"value1\", \"key\": \"value2\"}";
 
     @Test(expected = JSONException.class)
     public void testThrowException() {
         new JSONObject(TEST_SOURCE);
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testIgnore() {
-        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(TEST_SOURCE, new JSONParserConfiguration(
-                JSONDuplicateKeyStrategy.IGNORE
-        ));
-
-        assertEquals("duplicate key shouldn't be overwritten", "value1", jsonObject.getString("key"));
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void testOverwrite() {
-        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(TEST_SOURCE, new JSONParserConfiguration(
-                JSONDuplicateKeyStrategy.OVERWRITE
-        ));
+        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(TEST_SOURCE, new JSONParserConfiguration(true));
 
-        assertEquals("duplicate key should be overwritten", "value3", jsonObject.getString("key"));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testMergeIntoArray() {
-        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(TEST_SOURCE, new JSONParserConfiguration(
-                JSONDuplicateKeyStrategy.MERGE_INTO_ARRAY
-        ));
-
-        JSONArray jsonArray;
-        assertTrue("duplicate key should be merged into JSONArray", jsonObject.get("key") instanceof JSONArray
-                && (jsonArray = jsonObject.getJSONArray("key")).length() == 3
-                && jsonArray.getString(0).equals("value1") && jsonArray.getString(1).equals("value2")
-                && jsonArray.getString(2).equals("value3"));
+        assertEquals("duplicate key should be overwritten", "value2", jsonObject.getString("key"));
     }
 }