diff --git a/web/api/v1/api.go b/web/api/v1/api.go
index 525bc446ae..e0ad76c5cb 100644
--- a/web/api/v1/api.go
+++ b/web/api/v1/api.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
-	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/go-kit/log"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
@@ -40,8 +39,6 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/exemplar"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/histogram"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/labels"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/textparse"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/timestamp"
@@ -54,7 +51,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/index"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/httputil"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/jsonutil"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/stats"
 )
 
@@ -215,13 +211,6 @@ type API struct {
 	codecs map[string]Codec
 }
 
-func init() {
-	jsoniter.RegisterTypeEncoderFunc("promql.Series", marshalSeriesJSON, marshalSeriesJSONIsEmpty)
-	jsoniter.RegisterTypeEncoderFunc("promql.Sample", marshalSampleJSON, marshalSampleJSONIsEmpty)
-	jsoniter.RegisterTypeEncoderFunc("promql.Point", marshalPointJSON, marshalPointJSONIsEmpty)
-	jsoniter.RegisterTypeEncoderFunc("exemplar.Exemplar", marshalExemplarJSON, marshalExemplarJSONEmpty)
-}
-
 // NewAPI returns an initialized API type.
 func NewAPI(
 	qe QueryEngine,
@@ -1724,247 +1713,3 @@ OUTER:
 	}
 	return matcherSets, nil
 }
-
-// marshalSeriesJSON writes something like the following:
-//
-//	{
-//	   "metric" : {
-//	      "__name__" : "up",
-//	      "job" : "prometheus",
-//	      "instance" : "localhost:9090"
-//	   },
-//	   "values": [
-//	      [ 1435781451.781, "1" ],
-//	      < more values>
-//	   ],
-//	   "histograms": [
-//	      [ 1435781451.781, { < histogram, see below > } ],
-//	      < more histograms >
-//	   ],
-//	},
-func marshalSeriesJSON(ptr unsafe.Pointer, stream *jsoniter.Stream) {
-	s := *((*promql.Series)(ptr))
-	stream.WriteObjectStart()
-	stream.WriteObjectField(`metric`)
-	m, err := s.Metric.MarshalJSON()
-	if err != nil {
-		stream.Error = err
-		return
-	}
-	stream.SetBuffer(append(stream.Buffer(), m...))
-
-	// We make two passes through the series here: In the first marshaling
-	// all value points, in the second marshaling all histogram
-	// points. That's probably cheaper than just one pass in which we copy
-	// out histogram Points into a newly allocated slice for separate
-	// marshaling. (Could be benchmarked, though.)
-	var foundValue, foundHistogram bool
-	for _, p := range s.Points {
-		if p.H == nil {
-			stream.WriteMore()
-			if !foundValue {
-				stream.WriteObjectField(`values`)
-				stream.WriteArrayStart()
-			}
-			foundValue = true
-			marshalPointJSON(unsafe.Pointer(&p), stream)
-		} else {
-			foundHistogram = true
-		}
-	}
-	if foundValue {
-		stream.WriteArrayEnd()
-	}
-	if foundHistogram {
-		firstHistogram := true
-		for _, p := range s.Points {
-			if p.H != nil {
-				stream.WriteMore()
-				if firstHistogram {
-					stream.WriteObjectField(`histograms`)
-					stream.WriteArrayStart()
-				}
-				firstHistogram = false
-				marshalPointJSON(unsafe.Pointer(&p), stream)
-			}
-		}
-		stream.WriteArrayEnd()
-	}
-	stream.WriteObjectEnd()
-}
-
-func marshalSeriesJSONIsEmpty(ptr unsafe.Pointer) bool {
-	return false
-}
-
-// marshalSampleJSON writes something like the following for normal value samples:
-//
-//	{
-//	   "metric" : {
-//	      "__name__" : "up",
-//	      "job" : "prometheus",
-//	      "instance" : "localhost:9090"
-//	   },
-//	   "value": [ 1435781451.781, "1" ]
-//	},
-//
-// For histogram samples, it writes something like this:
-//
-//	{
-//	   "metric" : {
-//	      "__name__" : "up",
-//	      "job" : "prometheus",
-//	      "instance" : "localhost:9090"
-//	   },
-//	   "histogram": [ 1435781451.781, { < histogram, see below > } ]
-//	},
-func marshalSampleJSON(ptr unsafe.Pointer, stream *jsoniter.Stream) {
-	s := *((*promql.Sample)(ptr))
-	stream.WriteObjectStart()
-	stream.WriteObjectField(`metric`)
-	m, err := s.Metric.MarshalJSON()
-	if err != nil {
-		stream.Error = err
-		return
-	}
-	stream.SetBuffer(append(stream.Buffer(), m...))
-	stream.WriteMore()
-	if s.Point.H == nil {
-		stream.WriteObjectField(`value`)
-	} else {
-		stream.WriteObjectField(`histogram`)
-	}
-	marshalPointJSON(unsafe.Pointer(&s.Point), stream)
-	stream.WriteObjectEnd()
-}
-
-func marshalSampleJSONIsEmpty(ptr unsafe.Pointer) bool {
-	return false
-}
-
-// marshalPointJSON writes `[ts, "val"]`.
-func marshalPointJSON(ptr unsafe.Pointer, stream *jsoniter.Stream) {
-	p := *((*promql.Point)(ptr))
-	stream.WriteArrayStart()
-	jsonutil.MarshalTimestamp(p.T, stream)
-	stream.WriteMore()
-	if p.H == nil {
-		jsonutil.MarshalValue(p.V, stream)
-	} else {
-		marshalHistogram(p.H, stream)
-	}
-	stream.WriteArrayEnd()
-}
-
-func marshalPointJSONIsEmpty(ptr unsafe.Pointer) bool {
-	return false
-}
-
-// marshalHistogramJSON writes something like:
-//
-//	{
-//	    "count": "42",
-//	    "sum": "34593.34",
-//	    "buckets": [
-//	      [ 3, "-0.25", "0.25", "3"],
-//	      [ 0, "0.25", "0.5", "12"],
-//	      [ 0, "0.5", "1", "21"],
-//	      [ 0, "2", "4", "6"]
-//	    ]
-//	}
-//
-// The 1st element in each bucket array determines if the boundaries are
-// inclusive (AKA closed) or exclusive (AKA open):
-//
-//	0: lower exclusive, upper inclusive
-//	1: lower inclusive, upper exclusive
-//	2: both exclusive
-//	3: both inclusive
-//
-// The 2nd and 3rd elements are the lower and upper boundary. The 4th element is
-// the bucket count.
-func marshalHistogram(h *histogram.FloatHistogram, stream *jsoniter.Stream) {
-	stream.WriteObjectStart()
-	stream.WriteObjectField(`count`)
-	jsonutil.MarshalValue(h.Count, stream)
-	stream.WriteMore()
-	stream.WriteObjectField(`sum`)
-	jsonutil.MarshalValue(h.Sum, stream)
-
-	bucketFound := false
-	it := h.AllBucketIterator()
-	for it.Next() {
-		bucket := it.At()
-		if bucket.Count == 0 {
-			continue // No need to expose empty buckets in JSON.
-		}
-		stream.WriteMore()
-		if !bucketFound {
-			stream.WriteObjectField(`buckets`)
-			stream.WriteArrayStart()
-		}
-		bucketFound = true
-		boundaries := 2 // Exclusive on both sides AKA open interval.
-		if bucket.LowerInclusive {
-			if bucket.UpperInclusive {
-				boundaries = 3 // Inclusive on both sides AKA closed interval.
-			} else {
-				boundaries = 1 // Inclusive only on lower end AKA right open.
-			}
-		} else {
-			if bucket.UpperInclusive {
-				boundaries = 0 // Inclusive only on upper end AKA left open.
-			}
-		}
-		stream.WriteArrayStart()
-		stream.WriteInt(boundaries)
-		stream.WriteMore()
-		jsonutil.MarshalValue(bucket.Lower, stream)
-		stream.WriteMore()
-		jsonutil.MarshalValue(bucket.Upper, stream)
-		stream.WriteMore()
-		jsonutil.MarshalValue(bucket.Count, stream)
-		stream.WriteArrayEnd()
-	}
-	if bucketFound {
-		stream.WriteArrayEnd()
-	}
-	stream.WriteObjectEnd()
-}
-
-// marshalExemplarJSON writes.
-//
-//	{
-//	   labels: <labels>,
-//	   value: "<string>",
-//	   timestamp: <float>
-//	}
-func marshalExemplarJSON(ptr unsafe.Pointer, stream *jsoniter.Stream) {
-	p := *((*exemplar.Exemplar)(ptr))
-	stream.WriteObjectStart()
-
-	// "labels" key.
-	stream.WriteObjectField(`labels`)
-	lbls, err := p.Labels.MarshalJSON()
-	if err != nil {
-		stream.Error = err
-		return
-	}
-	stream.SetBuffer(append(stream.Buffer(), lbls...))
-
-	// "value" key.
-	stream.WriteMore()
-	stream.WriteObjectField(`value`)
-	jsonutil.MarshalValue(p.Value, stream)
-
-	// "timestamp" key.
-	stream.WriteMore()
-	stream.WriteObjectField(`timestamp`)
-	jsonutil.MarshalTimestamp(p.Ts, stream)
-
-	stream.WriteObjectEnd()
-}
-
-func marshalExemplarJSONEmpty(ptr unsafe.Pointer) bool {
-	return false
-}
diff --git a/web/api/v1/json_codec.go b/web/api/v1/json_codec.go
index b38dab0385..455af717d0 100644
--- a/web/api/v1/json_codec.go
+++ b/web/api/v1/json_codec.go
@@ -13,7 +13,23 @@
 
 package v1
 
-import jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
+import (
+	"unsafe"
+
+	jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/exemplar"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/histogram"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/jsonutil"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	jsoniter.RegisterTypeEncoderFunc("promql.Series", marshalSeriesJSON, marshalSeriesJSONIsEmpty)
+	jsoniter.RegisterTypeEncoderFunc("promql.Sample", marshalSampleJSON, marshalSampleJSONIsEmpty)
+	jsoniter.RegisterTypeEncoderFunc("promql.Point", marshalPointJSON, marshalPointJSONIsEmpty)
+	jsoniter.RegisterTypeEncoderFunc("exemplar.Exemplar", marshalExemplarJSON, marshalExemplarJSONEmpty)
+}
 
 // JSONCodec is a Codec that encodes API responses as JSON.
 type JSONCodec struct{}
@@ -30,3 +46,247 @@ func (j JSONCodec) Encode(resp *Response) ([]byte, error) {
 	json := jsoniter.ConfigCompatibleWithStandardLibrary
 	return json.Marshal(resp)
 }
+
+// marshalSeriesJSON writes something like the following:
+//
+//	{
+//	   "metric" : {
+//	      "__name__" : "up",
+//	      "job" : "prometheus",
+//	      "instance" : "localhost:9090"
+//	   },
+//	   "values": [
+//	      [ 1435781451.781, "1" ],
+//	      < more values>
+//	   ],
+//	   "histograms": [
+//	      [ 1435781451.781, { < histogram, see below > } ],
+//	      < more histograms >
+//	   ],
+//	},
+func marshalSeriesJSON(ptr unsafe.Pointer, stream *jsoniter.Stream) {
+	s := *((*promql.Series)(ptr))
+	stream.WriteObjectStart()
+	stream.WriteObjectField(`metric`)
+	m, err := s.Metric.MarshalJSON()
+	if err != nil {
+		stream.Error = err
+		return
+	}
+	stream.SetBuffer(append(stream.Buffer(), m...))
+
+	// We make two passes through the series here: In the first marshaling
+	// all value points, in the second marshaling all histogram
+	// points. That's probably cheaper than just one pass in which we copy
+	// out histogram Points into a newly allocated slice for separate
+	// marshaling. (Could be benchmarked, though.)
+	var foundValue, foundHistogram bool
+	for _, p := range s.Points {
+		if p.H == nil {
+			stream.WriteMore()
+			if !foundValue {
+				stream.WriteObjectField(`values`)
+				stream.WriteArrayStart()
+			}
+			foundValue = true
+			marshalPointJSON(unsafe.Pointer(&p), stream)
+		} else {
+			foundHistogram = true
+		}
+	}
+	if foundValue {
+		stream.WriteArrayEnd()
+	}
+	if foundHistogram {
+		firstHistogram := true
+		for _, p := range s.Points {
+			if p.H != nil {
+				stream.WriteMore()
+				if firstHistogram {
+					stream.WriteObjectField(`histograms`)
+					stream.WriteArrayStart()
+				}
+				firstHistogram = false
+				marshalPointJSON(unsafe.Pointer(&p), stream)
+			}
+		}
+		stream.WriteArrayEnd()
+	}
+	stream.WriteObjectEnd()
+}
+
+func marshalSeriesJSONIsEmpty(ptr unsafe.Pointer) bool {
+	return false
+}
+
+// marshalSampleJSON writes something like the following for normal value samples:
+//
+//	{
+//	   "metric" : {
+//	      "__name__" : "up",
+//	      "job" : "prometheus",
+//	      "instance" : "localhost:9090"
+//	   },
+//	   "value": [ 1435781451.781, "1" ]
+//	},
+//
+// For histogram samples, it writes something like this:
+//
+//	{
+//	   "metric" : {
+//	      "__name__" : "up",
+//	      "job" : "prometheus",
+//	      "instance" : "localhost:9090"
+//	   },
+//	   "histogram": [ 1435781451.781, { < histogram, see below > } ]
+//	},
+func marshalSampleJSON(ptr unsafe.Pointer, stream *jsoniter.Stream) {
+	s := *((*promql.Sample)(ptr))
+	stream.WriteObjectStart()
+	stream.WriteObjectField(`metric`)
+	m, err := s.Metric.MarshalJSON()
+	if err != nil {
+		stream.Error = err
+		return
+	}
+	stream.SetBuffer(append(stream.Buffer(), m...))
+	stream.WriteMore()
+	if s.Point.H == nil {
+		stream.WriteObjectField(`value`)
+	} else {
+		stream.WriteObjectField(`histogram`)
+	}
+	marshalPointJSON(unsafe.Pointer(&s.Point), stream)
+	stream.WriteObjectEnd()
+}
+
+func marshalSampleJSONIsEmpty(ptr unsafe.Pointer) bool {
+	return false
+}
+
+// marshalPointJSON writes `[ts, "val"]`.
+func marshalPointJSON(ptr unsafe.Pointer, stream *jsoniter.Stream) {
+	p := *((*promql.Point)(ptr))
+	stream.WriteArrayStart()
+	jsonutil.MarshalTimestamp(p.T, stream)
+	stream.WriteMore()
+	if p.H == nil {
+		jsonutil.MarshalValue(p.V, stream)
+	} else {
+		marshalHistogram(p.H, stream)
+	}
+	stream.WriteArrayEnd()
+}
+
+func marshalPointJSONIsEmpty(ptr unsafe.Pointer) bool {
+	return false
+}
+
+// marshalHistogramJSON writes something like:
+//
+//	{
+//	    "count": "42",
+//	    "sum": "34593.34",
+//	    "buckets": [
+//	      [ 3, "-0.25", "0.25", "3"],
+//	      [ 0, "0.25", "0.5", "12"],
+//	      [ 0, "0.5", "1", "21"],
+//	      [ 0, "2", "4", "6"]
+//	    ]
+//	}
+//
+// The 1st element in each bucket array determines if the boundaries are
+// inclusive (AKA closed) or exclusive (AKA open):
+//
+//	0: lower exclusive, upper inclusive
+//	1: lower inclusive, upper exclusive
+//	2: both exclusive
+//	3: both inclusive
+//
+// The 2nd and 3rd elements are the lower and upper boundary. The 4th element is
+// the bucket count.
+func marshalHistogram(h *histogram.FloatHistogram, stream *jsoniter.Stream) {
+	stream.WriteObjectStart()
+	stream.WriteObjectField(`count`)
+	jsonutil.MarshalValue(h.Count, stream)
+	stream.WriteMore()
+	stream.WriteObjectField(`sum`)
+	jsonutil.MarshalValue(h.Sum, stream)
+
+	bucketFound := false
+	it := h.AllBucketIterator()
+	for it.Next() {
+		bucket := it.At()
+		if bucket.Count == 0 {
+			continue // No need to expose empty buckets in JSON.
+		}
+		stream.WriteMore()
+		if !bucketFound {
+			stream.WriteObjectField(`buckets`)
+			stream.WriteArrayStart()
+		}
+		bucketFound = true
+		boundaries := 2 // Exclusive on both sides AKA open interval.
+		if bucket.LowerInclusive {
+			if bucket.UpperInclusive {
+				boundaries = 3 // Inclusive on both sides AKA closed interval.
+			} else {
+				boundaries = 1 // Inclusive only on lower end AKA right open.
+			}
+		} else {
+			if bucket.UpperInclusive {
+				boundaries = 0 // Inclusive only on upper end AKA left open.
+			}
+		}
+		stream.WriteArrayStart()
+		stream.WriteInt(boundaries)
+		stream.WriteMore()
+		jsonutil.MarshalValue(bucket.Lower, stream)
+		stream.WriteMore()
+		jsonutil.MarshalValue(bucket.Upper, stream)
+		stream.WriteMore()
+		jsonutil.MarshalValue(bucket.Count, stream)
+		stream.WriteArrayEnd()
+	}
+	if bucketFound {
+		stream.WriteArrayEnd()
+	}
+	stream.WriteObjectEnd()
+}
+
+// marshalExemplarJSON writes.
+//
+//	{
+//	   labels: <labels>,
+//	   value: "<string>",
+//	   timestamp: <float>
+//	}
+func marshalExemplarJSON(ptr unsafe.Pointer, stream *jsoniter.Stream) {
+	p := *((*exemplar.Exemplar)(ptr))
+	stream.WriteObjectStart()
+
+	// "labels" key.
+	stream.WriteObjectField(`labels`)
+	lbls, err := p.Labels.MarshalJSON()
+	if err != nil {
+		stream.Error = err
+		return
+	}
+	stream.SetBuffer(append(stream.Buffer(), lbls...))
+
+	// "value" key.
+	stream.WriteMore()
+	stream.WriteObjectField(`value`)
+	jsonutil.MarshalValue(p.Value, stream)
+
+	// "timestamp" key.
+	stream.WriteMore()
+	stream.WriteObjectField(`timestamp`)
+	jsonutil.MarshalTimestamp(p.Ts, stream)
+
+	stream.WriteObjectEnd()
+}
+
+func marshalExemplarJSONEmpty(ptr unsafe.Pointer) bool {
+	return false
+}