@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ public class JsonToProtoMessage implements ToProtoConverter<Object> {
           .optionalEnd()
           .toFormatter()
           .withZone(ZoneOffset.UTC);
-  private final String ROOT_JSON_SCOPE = "root";
-  private final boolean DONT_ACCEPT_UNKNOWN_FIELDS = false;
 
   /** You can use {@link #INSTANCE} instead */
   public JsonToProtoMessage() {}
@@ -152,7 +150,7 @@ public DynamicMessage convertToProtoMessage(Descriptor protoSchema, JSONObject j
     Preconditions.checkState(json.length() != 0, "JSONObject is empty.");
 
     return convertToProtoMessage(
-        protoSchema, null, json, ROOT_JSON_SCOPE, DONT_ACCEPT_UNKNOWN_FIELDS);
+        protoSchema, null, json, "root", false);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -176,8 +174,8 @@ public DynamicMessage convertToProtoMessage(
         protoSchema,
         tableSchema.getFieldsList(),
         json,
-        ROOT_JSON_SCOPE,
-        DONT_ACCEPT_UNKNOWN_FIELDS);
+            "root",
+            false);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -199,7 +197,7 @@ public DynamicMessage convertToProtoMessage(
     Preconditions.checkState(json.length() != 0, "JSONObject is empty.");
 
     return convertToProtoMessage(
-        protoSchema, tableSchema.getFieldsList(), json, ROOT_JSON_SCOPE, ignoreUnknownFields);
+        protoSchema, tableSchema.getFieldsList(), json, "root", ignoreUnknownFields);
   }
 
   /**