diff --git a/cpanfile b/cpanfile
index efd1bfd02..e10a5ee2e 100644
--- a/cpanfile
+++ b/cpanfile
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ requires 'IO::Prompt::Tiny';
 requires 'IO::Uncompress::Bunzip2', '2.106';
 requires 'IO::Zlib';
 requires 'IPC::Run3', '0.048';
-requires 'JSON::MaybeXS', '1.004004'; # indirect dep
 requires 'List::Util', '1.62';
 requires 'Log::Any::Adapter';
 requires 'Log::Any::Adapter::Log4perl';
diff --git a/lib/MetaCPAN/Script/Tickets.pm b/lib/MetaCPAN/Script/Tickets.pm
index 4faa209a8..120696144 100644
--- a/lib/MetaCPAN/Script/Tickets.pm
+++ b/lib/MetaCPAN/Script/Tickets.pm
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ use namespace::autoclean;
 $ENV{PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME} = 0;
 
 use HTTP::Request::Common qw( GET );
-use Log::Contextual       qw( :log :dlog );
-use Net::GitHub::V4       ();
-use Ref::Util             qw( is_hashref is_ref );
-use Text::CSV_XS          ();
-use URI::Escape           qw( uri_escape );
+use Log::Contextual qw( :log :dlog );
+use Net::GitHub::V4 ();
+use Ref::Util qw( is_hashref is_ref );
+use Text::CSV_XS ();
+use URI::Escape qw( uri_escape );
 
 with 'MetaCPAN::Role::Script', 'MooseX::Getopt';
 
@@ -21,12 +21,6 @@ has rt_summary_url => (
     default  => 'https://rt.cpan.org/Public/bugs-per-dist.tsv',
 );
 
-has github_issues => (
-    is       => 'ro',
-    required => 1,
-    default  => 'https://api.github.com/repos/%s/%s/issues?per_page=100',
-);
-
 has github_token => (
     is      => 'ro',
     lazy    => 1,
@@ -117,8 +111,6 @@ sub index_github_bugs {
 
     my %summary;
 
-    my $json = JSON::MaybeXS->new( allow_nonref => 1 );
-
 RELEASE: while ( my $release = $scroll->next ) {
         my $resources = $release->resources;
         my ( $user, $repo, $source )
@@ -261,7 +253,7 @@ sub parse_tsv {
             source => $self->rt_dist_url( $row->{dist} ),
             active => $row->{active},
             closed => $row->{inactive},
-            map { $_ => $row->{$_} + 0 }
+            map      { $_ => $row->{$_} + 0 }
                 grep { not /^(dist|active|inactive)$/ }
                 keys %$row,
         };
@@ -312,4 +304,3 @@ http://fastapi.metacpan.org/v1/distribution/Moose
 http://fastapi.metacpan.org/v1/distribution/HTTP-BrowserDetect
 
 =cut
-
diff --git a/t/00_setup.t b/t/00_setup.t
index 982dbeb11..b0341ff21 100644
--- a/t/00_setup.t
+++ b/t/00_setup.t
@@ -117,11 +117,6 @@ ok(
             scheme => 'file',
             path   => $fakecpan_dir->child('bugs.tsv')->absolute->stringify,
         ),
-        github_issues => uri(
-            scheme => 'file',
-            path   => $fakecpan_dir->child('github')->absolute->stringify
-                . '/%s/%s.json?per_page=100'
-        ),
     } )->run,
     'tickets'
 );