diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 1837a0b71..7df73fbed 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.1",
-        "ext-json": "*",
         "ext-mongodb": "^2.0",
         "composer-runtime-api": "^2.0",
         "psr/log": "^1.1.4|^2|^3"