diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 2e320b9d..d4c6cc75 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.0",
-        "ext-json": "*",
         "nikic/php-parser": "~5",
         "ondram/ci-detector": "^4.2",
         "phpstan/phpdoc-parser": "^1.2|^2.0",