diff --git a/phpBB/composer.json b/phpBB/composer.json
index 2d75027ff0..1d43e78ad9 100644
--- a/phpBB/composer.json
+++ b/phpBB/composer.json
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 	},
 	"require": {
 		"php": "^8.1",
-		"ext-json": "*",
 		"ext-pdo": "*",
 		"ext-zlib": "*",
 		"bantu/ini-get-wrapper": "~1.0",
diff --git a/phpBB/composer.lock b/phpBB/composer.lock
index 8fe9b37b7e..3dea51aad6 100644
--- a/phpBB/composer.lock
+++ b/phpBB/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "504e019821be33ba6ad322b37d698744",
+    "content-hash": "f6e182dafa1a6e6a60136e35d5379532",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "bantu/ini-get-wrapper",
@@ -9952,7 +9952,6 @@
     "prefer-lowest": false,
     "platform": {
         "php": "^8.1",
-        "ext-json": "*",
         "ext-pdo": "*",
         "ext-zlib": "*"
     },