diff --git a/yourls/yourls.spec b/yourls/yourls.spec
index 7dc501de8c..8ba130449e 100644
--- a/yourls/yourls.spec
+++ b/yourls/yourls.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Class:        EVAL
 Group:        Web
 License:      MIT
 Version:      1.8.2
-Release:      20210907
+Release:      20210916
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      https://github.com/YOURLS/YOURLS/archive/%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ PreReq:       OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20160101
 PreReq:       apache
 PreReq:       apache-php
 PreReq:       apache-php::with_mysql = yes
-PreReq:       apache-php::with_json = yes
 PreReq:       apache-php::with_session = yes
 PreReq:       apache-php::with_curl = yes
 PreReq:       apache-php::with_xml = yes