diff --git a/plugins/github-issues/package.json b/plugins/github-issues/package.json
index 21693740c7..d31bb52603 100644
--- a/plugins/github-issues/package.json
+++ b/plugins/github-issues/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
     "@backstage/core-app-api": "^1.0.5-next.0",
     "@backstage/dev-utils": "^1.0.5-next.1",
     "@backstage/test-utils": "^1.1.3-next.0",
-    "@faker-js/faker": "^7.4.0",
     "@spotify/prettier-config": "^14.0.0",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.10.1",
     "@testing-library/react": "^12.1.3",
diff --git a/plugins/github-issues/src/components/GitHubIssues/GitHubIssues.test.tsx b/plugins/github-issues/src/components/GitHubIssues/GitHubIssues.test.tsx
index c8486d3d70..33eec79359 100644
--- a/plugins/github-issues/src/components/GitHubIssues/GitHubIssues.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/github-issues/src/components/GitHubIssues/GitHubIssues.test.tsx
@@ -20,43 +20,41 @@ import {
   catalogApiRef,
   CatalogApi,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
-import { faker } from '@faker-js/faker';
 import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 
 import { GitHubIssuesApi, gitHubIssuesApiRef, Issue } from '../../api';
 
 import { GitHubIssues } from './GitHubIssues';
 
-const generateTestIssue = (
-  overwrites: Partial<Issue> = {},
-): { node: Issue } => ({
+const getTestIssue = (overwrites: Partial<Issue> = {}): { node: Issue } => ({
   node: {
     ...{
       assignees: {
         edges: [
           {
             node: {
-              avatarUrl: faker.internet.avatar(),
-              login: `${faker.word.adjective()}-${faker.animal.type()}`,
+              avatarUrl:
+                'https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/Qmd3W5DuhgHirLHGVixi6V76LhCkZUz6pnFt5AJBiyvHye/avatar/1112.jpg',
+              login: 'worthless-horse',
             },
           },
         ],
       },
       author: {
-        login: `${faker.word.adjective()}-${faker.animal.type()}`,
+        login: 'next-dog',
       },
       repository: {
-        nameWithOwner: `${faker.animal.type()}/${faker.animal.type()}`,
+        nameWithOwner: 'backstage/backstage',
       },
-      title: faker.lorem.words(3),
-      url: faker.internet.url(),
+      title: 'quasi labore qui',
+      url: 'http://flowery-muscatel.net',
       participants: {
-        totalCount: +faker.random.numeric(),
+        totalCount: 3,
       },
-      updatedAt: faker.date.past().toISOString(),
-      createdAt: faker.date.past().toISOString(),
+      updatedAt: '2022-05-02T09:46:35.885Z',
+      createdAt: '2022-06-03T07:11:22.320Z',
       comments: {
-        totalCount: +faker.random.numeric(),
+        totalCount: 6,
       },
     },
     ...overwrites,
@@ -114,7 +112,7 @@ describe('GitHubIssues', () => {
   });
 
   it('should render correctly', async () => {
-    const testIssue = generateTestIssue({
+    const testIssue = getTestIssue({
       createdAt: '2020-04-19T10:15:47.614Z',
       updatedAt: '2020-04-20T00:15:47.614Z',
     });
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4bebec76e1..4894a4b674 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2673,11 +2673,6 @@
     minimatch "^3.1.2"
     strip-json-comments "^3.1.1"
 
-"@faker-js/faker@^7.4.0":
-  version "7.4.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@faker-js/faker/-/faker-7.4.0.tgz#cac720d860a89d487b47e55e66a4fd114f1d3fe5"
-  integrity sha512-xDd3Tvkt2jgkx1LkuwwxpNBy/Oe+LkZBTwkgEFTiWpVSZgQ5sc/LenbHKRHbFl0dq/KFeeq/szyyPtpJRKY0fg==
-
 "@fmvilas/pseudo-yaml-ast@^0.3.1":
   version "0.3.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@fmvilas/pseudo-yaml-ast/-/pseudo-yaml-ast-0.3.1.tgz#66c5df2c2d76ba8571dc5bd98fda4d7dce6121de"