diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 9d28a7dec0..f48af47dfc 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -635,9 +635,6 @@ local_integration_test_task: &local_integration_test_task
         ginkgo_node_logs_artifacts:
             path: ./test/e2e/ginkgo-node-*.log
             type: text/plain
-        ginkgo_json_artifacts:
-            path: ./ginkgo-e2e.json
-            type: application/json
 
 
 # Nearly identical to `local_integration_test` except all operations
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 65b5615bc8..db73caae6e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -136,8 +136,6 @@ GINKGOTIMEOUT ?= -timeout=90m
 GINKGOWHAT ?= test/e2e/.
 GINKGO_PARALLEL=y
 GINKGO ?= ./test/tools/build/ginkgo
-# ginkgo json output is only useful in CI, not on developer runs
-GINKGO_JSON ?= $(if $(CI),--json-report ginkgo-e2e.json,)
 
 # Allow control over some Ginkgo parameters
 GINKGO_FLAKE_ATTEMPTS ?= 0
@@ -652,7 +650,7 @@ ginkgo-run: .install.ginkgo
 	$(GINKGO) version
 	$(GINKGO) -vv $(TESTFLAGS) --tags "$(TAGS) remote" $(GINKGOTIMEOUT) --flake-attempts $(GINKGO_FLAKE_ATTEMPTS) \
 		--trace $(if $(findstring y,$(GINKGO_NO_COLOR)),--no-color,) \
-		$(GINKGO_JSON) $(if $(findstring y,$(GINKGO_PARALLEL)),-p,) $(if $(FOCUS),--focus "$(FOCUS)",) \
+		$(if $(findstring y,$(GINKGO_PARALLEL)),-p,) $(if $(FOCUS),--focus "$(FOCUS)",) \
 		$(if $(FOCUS_FILE),--focus-file "$(FOCUS_FILE)",) $(GINKGOWHAT)
 
 .PHONY: ginkgo