diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 1484edaceab5fd11c8590ea3dba691e2cad4843b..1e9cc78226b8179d1aa3337b40671d763d04972b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ v 8.10.0 (unreleased)
   - Fix changing issue state columns in milestone view
   - Fix user creation with stronger minimum password requirements !4054 (nathan-pmt)
   - Check for conflicts with existing Project's wiki path when creating a new project.
+  - Remove unused front-end variable -> default_issues_tracker
   - Add API endpoint for a group issues !4520 (mahcsig)
   - Allow [ci skip] to be in any case and allow [skip ci]. !4785 (simon_w)
 
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/gon_helper.rb b/lib/gitlab/gon_helper.rb
index f751a3a12fdf90c46533a4e9d2fe8c50a66a0a37..d4f12cb1df9716cc86c7b115049ec03f9a370ee6 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/gon_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/gon_helper.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ module Gitlab
     def add_gon_variables
       gon.api_version            = API::API.version
       gon.default_avatar_url     = URI::join(Gitlab.config.gitlab.url, ActionController::Base.helpers.image_path('no_avatar.png')).to_s
-      gon.default_issues_tracker = Project.new.default_issue_tracker.to_param
       gon.max_file_size          = current_application_settings.max_attachment_size
       gon.relative_url_root      = Gitlab.config.gitlab.relative_url_root
       gon.shortcuts_path         = help_shortcuts_path