diff --git a/bin/typedoc b/bin/typedoc
index be0dc0a8f..dad5e7ed1 100755
--- a/bin/typedoc
+++ b/bin/typedoc
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ async function run(app) {
             }
             const json = app.options.getValue("json");
             if (json) {
-                const pretty = app.options.getValue("pretty");
-                await app.generateJson(project, json, pretty);
+                await app.generateJson(project, json);
             }
 
             if (!out && !json) {
@@ -88,8 +87,7 @@ async function run(app) {
     }
     const json = app.options.getValue("json");
     if (json) {
-        const pretty = app.options.getValue("pretty");
-        await app.generateJson(project, json, pretty);
+        await app.generateJson(project, json);
     }
 
     if (!out && !json) {
diff --git a/scripts/rebuild_specs.js b/scripts/rebuild_specs.js
index 52ecd5099..98956b845 100644
--- a/scripts/rebuild_specs.js
+++ b/scripts/rebuild_specs.js
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ async function rebuildRendererTest() {
     app.options.setValue("entryPoints", app.expandInputFiles([src]));
     const project = app.convert();
     await app.generateDocs(project, out);
-    await app.generateJson(project, path.join(out, "specs.json"), true);
+    await app.generateJson(project, path.join(out, "specs.json"));
 
     /**
      * Avoiding sync methods here is... difficult.
diff --git a/src/lib/application.ts b/src/lib/application.ts
index 88ef7c62a..d70a83052 100644
--- a/src/lib/application.ts
+++ b/src/lib/application.ts
@@ -388,13 +388,11 @@ export class Application extends ChildableComponent<
      * Run the converter for the given set of files and write the reflections to a json file.
      *
      * @param out The path and file name of the target file.
-     * @param format Whether the JSON data should be formatted with tabs.
      * @returns Whether the JSON file could be written successfully.
      */
     public async generateJson(
         project: ProjectReflection,
-        out: string,
-        format = true
+        out: string
     ): Promise<void> {
         out = Path.resolve(out);
         const eventData = {
@@ -406,7 +404,7 @@ export class Application extends ChildableComponent<
             end: eventData,
         });
 
-        const space = format ? "\t" : "";
+        const space = this.application.options.getValue("pretty") ? "\t" : "";
         await FS.promises.writeFile(out, JSON.stringify(ser, null, space));
         this.logger.success("JSON written to %s", out);
     }