diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2bdfc4ed88..810de3d491 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ Release date: TBA
   end of a node to the output of Pylint. If these numbers are unknown, they are represented
   by an empty string.
 
-* Add ``end_line`` and ``end_column`` fields to the output of the ``JSONReporter``.
-
 * Fix ``install graphiz`` message which isn't needed for puml output format.
 
 * Fix ``simplify-boolean-expression`` when condition can be inferred as False.
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/2.12.rst b/doc/whatsnew/2.12.rst
index e6a8ccce9f..0d8affd1d2 100644
--- a/doc/whatsnew/2.12.rst
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/2.12.rst
@@ -203,5 +203,3 @@ Other Changes
   With the standard ``TextReporter`` this will add the line and column number of the
   end of a node to the output of Pylint. If these numbers are unknown, they are represented
   by an empty string.
-
-* Add ``end_line`` and ``end_column`` fields to the output of the ``JSONReporter``.
diff --git a/pylint/reporters/json_reporter.py b/pylint/reporters/json_reporter.py
index 2c7bac45cf..87949c1c44 100644
--- a/pylint/reporters/json_reporter.py
+++ b/pylint/reporters/json_reporter.py
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ def display_messages(self, layout: Optional["Section"]) -> None:
                 "obj": msg.obj,
                 "line": msg.line,
                 "column": msg.column,
-                "end_line": msg.end_line,
-                "end_column": msg.end_column,
                 "path": msg.path,
                 "symbol": msg.symbol,
                 "message": msg.msg or "",
diff --git a/tests/unittest_reporters_json.py b/tests/unittest_reporters_json.py
index fb5598d255..ed6ed74a4d 100644
--- a/tests/unittest_reporters_json.py
+++ b/tests/unittest_reporters_json.py
@@ -25,69 +25,29 @@
 from pylint.reporters.ureports.nodes import EvaluationSection
 
 expected_score_message = "Expected score message"
-
-
-def test_simple_json_output_no_score() -> None:
-    """Test JSON reporter with no score"""
-    message = {
-        "msg": "line-too-long",
-        "line": 1,
-        "args": (1, 2),
-        "end_line": None,
-        "end_column": None,
-    }
-    expected = [
-        [
-            ("column", 0),
-            ("end_column", None),
-            ("end_line", None),
-            ("line", 1),
-            ("message", "Line too long (1/2)"),
-            ("message-id", "C0301"),
-            ("module", "0123"),
-            ("obj", ""),
-            ("path", "0123"),
-            ("symbol", "line-too-long"),
-            ("type", "convention"),
-        ]
+expected_result = [
+    [
+        ("column", 0),
+        ("line", 1),
+        ("message", "Line too long (1/2)"),
+        ("message-id", "C0301"),
+        ("module", "0123"),
+        ("obj", ""),
+        ("path", "0123"),
+        ("symbol", "line-too-long"),
+        ("type", "convention"),
     ]
-    report = get_linter_result(score=False, message=message)
-    assert len(report) == 1
-    report_result = [sorted(report[0].items(), key=lambda item: item[0])]
-    assert report_result == expected
+]
 
 
-def test_simple_json_output_no_score_with_end_line() -> None:
-    """Test JSON reporter with no score with end_line and end_column"""
-    message = {
-        "msg": "line-too-long",
-        "line": 1,
-        "args": (1, 2),
-        "end_line": 1,
-        "end_column": 4,
-    }
-    expected = [
-        [
-            ("column", 0),
-            ("end_column", 4),
-            ("end_line", 1),
-            ("line", 1),
-            ("message", "Line too long (1/2)"),
-            ("message-id", "C0301"),
-            ("module", "0123"),
-            ("obj", ""),
-            ("path", "0123"),
-            ("symbol", "line-too-long"),
-            ("type", "convention"),
-        ]
-    ]
-    report = get_linter_result(score=False, message=message)
+def test_simple_json_output_no_score() -> None:
+    report = get_linter_result(score=False)
     assert len(report) == 1
     report_result = [sorted(report[0].items(), key=lambda item: item[0])]
-    assert report_result == expected
+    assert report_result == expected_result
 
 
-def get_linter_result(score: bool, message: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+def get_linter_result(score: bool) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
     output = StringIO()
     reporter = JSONReporter(output)
     linter = PyLinter(reporter=reporter)
@@ -96,13 +56,7 @@ def get_linter_result(score: bool, message: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[Dict[str, An
     linter.config.score = score
     linter.open()
     linter.set_current_module("0123")
-    linter.add_message(
-        message["msg"],
-        line=message["line"],
-        args=message["args"],
-        end_lineno=message["end_line"],
-        end_col_offset=message["end_column"],
-    )
+    linter.add_message("line-too-long", line=1, args=(1, 2))
     # we call those methods because we didn't actually run the checkers
     if score:
         reporter.display_reports(EvaluationSection(expected_score_message))
diff --git a/tests/unittest_reporting.py b/tests/unittest_reporting.py
index 5252d4295b..e98eadfb90 100644
--- a/tests/unittest_reporting.py
+++ b/tests/unittest_reporting.py
@@ -220,8 +220,6 @@ def test_multi_format_output(tmp_path):
             '        "obj": "",\n'
             '        "line": 1,\n'
             '        "column": 0,\n'
-            '        "end_line": null,\n'
-            '        "end_column": null,\n'
             f'        "path": {escaped_source_file},\n'
             '        "symbol": "missing-module-docstring",\n'
             '        "message": "Missing module docstring",\n'
@@ -233,8 +231,6 @@ def test_multi_format_output(tmp_path):
             '        "obj": "",\n'
             '        "line": 1,\n'
             '        "column": 0,\n'
-            '        "end_line": null,\n'
-            '        "end_column": null,\n'
             f'        "path": {escaped_source_file},\n'
             '        "symbol": "line-too-long",\n'
             '        "message": "Line too long (1/2)",\n'