diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/sh-fix-nplusone-issues.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/sh-fix-nplusone-issues.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f749b5eeb40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/sh-fix-nplusone-issues.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Fix N+1 Gitaly calls in /api/v4/projects/:id/issues
+merge_request: 32171
+author:
+type: performance
diff --git a/doc/api/issues.md b/doc/api/issues.md
index 8313dd2c3bd..cadc9291489 100644
--- a/doc/api/issues.md
+++ b/doc/api/issues.md
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ Example response:
          "award_emoji":"http://example.com/api/v4/projects/4/issues/41/award_emoji",
          "project":"http://example.com/api/v4/projects/4"
       },
-      "subscribed": false,
       "task_completion_status":{
          "count":0,
          "completed_count":0
diff --git a/lib/api/issues.rb b/lib/api/issues.rb
index e16eeef202c..215178478d0 100644
--- a/lib/api/issues.rb
+++ b/lib/api/issues.rb
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ module API
           with_labels_details: declared_params[:with_labels_details],
           current_user: current_user,
           project: user_project,
-          issuable_metadata: issuable_meta_data(issues, 'Issue', current_user)
+          issuable_metadata: issuable_meta_data(issues, 'Issue', current_user),
+          include_subscribed: false
         }
 
         present issues, options
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/issues/get_project_issues_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/issues/get_project_issues_spec.rb
index 521d6b88734..b7aa3f93451 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/issues/get_project_issues_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/issues/get_project_issues_spec.rb
@@ -446,6 +446,14 @@ describe API::Issues do
       expect_paginated_array_response([closed_issue.id, confidential_issue.id, issue.id])
     end
 
+    it 'exposes known attributes' do
+      get api("#{base_url}/issues", user)
+
+      expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(200)
+      expect(json_response.last.keys).to include(*%w(id iid project_id title description))
+      expect(json_response.last).not_to have_key('subscribed')
+    end
+
     context 'issues_statistics' do
       context 'no state is treated as all state' do
         let(:params) { {} }