diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 28e218203320..b501a219b098 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/ory/mail/v3 v3.0.0
 	github.com/ory/nosurf v1.2.7
 	github.com/ory/x v0.0.537
-	github.com/peterhellberg/link v1.2.0
 	github.com/phayes/freeport v0.0.0-20180830031419-95f893ade6f2
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/pquerna/otp v1.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cf8c85102e95..acd2028d3d9a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1136,8 +1136,6 @@ github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.5/go.mod h1:u1nR/EPcESfeI/szUZKdtJ0xRNbUoANCko
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.0.6 h1:nrzqCb7j9cDFj2coyLNLaZuJTLjWjlaz6nvTvIwycIU=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.0.6/go.mod h1:eumQOmlWiOPt5WriQQqoM5y18pDHwha2N+QD+EUNTek=
 github.com/performancecopilot/speed v3.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:/CLtqpZ5gBg1M9iaPbIdPPGyKcA8hKdoy6hAWba7Yac=
-github.com/peterhellberg/link v1.2.0 h1:UA5pg3Gp/E0F2WdX7GERiNrPQrM1K6CVJUUWfHa4t6c=
-github.com/peterhellberg/link v1.2.0/go.mod h1:gYfAh+oJgQu2SrZHg5hROVRQe1ICoK0/HHJTcE0edxc=
 github.com/phayes/freeport v0.0.0-20180830031419-95f893ade6f2 h1:JhzVVoYvbOACxoUmOs6V/G4D5nPVUW73rKvXxP4XUJc=
 github.com/phayes/freeport v0.0.0-20180830031419-95f893ade6f2/go.mod h1:iIss55rKnNBTvrwdmkUpLnDpZoAHvWaiq5+iMmen4AE=
 github.com/pierrec/lz4 v1.0.2-0.20190131084431-473cd7ce01a1/go.mod h1:3/3N9NVKO0jef7pBehbT1qWhCMrIgbYNnFAZCqQ5LRc=
diff --git a/identity/handler.go b/identity/handler.go
index 6eae04ceed7d..20222b528df0 100644
--- a/identity/handler.go
+++ b/identity/handler.go
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func (h *Handler) list(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, _ httprouter.Para
 		isam[i] = WithCredentialsMetadataAndAdminMetadataInJSON(identity)
 	}
 
-	migrationpagination.PaginationHeader(w, urlx.AppendPaths(h.r.Config().SelfAdminURL(r.Context()), RouteCollection), total+int64(itemsPerPage), page, itemsPerPage)
+	migrationpagination.PaginationHeader(w, urlx.AppendPaths(h.r.Config().SelfAdminURL(r.Context()), RouteCollection), total, page, itemsPerPage)
 	h.r.Writer().Write(w, r, isam)
 }
 
diff --git a/identity/handler_test.go b/identity/handler_test.go
index e8d1107f181e..99f63368ddbf 100644
--- a/identity/handler_test.go
+++ b/identity/handler_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ory/x/snapshotx"
 
 	"github.com/bxcodec/faker/v3"
-	"github.com/peterhellberg/link"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"github.com/tidwall/gjson"
@@ -1005,49 +1004,13 @@ func TestHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("case=should list all identities", func(t *testing.T) {
-		expected, err := reg.IdentityPool().ListIdentities(ctx, identity.ListIdentityParameters{PerPage: 1000})
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		expectedIDs := make([]string, len(expected))
-		for k, v := range expected {
-			expectedIDs[k] = v.ID.String()
-		}
-
 		for name, ts := range map[string]*httptest.Server{"public": publicTS, "admin": adminTS} {
 			t.Run("endpoint="+name, func(t *testing.T) {
 				res := get(t, ts, "/identities", http.StatusOK)
-				assert.Falsef(t, res.Get("0.credentials").Exists(), "credentials config should be omitted: %s", res.Raw)
-				assert.Truef(t, res.Get("0.metadata_public").Exists(), "metadata_public config should be included: %s", res.Raw)
-				assert.Truef(t, res.Get("0.metadata_admin").Exists(), "metadata_admin config should be included: %s", res.Raw)
-				assert.Truef(t, res.Get(`#(traits.bar=="baz").traits.bar`).Exists(), "some identity should have the traits {bar: baz}: %s", res.Raw)
-
-				assert.EqualValuesf(t, len(expectedIDs), int(res.Get("#").Num), "%s", res.Raw)
-				res.Get("#.id").ForEach(func(key, value gjson.Result) bool {
-					return assert.Contains(t, expectedIDs, value.String(), "%s", res.Raw)
-				})
-
-				actualIDs := make([]string, 0, len(expectedIDs))
-				for reqURL := ts.URL + "/identities?per_page=5&page=1"; ; {
-					res, err := ts.Client().Get(reqURL)
-					require.NoError(t, err)
-					body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
-					require.NoError(t, err)
-					require.NoError(t, res.Body.Close())
-
-					require.EqualValues(t, http.StatusOK, res.StatusCode, "%s", body)
-					var ids []identity.Identity
-					require.NoError(t, json.Unmarshal(body, &ids))
-					for _, id := range ids {
-						actualIDs = append(actualIDs, id.ID.String())
-					}
-
-					links := link.ParseHeader(res.Header)
-					next, ok := links["next"]
-					if !ok {
-						break
-					}
-					reqURL = next.URI
-				}
-				assert.ElementsMatch(t, expectedIDs, actualIDs)
+				assert.False(t, res.Get("0.credentials").Exists(), "credentials config should be omitted: %s", res.Raw)
+				assert.True(t, res.Get("0.metadata_public").Exists(), "metadata_public config should be included: %s", res.Raw)
+				assert.True(t, res.Get("0.metadata_admin").Exists(), "metadata_admin config should be included: %s", res.Raw)
+				assert.EqualValues(t, "baz", res.Get(`#(traits.bar=="baz").traits.bar`).String(), "%s", res.Raw)
 			})
 		}
 	})