diff --git a/comictaggerlib/issueidentifier.py b/comictaggerlib/issueidentifier.py
index e6f35e1..0b30c7b 100644
--- a/comictaggerlib/issueidentifier.py
+++ b/comictaggerlib/issueidentifier.py
@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@ class IssueIdentifier:
 
     def get_issue_cover_match_score(
         self,
-        issue_id: str,
         primary_img_url: str,
         alt_urls: list[str],
         local_cover_hash_list: list[int],
@@ -513,7 +512,7 @@ class IssueIdentifier:
                 alt_urls = issue.alt_image_urls
 
                 score_item = self.get_issue_cover_match_score(
-                    issue.id, image_url, alt_urls, hash_list, use_remote_alternates=False
+                    image_url, alt_urls, hash_list, use_remote_alternates=False
                 )
             except Exception:
                 logger.exception("Scoring series failed")
@@ -595,7 +594,6 @@ class IssueIdentifier:
                 self.log_msg(f"Examining alternate covers for ID: {m['series_id']} {m['series']} ...", newline=False)
                 try:
                     score_item = self.get_issue_cover_match_score(
-                        m["issue_id"],
                         m["image_url"],
                         m["alt_image_urls"],
                         hash_list,
diff --git a/tests/issueidentifier_test.py b/tests/issueidentifier_test.py
index 6be6809..2b4605c 100644
--- a/tests/issueidentifier_test.py
+++ b/tests/issueidentifier_test.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import io
 import pytest
 from PIL import Image
 
-import comicapi.comicarchive
-import comicapi.issuestring
 import comictaggerlib.issueidentifier
 import testing.comicdata
 import testing.comicvine
@@ -37,13 +35,8 @@ def test_get_issue_cover_match_score(cbz, config, comicvine_api):
     config, definitions = config
     ii = comictaggerlib.issueidentifier.IssueIdentifier(cbz, config, comicvine_api)
     score = ii.get_issue_cover_match_score(
-        int(
-            comicapi.issuestring.IssueString(
-                cbz.read_metadata(comicapi.comicarchive.MetaDataStyle.CIX).issue
-            ).as_float()
-        ),
         "https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_large/0/574/585444-109004_20080707014047_large.jpg",
-        "https://comicvine.gamespot.com/cory-doctorows-futuristic-tales-of-the-here-and-no/4000-140529/",
+        ["https://comicvine.gamespot.com/cory-doctorows-futuristic-tales-of-the-here-and-no/4000-140529/"],
         [ii.calculate_hash(cbz.get_page(0))],
     )
     expected = {