diff --git a/src/sentry/integrations/bitbucket/issues.py b/src/sentry/integrations/bitbucket/issues.py
index 3cf89d202c721b..f730e3ce349650 100644
--- a/src/sentry/integrations/bitbucket/issues.py
+++ b/src/sentry/integrations/bitbucket/issues.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 
 class BitbucketIssueBasicMixin(IssueBasicMixin):
-    def get_issue_url(self, key):
+    def get_issue_url(self, key: str) -> str:
         repo, issue_id = key.split("#")
         return f"https://bitbucket.org/{repo}/issues/{issue_id}"
 
diff --git a/src/sentry/integrations/example/integration.py b/src/sentry/integrations/example/integration.py
index 3b92f8351fdfa4..cd3fcab27ef550 100644
--- a/src/sentry/integrations/example/integration.py
+++ b/src/sentry/integrations/example/integration.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class ExampleIntegration(IntegrationInstallation, IssueSyncMixin, RepositoryMixi
     outbound_assignee_key = "sync_assignee_outbound"
     inbound_assignee_key = "sync_assignee_inbound"
 
-    def get_issue_url(self, key):
+    def get_issue_url(self, key: str) -> str:
         return f"https://example/issues/{key}"
 
     def create_comment(self, issue_id, user_id, group_note):
diff --git a/src/sentry/integrations/gitlab/issues.py b/src/sentry/integrations/gitlab/issues.py
index 9266a2f964f07e..ca73f656678290 100644
--- a/src/sentry/integrations/gitlab/issues.py
+++ b/src/sentry/integrations/gitlab/issues.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class GitlabIssueBasic(IssueBasicMixin):
     def make_external_key(self, data):
         return "{}:{}".format(self.model.metadata["domain_name"], data["key"])
 
-    def get_issue_url(self, key):
+    def get_issue_url(self, key: str) -> str:
         match = ISSUE_EXTERNAL_KEY_FORMAT.match(key)
         project, issue_id = match.group(1), match.group(2)
         return "{}/{}/issues/{}".format(self.model.metadata["base_url"], project, issue_id)
diff --git a/src/sentry/integrations/jira/integration.py b/src/sentry/integrations/jira/integration.py
index c9c30bdf8d0e61..af5c190f639a06 100644
--- a/src/sentry/integrations/jira/integration.py
+++ b/src/sentry/integrations/jira/integration.py
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ def get_link_issue_config(self, group, **kwargs):
                 field["type"] = "select"
         return fields
 
-    def get_issue_url(self, key, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_url(self, key: str) -> str:
         return "{}/browse/{}".format(self.model.metadata["base_url"], key)
 
     def get_persisted_default_config_fields(self) -> Sequence[str]:
diff --git a/src/sentry/integrations/jira_server/integration.py b/src/sentry/integrations/jira_server/integration.py
index b512e6211e4252..7a22cb6df435e8 100644
--- a/src/sentry/integrations/jira_server/integration.py
+++ b/src/sentry/integrations/jira_server/integration.py
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ def get_link_issue_config(self, group, **kwargs):
 
         return fields
 
-    def get_issue_url(self, key, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_url(self, key: str) -> str:
         return "{}/browse/{}".format(self.model.metadata["base_url"], key)
 
     def get_persisted_default_config_fields(self) -> Sequence[str]:
diff --git a/src/sentry/integrations/mixins/issues.py b/src/sentry/integrations/mixins/issues.py
index 16a7ec3ea8de95..061cc69ce44975 100644
--- a/src/sentry/integrations/mixins/issues.py
+++ b/src/sentry/integrations/mixins/issues.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def should_sync(self, attribute):
     def get_group_title(self, group, event, **kwargs):
         return get_notification_group_title(group, event, **kwargs)
 
-    def get_issue_url(self, key):
+    def get_issue_url(self, key: str) -> str:
         """
         Given the key of the external_issue return the external issue link.
         """
diff --git a/src/sentry/integrations/vsts/issues.py b/src/sentry/integrations/vsts/issues.py
index e801f64dc8aedf..6fe867ffeb87cf 100644
--- a/src/sentry/integrations/vsts/issues.py
+++ b/src/sentry/integrations/vsts/issues.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def get_link_issue_config(self, group: "Group", **kwargs: Any) -> Sequence[Mappi
                 field["type"] = "select"
         return fields
 
-    def get_issue_url(self, key: str, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
+    def get_issue_url(self, key: str) -> str:
         return f"{self.instance}_workitems/edit/{key}"
 
     def create_issue(self, data: Mapping[str, str], **kwargs: Any) -> Mapping[str, Any]:
diff --git a/src/sentry/plugins/bases/issue.py b/src/sentry/plugins/bases/issue.py
index 7a40d7f837fc54..6917c3c0498f9d 100644
--- a/src/sentry/plugins/bases/issue.py
+++ b/src/sentry/plugins/bases/issue.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def get_link_existing_issue_form(self, request: Request, group, event, **kwargs)
             request.POST or None, initial=self.get_initial_link_form_data(request, group, event)
         )
 
-    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue_id, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue_id: str) -> str:
         """
         Given an issue_id (string) return an absolute URL to the issue's details
         page.
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def get_issue_title_by_id(self, request: Request, group, issue_id):
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def get_issue_label(self, group, issue_id, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_label(self, group, issue_id) -> str:
         """
         Given an issue_id (string) return a string representing the issue.
 
diff --git a/src/sentry/plugins/bases/issue2.py b/src/sentry/plugins/bases/issue2.py
index c2d41901aebaf7..c8d56b92233c62 100644
--- a/src/sentry/plugins/bases/issue2.py
+++ b/src/sentry/plugins/bases/issue2.py
@@ -146,32 +146,20 @@ def get_new_issue_fields(self, request: Request, group, event, **kwargs):
     def get_link_existing_issue_fields(self, request: Request, group, event, **kwargs):
         return []
 
-    def _get_issue_url_compat(self, group, issue, **kwargs):
-        if self.issue_fields is None:
-            return self.get_issue_url(group, issue["id"])
-        return self.get_issue_url(group, issue)
-
-    def _get_issue_label_compat(self, group, issue, **kwargs):
-        if self.issue_fields is None:
-            return self.get_issue_label(group, issue["id"])
-        return self.get_issue_label(group, issue)
-
-    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue_id: str) -> str:
         """
-        Given an issue context (issue_id string or issue dict) return an absolute URL to the issue's details
+        Given an issue context (issue_id string) return an absolute URL to the issue's details
         page.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def get_issue_label(self, group, issue, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_label(self, group, issue_id: str) -> str:
         """
-        Given an issue context (issue_id string or issue dict) return a string representing the issue.
+        Given an issue context (issue_id string) return a string representing the issue.
 
         e.g. GitHub represents issues as GH-XXX
         """
-        if isinstance(issue, dict):
-            return "#{}".format(issue["id"])
-        return f"#{issue}"
+        return f"#{issue_id}"
 
     def create_issue(self, request: Request, group, form_data, **kwargs):
         """
@@ -274,8 +262,8 @@ def view_create(self, request: Request, group, **kwargs):
             or request.data.get("title")
             or self._get_issue_label_compat(group, issue),
             "provider": self.get_title(),
-            "location": self._get_issue_url_compat(group, issue),
-            "label": self._get_issue_label_compat(group, issue),
+            "location": self.get_issue_url(group, issue["id"]),
+            "label": self.get_issue_label(group, issue["id"]),
         }
         Activity.objects.create(
             project=group.project,
@@ -290,9 +278,9 @@ def view_create(self, request: Request, group, **kwargs):
         )
         return Response(
             {
-                "issue_url": self.get_issue_url(group, issue),
-                "link": self._get_issue_url_compat(group, issue),
-                "label": self._get_issue_label_compat(group, issue),
+                "issue_url": self.get_issue_url(group, issue["id"]),
+                "link": self.get_issue_url(group, issue["id"]),
+                "label": self.get_issue_label(group, issue["id"]),
                 "id": issue["id"],
             }
         )
@@ -341,8 +329,8 @@ def view_link(self, request: Request, group, **kwargs):
         issue_information = {
             "title": issue.get("title") or self._get_issue_label_compat(group, issue),
             "provider": self.get_title(),
-            "location": self._get_issue_url_compat(group, issue),
-            "label": self._get_issue_label_compat(group, issue),
+            "location": self.get_issue_url(group, issue["id"]),
+            "label": self.get_issue_label(group, issue["id"]),
         }
         Activity.objects.create(
             project=group.project,
@@ -354,8 +342,8 @@ def view_link(self, request: Request, group, **kwargs):
         return Response(
             {
                 "message": "Successfully linked issue.",
-                "link": self._get_issue_url_compat(group, issue),
-                "label": self._get_issue_label_compat(group, issue),
+                "link": self.get_issue_url(group, issue["id"]),
+                "label": self.get_issue_label(group, issue["id"]),
                 "id": issue["id"],
             }
         )
@@ -383,8 +371,8 @@ def plugin_issues(self, request: Request, group, plugin_issues, **kwargs) -> Non
         if issue:
             item["issue"] = {
                 "issue_id": issue.get("id"),
-                "url": self._get_issue_url_compat(group, issue),
-                "label": self._get_issue_label_compat(group, issue),
+                "url": self.get_issue_url(group, issue["id"]),
+                "label": self.get_issue_label(group, issue["id"]),
             }
 
         item.update(PluginSerializer(group.project).serialize(self, None, request.user))
@@ -428,8 +416,8 @@ def tags(self, request: Request, group, tag_list, **kwargs):
 
         tag_list.append(
             {
-                "url": self._get_issue_url_compat(group, issue),
-                "displayName": self._get_issue_label_compat(group, issue),
+                "url": self.get_issue_url(group, issue["id"]),
+                "displayName": self.get_issue_label(group, issue["id"]),
             }
         )
 
diff --git a/src/sentry/plugins/examples/issue_tracking.py b/src/sentry/plugins/examples/issue_tracking.py
index 51fdf58f60f866..e81522a3b7c8f4 100644
--- a/src/sentry/plugins/examples/issue_tracking.py
+++ b/src/sentry/plugins/examples/issue_tracking.py
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ def get_new_issue_fields(self, request: Request, group, event, **kwargs):
     def create_issue(self, request: Request, group, form_data, **kwargs):
         return "1"
 
-    def get_issue_label(self, group, issue_id, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_label(self, group, issue_id: str) -> str:
         return "Example-%s" % issue_id
 
-    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue_id, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue_id: str) -> str:
         tracker_url = self.get_option("tracker_url", group.project)
 
         return f"{tracker_url}?issueID={issue_id}"
diff --git a/src/sentry_plugins/asana/plugin.py b/src/sentry_plugins/asana/plugin.py
index 847760a0a3d284..a4e09efb446fa3 100644
--- a/src/sentry_plugins/asana/plugin.py
+++ b/src/sentry_plugins/asana/plugin.py
@@ -171,10 +171,10 @@ def link_issue(self, request: Request, group, form_data, **kwargs):
 
         return {"title": issue["name"]}
 
-    def get_issue_label(self, group, issue_id, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_label(self, group, issue_id: str) -> str:
         return "Asana Issue"
 
-    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue_id, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue_id: str) -> str:
         return "https://app.asana.com/0/0/%s" % issue_id
 
     def validate_config(self, project, config, actor):
diff --git a/src/sentry_plugins/bitbucket/plugin.py b/src/sentry_plugins/bitbucket/plugin.py
index d1db1be56b92ba..589f5df1623158 100644
--- a/src/sentry_plugins/bitbucket/plugin.py
+++ b/src/sentry_plugins/bitbucket/plugin.py
@@ -159,10 +159,10 @@ def link_issue(self, request: Request, group, form_data, **kwargs):
 
         return {"title": issue["title"]}
 
-    def get_issue_label(self, group, issue_id, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_label(self, group, issue_id: str) -> str:
         return "Bitbucket-%s" % issue_id
 
-    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue_id, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue_id: str) -> str:
         repo = self.get_option("repo", group.project)
         return f"https://bitbucket.org/{repo}/issue/{issue_id}/"
 
diff --git a/src/sentry_plugins/github/plugin.py b/src/sentry_plugins/github/plugin.py
index 9c948fe1922751..70ca815448b4a2 100644
--- a/src/sentry_plugins/github/plugin.py
+++ b/src/sentry_plugins/github/plugin.py
@@ -196,10 +196,10 @@ def link_issue(self, request: Request, group, form_data, **kwargs):
 
         return {"title": issue["title"]}
 
-    def get_issue_label(self, group, issue_id, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_label(self, group, issue_id: str) -> str:
         return f"GH-{issue_id}"
 
-    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue_id, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue_id: str) -> str:
         # XXX: get_option may need tweaked in Sentry so that it can be pre-fetched in bulk
         repo = self.get_option("repo", group.project)
 
diff --git a/src/sentry_plugins/gitlab/plugin.py b/src/sentry_plugins/gitlab/plugin.py
index 6c07bfd924e48c..7ea802c53b2c50 100644
--- a/src/sentry_plugins/gitlab/plugin.py
+++ b/src/sentry_plugins/gitlab/plugin.py
@@ -146,14 +146,14 @@ def link_issue(self, request: Request, group, form_data, **kwargs):
 
         return {"title": issue["title"]}
 
-    def get_issue_label(self, group, issue_id, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_label(self, group, issue_id: str) -> str:
         return f"GL-{issue_id}"
 
-    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue_iid, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue_id: str) -> str:
         url = self.get_option("gitlab_url", group.project).rstrip("/")
         repo = self.get_option("gitlab_repo", group.project)
 
-        return f"{url}/{repo}/issues/{issue_iid}"
+        return f"{url}/{repo}/issues/{issue_id}"
 
     def get_configure_plugin_fields(self, project, **kwargs):
         gitlab_token = self.get_option("gitlab_token", project)
diff --git a/src/sentry_plugins/jira/plugin.py b/src/sentry_plugins/jira/plugin.py
index d13c05f847a515..c2dcda12ae8298 100644
--- a/src/sentry_plugins/jira/plugin.py
+++ b/src/sentry_plugins/jira/plugin.py
@@ -263,10 +263,10 @@ def link_issue(self, request: Request, group, form_data, **kwargs):
 
         return {"title": issue["fields"]["summary"]}
 
-    def get_issue_label(self, group, issue_id, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_label(self, group, issue_id: str) -> str:
         return issue_id
 
-    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue_id, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue_id: str) -> str:
         instance = self.get_option("instance_url", group.project)
         return f"{instance}/browse/{issue_id}"
 
diff --git a/src/sentry_plugins/phabricator/plugin.py b/src/sentry_plugins/phabricator/plugin.py
index 199fdadadc1483..5cddc773830c0e 100644
--- a/src/sentry_plugins/phabricator/plugin.py
+++ b/src/sentry_plugins/phabricator/plugin.py
@@ -197,10 +197,10 @@ def is_configured(self, request: Request, project, **kwargs):
     def get_new_issue_title(self, **kwargs):
         return "Create Maniphest Task"
 
-    def get_issue_label(self, group, issue_id, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_label(self, group, issue_id: str) -> str:
         return "T%s" % issue_id
 
-    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue_id, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue_id: str) -> str:
         host = self.get_option("host", group.project)
         return urljoin(host, "T%s" % issue_id)
 
diff --git a/src/sentry_plugins/pivotal/plugin.py b/src/sentry_plugins/pivotal/plugin.py
index cdeff68749d4ae..8f1671e596adb5 100644
--- a/src/sentry_plugins/pivotal/plugin.py
+++ b/src/sentry_plugins/pivotal/plugin.py
@@ -173,10 +173,10 @@ def create_issue(self, request: Request, group, form_data, **kwargs):
 
         return json_resp["id"]
 
-    def get_issue_label(self, group, issue_id, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_label(self, group, issue_id: str) -> str:
         return "#%s" % issue_id
 
-    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue_id, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue_id: str) -> str:
         return "https://www.pivotaltracker.com/story/show/%s" % issue_id
 
     def get_issue_title_by_id(self, request: Request, group, issue_id):
diff --git a/src/sentry_plugins/redmine/plugin.py b/src/sentry_plugins/redmine/plugin.py
index 5081f852cb0ff5..f3e556ce4164c3 100644
--- a/src/sentry_plugins/redmine/plugin.py
+++ b/src/sentry_plugins/redmine/plugin.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def create_issue(self, group, form_data, **kwargs):
         response = client.create_issue(issue_dict)
         return response["issue"]["id"]
 
-    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue_id, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue_id: str) -> str:
         host = self.get_option("host", group.project)
         return "{}/issues/{}".format(host.rstrip("/"), issue_id)
 
diff --git a/src/sentry_plugins/trello/plugin.py b/src/sentry_plugins/trello/plugin.py
index b8dd0f1d911e53..08b03c7d2c84e1 100644
--- a/src/sentry_plugins/trello/plugin.py
+++ b/src/sentry_plugins/trello/plugin.py
@@ -233,27 +233,24 @@ def link_issue(self, request: Request, group, form_data, **kwargs):
 
         return {"title": card["name"], "id": card["shortLink"]}
 
-    def get_issue_label(self, group, issue, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_label(self, group, issue_id: str) -> str:
         """
         Return label of the linked issue we show in the UI from the issue string
         """
         # the old version of the plugin stores the url in the issue
-        if LABLEX_REGEX.search(issue):
-            short_issue = issue.split("/", 1)[0]
+        if LABLEX_REGEX.search(issue_id):
+            short_issue = issue_id.split("/", 1)[0]
             return "Trello-%s" % short_issue
-        return "Trello-%s" % issue
+        return "Trello-%s" % issue_id
 
-    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue, **kwargs):
+    def get_issue_url(self, group, issue_id: str) -> str:
         """
         Return label of the url of card in Trello based off the issue object or issue ID
         """
-        # TODO(Steve): figure out why we sometimes get a string and sometimes a dict
-        if isinstance(issue, dict):
-            issue = issue["id"]
         # the old version of the plugin stores the url in the issue
-        if LABLEX_REGEX.search(issue):
-            return issue.split("/", 1)[1]
-        return "https://trello.com/c/%s" % issue
+        if LABLEX_REGEX.search(issue_id):
+            return issue_id.split("/", 1)[1]
+        return "https://trello.com/c/%s" % issue_id
 
     def view_options(self, request: Request, group, **kwargs):
         """
diff --git a/tests/sentry/plugins/bases/test_issue2.py b/tests/sentry/plugins/bases/test_issue2.py
index 9c4ad58844cbf6..c7c7f824f13794 100644
--- a/tests/sentry/plugins/bases/test_issue2.py
+++ b/tests/sentry/plugins/bases/test_issue2.py
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ class PluginWithoutFields(IssueTrackingPlugin2):
 
 
 class IssueTrackingPlugin2Test(TestCase):
-    def test_issue_label_as_dict(self):
-        plugin = PluginWithFields()
-        result = plugin.get_issue_label(mock.Mock(), {"id": "1"})
-        assert result == "#1"
-
     def test_issue_label_legacy(self):
         plugin = PluginWithoutFields()
         result = plugin.get_issue_label(mock.Mock(), "1")
diff --git a/tests/sentry_plugins/trello/test_plugin.py b/tests/sentry_plugins/trello/test_plugin.py
index 650a41b88a1c96..d1b04b1afe6653 100644
--- a/tests/sentry_plugins/trello/test_plugin.py
+++ b/tests/sentry_plugins/trello/test_plugin.py
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@ def test_get_issue_label(self):
 
     def test_get_issue_url(self):
         group = self.create_group(message="Hello world", culprit="foo.bar")
-        # test new and old format
         assert self.plugin.get_issue_url(group, "rPPDb") == "https://trello.com/c/rPPDb"
-        assert self.plugin.get_issue_url(group, {"id": "rPPDb"}) == "https://trello.com/c/rPPDb"
         assert (
             self.plugin.get_issue_url(group, "5dafd/https://trello.com/c/rPPDb/75-title")
             == "https://trello.com/c/rPPDb/75-title"