diff --git a/trac2issues.py b/trac2issues.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index d4df663..34c749b
--- a/trac2issues.py
+++ b/trac2issues.py
@@ -350,7 +350,6 @@ def createIssueViaAPI(self, info):
         # Remove bulk-import format stuff that the API can't deal with
         issuedata = copy.deepcopy(out)
         issuedata.pop('creator', None)
-        issuedata.pop('assignee', None)
 
         url = "%s/repos/%s/issues" % (self.github, self.projectPath)
         try: