Yes, that is true, and we have an open PR addressing that issue: https://github.com/google/go-github/pull/1615/files
@gmlewis I think this issue can be closed now, code in question has been removed : https://github.com/google/go-github/commit/c5b0f2133dafff1990647022a89886d173e3d7e6
Good call, @chughpiyush .
Closing issue as obsolete.