diff --git a/frontend/packages/proto/package.json b/frontend/packages/proto/package.json
index b6a52085f5..e881635591 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/proto/package.json
+++ b/frontend/packages/proto/package.json
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 {
   "private": true,
   "name": "@backstage/protobuf-definitions",
+  "main": "src/index.ts",
+  "main:src": "src/index.ts",
   "version": "0.0.0",
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "ts-protoc-gen": "^0.12.0"
+  "dependencies": {
+    "google-protobuf": "^3.11.2",
+    "grpc-web": "^1.0.7"
   }
 }
diff --git a/frontend/packages/proto/src/buildsv1.ts b/frontend/packages/proto/src/buildsv1.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..689f8dac0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/packages/proto/src/buildsv1.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export { BuildsPromiseClient as Client } from './generated/builds/v1/builds_grpc_web_pb';
+export * from './generated/builds/v1/builds_pb';
diff --git a/frontend/packages/proto/src/identityv1.ts b/frontend/packages/proto/src/identityv1.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a64ecab2a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/packages/proto/src/identityv1.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export { IdentityPromiseClient as Client } from './generated/identity/v1/identity_grpc_web_pb';
+export * from './generated/identity/v1/identity_pb';
diff --git a/frontend/packages/proto/src/index.ts b/frontend/packages/proto/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..caa5fe7c3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/packages/proto/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import * as buildsV1 from './buildsv1';
+import * as identityV1 from './identityv1';
+import * as inventoryV1 from './inventoryv1';
+import * as scaffolderV1 from './scaffolderv1';
+
+export { buildsV1, identityV1, inventoryV1, scaffolderV1 };
diff --git a/frontend/packages/proto/src/inventoryv1.ts b/frontend/packages/proto/src/inventoryv1.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92c628a1dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/packages/proto/src/inventoryv1.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export { InventoryPromiseClient as Client } from './generated/inventory/v1/inventory_grpc_web_pb';
+export * from './generated/inventory/v1/inventory_pb';
diff --git a/frontend/packages/proto/src/scaffolderv1.ts b/frontend/packages/proto/src/scaffolderv1.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47c1d48489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/packages/proto/src/scaffolderv1.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export { ScaffolderPromiseClient as Client } from './generated/scaffolder/v1/scaffolder_grpc_web_pb';
+export * from './generated/scaffolder/v1/scaffolder_pb';
diff --git a/frontend/yarn.lock b/frontend/yarn.lock
index 09e79a8aca..d52677c0d4 100644
--- a/frontend/yarn.lock
+++ b/frontend/yarn.lock
@@ -7577,11 +7577,6 @@ google-protobuf@^3.11.2:
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-  version "3.11.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/google-protobuf/-/google-protobuf-3.11.3.tgz#660977f5de29cc8f647172a170602887102fa677"
-  integrity sha512-Sp8E+0AJLxmiPwAk9VH3MkYAmYYheNUhywIyXOS7wvRkqbIYcHtGzJzIYicNqYsqgKmY35F9hxRkI+ZTqTB4Tg==
-
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   version "6.7.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/got/-/got-6.7.1.tgz#240cd05785a9a18e561dc1b44b41c763ef1e8db0"
@@ -15717,14 +15712,7 @@ ts-pnp@1.1.5, ts-pnp@^1.1.2:
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-ts-protoc-gen@^0.12.0:
-  version "0.12.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/ts-protoc-gen/-/ts-protoc-gen-0.12.0.tgz#932e5738f14b67e7202825b06f8c548cb7d8ef34"
-  integrity sha512-V7jnICJxKqalBrnJSMTW5tB9sGi48gOC325bfcM7TDNUItVOlaMM//rQmuo49ybipk/SyJTnWXgtJnhHCevNJw==
-  dependencies:
-    google-protobuf "^3.6.1"
-
-tslib@^1.8.1, tslib@^1.9.0:
+tslib@^1.10.0, tslib@^1.8.1, tslib@^1.9.0:
   version "1.10.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/tslib/-/tslib-1.10.0.tgz#c3c19f95973fb0a62973fb09d90d961ee43e5c8a"
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