diff --git a/docs/features/software-templates/installation.md b/docs/features/software-templates/installation.md
index d5bd805c10..9aa1d3bc8f 100644
--- a/docs/features/software-templates/installation.md
+++ b/docs/features/software-templates/installation.md
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ import {
   Publishers,
   CreateReactAppTemplater,
   Templaters,
-  CatalogEntityClient,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend';
 import { SingleHostDiscovery } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import type { PluginEnvironment } from '../types';
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@ export default async function createPlugin({
   const dockerClient = new Docker();
 
   const discovery = SingleHostDiscovery.fromConfig(config);
-  const entityClient = new CatalogEntityClient({ discovery });
   const catalogClient = new CatalogClient({ discoveryApi: discovery });
 
   return await createRouter({
@@ -124,7 +122,6 @@ export default async function createPlugin({
     logger,
     config,
     dockerClient,
-    entityClient,
     database,
     catalogClient,
   });
diff --git a/packages/backend/package.json b/packages/backend/package.json
index e5271f0109..e585d20035 100644
--- a/packages/backend/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend/package.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-common": "^0.5.3",
+    "@backstage/catalog-client": "^0.3.6",
     "@backstage/catalog-model": "^0.7.1",
     "@backstage/config": "^0.1.2",
     "@backstage/plugin-app-backend": "^0.3.7",
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/plugins/scaffolder.ts b/packages/backend/src/plugins/scaffolder.ts
index ae4b22759b..10da5f0e15 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/plugins/scaffolder.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/plugins/scaffolder.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import {
   Publishers,
   CreateReactAppTemplater,
   Templaters,
-  CatalogEntityClient,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend';
 import { SingleHostDiscovery } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import type { PluginEnvironment } from '../types';
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ export default async function createPlugin({
   const dockerClient = new Docker();
 
   const discovery = SingleHostDiscovery.fromConfig(config);
-  const entityClient = new CatalogEntityClient({ discovery });
   const catalogClient = new CatalogClient({ discoveryApi: discovery });
 
   return await createRouter({
@@ -56,7 +54,6 @@ export default async function createPlugin({
     logger,
     config,
     dockerClient,
-    entityClient,
     database,
     catalogClient,
   });
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/catalog/CatalogEntityClient.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/catalog/CatalogEntityClient.ts
index 827ed0559a..13cfd32f6a 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/catalog/CatalogEntityClient.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/catalog/CatalogEntityClient.ts
@@ -16,23 +16,13 @@
 
 import { TemplateEntityV1alpha1 } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { CatalogClient } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
-import {
-  ConflictError,
-  NotFoundError,
-  PluginEndpointDiscovery,
-} from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import { ConflictError, NotFoundError } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 
 /**
  * A catalog client tailored for reading out entity data from the catalog.
  */
 export class CatalogEntityClient {
-  private readonly catalogClient: CatalogClient;
-
-  constructor(options: { discovery: PluginEndpointDiscovery }) {
-    this.catalogClient = new CatalogClient({
-      discoveryApi: options.discovery,
-    });
-  }
+  constructor(private readonly catalogClient: CatalogClient) {}
 
   /**
    * Looks up a single template using a template name.
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
index f5b52006e6..bb5fec306a 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ export interface RouterOptions {
   logger: Logger;
   config: Config;
   dockerClient: Docker;
-  entityClient: CatalogEntityClient;
   database: PluginDatabaseManager;
   catalogClient: CatalogClient;
 }
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ export async function createRouter(
     logger: parentLogger,
     config,
     dockerClient,
-    entityClient,
     database,
     catalogClient,
   } = options;
@@ -84,6 +82,7 @@ export async function createRouter(
   const logger = parentLogger.child({ plugin: 'scaffolder' });
   const workingDirectory = await getWorkingDirectory(config, logger);
   const jobProcessor = await JobProcessor.fromConfig({ config, logger });
+  const entityClient = new CatalogEntityClient(catalogClient);
 
   const databaseTaskStore = await DatabaseTaskStore.create(
     await database.getClient(),
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index da8cb59368..f4168c3778 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1872,7 +1872,6 @@
     "@backstage/catalog-model" "^0.7.1"
     "@backstage/core" "^0.6.1"
     "@backstage/plugin-catalog-react" "^0.0.3"
-    "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder" "^0.5.0"
     "@backstage/theme" "^0.2.3"
     "@material-ui/core" "^4.11.0"
     "@material-ui/icons" "^4.9.1"
@@ -1895,7 +1894,6 @@
     "@backstage/catalog-model" "^0.7.1"
     "@backstage/core" "^0.6.1"
     "@backstage/plugin-catalog-react" "^0.0.3"
-    "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder" "^0.5.0"
     "@backstage/theme" "^0.2.3"
     "@material-ui/core" "^4.11.0"
     "@material-ui/icons" "^4.9.1"
@@ -17525,6 +17523,11 @@ luxon@1.25.0, luxon@^1.25.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/luxon/-/luxon-1.25.0.tgz#d86219e90bc0102c0eb299d65b2f5e95efe1fe72"
   integrity sha512-hEgLurSH8kQRjY6i4YLey+mcKVAWXbDNlZRmM6AgWDJ1cY3atl8Ztf5wEY7VBReFbmGnwQPz7KYJblL8B2k0jQ==
 
+luxon@^1.26.0:
+  version "1.26.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/luxon/-/luxon-1.26.0.tgz#d3692361fda51473948252061d0f8561df02b578"
+  integrity sha512-+V5QIQ5f6CDXQpWNICELwjwuHdqeJM1UenlZWx5ujcRMc9venvluCjFb4t5NYLhb6IhkbMVOxzVuOqkgMxee2A==
+
 macos-release@^2.2.0:
   version "2.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/macos-release/-/macos-release-2.3.0.tgz#eb1930b036c0800adebccd5f17bc4c12de8bb71f"