diff --git a/.changeset/real-kids-hide.md b/.changeset/real-kids-hide.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..188a4061c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/real-kids-hide.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend': minor
+---
+
+**Breaking**: Removed `entityRef` from `CatalogProcessorRelationResult`. The field is not used by the catalog and relation information is already available inside the `reation` property.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
index f41d493c01..c9e08964b6 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
@@ -350,7 +350,6 @@ export type CatalogProcessorParser = (options: {
 export type CatalogProcessorRelationResult = {
   type: 'relation';
   relation: EntityRelationSpec;
-  entityRef?: string;
 };
 
 // @public (undocumented)
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/types.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/types.ts
index 80beda4213..9b3bb05e2d 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/types.ts
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ export type CatalogProcessorEntityResult = {
 export type CatalogProcessorRelationResult = {
   type: 'relation';
   relation: EntityRelationSpec;
-  entityRef?: string;
 };
 
 /** @public */