diff --git a/.changeset/tricky-months-sort.md b/.changeset/tricky-months-sort.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43956932f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tricky-months-sort.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-react': minor
+---
+
+**BREAKING**: Removed the deprecated `formatEntityRefTitle`, use `humanizeEntityRef` instead.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
index 4912c857cf..8b5e10911b 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
@@ -401,9 +401,6 @@ export const favoriteEntityTooltip: (
   isStarred: boolean,
 ) => 'Remove from favorites' | 'Add to favorites';
 
-// @public @deprecated (undocumented)
-export const formatEntityRefTitle: typeof humanizeEntityRef;
-
 // @public @deprecated (undocumented)
 export function getEntityMetadataEditUrl(entity: Entity): string | undefined;
 
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/humanize.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/humanize.test.ts
index b541946ece..d41d3c6635 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/humanize.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/humanize.test.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import { humanizeEntityRef } from './humanize';
 
-describe('formatEntityRefTitle', () => {
+describe('humanizeEntityRef', () => {
   it('formats entity in default namespace', () => {
     const entity = {
       apiVersion: 'v1',
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/humanize.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/humanize.ts
index 0ade1da0b9..2f72a7ee3b 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/humanize.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/humanize.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ import {
   DEFAULT_NAMESPACE,
 } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 
-/** @public @deprecated please use {@link humanizeEntityRef} instead */
-export const formatEntityRefTitle = humanizeEntityRef;
-
 /** @public */
 export function humanizeEntityRef(
   entityRef: Entity | CompoundEntityRef,
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/index.ts
index 50394547a0..50ac3d4534 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/index.ts
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ export { EntityRefLink } from './EntityRefLink';
 export type { EntityRefLinkProps } from './EntityRefLink';
 export { EntityRefLinks } from './EntityRefLinks';
 export type { EntityRefLinksProps } from './EntityRefLinks';
-export { humanizeEntityRef, formatEntityRefTitle } from './humanize';
+export { humanizeEntityRef } from './humanize';