diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/AuthorizedLocationAnalyzer.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/AuthorizedLocationAnalyzer.ts
index 3968a0ab73..de0cc189b3 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/AuthorizedLocationAnalyzer.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/AuthorizedLocationAnalyzer.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
 import { NotAllowedError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { catalogLocationCreatePermission } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-common/alpha';
 import { AuthorizeResult } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
-import { PermissionsService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+import {
+  BackstageCredentials,
+  PermissionsService,
+} from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { LocationAnalyzer } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
 import { AnalyzeLocationRequest } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-common';
 import { AnalyzeLocationResponse } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-common';
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ export class AuthorizedLocationAnalyzer implements LocationAnalyzer {
 
   async analyzeLocation(
     request: AnalyzeLocationRequest,
+    credentials: BackstageCredentials,
   ): Promise<AnalyzeLocationResponse> {
     const authorizeDecision = (
       await this.permissionApi.authorize(
@@ -38,12 +42,12 @@ export class AuthorizedLocationAnalyzer implements LocationAnalyzer {
             permission: catalogLocationCreatePermission,
           },
         ],
-        { credentials: request.credentials },
+        { credentials: credentials },
       )
     )[0];
     if (authorizeDecision.result !== AuthorizeResult.ALLOW) {
       throw new NotAllowedError();
     }
-    return this.service.analyzeLocation(request);
+    return this.service.analyzeLocation(request, credentials);
   }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/createRouter.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/createRouter.ts
index abba18b0fe..70e8054909 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/createRouter.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/createRouter.ts
@@ -303,10 +303,10 @@ export async function createRouter(
       });
       const credentials = await httpAuth.credentials(req);
       const parsedBody = schema.parse(body);
-      const analyzeLocationRequest = { ...parsedBody, credentials };
       try {
         const output = await locationAnalyzer.analyzeLocation(
-          analyzeLocationRequest,
+          parsedBody,
+          credentials,
         );
         res.status(200).json(output);
       } catch (err) {
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-common/package.json b/plugins/catalog-common/package.json
index e4eee51e7f..cfcfee74d8 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-common/package.json
+++ b/plugins/catalog-common/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
     "test": "backstage-cli package test"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/catalog-model": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-permission-common": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-search-common": "workspace:^"
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-common/src/ingestion/LocationAnalyzer.ts b/plugins/catalog-common/src/ingestion/LocationAnalyzer.ts
index 8dd40a015e..08ae5ef0cb 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-common/src/ingestion/LocationAnalyzer.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-common/src/ingestion/LocationAnalyzer.ts
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
 import { LocationSpec } from '../common';
 import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { RecursivePartial } from './RecursivePartial';
-import { BackstageCredentials } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 
 /** @public */
 export type AnalyzeLocationRequest = {
   location: LocationSpec;
   catalogFilename?: string;
-  credentials: BackstageCredentials;
 };
 
 /** @public */
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-node/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-node/api-report.md
index 7c1c8b5911..383f1b5072 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-node/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-node/api-report.md
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ export type EntityRelationSpec = {
 export type LocationAnalyzer = {
   analyzeLocation(
     location: AnalyzeLocationRequest,
+    credentials: BackstageCredentials
   ): Promise<AnalyzeLocationResponse>;
 };
 
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-node/src/processing/types.ts b/plugins/catalog-node/src/processing/types.ts
index e3d3c305fc..625effc4df 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-node/src/processing/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-node/src/processing/types.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-common';
 import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
 import { CatalogProcessorEmit } from '../api';
+import { BackstageCredentials } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 
 /**
  * Entities that are not yet processed.
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ export type LocationAnalyzer = {
    */
   analyzeLocation(
     location: AnalyzeLocationRequest,
+    credentials: BackstageCredentials,
   ): Promise<AnalyzeLocationResponse>;
 };
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c3d374b1cd..d489203875 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5742,7 +5742,6 @@ __metadata:
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@backstage/plugin-catalog-common@workspace:plugins/catalog-common"
   dependencies:
-    "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/catalog-model": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-permission-common": "workspace:^"