diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/report-alpha.api.md b/plugins/catalog-react/report-alpha.api.md
index 4726b7d146..1db7a8e5e4 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/report-alpha.api.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/report-alpha.api.md
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ export const EntityHeaderBlueprint: ExtensionBlueprint<{
   name: undefined;
   params: {
     loader: () => Promise<JSX.Element>;
-    filter?: string | EntityPredicate | ((entity: Entity) => boolean);
+    filter?: EntityPredicate | ((entity: Entity) => boolean);
   };
   output:
     | ConfigurableExtensionDataRef<
@@ -409,11 +409,6 @@ export const EntityHeaderBlueprint: ExtensionBlueprint<{
       'catalog.entity-filter-function',
       {}
     >;
-    filterExpression: ConfigurableExtensionDataRef<
-      string,
-      'catalog.entity-filter-expression',
-      {}
-    >;
     element: ConfigurableExtensionDataRef<
       JSX_2.Element,
       'core.reactElement',
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/blueprints/EntityHeaderBlueprint.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/blueprints/EntityHeaderBlueprint.tsx
index 73f09e4b22..b83136dcd9 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/blueprints/EntityHeaderBlueprint.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/blueprints/EntityHeaderBlueprint.tsx
@@ -34,13 +34,11 @@ export const EntityHeaderBlueprint = createExtensionBlueprint({
   attachTo: { id: 'page:catalog/entity', input: 'headers' },
   dataRefs: {
     filterFunction: entityFilterFunctionDataRef,
-    filterExpression: entityFilterExpressionDataRef,
     element: coreExtensionData.reactElement,
   },
   config: {
     schema: {
-      filter: z =>
-        z.union([z.string(), createEntityPredicateSchema(z)]).optional(),
+      filter: z => createEntityPredicateSchema(z).optional(),
     },
   },
   output: [
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ export const EntityHeaderBlueprint = createExtensionBlueprint({
   *factory(
     params: {
       loader: () => Promise<JSX.Element>;
-      filter?: string | EntityPredicate | ((entity: Entity) => boolean);
+      filter?: EntityPredicate | ((entity: Entity) => boolean);
     },
     { node, config },
   ) {