diff --git a/plugins/search-react/src/context/SearchContext.tsx b/plugins/search-react/src/context/SearchContext.tsx
index 7da4785fdd..6f8067805c 100644
--- a/plugins/search-react/src/context/SearchContext.tsx
+++ b/plugins/search-react/src/context/SearchContext.tsx
@@ -53,11 +53,7 @@ export type SearchContextState = {
   pageCursor?: string;
 };
 
-// TODO(@backstage/techdocs-core): stop export this publicly when deprecating the context in @backstage/plugin-techdocs.
-/**
- * @public
- */
-export const SearchContext = createVersionedContext<{
+const SearchContext = createVersionedContext<{
   1: SearchContextValue;
 }>('search-context');
 
@@ -72,7 +68,7 @@ export const useSearch = () => {
 
   const value = context.atVersion(1);
   if (!value) {
-    throw new Error('No context for version 1 found');
+    throw new Error('No SearchContext v1 found');
   }
   return value;
 };
diff --git a/plugins/search-react/src/context/index.tsx b/plugins/search-react/src/context/index.tsx
index f2ea486e9d..330da035d6 100644
--- a/plugins/search-react/src/context/index.tsx
+++ b/plugins/search-react/src/context/index.tsx
@@ -14,11 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export {
-  SearchContextProvider,
-  SearchContext,
-  useSearch,
-} from './SearchContext';
+export { SearchContextProvider, useSearch } from './SearchContext';
 export type { SearchContextState } from './SearchContext';
 export {
   SearchContextProvider as SearchContextProviderForStorybook,