diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/database/connection.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/database/connection.ts
index 2f6d204839..2c2bba28ec 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/database/connection.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/database/connection.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { Config, JsonObject } from '@backstage/config';
 import { InputError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import knexFactory, { Knex } from 'knex';
 import { mergeDatabaseConfig } from './config';
-import { DatabaseConnector } from './connector';
+import { DatabaseConnector } from './types';
 
 import { mysqlConnector } from './mysql';
 import { pgConnector } from './postgres';
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/database/connector.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/database/connector.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0336510f19..0000000000
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/database/connector.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2021 Spotify AB
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
-import { Knex } from 'knex';
-
-export interface DatabaseConnector {
-  createClient(dbConfig: Config, overrides?: Partial<Knex.Config>): Knex;
-  createNameOverride(name: string): Partial<Knex.Config>;
-  parseConnectionString(
-    connectionString: string,
-    client?: string,
-  ): Knex.StaticConnectionConfig;
-  ensureDatabaseExists?(
-    dbConfig: Config,
-    ...databases: Array<string>
-  ): Promise<void>;
-}
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/database/mysql.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/database/mysql.ts
index beff5d9f82..0769ad64fc 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/database/mysql.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/database/mysql.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { InputError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import knexFactory, { Knex } from 'knex';
 import { mergeDatabaseConfig } from './config';
-import { DatabaseConnector } from './connector';
+import { DatabaseConnector } from './types';
 import yn from 'yn';
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/database/postgres.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/database/postgres.ts
index 000b84460c..5662028113 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/database/postgres.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/database/postgres.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import knexFactory, { Knex } from 'knex';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { mergeDatabaseConfig } from './config';
-import { DatabaseConnector } from './connector';
+import { DatabaseConnector } from './types';
 
 /**
  * Creates a knex postgres database connection
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/database/sqlite3.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/database/sqlite3.ts
index 83f5f60699..2499415bef 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/database/sqlite3.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/database/sqlite3.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { ensureDirSync } from 'fs-extra';
 import knexFactory, { Knex } from 'knex';
 import path from 'path';
 import { mergeDatabaseConfig } from './config';
-import { DatabaseConnector } from './connector';
+import { DatabaseConnector } from './types';
 
 /**
  * Creates a knex sqlite3 database connection
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/database/types.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/database/types.ts
index bf3ceb2786..995f98f27d 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/database/types.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/database/types.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { Knex } from 'knex';
 
 /**
@@ -28,3 +29,37 @@ export interface PluginDatabaseManager {
    */
   getClient(): Promise<Knex>;
 }
+
+/**
+ * DatabaseConnector manages an underlying Knex database driver.
+ */
+export interface DatabaseConnector {
+  /**
+   * createClient provides an instance of a knex database connector.
+   */
+  createClient(dbConfig: Config, overrides?: Partial<Knex.Config>): Knex;
+  /**
+   * createNameOverride provides a partial knex config sufficient to override a
+   * database name.
+   */
+  createNameOverride(name: string): Partial<Knex.Config>;
+  /**
+   * parseConnectionString produces a knex connection config object representing
+   * a database connection string.
+   */
+  parseConnectionString(
+    connectionString: string,
+    client?: string,
+  ): Knex.StaticConnectionConfig;
+  /**
+   * ensureDatabaseExists performs a side-effect to ensure database names passed in are
+   * present.
+   *
+   * Calling this function on databases which already exist should do nothing.
+   * Missing databases should be created if needed.
+   */
+  ensureDatabaseExists?(
+    dbConfig: Config,
+    ...databases: Array<string>
+  ): Promise<void>;
+}