diff --git a/packages/app/src/App.tsx b/packages/app/src/App.tsx
index 759901c11e..187ee27e3e 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/App.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import { hot } from 'react-hot-loader/root';
 import { providers } from './identityProviders';
 import { Router as CatalogRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog';
 import { Router as DocsRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs';
-import { Router as ExploreRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-explore';
 import { Route, Routes, Navigate } from 'react-router';
 
 import { EntityPage } from './components/catalog/EntityPage';
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ const AppRoutes = () => (
       element={<CatalogRouter EntityPage={EntityPage} />}
     />
     <Route path="/docs/*" element={<DocsRouter />} />
-    <Route path="/explore/*" element={<ExploreRouter />} />
     {...deprecatedAppRoutes}
   </Routes>
 );
diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/app/src/App.tsx b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/app/src/App.tsx
index cd03e20f06..ba43c351b2 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/app/src/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/app/src/App.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { AppSidebar } from './sidebar';
 import { Route, Routes, Navigate } from 'react-router';
 import { Router as CatalogRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog';
 import { Router as DocsRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs';
-import { Router as ExploreRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-explore';
 
 import { EntityPage } from './components/catalog/EntityPage';
 
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ const App: FC<{}> = () => (
             element={<CatalogRouter EntityPage={EntityPage} />}
           />
           <Route path="/docs/*" element={<DocsRouter />} />
-          <Route path="/explore/*" element={<ExploreRouter />} />
           {deprecatedAppRoutes}
         </Routes>
       </SidebarPage>