diff --git a/.changeset/nervous-spiders-join.md b/.changeset/nervous-spiders-join.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fcbce29177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nervous-spiders-join.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-react': minor
+---
+
+**BREAKING**: Removed the deprecated `favoriteEntityTooltip` and `favoriteEntityIcon` functions.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
index d6d56b5c81..7859e1d2d8 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
@@ -388,19 +388,11 @@ export interface EntityTypePickerProps {
 // @public
 export const FavoriteEntity: (props: FavoriteEntityProps) => JSX.Element;
 
-// @public @deprecated (undocumented)
-export const favoriteEntityIcon: (isStarred: boolean) => JSX.Element;
-
 // @public (undocumented)
 export type FavoriteEntityProps = ComponentProps<typeof IconButton> & {
   entity: Entity;
 };
 
-// @public @deprecated (undocumented)
-export const favoriteEntityTooltip: (
-  isStarred: boolean,
-) => 'Remove from favorites' | 'Add to favorites';
-
 // @public
 export function getEntityRelations(
   entity: Entity | undefined,
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/FavoriteEntity/FavoriteEntity.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/FavoriteEntity/FavoriteEntity.tsx
index eaa2821448..e055f4056f 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/FavoriteEntity/FavoriteEntity.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/FavoriteEntity/FavoriteEntity.tsx
@@ -32,20 +32,6 @@ const YellowStar = withStyles({
   },
 })(Star);
 
-/**
- * @public
- * @deprecated due to low utility value.
- */
-export const favoriteEntityTooltip = (isStarred: boolean) =>
-  isStarred ? 'Remove from favorites' : 'Add to favorites';
-
-/**
- * @public
- * @deprecated due to low utility value.
- */
-export const favoriteEntityIcon = (isStarred: boolean) =>
-  isStarred ? <YellowStar /> : <StarBorder />;
-
 /**
  * IconButton for showing if a current entity is starred and adding/removing it from the favorite entities
  * @param props - MaterialUI IconButton props extended by required `entity` prop
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/FavoriteEntity/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/FavoriteEntity/index.ts
index a46d04b6c7..3f54e29da9 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/FavoriteEntity/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/FavoriteEntity/index.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,5 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export {
-  favoriteEntityTooltip,
-  favoriteEntityIcon,
-  FavoriteEntity,
-} from './FavoriteEntity';
+export { FavoriteEntity } from './FavoriteEntity';
 export type { FavoriteEntityProps } from './FavoriteEntity';