diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/package.json b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/package.json
index d81db51117..302126e015 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/package.json
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/package.json
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@
     "@backstage/catalog-model": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/config": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/integration": "workspace:^",
+    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-common": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-catalog-node": "workspace:^",
+    "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^",
+    "@gitbeaker/rest": "^39.34.3",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
     "uuid": "^9.0.0"
@@ -79,6 +82,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-test-utils": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^",
+    "@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils": "workspace:^",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.151",
     "@types/uuid": "^9.0.0",
     "luxon": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider.ts
index aba888aea1..30105dcc1f 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/providers/GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider.ts
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ export class GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider implements EntityProvider {
       );
     }
 
-    let user: GitLabUser | undefined;
+    let user: GitLabUser;
     if (event.event_name === 'user_destroy') {
       user = {
         id: event.user_id,
@@ -705,19 +705,6 @@ export class GitlabOrgDiscoveryEntityProvider implements EntityProvider {
       relations,
     );
 
-    // if (groupMembers.items.length !== 0) {
-    //   groupMembers.items.forEach(element => {
-    //     if (
-    //       event.event_name === 'user_remove_from_group' &&
-    //       element.username === event.user_username
-    //     ) {
-    //       return;
-    //     }
-
-    //     usersToBeAdded.push(element.username);
-    //   });
-    // }
-
     // new members of the group
     const usersToBeAdded =
       event.event_name === 'user_remove_from_group'
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 78162415e2..2e56066685 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5598,7 +5598,11 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/config": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/integration": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-common": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-catalog-node": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/plugin-events-backend-test-utils": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^"
+    "@gitbeaker/rest": ^39.34.3
     "@types/lodash": ^4.14.151
     "@types/uuid": ^9.0.0
     lodash: ^4.17.21
@@ -11348,7 +11352,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@gitbeaker/rest@npm:^39.25.0":
+"@gitbeaker/rest@npm:^39.25.0, @gitbeaker/rest@npm:^39.34.3":
   version: 39.34.3
   resolution: "@gitbeaker/rest@npm:39.34.3"
   dependencies: