diff --git a/plugins/bazaar/src/components/HomePageBazaarInfoCard/HomePageBazaarInfoCard.tsx b/plugins/bazaar/src/components/HomePageBazaarInfoCard/HomePageBazaarInfoCard.tsx
index 5624f40765..ec29d1429b 100644
--- a/plugins/bazaar/src/components/HomePageBazaarInfoCard/HomePageBazaarInfoCard.tsx
+++ b/plugins/bazaar/src/components/HomePageBazaarInfoCard/HomePageBazaarInfoCard.tsx
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ import useAsyncFn from 'react-use/lib/useAsyncFn';
 import { catalogApiRef, entityRouteRef } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
 
 import {
-  parseEntityName,
   stringifyEntityRef,
   Entity,
   parseEntityRef,
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ export const HomePageBazaarInfoCard = ({
 
   const getEntityPageLink = () => {
     if (bazaarProject?.value?.entityRef) {
-      const { name, kind, namespace } = parseEntityName(
+      const { name, kind, namespace } = parseEntityRef(
         bazaarProject.value.entityRef,
       );
       return entityLink({ kind, namespace, name });
diff --git a/plugins/bazaar/src/components/SortView/SortView.tsx b/plugins/bazaar/src/components/SortView/SortView.tsx
index fa97ac69ee..f5bb6facd7 100644
--- a/plugins/bazaar/src/components/SortView/SortView.tsx
+++ b/plugins/bazaar/src/components/SortView/SortView.tsx
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export const SortView = () => {
       if (catalogEntityRefs) {
         bazaarProjects.value?.forEach(async (project: BazaarProject) => {
           if (project.entityRef) {
-            if (!catalogEntityRefs?.includes(project.entityRef as string)) {
+            if (!catalogEntityRefs?.includes(project.entityRef)) {
               await bazaarApi.updateProject({
                 ...project,
                 entityRef: null,
diff --git a/plugins/bazaar/src/types.ts b/plugins/bazaar/src/types.ts
index 30c07286ac..ec3996d1e2 100644
--- a/plugins/bazaar/src/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/bazaar/src/types.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { EntityRef } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-
 export type Member = {
   itemId: number;
   userId: string;
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ export type Size = 'small' | 'medium' | 'large';
 export type BazaarProject = {
   name: string;
   id: number;
-  entityRef?: EntityRef;
+  entityRef?: string;
   community: string;
   status: Status;
   description: string;