diff --git a/packages/backend-common/package.json b/packages/backend-common/package.json
index 444a0a273b..ceb0b91594 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend-common/package.json
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/cli": "^0.9.0",
-    "@backstage/core-app-api": "^0.1.21",
     "@backstage/test-utils": "^0.1.22",
     "@types/archiver": "^5.1.0",
     "@types/compression": "^1.7.0",
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/tokens/ServerTokenManager.test.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/tokens/ServerTokenManager.test.ts
index ddbb62bd42..6fe920939b 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/tokens/ServerTokenManager.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/tokens/ServerTokenManager.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/core-app-api';
+import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
 import { ServerTokenManager } from './ServerTokenManager';
 
 const emptyConfig = new ConfigReader({});