diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogPage/DefaultCatalogPage.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogPage/DefaultCatalogPage.tsx
index b92d993203..5250dcec0d 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogPage/DefaultCatalogPage.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogPage/DefaultCatalogPage.tsx
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export interface DefaultCatalogPageProps {
   columns?: TableColumn<CatalogTableRow>[];
   actions?: TableProps<CatalogTableRow>['actions'];
   initialKind?: string;
-  options?: TableProps<CatalogTableRow>['options'];
+  tableOptions?: TableProps<CatalogTableRow>['options'];
 }
 
 export function DefaultCatalogPage(props: DefaultCatalogPageProps) {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export function DefaultCatalogPage(props: DefaultCatalogPageProps) {
     actions,
     initiallySelectedFilter = 'owned',
     initialKind = 'component',
-    options = {},
+    tableOptions = {},
   } = props;
   const orgName =
     useApi(configApiRef).getOptionalString('organization.name') ?? 'Backstage';
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export function DefaultCatalogPage(props: DefaultCatalogPageProps) {
               <CatalogTable
                 columns={columns}
                 actions={actions}
-                options={options}
+                tableOptions={tableOptions}
               />
             </CatalogFilterLayout.Content>
           </CatalogFilterLayout>
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx
index 98283793e2..433032a69e 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ import Star from '@material-ui/icons/Star';
 export interface CatalogTableProps {
   columns?: TableColumn<CatalogTableRow>[];
   actions?: TableProps<CatalogTableRow>['actions'];
-  options?: TableProps<CatalogTableRow>['options'];
+  tableOptions?: TableProps<CatalogTableRow>['options'];
 }
 
 const YellowStar = withStyles({
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const YellowStar = withStyles({
 
 /** @public */
 export const CatalogTable = (props: CatalogTableProps) => {
-  const { columns, actions, options } = props;
+  const { columns, actions, tableOptions } = props;
   const { isStarredEntity, toggleStarredEntity } = useStarredEntities();
   const { loading, error, entities, filters } = useEntityList();
 
@@ -164,8 +164,6 @@ export const CatalogTable = (props: CatalogTableProps) => {
     typeColumn.hidden = !showTypeColumn;
   }
   const showPagination = rows.length > 20;
-  const optionsOverride =
-    options && Object.keys(options).length > 0 ? options : {};
 
   return (
     <Table<CatalogTableRow>
@@ -179,7 +177,7 @@ export const CatalogTable = (props: CatalogTableProps) => {
         showEmptyDataSourceMessage: !loading,
         padding: 'dense',
         pageSizeOptions: [20, 50, 100],
-        ...optionsOverride,
+        ...tableOptions,
       }}
       title={`${titlePreamble} (${entities.length})`}
       data={rows}