diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-react/report.api.md b/plugins/techdocs-react/report.api.md
index fd8de5803f..a3bae1f571 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-react/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-react/report.api.md
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ import { SetStateAction } from 'react';
 // @public
 export const buildTechDocsURL: (
   entity: Entity,
-  routeFunc: TechDocsRouteFunc | undefined,
+  routeFunc: RouteFunc<{
+    namespace: string;
+    kind: string;
+    name: string;
+  }> | undefined,
 ) => string | undefined;
 
 // @public
@@ -132,13 +136,6 @@ export type TechDocsReaderPageValue = {
   onReady?: () => void;
 };
 
-// @public
-export type TechDocsRouteFunc = RouteFunc<{
-  namespace: string;
-  kind: string;
-  name: string;
-}>;
-
 // @public
 export const TechDocsShadowDom: (
   props: TechDocsShadowDomProps,
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-react/src/helpers.ts b/plugins/techdocs-react/src/helpers.ts
index 8c4c9ee8f1..e6daf99b26 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-react/src/helpers.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-react/src/helpers.ts
@@ -27,18 +27,6 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs-common';
 import { RouteFunc } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 
-/**
- * The RouteFunc used by buildTechDocsURL() to build the TechDocs link for
- * an entity.
- *
- * @public
- */
-export type TechDocsRouteFunc = RouteFunc<{
-  namespace: string;
-  kind: string;
-  name: string;
-}>;
-
 /**
  * Lower-case entity triplets by default, but allow override.
  *
@@ -82,7 +70,13 @@ export function getEntityRootTechDocsPath(entity: Entity): string {
  */
 export const buildTechDocsURL = (
   entity: Entity,
-  routeFunc: TechDocsRouteFunc | undefined,
+  routeFunc:
+    | RouteFunc<{
+        namespace: string;
+        kind: string;
+        name: string;
+      }>
+    | undefined,
 ) => {
   if (!routeFunc) {
     return undefined;
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-react/src/index.ts b/plugins/techdocs-react/src/index.ts
index 6b0e228a27..7c4f316c1e 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-react/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-react/src/index.ts
@@ -57,4 +57,3 @@ export {
   getEntityRootTechDocsPath,
   buildTechDocsURL,
 } from './helpers';
-export type { TechDocsRouteFunc } from './helpers';