diff --git a/plugins/linguist-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/linguist-backend/api-report.md
index 1b2c4af832..0c70f936c6 100644
--- a/plugins/linguist-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/linguist-backend/api-report.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 > Do not edit this file. It is a report generated by [API Extractor](https://api-extractor.com/).
 
 ```ts
-import { CatalogApi } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
 import { EntityResults } from '@backstage/plugin-linguist-common';
 import express from 'express';
 import { HumanDuration } from '@backstage/types';
@@ -32,26 +31,6 @@ export interface LinguistBackendApi {
   processEntities(): Promise<void>;
 }
 
-// @public (undocumented)
-export class LinguistBackendClient implements LinguistBackendApi {
-  constructor(
-    logger: Logger,
-    store: LinguistBackendStore,
-    urlReader: UrlReader,
-    tokenManager: TokenManager,
-    catalogApi: CatalogApi,
-    age?: HumanDuration,
-    batchSize?: number,
-    useSourceLocation?: boolean,
-    kind?: string[],
-    linguistJsOptions?: Record<string, unknown>,
-  );
-  // (undocumented)
-  getEntityLanguages(entityRef: string): Promise<Languages>;
-  // (undocumented)
-  processEntities(): Promise<void>;
-}
-
 // @public (undocumented)
 export class LinguistBackendDatabase implements LinguistBackendStore {
   constructor(db: Knex);
diff --git a/plugins/linguist-backend/src/api/index.ts b/plugins/linguist-backend/src/api/index.ts
index 53b427b3a7..b3f73587e7 100644
--- a/plugins/linguist-backend/src/api/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/linguist-backend/src/api/index.ts
@@ -14,5 +14,4 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export { LinguistBackendClient } from './LinguistBackendClient';
 export type { LinguistBackendApi } from './LinguistBackendClient';
diff --git a/plugins/linguist-backend/src/index.ts b/plugins/linguist-backend/src/index.ts
index 8969880618..6d3c86a8f2 100644
--- a/plugins/linguist-backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/linguist-backend/src/index.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 
 export * from './service/router';
-export { LinguistBackendClient } from './api';
 export type { LinguistBackendApi } from './api';
 export { LinguistBackendDatabase } from './db';
 export type { LinguistBackendStore } from './db';
diff --git a/plugins/linguist-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/linguist-backend/src/service/router.ts
index 21f03e08a3..9e45438ec8 100644
--- a/plugins/linguist-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/linguist-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {
 import express from 'express';
 import Router from 'express-promise-router';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
-import { LinguistBackendApi, LinguistBackendClient } from '../api';
+import { LinguistBackendApi } from '../api';
 import { LinguistBackendDatabase } from '../db';
 import {
   PluginTaskScheduler,
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/backend-tasks';
 import { HumanDuration } from '@backstage/types';
 import { CatalogClient } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
+import { LinguistBackendClient } from '../api/LinguistBackendClient';
 
 /** @public */
 export interface PluginOptions {