diff --git a/packages/backend/src/plugins/search.ts b/packages/backend/src/plugins/search.ts
index 68380935d9..4cf9c10021 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/plugins/search.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/plugins/search.ts
@@ -76,10 +76,6 @@ export default async function createPlugin({
     collator: DefaultTechDocsCollator.fromConfig(config, {
       discovery,
       logger,
-      legacyPathCasing:
-        config.getOptionalBoolean(
-          'techdocs.legacyUseCaseSensitiveTripletPaths',
-        ) || false,
     }),
   });
 
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/techdocs-backend/api-report.md
index 7d7cad261f..f955cea906 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/api-report.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export class DefaultTechDocsCollator implements DocumentCollator {
   execute(): Promise<TechDocsDocument[]>;
   // (undocumented)
   static fromConfig(
-    _config: Config,
+    config: Config,
     options: TechDocsCollatorOptions,
   ): DefaultTechDocsCollator;
   // (undocumented)
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/search/DefaultTechDocsCollator.test.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/search/DefaultTechDocsCollator.test.ts
index 49b2c46622..0df22bee53 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/search/DefaultTechDocsCollator.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/search/DefaultTechDocsCollator.test.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { DefaultTechDocsCollator } from './DefaultTechDocsCollator';
 import { msw } from '@backstage/test-utils';
 import { setupServer } from 'msw/node';
 import { rest } from 'msw';
+import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
 
 const logger = getVoidLogger();
 
@@ -94,7 +95,12 @@ describe('DefaultTechDocsCollator with legacyPathCasing configuration', () => {
       getBaseUrl: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue('http://test-backend'),
       getExternalBaseUrl: jest.fn(),
     };
-    collator = new DefaultTechDocsCollator({
+    const mockConfig = new ConfigReader({
+      techdocs: {
+        legacyUseCaseSensitiveTripletPaths: true,
+      },
+    });
+    collator = DefaultTechDocsCollator.fromConfig(mockConfig, {
       discovery: mockDiscoveryApi,
       logger,
       legacyPathCasing: true,
@@ -146,7 +152,7 @@ describe('DefaultTechDocsCollator', () => {
       getBaseUrl: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue('http://test-backend'),
       getExternalBaseUrl: jest.fn(),
     };
-    collator = new DefaultTechDocsCollator({
+    collator = DefaultTechDocsCollator.fromConfig(new ConfigReader({}), {
       discovery: mockDiscoveryApi,
       logger,
     });
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/search/DefaultTechDocsCollator.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/search/DefaultTechDocsCollator.ts
index 283fdb0e1b..5f0bc5f79e 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/search/DefaultTechDocsCollator.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/search/DefaultTechDocsCollator.ts
@@ -76,8 +76,12 @@ export class DefaultTechDocsCollator implements DocumentCollator {
     this.legacyPathCasing = legacyPathCasing;
   }
 
-  static fromConfig(_config: Config, options: TechDocsCollatorOptions) {
-    return new DefaultTechDocsCollator(options);
+  static fromConfig(config: Config, options: TechDocsCollatorOptions) {
+    const legacyPathCasing =
+      config.getOptionalBoolean(
+        'techdocs.legacyUseCaseSensitiveTripletPaths',
+      ) || false;
+    return new DefaultTechDocsCollator({ ...options, legacyPathCasing });
   }
 
   async execute() {