diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/package.json b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/package.json
index 19ded3ba59..d2b01c333b 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/package.json
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
     "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^",
     "@types/aws4": "^1.5.1",
     "@types/http-proxy-middleware": "^0.19.3",
-    "cross-fetch": "^3.1.5",
     "mock-fs": "^5.2.0",
     "msw": "^1.0.0",
     "supertest": "^6.1.3",
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesProxy.test.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesProxy.test.ts
index 75ae6bcf27..6b5430c7d1 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesProxy.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesProxy.test.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ import {
   HEADER_KUBERNETES_CLUSTER,
   KubernetesProxy,
 } from './KubernetesProxy';
-import fetch from 'cross-fetch';
 
 import type { Request } from 'express';
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 762737c213..177173d0ac 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7646,7 +7646,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/luxon": ^3.0.0
     compression: ^1.7.4
     cors: ^2.8.5
-    cross-fetch: ^3.1.5
     express: ^4.17.1
     express-promise-router: ^4.1.0
     fs-extra: 10.1.0