diff --git a/plugins/catalog/package.json b/plugins/catalog/package.json
index 14628a0323..150f5362f3 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/package.json
+++ b/plugins/catalog/package.json
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@
   "peerDependencies": {
     "react": "^16.13.1 || ^17.0.0 || ^18.0.0",
     "react-dom": "^16.13.1 || ^17.0.0 || ^18.0.0",
-    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-beta.0 || ^6.3.0",
-    "react-router": "6.17.0"
+    "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-beta.0 || ^6.3.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^",
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/EntityLayout/EntityLayout.test.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/EntityLayout/EntityLayout.test.tsx
index 96b1a3ae59..9196ad9e8d 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/EntityLayout/EntityLayout.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/EntityLayout/EntityLayout.test.tsx
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import { act, fireEvent, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
 import React from 'react';
 import { EntityLayout } from './EntityLayout';
 import { rootRouteRef, unregisterRedirectRouteRef } from '../../routes';
-import * as router from 'react-router';
+import { Route, Routes } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 describe('EntityLayout', () => {
   const mockEntity = {
@@ -326,15 +326,6 @@ describe('EntityLayout - CleanUpAfterRemoval', () => {
     },
   };
 
-  const navigate = jest.fn();
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    jest.spyOn(router, 'useNavigate').mockImplementation(() => navigate);
-  });
-
-  afterEach(() => {
-    jest.clearAllMocks();
-  });
-
   it('redirects to externalRouteRef when unregisterRedirectRouteRef is bound', async () => {
     await renderInTestApp(
       <TestApiProvider
@@ -360,12 +351,16 @@ describe('EntityLayout - CleanUpAfterRemoval', () => {
             </EntityLayout.Route>
           </EntityLayout>
         </EntityProvider>
+        <Routes>
+          <Route path="/catalog" element={<p>catalog-page</p>} />
+          <Route path="/testRoute" element={<p>external-page</p>} />
+        </Routes>
       </TestApiProvider>,
       {
         mountedRoutes: {
           '/catalog/:namespace/:kind/:name': entityRouteRef,
           '/catalog': rootRouteRef,
-          '/testExternalRouteRef': unregisterRedirectRouteRef,
+          '/testRoute': unregisterRedirectRouteRef,
         },
       },
     );
@@ -386,7 +381,7 @@ describe('EntityLayout - CleanUpAfterRemoval', () => {
     });
 
     await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/testExternalRouteRef');
+      expect(screen.getByText('external-page')).toBeInTheDocument();
     });
   });
 
@@ -415,6 +410,10 @@ describe('EntityLayout - CleanUpAfterRemoval', () => {
             </EntityLayout.Route>
           </EntityLayout>
         </EntityProvider>
+        <Routes>
+          <Route path="/catalog" element={<p>catalog-page</p>} />
+          <Route path="/testRoute" element={<p>external-page</p>} />
+        </Routes>
       </TestApiProvider>,
       {
         mountedRoutes: {
@@ -440,7 +439,7 @@ describe('EntityLayout - CleanUpAfterRemoval', () => {
     });
 
     await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/catalog');
+      expect(screen.getByText('catalog-page')).toBeInTheDocument();
     });
   });
 });