diff --git a/.changeset/chatty-showers-cheat.md b/.changeset/chatty-showers-cheat.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24c2720fb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chatty-showers-cheat.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend': minor
+---
+
+**BREAKING ALPHA**: You can no longer import the catalog plugin from the `/alpha` export; please use the regular root default export instead.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/dev/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/dev/index.ts
index 43c75d24df..dc287d46cc 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/dev/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/dev/index.ts
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@
 import { createBackend } from '@backstage/backend-defaults';
 
 const backend = createBackend();
-backend.add(import('../src/alpha'));
+backend.add(import('../src'));
 backend.start();
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/report-alpha.api.md b/plugins/catalog-backend/report-alpha.api.md
index d32ef323c9..ca521a568d 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/report-alpha.api.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/report-alpha.api.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 > Do not edit this file. It is a report generated by [API Extractor](https://api-extractor.com/).
 
 ```ts
-import { BackendFeature } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { ConditionalPolicyDecision } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
 import { Conditions } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-node';
 import { EntitiesSearchFilter } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
@@ -87,10 +86,6 @@ export const createCatalogPermissionRule: <
   rule: PermissionRule<Entity, EntitiesSearchFilter, 'catalog-entity', TParams>,
 ) => PermissionRule<Entity, EntitiesSearchFilter, 'catalog-entity', TParams>;
 
-// @alpha (undocumented)
-const _feature: BackendFeature;
-export default _feature;
-
 // @alpha
 export const permissionRules: {
   hasAnnotation: PermissionRule<
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/alpha.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/alpha.ts
index 4d40b8733e..82585fcf1d 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/alpha.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/alpha.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,4 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { catalogPlugin } from './service/CatalogPlugin';
-
-/** @alpha */
-const _feature = catalogPlugin;
-export default _feature;
-
 export * from './permissions';