diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/report-alpha.api.md b/plugins/catalog-react/report-alpha.api.md
index 1619bc6a3d..f495a043cc 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/report-alpha.api.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/report-alpha.api.md
@@ -363,12 +363,6 @@ export type EntityPredicateValue =
       $contains: EntityPredicateExpression;
     };
 
-// @alpha
-export function evaluateEntityPredicate(
-  filter: EntityPredicate,
-  value: JsonValue,
-): boolean;
-
 // @alpha
 export function isOwnerOf(owner: Entity, entity: Entity): boolean;
 
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/predicates/evaluateEntityPredicate.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/predicates/entityPredicateToFilterFunction.test.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/predicates/evaluateEntityPredicate.test.ts
rename to plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/predicates/entityPredicateToFilterFunction.test.ts
index 261beae5ba..3e55bb33bd 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/predicates/evaluateEntityPredicate.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/predicates/entityPredicateToFilterFunction.test.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { evaluateEntityPredicate } from './evaluateEntityPredicate';
+import { entityPredicateToFilterFunction } from './entityPredicateToFilterFunction';
 import { EntityPredicate } from './types';
 
-describe('evaluateEntityPredicate', () => {
+describe('entityPredicateToFilterFunction', () => {
   const entities = [
     {
       apiVersion: 'backstage.io/v1alpha1',
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ describe('evaluateEntityPredicate', () => {
     ],
   ])('filter entry %#', (expected, filter) => {
     const filtered = entities.filter(entity =>
-      evaluateEntityPredicate(filter, entity),
+      entityPredicateToFilterFunction(filter)(entity),
     );
     expect(filtered.map(e => e.metadata.name).sort()).toEqual(
       expected.split(',').filter(Boolean).sort(),
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/predicates/evaluateEntityPredicate.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/predicates/entityPredicateToFilterFunction.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/predicates/evaluateEntityPredicate.ts
rename to plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/predicates/entityPredicateToFilterFunction.ts
index 514f01f0ad..56a6efe723 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/predicates/evaluateEntityPredicate.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/predicates/entityPredicateToFilterFunction.ts
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ export function entityPredicateToFilterFunction<T extends JsonValue>(
 /**
  * Evaluate a entity predicate against a value, typically an entity.
  *
- * @alpha
+ * @internal
  */
-export function evaluateEntityPredicate(
+function evaluateEntityPredicate(
   filter: EntityPredicate,
   value: JsonValue,
 ): boolean {
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/predicates/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/predicates/index.ts
index 5a9a747138..71be7403de 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/predicates/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/predicates/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,4 @@ export type {
   EntityPredicatePrimitive,
   EntityPredicateValue,
 } from './types';
-export {
-  evaluateEntityPredicate,
-  entityPredicateToFilterFunction,
-} from './evaluateEntityPredicate';
+export { entityPredicateToFilterFunction } from './entityPredicateToFilterFunction';