diff --git a/packages/backend/src/plugins/catalog.ts b/packages/backend/src/plugins/catalog.ts
index 8cf44f9722..f6fe25f86a 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/plugins/catalog.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/plugins/catalog.ts
@@ -19,30 +19,14 @@ import { EntityProvider } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
 import { ScaffolderEntitiesProcessor } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend';
 import { Router } from 'express';
 import { PluginEnvironment } from '../types';
-import { GithubEntityProvider } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-github';
 
 export default async function createPlugin(
   env: PluginEnvironment,
   providers?: Array<EntityProvider>,
 ): Promise<Router> {
   const builder = await CatalogBuilder.create(env);
-  const githubEntityProviders = GithubEntityProvider.fromConfig(env.config, {
-    logger: env.logger,
-    // optional: alternatively, use scheduler with schedule defined in app-config.yaml
-    schedule: env.scheduler.createScheduledTaskRunner({
-      frequency: { minutes: 5 },
-      timeout: { minutes: 3 },
-    }),
-    scheduler: env.scheduler,
-  });
-  builder.addEntityProvider(githubEntityProviders);
   builder.addProcessor(new ScaffolderEntitiesProcessor());
   builder.addEntityProvider(providers ?? []);
-  // const conflictBroker = new InMemoryEventBroker(env.logger);
-  // conflictBroker.subscribe(
-  //   new ConflictEventSubscriber(env.logger, ['conflicts']),
-  // );
-  // builder.setConflictEventBroker(conflictBroker);
   const { processingEngine, router } = await builder.build();
   await processingEngine.start();
   return router;