diff --git a/packages/backend-common/api-report.md b/packages/backend-common/api-report.md
index ed78157810..fcddb8dda5 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/api-report.md
+++ b/packages/backend-common/api-report.md
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import { GithubCredentialsProvider } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { GitHubIntegration } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { GitLabIntegration } from '@backstage/integration';
 import * as http from 'http';
-import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/config';
 import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/config';
 import { Knex } from 'knex';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
@@ -92,9 +91,6 @@ export const createDatabase: typeof createDatabaseClient;
 // @public
 export function createDatabaseClient(dbConfig: Config, overrides?: Partial<Knex.Config>): Knex<any, unknown[]>;
 
-// @public
-export function createNameOverride(client: string, name: string): Partial<Knex.Config>;
-
 // @public (undocumented)
 export function createRootLogger(options?: winston.LoggerOptions, env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): winston.Logger;
 
@@ -259,15 +255,9 @@ export class GitlabUrlReader implements UrlReader {
 // @public
 export function loadBackendConfig(options: Options): Promise<Config>;
 
-// @public
-export function normalizeConnection(connection: Knex.StaticConnectionConfig | JsonObject | string | undefined, client: string): Partial<Knex.StaticConnectionConfig>;
-
 // @public
 export function notFoundHandler(): RequestHandler;
 
-// @public
-export function parseConnectionString(connectionString: string, client?: string): Knex.StaticConnectionConfig;
-
 // @public
 export type PluginCacheManager = {
     getClient: (options?: ClientOptions) => CacheClient;
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/database/index.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/database/index.ts
index f8957907f0..bfb14e7353 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/database/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/database/index.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,17 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export * from './connection';
 export * from './SingleConnection';
 export * from './DatabaseManager';
 
+/*
+ * Undocumented API surface from connection is being reduced for future deprecation.
+ * Avoid exporting additional symbols.
+ */
+export {
+  createDatabaseClient,
+  createDatabase,
+  ensureDatabaseExists,
+} from './connection';
+
 export type { PluginDatabaseManager } from './types';