diff --git a/plugins/notifications-backend/src/database/DatabaseNotificationsStore.ts b/plugins/notifications-backend/src/database/DatabaseNotificationsStore.ts
index 5a1cc3e662..35ecf1d778 100644
--- a/plugins/notifications-backend/src/database/DatabaseNotificationsStore.ts
+++ b/plugins/notifications-backend/src/database/DatabaseNotificationsStore.ts
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ import {
   TopicGetOptions,
 } from './NotificationsStore';
 import {
-  generateSettingsHash,
   Notification,
   NotificationSettings,
   notificationSeverities,
   NotificationSeverity,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-notifications-common';
 import { Knex } from 'knex';
+import crypto from 'crypto';
 
 const migrationsDir = resolvePackagePath(
   '@backstage/plugin-notifications-backend',
@@ -106,6 +106,16 @@ export const normalizeSeverity = (input?: string): NotificationSeverity => {
   return lower;
 };
 
+export const generateSettingsHash = (
+  user: string,
+  channel: string,
+  origin: string,
+  topic: string | null,
+): string => {
+  const rawKey = `${user}|${channel}|${origin}|${topic ?? ''}`;
+  return crypto.createHash('sha256').update(rawKey).digest('hex');
+};
+
 /** @internal */
 export class DatabaseNotificationsStore implements NotificationsStore {
   private readonly isSQLite = false;
diff --git a/plugins/notifications-common/src/utils.ts b/plugins/notifications-common/src/utils.ts
index 8017e8fd7c..b95df5bea5 100644
--- a/plugins/notifications-common/src/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/notifications-common/src/utils.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import { NotificationSettings } from './types';
-import crypto from 'crypto';
 
 /** @public */
 export const isNotificationsEnabledFor = (
@@ -41,14 +40,3 @@ export const isNotificationsEnabledFor = (
   }
   return topic.enabled;
 };
-
-/** @public */
-export const generateSettingsHash = (
-  user: string,
-  channel: string,
-  origin: string,
-  topic: string | null,
-): string => {
-  const rawKey = `${user}|${channel}|${origin}|${topic ?? ''}`;
-  return crypto.createHash('sha256').update(rawKey).digest('hex');
-};