diff --git a/.changeset/tame-worms-do.md b/.changeset/tame-worms-do.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21872b9106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tame-worms-do.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud': patch
+---
+
+Fixed bug in event-based discovery that caused unnecessary API calls to Bitbucket Cloud
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/providers/BitbucketCloudEntityProvider.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/providers/BitbucketCloudEntityProvider.test.ts
index 489578e853..5b2f9992c9 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/providers/BitbucketCloudEntityProvider.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/providers/BitbucketCloudEntityProvider.test.ts
@@ -542,31 +542,11 @@ describe('BitbucketCloudEntityProvider', () => {
     })[0];
 
     server.use(
-      rest.get(
-        `https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/workspaces/test-ws/projects`,
-        (_req, res, ctx) => {
-          const response = {
-            values: [
-              {
-                key: 'TEST',
-              },
-              {
-                key: 'TEST2',
-              },
-            ],
-          };
-          return res(ctx.json(response));
-        },
-      ),
       rest.get(
         `https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/workspaces/test-ws/search/code`,
         (req, res, ctx) => {
           const query = req.url.searchParams.get('search_query');
-          if (
-            !query ||
-            !query.includes('repo:test-repo') ||
-            !query.includes('project:TEST')
-          ) {
+          if (!query || !query.includes('repo:test-repo')) {
             return res(ctx.json({ values: [] }));
           }
 
@@ -643,10 +623,6 @@ describe('BitbucketCloudEntityProvider', () => {
         entity: addedModule,
         locationKey: 'bitbucketCloud-provider:myProvider',
       },
-      {
-        entity: addedModule,
-        locationKey: 'bitbucketCloud-provider:myProvider',
-      },
     ];
     const removedEntities = [
       {
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/providers/BitbucketCloudEntityProvider.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/providers/BitbucketCloudEntityProvider.ts
index e4ba2f2dc0..5beb98ac08 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/providers/BitbucketCloudEntityProvider.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/src/providers/BitbucketCloudEntityProvider.ts
@@ -326,6 +326,8 @@ export class BitbucketCloudEntityProvider implements EntityProvider {
     const optRepoFilter = repoSlug ? ` repo:${repoSlug}` : '';
     const query = `"${catalogFilename}" path:${catalogPath}${optRepoFilter}`;
 
+    if (repoSlug) return this.processQuery(workspace, query);
+
     const projects = this.client
       .listProjectsByWorkspace(workspace)
       .iterateResults();