diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/TemplateList/TemplateList.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/TemplateList/TemplateList.tsx
index 9aa0ec5eef..9a88050d74 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/TemplateList/TemplateList.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/TemplateList/TemplateList.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 
 import React, { ComponentType } from 'react';
 import { Entity, stringifyEntityRef } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import { TemplateEntityV1beta3 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
+import {
+  isTemplateEntityV1beta3,
+  TemplateEntityV1beta3,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
 import {
   Content,
   ContentHeader,
@@ -28,7 +31,6 @@ import {
 import { useEntityList } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
 import { Typography } from '@material-ui/core';
 import { TemplateCard } from '../TemplateCard';
-import { isTemplateEntity } from '../../lib/isTemplateEntity';
 
 /**
  * @internal
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ export const TemplateList = ({
 }: TemplateListProps) => {
   const { loading, error, entities } = useEntityList();
   const Card = TemplateCardComponent || TemplateCard;
-  const templateEntities = entities.filter(isTemplateEntity);
+  const templateEntities = entities.filter(isTemplateEntityV1beta3);
   const maybeFilteredEntities = (
     group ? templateEntities.filter(group.filter) : templateEntities
   ).filter(e => (templateFilter ? !templateFilter(e) : true));
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/lib/isTemplateEntity.ts b/plugins/scaffolder/src/lib/isTemplateEntity.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 61ceabaa53..0000000000
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/lib/isTemplateEntity.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2023 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import { TemplateEntityV1beta3 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
-
-export const isTemplateEntity = (
-  entity: Entity,
-): entity is TemplateEntityV1beta3 =>
-  entity.apiVersion === 'scaffolder.backstage.io/v1beta3' &&
-  entity.kind === 'Template';