diff --git a/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/ConfigApi/ConfigReader.ts b/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/ConfigApi/ConfigReader.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e0637fa22..0000000000
--- a/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/ConfigApi/ConfigReader.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
- *
- * 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 { ConfigReader as BaseConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
-
-export class ConfigReader extends BaseConfigReader {}
diff --git a/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/ConfigApi/index.ts b/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/ConfigApi/index.ts
index 8839cb948e..7c7f88a3e5 100644
--- a/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/ConfigApi/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/ConfigApi/index.ts
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export { ConfigReader } from './ConfigReader';
+export { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';