diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/CatalogClusterLocator.test.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/CatalogClusterLocator.test.ts
index 0d17314cef..fbab8473b7 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/CatalogClusterLocator.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/CatalogClusterLocator.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import '@backstage/backend-common';
 import {
   ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_AUTH_PROVIDER,
   ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_AWS_ASSUME_ROLE,
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/ConfigClusterLocator.test.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/ConfigClusterLocator.test.ts
index 030643f2b2..134cefff2e 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/ConfigClusterLocator.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/ConfigClusterLocator.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { ConfigReader, Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import {
   ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_AUTH_PROVIDER,
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/GkeClusterLocator.test.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/GkeClusterLocator.test.ts
index e6e19a6aaa..2b63814f62 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/GkeClusterLocator.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/cluster-locator/GkeClusterLocator.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 
 import { ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_AUTH_PROVIDER } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
-import '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { ConfigReader, Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { GkeClusterLocator } from './GkeClusterLocator';
 import * as container from '@google-cloud/container';
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/index.test.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/index.test.ts
index 285d360387..9dc5e9fbfe 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/index.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/index.test.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import '@backstage/backend-common';
-
 describe('test', () => {
   it('unbreaks the test runner', () => {
     expect(true).toBeTruthy();
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service-locator/MultiTenantServiceLocator.test.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service-locator/MultiTenantServiceLocator.test.ts
index ec0c0760f8..73dd38848c 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service-locator/MultiTenantServiceLocator.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service-locator/MultiTenantServiceLocator.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { ServiceLocatorRequestContext } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-node';
 import { MultiTenantServiceLocator } from './MultiTenantServiceLocator';
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service-locator/SingleTenantServiceLocator.test.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service-locator/SingleTenantServiceLocator.test.ts
index b0bddbc0e6..398efbc71d 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service-locator/SingleTenantServiceLocator.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service-locator/SingleTenantServiceLocator.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { ServiceLocatorRequestContext } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-node';
 import { SingleTenantServiceLocator } from './SingleTenantServiceLocator';