diff --git a/plugins/proxy-backend/package.json b/plugins/proxy-backend/package.json
index 521f190eba..9a9352ba83 100644
--- a/plugins/proxy-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/proxy-backend/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "types": "src/index.ts",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "private": true,
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public",
     "main": "dist/index.cjs.js",
@@ -24,10 +23,9 @@
     "@backstage/config": "^0.1.1-alpha.13",
     "@backstage/config-loader": "^0.1.1-alpha.13",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
-    "@types/http-proxy-middleware": "^0.19.3",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "express-promise-router": "^3.0.3",
-    "http-proxy-middleware": "^1.0.4",
+    "http-proxy-middleware": "^0.19.1",
     "morgan": "^1.10.0",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.0",
     "uuid": "^8.0.0",
@@ -45,12 +43,6 @@
     "jest-fetch-mock": "^3.0.3",
     "supertest": "^4.0.2"
   },
-  "workspaces": {
-    "nohoist": [
-      "http-proxy-middleware",
-      "@types/http-proxy-middleware"
-    ]
-  },
   "files": [
     "dist"
   ]
diff --git a/plugins/proxy-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/proxy-backend/src/service/router.ts
index a8fd70c10d..2c8af574bd 100644
--- a/plugins/proxy-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/proxy-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,10 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { errorHandler } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import express from 'express';
 import Router from 'express-promise-router';
-import { createProxyMiddleware } from 'http-proxy-middleware';
+import createProxyMiddleware from 'http-proxy-middleware';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 
 export interface RouterOptions {
@@ -30,13 +29,10 @@ export async function createRouter(
   options: RouterOptions,
 ): Promise<express.Router> {
   const router = Router();
-  router.use(express.json());
-
   const proxyConfig = options.config.get('proxy') ?? {};
   Object.entries(proxyConfig).forEach(([route, proxyRouteConfig]) => {
     router.use(createProxyMiddleware(route, proxyRouteConfig));
   });
 
-  router.use(errorHandler());
   return router;
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 35b06e3d21..ca6bdad85b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3599,7 +3599,7 @@
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/http-errors/-/http-errors-1.6.3.tgz#619a55768eab98299e8f76747339f3373f134e69"
   integrity sha512-4KCE/agIcoQ9bIfa4sBxbZdnORzRjIw8JNQPLfqoNv7wQl/8f8mRbW68Q8wBsQFoJkPUHGlQYZ9sqi5WpfGSEQ==
 
-"@types/http-proxy-middleware@*", "@types/http-proxy-middleware@^0.19.3":
+"@types/http-proxy-middleware@*":
   version "0.19.3"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/http-proxy-middleware/-/http-proxy-middleware-0.19.3.tgz#b2eb96fbc0f9ac7250b5d9c4c53aade049497d03"
   integrity sha512-lnBTx6HCOUeIJMLbI/LaL5EmdKLhczJY5oeXZpX/cXE4rRqb3RmV7VcMpiEfYkmTjipv3h7IAyIINe4plEv7cA==
@@ -10173,16 +10173,15 @@ http-proxy-middleware@0.19.1:
     lodash "^4.17.11"
     micromatch "^3.1.10"
 
-http-proxy-middleware@^1.0.4:
-  version "1.0.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/http-proxy-middleware/-/http-proxy-middleware-1.0.4.tgz#425ea177986a0cda34f9c81ec961c719adb6c2a9"
-  integrity sha512-8wiqujNWlsZNbeTSSWMLUl/u70xbJ5VYRwPR8RcAbvsNxzAZbgwLzRvT96btbm3fAitZUmo5i8LY6WKGyHDgvA==
+http-proxy-middleware@^0.19.1:
+  version "0.19.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/http-proxy-middleware/-/http-proxy-middleware-0.19.2.tgz#ee73dcc8348165afefe8de2ff717751d181608ee"
+  integrity sha512-aYk1rTKqLTus23X3L96LGNCGNgWpG4cG0XoZIT1GUPhhulEHX/QalnO6Vbo+WmKWi4AL2IidjuC0wZtbpg0yhQ==
   dependencies:
-    "@types/http-proxy" "^1.17.4"
     http-proxy "^1.18.1"
-    is-glob "^4.0.1"
-    lodash "^4.17.15"
-    micromatch "^4.0.2"
+    is-glob "^4.0.0"
+    lodash "^4.17.11"
+    micromatch "^3.1.10"
 
 http-proxy@^1.17.0:
   version "1.18.0"