diff --git a/.changeset/chilly-taxis-shop.md b/.changeset/chilly-taxis-shop.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e2e73a5e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chilly-taxis-shop.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-home': patch
+---
+
+Remove object-hash dependency
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/home/HomePage.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/home/HomePage.tsx
index 26a7ab60f3..da1d0d425c 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/home/HomePage.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/home/HomePage.tsx
@@ -21,12 +21,15 @@ import {
   ClockConfig,
   HomePageStarredEntities,
   CustomHomepageGrid,
+  HomePageToolkit,
+  HomePageCompanyLogo,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-home';
 import { Content, Header, Page } from '@backstage/core-components';
 import { HomePageSearchBar } from '@backstage/plugin-search';
 import { HomePageCalendar } from '@backstage/plugin-gcalendar';
 import { MicrosoftCalendarCard } from '@backstage/plugin-microsoft-calendar';
 import React from 'react';
+import HomeIcon from '@material-ui/icons/Home';
 
 const clockConfigs: ClockConfig[] = [
   {
@@ -55,12 +58,26 @@ const timeFormat: Intl.DateTimeFormatOptions = {
 
 const defaultConfig = [
   {
-    component: 'HomePageSearchBar',
+    component: 'CompanyLogo',
     x: 0,
     y: 0,
     width: 12,
     height: 1,
   },
+  {
+    component: 'WelcomeTitle',
+    x: 0,
+    y: 1,
+    width: 12,
+    height: 1,
+  },
+  {
+    component: 'HomePageSearchBar',
+    x: 0,
+    y: 2,
+    width: 12,
+    height: 1,
+  },
 ];
 
 export const homePage = (
@@ -78,6 +95,17 @@ export const homePage = (
         <HomePageCalendar />
         <MicrosoftCalendarCard />
         <HomePageStarredEntities />
+        <HomePageCompanyLogo />
+        <WelcomeTitle />
+        <HomePageToolkit
+          tools={[
+            {
+              url: 'https://backstage.io',
+              label: 'Backstage Homepage',
+              icon: <HomeIcon />,
+            },
+          ]}
+        />
       </CustomHomepageGrid>
     </Content>
   </Page>
diff --git a/plugins/home/package.json b/plugins/home/package.json
index e8eb7f3ba9..607524147e 100644
--- a/plugins/home/package.json
+++ b/plugins/home/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
     "@rjsf/validator-ajv8": "5.6.0",
     "@types/react": "^16.13.1 || ^17.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
-    "object-hash": "^3.0.0",
     "react-grid-layout": "^1.3.4",
     "react-resizable": "^3.0.4",
     "react-use": "^17.2.4",
diff --git a/plugins/home/src/components/CustomHomepage/CustomHomepageGrid.tsx b/plugins/home/src/components/CustomHomepage/CustomHomepageGrid.tsx
index 232fbd12c2..6af9044cbd 100644
--- a/plugins/home/src/components/CustomHomepage/CustomHomepageGrid.tsx
+++ b/plugins/home/src/components/CustomHomepage/CustomHomepageGrid.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ import { CardConfig } from '../../extensions';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line new-cap
 const ResponsiveGrid = WidthProvider(Responsive);
-const hash = require('object-hash');
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles((theme: Theme) =>
   createStyles({
@@ -336,14 +335,14 @@ export const CustomHomepageGrid = (props: CustomHomepageGridProps) => {
             ...widget.component.props,
             ...(w.settings ?? {}),
           };
-          const propsHash = hash(widgetProps, {});
+
           return (
             <div
               key={l.i}
               className={`${styles.widgetWrapper} ${editMode && 'edit'}`}
             >
               <ErrorBoundary>
-                <widget.component.type key={propsHash} {...widgetProps} />
+                <widget.component.type {...widgetProps} />
               </ErrorBoundary>
               {editMode && (
                 <WidgetSettingsOverlay
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0cd30db248..37327ea6f3 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6997,7 +6997,6 @@ __metadata:
     cross-fetch: ^3.1.5
     lodash: ^4.17.21
     msw: ^1.0.0
-    object-hash: ^3.0.0
     react-grid-layout: ^1.3.4
     react-resizable: ^3.0.4
     react-use: ^17.2.4