diff --git a/packages/core-api/src/app/App.test.tsx b/packages/core-api/src/app/App.test.tsx
index 7ab4928abf..4050343bbf 100644
--- a/packages/core-api/src/app/App.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core-api/src/app/App.test.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import { renderWithEffects, withLogCollector } from '@backstage/test-utils';
 import { lightTheme } from '@backstage/theme';
 import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { PropsWithChildren } from 'react';
 import { BrowserRouter, Routes } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { createRoutableExtension } from '../extensions';
 import { defaultSystemIcons } from '../icons';
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ describe('Integration Test', () => {
 
   const HiddenComponent = plugin2.provide(
     createRoutableExtension({
-      component: () => null,
+      component: (_: { path?: string }) => <div />,
       mountPoint: plugin2RouteRef,
     }),
   );
 
   const ExposedComponent = plugin1.provide(
     createRoutableExtension({
-      component: () => {
+      component: (_: PropsWithChildren<{ path?: string }>) => {
         // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/rules-of-hooks
         const routeRefFunction = useRouteRef(externalRouteRef);
         return <div>Our Route Is: {routeRefFunction({})}</div>;
diff --git a/packages/core-api/src/extensions/extensions.test.tsx b/packages/core-api/src/extensions/extensions.test.tsx
index 92fcecebc4..861045fb3d 100644
--- a/packages/core-api/src/extensions/extensions.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core-api/src/extensions/extensions.test.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const plugin = createPlugin({
 
 describe('extensions', () => {
   it('should create a react extension with component data', () => {
-    const Component = () => null;
+    const Component = () => <div />;
 
     const extension = createReactExtension({
       component: Component,
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ describe('extensions', () => {
   });
 
   it('should create react extensions of different types', () => {
-    const Component = () => null;
+    const Component = () => <div />;
     const routeRef = createRouteRef({ path: '/foo', title: 'Foo' });
 
     const extension1 = createComponentExtension({
diff --git a/packages/core-api/src/extensions/extensions.tsx b/packages/core-api/src/extensions/extensions.tsx
index 079fec4597..aca29e87dc 100644
--- a/packages/core-api/src/extensions/extensions.tsx
+++ b/packages/core-api/src/extensions/extensions.tsx
@@ -14,24 +14,14 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import React, {
-  NamedExoticComponent,
-  ComponentType,
-  PropsWithChildren,
-} from 'react';
+import React from 'react';
 import { RouteRef } from '../routing';
 import { attachComponentData } from './componentData';
 import { Extension, BackstagePlugin } from '../plugin/types';
 
-export function createRoutableExtension<Props extends {}>(options: {
-  component: ComponentType<Props>;
-  mountPoint: RouteRef;
-  // TODO(Rugvip): We want to carry forward the exact props type from the inner component, with
-  //               or without children. ComponentType stops us from doing that though, as it always
-  //               adds children to the props internally. We may want to work around this with custom types.
-}): Extension<
-  NamedExoticComponent<PropsWithChildren<Props & { path?: string }>>
-> {
+export function createRoutableExtension<
+  T extends (props: any) => JSX.Element
+>(options: { component: T; mountPoint: RouteRef }): Extension<T> {
   const { component, mountPoint } = options;
   return createReactExtension({
     component,
@@ -41,21 +31,24 @@ export function createRoutableExtension<Props extends {}>(options: {
   });
 }
 
-export function createComponentExtension<Props extends {}>(options: {
-  component: ComponentType<Props>;
-}): Extension<NamedExoticComponent<Props>> {
+export function createComponentExtension<
+  T extends (props: any) => JSX.Element
+>(options: { component: T }): Extension<T> {
   const { component } = options;
   return createReactExtension({ component });
 }
 
-export function createReactExtension<Props extends {}>(options: {
-  component: ComponentType<Props>;
-  data?: Record<string, unknown>;
-}): Extension<NamedExoticComponent<Props>> {
-  const { component: Component, data = {} } = options;
+export function createReactExtension<
+  T extends (props: any) => JSX.Element
+>(options: { component: T; data?: Record<string, unknown> }): Extension<T> {
+  const { data = {} } = options;
+  const Component = options.component as T & {
+    displayName?: string;
+  };
+
   return {
-    expose(plugin: BackstagePlugin<any, any>): NamedExoticComponent<Props> {
-      const Result = (props: Props) => <Component {...props} />;
+    expose(plugin: BackstagePlugin<any, any>) {
+      const Result: any = (props: any) => <Component {...props} />;
 
       attachComponentData(Result, 'core.plugin', plugin);
       for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(data)) {
@@ -66,7 +59,7 @@ export function createReactExtension<Props extends {}>(options: {
       if (name) {
         Result.displayName = `Extension(${name})`;
       }
-      return Result as NamedExoticComponent<Props>;
+      return Result;
     },
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/core-api/src/plugin/collectors.test.tsx b/packages/core-api/src/plugin/collectors.test.tsx
index f040cfd433..e5f8a123e3 100644
--- a/packages/core-api/src/plugin/collectors.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core-api/src/plugin/collectors.test.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ import {
 import { pluginCollector } from './collectors';
 
 const mockConfig = () => ({ path: '/foo', title: 'Foo' });
-const MockComponent = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren<{}>) => <>{children}</>;
+const MockComponent = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren<{ path?: string }>) => (
+  <>{children}</>
+);
 
 const pluginA = createPlugin({ id: 'my-plugin-a' });
 const pluginB = createPlugin({ id: 'my-plugin-b' });
diff --git a/packages/core-api/src/routing/collectors.test.tsx b/packages/core-api/src/routing/collectors.test.tsx
index 2595b8c0a0..e44474565c 100644
--- a/packages/core-api/src/routing/collectors.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core-api/src/routing/collectors.test.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ import { createRoutableExtension } from '../extensions';
 import { MemoryRouter, Routes, Route } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 const mockConfig = () => ({ path: '/foo', title: 'Foo' });
-const MockComponent = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren<{}>) => <>{children}</>;
+const MockComponent = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren<{ path?: string }>) => (
+  <>{children}</>
+);
 
 const plugin = createPlugin({ id: 'my-plugin' });
 
diff --git a/packages/core-api/src/routing/hooks.test.tsx b/packages/core-api/src/routing/hooks.test.tsx
index 6bc80b7c08..a29e263e14 100644
--- a/packages/core-api/src/routing/hooks.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core-api/src/routing/hooks.test.tsx
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ const mockConfig = (extra?: Partial<RouteRefConfig<{}>>) => ({
   title: 'Unused',
   ...extra,
 });
-const MockComponent = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren<{}>) => <>{children}</>;
+const MockComponent = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren<{ path?: string }>) => (
+  <>{children}</>
+);
 
 const plugin = createPlugin({ id: 'my-plugin' });
 
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ const eRefB = createExternalRouteRef();
 const eRefC = createExternalRouteRef();
 
 const MockRouteSource = <T extends { [name in string]: string }>(props: {
+  path?: string;
   name: string;
   routeRef: RouteRef<T> | ExternalRouteRef;
   params?: T;