diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/FilterWrapper.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/FilterWrapper.tsx
similarity index 94%
rename from plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/FilterWrapper.tsx
rename to plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/FilterWrapper.tsx
index 33af9c2c3f..76ee69b087 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/FilterWrapper.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/FilterWrapper.tsx
@@ -24,9 +24,13 @@ import { parseFilterExpression } from './parseFilterExpression';
 const seenParseErrorExpressionStrings = new Set<string>();
 const seenDuplicateExpressionStrings = new Set<string>();
 
-// Given an optional filter function and an optional filter expression, make
-// sure that at most one of them was given, and return a filter function that
-// does the right thing.
+/**
+ * Given an optional filter function and an optional filter expression, make
+ * sure that at most one of them was given, and return a filter function that
+ * does the right thing.
+ *
+ * @alpha
+ */
 export function buildFilterFn(
   filterFunction?: (entity: Entity) => boolean,
   filterExpression?: string,
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createHasMatcher.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createHasMatcher.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createHasMatcher.test.ts
rename to plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createHasMatcher.test.ts
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createHasMatcher.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createHasMatcher.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createHasMatcher.ts
rename to plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createHasMatcher.ts
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createIsMatcher.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createIsMatcher.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createIsMatcher.test.ts
rename to plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createIsMatcher.test.ts
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createIsMatcher.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createIsMatcher.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createIsMatcher.ts
rename to plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createIsMatcher.ts
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createKindMatcher.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createKindMatcher.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createKindMatcher.test.ts
rename to plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createKindMatcher.test.ts
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createKindMatcher.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createKindMatcher.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createKindMatcher.ts
rename to plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createKindMatcher.ts
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createTypeMatcher.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createTypeMatcher.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createTypeMatcher.test.ts
rename to plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createTypeMatcher.test.ts
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createTypeMatcher.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createTypeMatcher.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createTypeMatcher.ts
rename to plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/matchers/createTypeMatcher.ts
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/matchers/types.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/matchers/types.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/matchers/types.ts
rename to plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/matchers/types.ts
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/parseFilterExpression.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/parseFilterExpression.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/parseFilterExpression.test.ts
rename to plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/parseFilterExpression.test.ts
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/parseFilterExpression.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/parseFilterExpression.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filter/parseFilterExpression.ts
rename to plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/filter/parseFilterExpression.ts
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/index.ts
index 4ff4dbf0dd..f1b8b05c62 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/index.ts
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ export * from './predicates';
 export { catalogReactTranslationRef } from '../translation';
 export { isOwnerOf } from '../utils/isOwnerOf';
 export { useEntityPermission } from '../hooks/useEntityPermission';
+export { buildFilterFn } from './filter/FilterWrapper';
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/entityContents.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/entityContents.tsx
index 165ed33e04..224557519e 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/entityContents.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/entityContents.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import {
   EntityContentLayoutBlueprint,
   EntityContentLayoutProps,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react/alpha';
-import { buildFilterFn } from './filter/FilterWrapper';
+import { buildFilterFn } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react/alpha';
 import { useEntity } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
 
 export const catalogOverviewEntityContent =
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/pages.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/pages.tsx
index b39fe510e6..f822cb0fed 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/pages.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/pages.tsx
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ import {
   EntityHeaderBlueprint,
   EntityContentBlueprint,
   defaultEntityContentGroups,
+  buildFilterFn,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react/alpha';
 import { rootRouteRef } from '../routes';
 import { useEntityFromUrl } from '../components/CatalogEntityPage/useEntityFromUrl';
-import { buildFilterFn } from './filter/FilterWrapper';
 import { EntityHeader } from './components/EntityHeader';
 
 export const catalogPage = PageBlueprint.makeWithOverrides({