diff --git a/.changeset/poor-tomatoes-stare.md b/.changeset/poor-tomatoes-stare.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e45316784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/poor-tomatoes-stare.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend': patch
+---
+
+Deprecated `StaticLocationProcessor` which is unused and replaced by `ConfigLocationEntityProvider`.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
index d97df9967c..f6e4b9051c 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ export function runPeriodically(fn: () => any, delayMs: number): () => void;
 
 // Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "StaticLocationProcessor" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)
 //
-// @public (undocumented)
+// @public @deprecated (undocumented)
 export class StaticLocationProcessor implements StaticLocationProcessor {
   constructor(staticLocations: LocationSpec[]);
   // (undocumented)
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/StaticLocationProcessor.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/StaticLocationProcessor.ts
index 425ad6e0fe..a4bd8b5afa 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/StaticLocationProcessor.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/StaticLocationProcessor.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import * as result from './results';
 import { CatalogProcessorEmit } from './types';
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated no longer in use, replaced by the ConfigLocationEntityProvider.
+ */
 export class StaticLocationProcessor implements StaticLocationProcessor {
   static fromConfig(config: Config): StaticLocationProcessor {
     const locations: LocationSpec[] = [];