diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/app/src/apis.ts b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/app/src/apis.ts
index ba4343801f..e0503e504f 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/app/src/apis.ts
+++ b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/app/src/apis.ts
@@ -1,79 +1,17 @@
 import {
-  ApiRegistry,
-  alertApiRef,
-  errorApiRef,
-  AlertApiForwarder,
-  ConfigApi,
-  ErrorApiForwarder,
-  ErrorAlerter,
   discoveryApiRef,
   UrlPatternDiscovery,
-  oauthRequestApiRef,
-  OAuthRequestManager,
-  storageApiRef,
-  WebStorage,
+  createApiFactory,
+  configApiRef,
 } from '@backstage/core';
 
-import {
-  lighthouseApiRef,
-  LighthouseRestApi,
-} from '@backstage/plugin-lighthouse';
-
-import {
-  GithubActionsClient,
-  githubActionsApiRef,
-} from '@backstage/plugin-github-actions';
-
-import {
-  techdocsStorageApiRef,
-  TechDocsStorageApi,
-} from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs';
-
-import { catalogApiRef, CatalogClient } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog';
-import { CircleCIApi, circleCIApiRef } from '@backstage/plugin-circleci';
-
-import { scaffolderApiRef, ScaffolderApi } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder';
-
-
-
-export const apis = (config: ConfigApi) => {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-  console.log(`Creating APIs for ${config.getString('app.title')}`);
-
-  const backendUrl = config.getString('backend.baseUrl');
-  const techdocsStorageUrl = config.getString('techdocs.storageUrl');
-
-  const builder = ApiRegistry.builder();
-
-  const discoveryApi = builder.add(
-    discoveryApiRef,
-    UrlPatternDiscovery.compile(`${backendUrl}/{{ pluginId }}`),
-  );
-  const alertApi = builder.add(alertApiRef, new AlertApiForwarder());
-  const errorApi = builder.add(
-    errorApiRef,
-    new ErrorAlerter(alertApi, new ErrorApiForwarder()),
-  );
-
-  builder.add(storageApiRef, WebStorage.create({ errorApi }));
-  builder.add(oauthRequestApiRef, new OAuthRequestManager());
-
-  builder.add(catalogApiRef, new CatalogClient({ discoveryApi }));
-  builder.add(githubActionsApiRef, new GithubActionsClient());
-
-  builder.add(lighthouseApiRef, new LighthouseRestApi('http://localhost:3003'));
-
-  builder.add(
-    circleCIApiRef,
-    new CircleCIApi(`${backendUrl}/proxy/circleci/api`),
-  );
-
-  builder.add(scaffolderApiRef, new ScaffolderApi({ discoveryApi }));
-
-  builder.add(
-    techdocsStorageApiRef,
-    new TechDocsStorageApi({ apiOrigin: techdocsStorageUrl }),
-  );
-
-  return builder.build();
-};
+export const apis = [
+  createApiFactory({
+    api: discoveryApiRef,
+    deps: { configApi: configApiRef },
+    factory: ({ configApi }) =>
+      UrlPatternDiscovery.compile(
+        `${configApi.getString('backend.baseUrl')}/{{ pluginId }}`,
+      ),
+  }),
+];