diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/DefaultCatalogProcessingEngine.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/DefaultCatalogProcessingEngine.ts
index b1cfc33885..6e3f6589d2 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/DefaultCatalogProcessingEngine.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/DefaultCatalogProcessingEngine.ts
@@ -72,13 +72,6 @@ class Connection implements EntityProviderConnection {
           removed: mutation.removed,
         });
       });
-    } else if (mutation.type === 'refresh') {
-      // await db.transaction(async tx => {
-      //   await db.refreshUnprocessedEntities(tx, {
-      //     match: mutation.match,
-      //   });
-      // });
-      console.log('wopoop');
     }
   }
 
@@ -249,19 +242,8 @@ export class DefaultCatalogProcessingEngine implements CatalogProcessingEngine {
 
   async refresh(options: EntityRefreshOptions) {
     await this.processingDatabase.transaction(async tx => {
-      await this.processingDatabase.refreshUnprocessedEntities(tx, options);
+      await this.processingDatabase.refresh(tx, options);
     });
-    // await Promise.all(
-    //   this.entityProviders.map(async provider => {
-    //     try {
-    //       await provider.refresh?.(options);
-    //     } catch (e) {
-    //       throw new Error(
-    //         `Provider ${provider.getProviderName()} failed refresh, ${e}`,
-    //       );
-    //     }
-    //   }),
-    // );
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/DefaultLocationStore.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/DefaultLocationStore.ts
index 09eacc3955..c9ffe9a682 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/DefaultLocationStore.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/DefaultLocationStore.ts
@@ -19,12 +19,10 @@ import { ConflictError, NotFoundError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { Knex } from 'knex';
 import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
 import { DbLocationsRow } from './database/tables';
-import { RefreshStateMatch } from './database/types';
 import { getEntityLocationRef } from './processing/util';
 import {
   EntityProvider,
   EntityProviderConnection,
-  EntityRefreshOptions,
   LocationStore,
 } from './types';
 import { locationSpecToLocationEntity } from './util';
@@ -137,22 +135,6 @@ export class DefaultLocationStore implements LocationStore, EntityProvider {
     });
   }
 
-  async refresh(_options: EntityRefreshOptions) {
-    // const match: RefreshStateMatch = {};
-    // // locationKey?: string;
-    // // entityRef?: string;
-    // if (options.entityRef) {
-    //    match.entityRef = options.entityRef;
-    // }
-    // if (options.locationRef) {
-    //   // TODO
-    // }
-    // await this.connection.applyMutation({
-    //   type: 'refresh',
-    //   match,
-    // });
-  }
-
   private async locations(dbOrTx: Knex.Transaction | Knex = this.db) {
     const locations = await dbOrTx<DbLocationsRow>('locations').select();
     return (
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts
index 58a384457d..e46ad8dbb2 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import {
-  Entity,
-  LOCATION_ANNOTATION,
-  stringifyEntityRef,
-} from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { Entity, stringifyEntityRef } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/config';
 import { ConflictError, NotFoundError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { Knex } from 'knex';
@@ -40,7 +36,7 @@ import {
   GetProcessableEntitiesResult,
   ProcessingDatabase,
   RefreshStateItem,
-  RefreshUnprocessedEntitiesOptions,
+  RefreshOptions,
   ReplaceUnprocessedEntitiesOptions,
   UpdateProcessedEntityOptions,
 } from './types';
@@ -515,11 +511,7 @@ export class DefaultProcessingDatabase implements ProcessingDatabase {
     };
   }
 
-  // TODO(jhaals): Rename this to refreshEntity/refreshEntities?
-  async refreshUnprocessedEntities(
-    txOpaque: Transaction,
-    options: RefreshUnprocessedEntitiesOptions,
-  ): Promise<void> {
+  async refresh(txOpaque: Transaction, options: RefreshOptions): Promise<void> {
     const tx = txOpaque as Knex.Transaction;
     if ('entityRef' in options) {
       const { entityRef } = options;
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/database/types.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/database/types.ts
index e8ced9d250..509d9d0d0e 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/database/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/database/types.ts
@@ -79,19 +79,10 @@ export type ReplaceUnprocessedEntitiesOptions =
       type: 'delta';
     };
 
-export type RefreshStateMatch = {
-  locationKey?: string;
-  entityRef?: string;
-  parentOfEntityRef: string;
+export type RefreshOptions = {
+  entityRef: string;
 };
 
-export type RefreshUnprocessedEntitiesOptions =
-  | {
-      // match: RefreshStateMatch;
-      entityRef: string;
-    }
-  | { locationRef: string };
-
 export interface ProcessingDatabase {
   transaction<T>(fn: (tx: Transaction) => Promise<T>): Promise<T>;
 
@@ -121,8 +112,5 @@ export interface ProcessingDatabase {
     options: UpdateProcessedEntityErrorsOptions,
   ): Promise<void>;
 
-  refreshUnprocessedEntities(
-    txOpaque: Transaction,
-    options: RefreshUnprocessedEntitiesOptions,
-  ): Promise<void>;
+  refresh(txOpaque: Transaction, options: RefreshOptions): Promise<void>;
 }
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/types.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/types.ts
index 0c34a873ff..91c8c47fe4 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/types.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 
 import { Entity, Location, LocationSpec } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import { RefreshStateMatch } from './database/types';
 import { DeferredEntity } from './processing/types';
 
 export interface LocationService {
@@ -41,12 +40,9 @@ export interface CatalogProcessingEngine {
   refresh(options: EntityRefreshOptions): Promise<void>;
 }
 
-export type EntityRefreshOptions =
-  | { entityRef: string } // example: component:default/backstage
-  | { locationRef: string }; // example: url:https://github.com/backstage/backstage/blob/master/catalog-info.yaml
+export type EntityRefreshOptions = { entityRef: string };
 
 export type EntityProviderMutation =
-  | { type: 'refresh'; match: RefreshStateMatch } // TODO(jhaals): Should this really use a type from the db?
   | { type: 'full'; entities: DeferredEntity[] }
   | { type: 'delta'; added: DeferredEntity[]; removed: DeferredEntity[] };
 
@@ -57,5 +53,4 @@ export interface EntityProviderConnection {
 export interface EntityProvider {
   getProviderName(): string;
   connect(connection: EntityProviderConnection): Promise<void>;
-  refresh?(options: EntityRefreshOptions): Promise<void>;
 }