diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md
index 531fb257f3..ba7576b1bb 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md
@@ -679,7 +679,16 @@ export function createPublishGitlabAction(options: {
     gitAuthorEmail?: string | undefined;
     setUserAsOwner?: boolean | undefined;
     topics?: string[] | undefined;
-    settings?: Record<string, any> | undefined;
+    settings?:
+      | {
+          path?: string | undefined;
+          auto_devops_enabled?: boolean | undefined;
+          ci_config_path?: string | undefined;
+          description?: string | undefined;
+          topics?: string[] | undefined;
+          visibility?: 'internal' | 'private' | 'public' | undefined;
+        }
+      | undefined;
     branches?:
       | {
           name: string;
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.ts
index d0886e85a3..4933ad6e69 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.ts
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ import { initRepoAndPush, printGitlabError } from '../helpers';
 import { getRepoSourceDirectory, parseRepoUrl } from './util';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { examples } from './gitlab.examples';
-import {
-  GitlabBranchSettings,
-  GitlabProjectSettings,
-  GitlabProjectVariableSettings,
-} from './gitlab.types';
 
 /**
  * Creates a new action that initializes a git repository of the content in the workspace
@@ -53,9 +48,30 @@ export function createPublishGitlabAction(options: {
     setUserAsOwner?: boolean;
     /** @deprecated in favour of settings.topics field */
     topics?: string[];
-    settings?: GitlabProjectSettings;
-    branches?: Array<GitlabBranchSettings>;
-    projectVariables?: Array<GitlabProjectVariableSettings>;
+    settings?: {
+      path?: string;
+      auto_devops_enabled?: boolean;
+      ci_config_path?: string;
+      description?: string;
+      topics?: string[];
+      visibility?: 'private' | 'internal' | 'public';
+    };
+    branches?: Array<{
+      name: string;
+      protect?: boolean;
+      create?: boolean;
+      ref?: string;
+    }>;
+    projectVariables?: Array<{
+      key: string;
+      value: string;
+      description?: string;
+      variable_type?: string;
+      protected?: boolean;
+      masked?: boolean;
+      raw?: boolean;
+      environment_scope?: string;
+    }>;
   }>({
     id: 'publish:gitlab',
     description:
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.types.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a6be3e801..0000000000
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.types.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2021 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-export type GitlabProjectSettings = {
-  path?: string;
-  auto_devops_enabled?: boolean;
-  ci_config_path?: string;
-  description?: string;
-  topics?: string[];
-  visibility?: 'private' | 'internal' | 'public';
-};
-
-export type GitlabBranchSettings = {
-  name: string;
-  protect?: boolean;
-  create?: boolean;
-  ref?: string;
-};
-
-export type GitlabProjectVariableSettings = {
-  key: string;
-  value: string;
-  description?: string;
-  variable_type?: string;
-  protected?: boolean;
-  masked?: boolean;
-  raw?: boolean;
-  environment_scope?: string;
-};