diff --git a/.changeset/rare-paws-listen.md b/.changeset/rare-paws-listen.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1946cd7f2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rare-paws-listen.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-import': patch
+---
+
+Remove dependency to `@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend`.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-import/package.json b/plugins/catalog-import/package.json
index 495552983f..d308bef7b8 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-import/package.json
+++ b/plugins/catalog-import/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
     "@backstage/catalog-model": "^0.6.0",
     "@backstage/core": "^0.4.3",
     "@backstage/plugin-catalog": "^0.2.10",
-    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend": "^0.5.2",
     "@backstage/integration": "^0.1.5",
     "@backstage/theme": "^0.2.2",
     "@material-ui/core": "^4.11.0",
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-import/src/api/CatalogImportClient.ts b/plugins/catalog-import/src/api/CatalogImportClient.ts
index 0e28042db3..a578f37a96 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-import/src/api/CatalogImportClient.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-import/src/api/CatalogImportClient.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import { Octokit } from '@octokit/rest';
 import { DiscoveryApi, OAuthApi, ConfigApi } from '@backstage/core';
 import { CatalogImportApi } from './CatalogImportApi';
-import { AnalyzeLocationResponse } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend';
 import { PartialEntity } from '../util/types';
 import { GitHubIntegrationConfig } from '@backstage/integration';
 
@@ -61,8 +60,8 @@ export class CatalogImportClient implements CatalogImportApi {
       );
     }
 
-    const payload = (await response.json()) as AnalyzeLocationResponse;
-    return payload.generateEntities.map(x => x.entity);
+    const payload = await response.json();
+    return payload.generateEntities.map((x: any) => x.entity);
   }
 
   async createRepositoryLocation({