diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
index d3abca1c94..e1aec05e33 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import { ConditionalPolicyDecision } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
 import { Conditions } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-node';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { DeferredEntity } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
-import { DiscoveryApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { DocumentCollatorFactory } from '@backstage/plugin-search-common';
 import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { EntityPolicy } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
@@ -220,7 +219,7 @@ export type CatalogEnvironment = {
   config: Config;
   reader: UrlReader;
   permissions: PermissionEvaluator | PermissionAuthorizer;
-  discovery: DiscoveryApi;
+  discovery: PluginEndpointDiscovery;
 };
 
 // @alpha
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/package.json b/plugins/catalog-backend/package.json
index 1e2d732f35..8232f1d05a 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
     "@backstage/catalog-client": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/catalog-model": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/config": "workspace:^",
-    "@backstage/core-plugin-api": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/errors": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/integration": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-catalog-common": "workspace:^",
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogBuilder.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogBuilder.ts
index 2e20b0d4c3..f1d29f015c 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogBuilder.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogBuilder.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { PluginDatabaseManager, UrlReader } from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import {
+  PluginDatabaseManager,
+  PluginEndpointDiscovery,
+  UrlReader,
+} from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import {
   DefaultNamespaceEntityPolicy,
   Entity,
@@ -96,7 +100,6 @@ import {
   RESOURCE_TYPE_CATALOG_ENTITY,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-common';
 import { AuthorizedLocationService } from './AuthorizedLocationService';
-import { DiscoveryApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 
 /** @public */
 export type CatalogEnvironment = {
@@ -105,7 +108,7 @@ export type CatalogEnvironment = {
   config: Config;
   reader: UrlReader;
   permissions: PermissionEvaluator | PermissionAuthorizer;
-  discovery: DiscoveryApi;
+  discovery: PluginEndpointDiscovery;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index fbb8955c8f..c3155dbfee 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4659,7 +4659,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/catalog-model": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/config": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/core-plugin-api": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/errors": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/integration": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-catalog-common": "workspace:^"