diff --git a/packages/config-loader/src/index.ts b/packages/config-loader/src/index.ts
index 6738611a17..02db134fe5 100644
--- a/packages/config-loader/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/config-loader/src/index.ts
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+export { readEnvConfig } from './lib';
 export { loadConfig } from './loader';
 export type { LoadConfigOptions } from './loader';
diff --git a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/env.test.ts b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/env.test.ts
index 93bd962596..6b1e49365a 100644
--- a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/env.test.ts
+++ b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/env.test.ts
@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { readEnv } from './env';
+import { readEnvConfig } from './env';
 
-describe('readEnv', () => {
+describe('readEnvConfig', () => {
   it('should return empty config for empty env', () => {
-    expect(readEnv({})).toEqual([]);
+    expect(readEnvConfig({})).toEqual([]);
   });
 
   it('should return empty config for no matching keys', () => {
     expect(
-      readEnv({
+      readEnvConfig({
         NODE_ENV: 'production',
         NOPE_ENV: 'development',
         APP_CONFIG: 'foo',
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('readEnv', () => {
 
   it('should create config from env', () => {
     expect(
-      readEnv({
+      readEnvConfig({
         NODE_ENV: 'production',
         APP_CONFIG_foo: '"bar"',
         APP_CONFIG_numbers_a: '1',
@@ -57,22 +57,22 @@ describe('readEnv', () => {
   });
 
   it('should accept string values', () => {
-    expect(readEnv({ APP_CONFIG_foo: '"abc"', APP_CONFIG_bar: 'xyz' })).toEqual(
-      [
-        {
-          data: {
-            foo: 'abc',
-            bar: 'xyz',
-          },
-          context: 'env',
+    expect(
+      readEnvConfig({ APP_CONFIG_foo: '"abc"', APP_CONFIG_bar: 'xyz' }),
+    ).toEqual([
+      {
+        data: {
+          foo: 'abc',
+          bar: 'xyz',
         },
-      ],
-    );
+        context: 'env',
+      },
+    ]);
   });
 
   it('should accept complex objects', () => {
     expect(
-      readEnv({
+      readEnvConfig({
         APP_CONFIG_foo: '{ "a": 123, "b": "123", "c": [] }',
         APP_CONFIG_bar: '[123, "abc", {}]',
       }),
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ describe('readEnv', () => {
     ['APP_CONFIG_fo o'],
     ['APP_CONFIG_foo_(foo)_foo'],
   ])('should reject invalid key %p', key => {
-    expect(() => readEnv({ [key]: '0' })).toThrow(
+    expect(() => readEnvConfig({ [key]: '0' })).toThrow(
       `Invalid env config key '${key.replace('APP_CONFIG_', '')}'`,
     );
   });
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ describe('readEnv', () => {
   it.each([['hello'], ['"hello'], ['{'], ['}']])(
     'should fallback to string when invalid json value %p',
     value => {
-      expect(readEnv({ APP_CONFIG_foo: value })).toEqual([
+      expect(readEnvConfig({ APP_CONFIG_foo: value })).toEqual([
         {
           data: {
             foo: value,
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ describe('readEnv', () => {
 
   it('should not allow null as a value', () => {
     expect(() =>
-      readEnv({
+      readEnvConfig({
         APP_CONFIG_foo: 'null',
       }),
     ).toThrow(
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ describe('readEnv', () => {
 
   it('should not allow duplicate values', () => {
     expect(() =>
-      readEnv({
+      readEnvConfig({
         APP_CONFIG_foo_bar: '1',
         APP_CONFIG_foo_bar_baz: '2',
       }),
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ describe('readEnv', () => {
 
   it('should not allow mixing of objects and other values', () => {
     expect(() =>
-      readEnv({
+      readEnvConfig({
         APP_CONFIG_nested_foo: '1',
         APP_CONFIG_nested: '2',
       }),
diff --git a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/env.ts b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/env.ts
index 53c6d6c63b..84d39263e3 100644
--- a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/env.ts
+++ b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/env.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const CONFIG_KEY_PART_PATTERN = /^[a-z][a-z0-9]*(?:[-_][a-z][a-z0-9]*)*$/i;
  *
  * APP_CONFIG_app_title='"My Title"'
  */
-export function readEnv(env: {
+export function readEnvConfig(env: {
   [name: string]: string | undefined;
 }): AppConfig[] {
   let data: JsonObject | undefined = undefined;
diff --git a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/index.ts b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/index.ts
index 226932784b..40252b9cec 100644
--- a/packages/config-loader/src/lib/index.ts
+++ b/packages/config-loader/src/lib/index.ts
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@
 
 export { resolveStaticConfig } from './resolver';
 export { readConfigFile } from './reader';
-export { readEnv } from './env';
+export { readEnvConfig } from './env';
 export { readSecret } from './secrets';
diff --git a/packages/config-loader/src/loader.ts b/packages/config-loader/src/loader.ts
index 679ab71e45..cf5edd3ce3 100644
--- a/packages/config-loader/src/loader.ts
+++ b/packages/config-loader/src/loader.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { AppConfig, JsonObject } from '@backstage/config';
 import {
   resolveStaticConfig,
   readConfigFile,
-  readEnv,
+  readEnvConfig,
   readSecret,
 } from './lib';
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export async function loadConfig(
     );
   }
 
-  configs.push(...readEnv(process.env));
+  configs.push(...readEnvConfig(process.env));
 
   return configs;
 }