diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/index.ts
index da23d54ad7..907dad973b 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/index.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ export type {
   EntityProviderProps,
   AsyncEntityProviderProps,
 } from './useEntity';
-export { useEntityCompoundName } from './useEntityCompoundName';
 export {
   EntityListContext,
   EntityListProvider,
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntity.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntity.tsx
index f80f858dec..152c1ebe61 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntity.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntity.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import { errorApiRef, useApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import {
+  errorApiRef,
+  useApi,
+  useRouteRefParams,
+} from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import {
   createVersionedContext,
   createVersionedValueMap,
@@ -24,7 +28,7 @@ import React, { ReactNode, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useNavigate } from 'react-router';
 import useAsyncRetry from 'react-use/lib/useAsyncRetry';
 import { catalogApiRef } from '../api';
-import { useEntityCompoundName } from './useEntityCompoundName';
+import { entityRouteRef } from '../routes';
 
 /** @public */
 export type EntityLoadingStatus<TEntity extends Entity = Entity> = {
@@ -104,7 +108,7 @@ export const EntityProvider = ({ entity, children }: EntityProviderProps) => (
  * @deprecated will be deleted shortly due to low external usage, re-implement if needed.
  */
 export const useEntityFromUrl = (): EntityLoadingStatus => {
-  const { kind, namespace, name } = useEntityCompoundName();
+  const { kind, namespace, name } = useRouteRefParams(entityRouteRef);
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const errorApi = useApi(errorApiRef);
   const catalogApi = useApi(catalogApiRef);
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityCompoundName.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityCompoundName.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 481c18f8a0..0000000000
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityCompoundName.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2020 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.
- */
-import { entityRouteRef } from '../routes';
-import { useRouteRefParams } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
-
-/**
- * Grabs entity kind, namespace, and name from the location
- * @public
- * @deprecated use {@link @backstage/core-plugin-api#useRouteRefParams} instead
- */
-export const useEntityCompoundName = () => {
-  const { kind, namespace, name } = useRouteRefParams(entityRouteRef);
-  return { kind, namespace, name };
-};
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/EntityLayout/EntityLayout.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/EntityLayout/EntityLayout.tsx
index 40c4f9e873..d4244419cb 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/EntityLayout/EntityLayout.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/EntityLayout/EntityLayout.tsx
@@ -33,15 +33,16 @@ import {
   attachComponentData,
   IconComponent,
   useElementFilter,
+  useRouteRefParams,
 } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import {
   EntityRefLinks,
+  entityRouteRef,
   FavoriteEntity,
   getEntityRelations,
   InspectEntityDialog,
   UnregisterEntityDialog,
   useAsyncEntity,
-  useEntityCompoundName,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
 import { Box, TabProps } from '@material-ui/core';
 import { Alert } from '@material-ui/lab';
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ export const EntityLayout = (props: EntityLayoutProps) => {
     UNSTABLE_contextMenuOptions,
     children,
   } = props;
-  const { kind, namespace, name } = useEntityCompoundName();
+  const { kind, namespace, name } = useRouteRefParams(entityRouteRef);
   const { entity, loading, error } = useAsyncEntity();
   const location = useLocation();
   const routes = useElementFilter(
diff --git a/plugins/rollbar/src/hooks/useCatalogEntity.ts b/plugins/rollbar/src/hooks/useCatalogEntity.ts
index 21d22dd13c..4845a275be 100644
--- a/plugins/rollbar/src/hooks/useCatalogEntity.ts
+++ b/plugins/rollbar/src/hooks/useCatalogEntity.ts
@@ -14,16 +14,13 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import {
-  catalogApiRef,
-  useEntityCompoundName,
-} from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
+import { catalogApiRef, entityRouteRef } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
 import useAsync from 'react-use/lib/useAsync';
-import { useApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import { useApi, useRouteRefParams } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 
 export function useCatalogEntity() {
   const catalogApi = useApi(catalogApiRef);
-  const { namespace, name } = useEntityCompoundName();
+  const { namespace, name } = useRouteRefParams(entityRouteRef);
 
   const {
     value: entity,