diff --git a/packages/core-plugin-api/src/routing/RouteRef.ts b/packages/core-plugin-api/src/routing/RouteRef.ts
index d62504615a..499866a435 100644
--- a/packages/core-plugin-api/src/routing/RouteRef.ts
+++ b/packages/core-plugin-api/src/routing/RouteRef.ts
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ export class RouteRefImpl<Params extends AnyParams>
     }
   }
 
-  //  /** @deprecated use `useRouteRef` instead */
-  //   get path() {
-  //     return thuis
-  //   }
+  /** @deprecated use `useRouteRef` instead */
+  get path() {
+    return this;
+  }
 
   get icon() {
     return this.config.icon;
diff --git a/packages/core-plugin-api/src/routing/types.ts b/packages/core-plugin-api/src/routing/types.ts
index 750dab879f..bd419abb76 100644
--- a/packages/core-plugin-api/src/routing/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core-plugin-api/src/routing/types.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export type RouteRef<Params extends AnyParams = any> = {
 
   // TODO(Rugvip): Remove all of these once plugins don't rely on the path
   /** @deprecated paths are no longer accessed directly from RouteRefs, use useRouteRef instead */
-  // path: string;
+  path: string;
   /** @deprecated icons are no longer accessed via RouteRefs */
   icon?: OldIconComponent;
   /** @deprecated titles are no longer accessed via RouteRefs */
diff --git a/plugins/badges/src/api/BadgesClient.ts b/plugins/badges/src/api/BadgesClient.ts
index d81b042ce5..432a485a6b 100644
--- a/plugins/badges/src/api/BadgesClient.ts
+++ b/plugins/badges/src/api/BadgesClient.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import { generatePath } from 'react-router';
 import { ResponseError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { Entity, ENTITY_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import { entityRoute } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
 import { BadgesApi, BadgeSpec } from './types';
 import { DiscoveryApi, IdentityApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ export class BadgesClient implements BadgesApi {
 
   private async getEntityBadgeSpecsUrl(entity: Entity): Promise<string> {
     const routeParams = this.getEntityRouteParams(entity);
-    const path = generatePath(entityRoute.path, routeParams);
+    const path = generatePath(`:kind/:namespace/:name`, routeParams);
     return `${await this.discoveryApi.getBaseUrl(
       'badges',
     )}/entity/${path}/badge-specs`;