diff --git a/packages/backend-common/api-report.md b/packages/backend-common/api-report.md
index a97f8b31d8..b03d6ec866 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/api-report.md
+++ b/packages/backend-common/api-report.md
@@ -234,32 +234,6 @@ export function createDatabaseClient(
   overrides?: Partial<Knex.Config>,
 ): Knex<any, any[]>;
 
-// @public
-export const createPluginCompat: (
-  name: string,
-  createRouterImport: Promise<{
-    default: LegacyCreateRouter<
-      TransformedEnv<
-        {
-          cache: PluginCacheManager;
-          config: ConfigService;
-          database: PluginDatabaseManager;
-          discovery: PluginEndpointDiscovery;
-          logger: LoggerService;
-          permissions: PermissionsService;
-          scheduler: SchedulerService;
-          tokenManager: TokenManager;
-          reader: UrlReader;
-          identity: IdentityService;
-        },
-        {
-          logger: (log: LoggerService) => Logger;
-        }
-      >
-    >;
-  }>,
-) => BackendFeature;
-
 // @public
 export function createRootLogger(
   options?: winston.LoggerOptions,
@@ -535,6 +509,32 @@ export type KubernetesContainerRunnerOptions = {
 // @public (undocumented)
 export type LegacyCreateRouter<TEnv> = (deps: TEnv) => Promise<RequestHandler>;
 
+// @public
+export const legacyPlugin: (
+  name: string,
+  createRouterImport: Promise<{
+    default: LegacyCreateRouter<
+      TransformedEnv<
+        {
+          cache: PluginCacheManager;
+          config: ConfigService;
+          database: PluginDatabaseManager;
+          discovery: PluginEndpointDiscovery;
+          logger: LoggerService;
+          permissions: PermissionsService;
+          scheduler: SchedulerService;
+          tokenManager: TokenManager;
+          reader: UrlReader;
+          identity: IdentityService;
+        },
+        {
+          logger: (log: LoggerService) => Logger;
+        }
+      >
+    >;
+  }>,
+) => BackendFeature;
+
 // @public
 export function loadBackendConfig(options: {
   logger: LoggerService;
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ export function loggerToWinstonLogger(
 ): Logger;
 
 // @public
-export function makePluginCompat<
+export function makeLegacyPlugin<
   TEnv extends Record<string, unknown>,
   TEnvTransforms extends {
     [key in keyof TEnv]?: (dep: TEnv[key]) => unknown;
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/index.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/index.ts
index 178a064cb9..46639a1923 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/index.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
  * @packageDocumentation
  */
 
-export { makePluginCompat, createPluginCompat } from './compat';
-export type { LegacyCreateRouter } from './compat';
+export { legacyPlugin, makeLegacyPlugin } from './legacy';
+export type { LegacyCreateRouter } from './legacy';
 export * from './cache';
 export { loadBackendConfig } from './config';
 export * from './context';
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/compat.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/legacy.ts
similarity index 93%
rename from packages/backend-common/src/compat.ts
rename to packages/backend-common/src/legacy.ts
index 16fe48dcb7..30e7dd9dc5 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/compat.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/legacy.ts
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ type TransformedEnv<
  * @public
  * @remarks
  *
- * Usually you can use {@link createPluginCompat} directly instead, but you might
+ * Usually you can use {@link legacyPlugin} directly instead, but you might
  * need to use this if you have customized the plugin environment in your backend.
  */
-export function makePluginCompat<
+export function makeLegacyPlugin<
   TEnv extends Record<string, unknown>,
   TEnvTransforms extends { [key in keyof TEnv]?: (dep: TEnv[key]) => unknown },
 >(
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ export function makePluginCompat<
  * @example
  *
  *```ts
- *backend.add(createPluginCompat('kafka', import('./plugins/kafka')));
+ *backend.add(legacyPlugin('kafka', import('./plugins/kafka')));
  *```
  */
-export const createPluginCompat = makePluginCompat(
+export const legacyPlugin = makeLegacyPlugin(
   {
     cache: coreServices.cache,
     config: coreServices.config,