diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/DefaultEntitiesCatalog.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/DefaultEntitiesCatalog.test.ts
index 43e208197f..7094cfd1c2 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/DefaultEntitiesCatalog.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/DefaultEntitiesCatalog.test.ts
@@ -469,62 +469,6 @@ describe('DefaultEntitiesCatalog', () => {
         expect(entities.length).toBe(0);
       },
     );
-
-    it.each(databases.eachSupportedId())(
-      'should return both target and targetRef for entities',
-      async databaseId => {
-        const { knex } = await createDatabase(databaseId);
-        await addEntity(
-          knex,
-          {
-            apiVersion: 'a',
-            kind: 'k',
-            metadata: { name: 'one' },
-            spec: {},
-            relations: [{ type: 'r', targetRef: 'x:y/z' } as any],
-          },
-          [],
-        );
-        await addEntity(
-          knex,
-          {
-            apiVersion: 'a',
-            kind: 'k',
-            metadata: { name: 'two' },
-            spec: {},
-            relations: [
-              {
-                type: 'r',
-                target: { kind: 'x', namespace: 'y', name: 'z' },
-              } as any,
-            ],
-          },
-          [],
-        );
-        const catalog = new DefaultEntitiesCatalog(knex);
-
-        const { entities } = await catalog.entities();
-
-        expect(
-          entities.find(e => e.metadata.name === 'one')!.relations,
-        ).toEqual([
-          {
-            type: 'r',
-            targetRef: 'x:y/z',
-            target: { kind: 'x', namespace: 'y', name: 'z' },
-          },
-        ]);
-        expect(
-          entities.find(e => e.metadata.name === 'two')!.relations,
-        ).toEqual([
-          {
-            type: 'r',
-            targetRef: 'x:y/z',
-            target: { kind: 'x', namespace: 'y', name: 'z' },
-          },
-        ]);
-      },
-    );
   });
 
   describe('removeEntityByUid', () => {
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/stitching/Stitcher.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/stitching/Stitcher.test.ts
index 582ed3f953..9accebf1fc 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/stitching/Stitcher.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/stitching/Stitcher.test.ts
@@ -94,11 +94,6 @@ describe('Stitcher', () => {
           {
             type: 'looksAt',
             targetRef: 'k:ns/other',
-            target: {
-              kind: 'k',
-              namespace: 'ns',
-              name: 'other',
-            },
           },
         ],
         apiVersion: 'a',
@@ -160,20 +155,10 @@ describe('Stitcher', () => {
           {
             type: 'looksAt',
             targetRef: 'k:ns/other',
-            target: {
-              kind: 'k',
-              namespace: 'ns',
-              name: 'other',
-            },
           },
           {
             type: 'looksAt',
             targetRef: 'k:ns/third',
-            target: {
-              kind: 'k',
-              namespace: 'ns',
-              name: 'third',
-            },
           },
         ]),
         apiVersion: 'a',