diff --git a/packages/catalog-client/api-report.md b/packages/catalog-client/api-report.md
index 22afa0457e..b9c9543801 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-client/api-report.md
+++ b/packages/catalog-client/api-report.md
@@ -188,12 +188,6 @@ export type EntityOrderQuery =
       order: 'asc' | 'desc';
     }>;
 
-// @public
-export type EntitySortField = {
-  field: string;
-  order: 'asc' | 'desc';
-};
-
 // @public
 export interface GetEntitiesByRefsRequest {
   entityRefs: string[];
@@ -268,7 +262,7 @@ export type GetPaginatedEntitiesInitialRequest =
       fields?: string[];
       limit?: number;
       filter?: EntitiesFilter;
-      sortFields?: EntitySortField[];
+      sortFields?: EntityOrderQuery;
       query?: string;
     }
   | undefined;
diff --git a/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts b/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts
index 18b614fd2e..a76a66577c 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ export class CatalogClient implements CatalogApi {
         params.push(`limit=${limit}`);
       }
       if (sortFields !== undefined) {
-        sortFields.forEach(({ field, order }) =>
-          params.push(`sortField=${field},${order}`),
+        (Array.isArray(sortFields) ? sortFields : [sortFields]).forEach(
+          ({ field, order }) => params.push(`sortField=${field},${order}`),
         );
       }
       if (fields.length) {
diff --git a/packages/catalog-client/src/types/api.ts b/packages/catalog-client/src/types/api.ts
index 26c16af64d..103c990783 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-client/src/types/api.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-client/src/types/api.ts
@@ -366,13 +366,6 @@ export type EntitiesFilter =
   | Record<string, string | symbol | (string | symbol)[]>
   | undefined;
 
-/**
- * Used for sorting the entities.
- *
- * @public
- */
-export type EntitySortField = { field: string; order: 'asc' | 'desc' };
-
 /**
  * The response type for {@link CatalogClient.addLocation}.
  *
@@ -418,7 +411,7 @@ export type GetPaginatedEntitiesInitialRequest =
       fields?: string[];
       limit?: number;
       filter?: EntitiesFilter;
-      sortFields?: EntitySortField[];
+      sortFields?: EntityOrderQuery;
       query?: string;
     }
   | undefined;
diff --git a/packages/catalog-client/src/types/index.ts b/packages/catalog-client/src/types/index.ts
index 61a993eb19..e85b86f4af 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-client/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-client/src/types/index.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ export type {
   GetEntitiesByRefsRequest,
   GetEntitiesByRefsResponse,
   EntitiesFilter,
-  EntitySortField,
   GetEntitiesRequest,
   GetEntitiesResponse,
   GetEntityAncestorsRequest,