diff --git a/plugins/kafka-backend/package.json b/plugins/kafka-backend/package.json
index 785a065d3e..6f764e5336 100644
--- a/plugins/kafka-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/kafka-backend/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
     "@backstage/cli": "^0.4.3",
     "@types/jest-when": "^2.7.2",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.151",
-    "jest-extended": "^0.11.5",
     "jest-when": "^3.1.0",
     "supertest": "^4.0.2"
   },
diff --git a/plugins/kafka-backend/src/service/router.test.ts b/plugins/kafka-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
index 5e9de6cf2f..64c4cf0916 100644
--- a/plugins/kafka-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/kafka-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
@@ -72,26 +72,29 @@ describe('router', () => {
 
       expect(response.status).toEqual(200);
       expect(response.body.consumerId).toEqual('hey');
-      expect(response.body.offsets).toIncludeSameMembers([
-        {
-          topic: 'topic1',
-          partitionId: 1,
-          groupOffset: '100',
-          topicOffset: '500',
-        },
-        {
-          topic: 'topic1',
-          partitionId: 2,
-          groupOffset: '213',
-          topicOffset: '1000',
-        },
-        {
-          topic: 'topic2',
-          partitionId: 1,
-          groupOffset: '456',
-          topicOffset: '456',
-        },
-      ]);
+      // Note the Set comparison here since there's no guarantee on the order of the elements in the list.
+      expect(new Set(response.body.offsets)).toStrictEqual(
+        new Set([
+          {
+            topic: 'topic1',
+            partitionId: 1,
+            groupOffset: '100',
+            topicOffset: '500',
+          },
+          {
+            topic: 'topic1',
+            partitionId: 2,
+            groupOffset: '213',
+            topicOffset: '1000',
+          },
+          {
+            topic: 'topic2',
+            partitionId: 1,
+            groupOffset: '456',
+            topicOffset: '456',
+          },
+        ]),
+      );
     });
 
     it('handles internal error correctly', async () => {
diff --git a/plugins/kafka-backend/src/setupTests.ts b/plugins/kafka-backend/src/setupTests.ts
index dc3cedf4e3..ba33cf996b 100644
--- a/plugins/kafka-backend/src/setupTests.ts
+++ b/plugins/kafka-backend/src/setupTests.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,4 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import type { Config } from '@jest/types';
-import 'jest-extended';
-
-const config: Config.InitialOptions = {
-  setupFilesAfterEnv: ['jest-extended'],
-};
-
-export default config;
+export {};
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index cb8aed7d86..ee61b0c080 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -13018,7 +13018,7 @@ expand-tilde@^2.0.0, expand-tilde@^2.0.2:
   dependencies:
     homedir-polyfill "^1.0.1"
 
-expect@^24.1.0, expect@^24.8.0:
+expect@^24.8.0:
   version "24.9.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/expect/-/expect-24.9.0.tgz#b75165b4817074fa4a157794f46fe9f1ba15b6ca"
   integrity sha512-wvVAx8XIol3Z5m9zvZXiyZOQ+sRJqNTIm6sGjdWlaZIeupQGO3WbYI+15D/AmEwZywL6wtJkbAbJtzkOfBuR0Q==
@@ -16318,20 +16318,6 @@ jest-esm-transformer@^1.0.0:
     "@babel/core" "^7.4.4"
     "@babel/plugin-transform-modules-commonjs" "^7.4.4"
 
-jest-extended@^0.11.5:
-  version "0.11.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/jest-extended/-/jest-extended-0.11.5.tgz#f063b3f1eaadad8d7c13a01f0dfe0f538d498ccf"
-  integrity sha512-3RsdFpLWKScpsLD6hJuyr/tV5iFOrw7v6YjA3tPdda9sJwoHwcMROws5gwiIZfcwhHlJRwFJB2OUvGmF3evV/Q==
-  dependencies:
-    expect "^24.1.0"
-    jest-get-type "^22.4.3"
-    jest-matcher-utils "^22.0.0"
-
-jest-get-type@^22.4.3:
-  version "22.4.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/jest-get-type/-/jest-get-type-22.4.3.tgz#e3a8504d8479342dd4420236b322869f18900ce4"
-  integrity sha512-/jsz0Y+V29w1chdXVygEKSz2nBoHoYqNShPe+QgxSNjAuP1i8+k4LbQNrfoliKej0P45sivkSCh7yiD6ubHS3w==
-
 jest-get-type@^24.9.0:
   version "24.9.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/jest-get-type/-/jest-get-type-24.9.0.tgz#1684a0c8a50f2e4901b6644ae861f579eed2ef0e"
@@ -16395,15 +16381,6 @@ jest-leak-detector@^26.6.2:
     jest-get-type "^26.3.0"
     pretty-format "^26.6.2"
 
-jest-matcher-utils@^22.0.0:
-  version "22.4.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/jest-matcher-utils/-/jest-matcher-utils-22.4.3.tgz#4632fe428ebc73ebc194d3c7b65d37b161f710ff"
-  integrity sha512-lsEHVaTnKzdAPR5t4B6OcxXo9Vy4K+kRRbG5gtddY8lBEC+Mlpvm1CJcsMESRjzUhzkz568exMV1hTB76nAKbA==
-  dependencies:
-    chalk "^2.0.1"
-    jest-get-type "^22.4.3"
-    pretty-format "^22.4.3"
-
 jest-matcher-utils@^24.9.0:
   version "24.9.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/jest-matcher-utils/-/jest-matcher-utils-24.9.0.tgz#f5b3661d5e628dffe6dd65251dfdae0e87c3a073"
@@ -20994,14 +20971,6 @@ pretty-error@^2.1.1:
     renderkid "^2.0.1"
     utila "~0.4"
 
-pretty-format@^22.4.3:
-  version "22.4.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/pretty-format/-/pretty-format-22.4.3.tgz#f873d780839a9c02e9664c8a082e9ee79eaac16f"
-  integrity sha512-S4oT9/sT6MN7/3COoOy+ZJeA92VmOnveLHgrwBE3Z1W5N9S2A1QGNYiE1z75DAENbJrXXUb+OWXhpJcg05QKQQ==
-  dependencies:
-    ansi-regex "^3.0.0"
-    ansi-styles "^3.2.0"
-
 pretty-format@^24.9.0:
   version "24.9.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/pretty-format/-/pretty-format-24.9.0.tgz#12fac31b37019a4eea3c11aa9a959eb7628aa7c9"