diff --git a/.changeset/tender-terms-return.md b/.changeset/tender-terms-return.md
index 3e215b213f..9e8ab6beb7 100644
--- a/.changeset/tender-terms-return.md
+++ b/.changeset/tender-terms-return.md
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-'@backstage/core-app-api': minor
 '@backstage/plugin-techdocs': patch
 ---
 
diff --git a/packages/core-app-api/api-report.md b/packages/core-app-api/api-report.md
index 266cebb1f1..37f7a98de0 100644
--- a/packages/core-app-api/api-report.md
+++ b/packages/core-app-api/api-report.md
@@ -576,9 +576,6 @@ export class UrlPatternDiscovery implements DiscoveryApi {
   getBaseUrl(pluginId: string): Promise<string>;
 }
 
-// @public
-export function useNavigateUrl(): (to: string) => void;
-
 // @public
 export class WebStorage implements StorageApi {
   constructor(namespace: string, errorApi: ErrorApi);
diff --git a/packages/core-app-api/src/routing/index.ts b/packages/core-app-api/src/routing/index.ts
index 008657d135..46b5a6f9b4 100644
--- a/packages/core-app-api/src/routing/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core-app-api/src/routing/index.ts
@@ -18,5 +18,3 @@ export { FlatRoutes } from './FlatRoutes';
 export type { FlatRoutesProps } from './FlatRoutes';
 export { FeatureFlagged } from './FeatureFlagged';
 export type { FeatureFlaggedProps } from './FeatureFlagged';
-
-export { useNavigateUrl } from './useNavigateUrl';
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/components/TechDocsReaderPageContent/dom.tsx b/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/components/TechDocsReaderPageContent/dom.tsx
index 092875609d..cc42c46b4e 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/components/TechDocsReaderPageContent/dom.tsx
+++ b/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/components/TechDocsReaderPageContent/dom.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import {
   useSanitizerTransformer,
   useStylesTransformer,
 } from '../../transformers';
-import { useNavigateUrl } from '@backstage/core-app-api';
+import { useNavigateUrl } from './useNavigateUrl';
 
 const MOBILE_MEDIA_QUERY = 'screen and (max-width: 76.1875em)';
 
diff --git a/packages/core-app-api/src/routing/useNavigateUrl.test.tsx b/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/components/TechDocsReaderPageContent/useNavigateUrl.test.tsx
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core-app-api/src/routing/useNavigateUrl.test.tsx
rename to plugins/techdocs/src/reader/components/TechDocsReaderPageContent/useNavigateUrl.test.tsx
diff --git a/packages/core-app-api/src/routing/useNavigateUrl.tsx b/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/components/TechDocsReaderPageContent/useNavigateUrl.tsx
similarity index 97%
rename from packages/core-app-api/src/routing/useNavigateUrl.tsx
rename to plugins/techdocs/src/reader/components/TechDocsReaderPageContent/useNavigateUrl.tsx
index 3f067f475e..dfe1058d75 100644
--- a/packages/core-app-api/src/routing/useNavigateUrl.tsx
+++ b/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/components/TechDocsReaderPageContent/useNavigateUrl.tsx
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ export function resolveUrlToRelative(url: string, baseUrl: string) {
  * NOTE: This does not support routing to external URLs. That should be done with a `Link` or `a`
  *  element instead, or just `window.location.href`.
  *
+ * TODO: Update this to use `useRouteRef` instead of `useApi`.
+ *
  * @returns Navigation function that is a wrapper over `react-router-dom`'s
  *  to support passing full URLs for navigation.
  *