diff --git a/.changeset/sixty-sheep-drive.md b/.changeset/sixty-sheep-drive.md
index 0b96248c93..2e947b30f9 100644
--- a/.changeset/sixty-sheep-drive.md
+++ b/.changeset/sixty-sheep-drive.md
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 ---
 '@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend': patch
-'@backstage/plugin-catalog-react': patch
-'@backstage/plugin-catalog': patch
 ---
 
 Fixed bug when searching an entity by `spec.profile.displayName` in the catalog on the frontend. Text filter fields were not applied correctly to the database query resulting in empty results.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/filters.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/filters.test.ts
index 332f4c22c1..8ddac7e53b 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/filters.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/filters.test.ts
@@ -41,18 +41,6 @@ const entities: Entity[] = [
       tags: ['gRPC', 'java'],
     },
   },
-  {
-    apiVersion: '1',
-    kind: 'User',
-    metadata: {
-      name: 'user',
-    },
-    spec: {
-      profile: {
-        displayName: 'John Doe',
-      },
-    },
-  },
 ];
 
 const templates: TemplateEntityV1beta3[] = [
@@ -91,13 +79,6 @@ describe('EntityTextFilter', () => {
     expect(filter.filterEntity(entities[1])).toBeFalsy();
   });
 
-  it('should search displayName', () => {
-    const filter = new EntityTextFilter('John D');
-    expect(filter.filterEntity(entities[0])).toBeFalsy();
-    expect(filter.filterEntity(entities[1])).toBeFalsy();
-    expect(filter.filterEntity(entities[2])).toBeTruthy();
-  });
-
   it('should search template title', () => {
     const filter = new EntityTextFilter('spring');
     expect(filter.filterEntity(templates[0])).toBeFalsy();
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/filters.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/filters.ts
index 6c68dad9aa..08be27a561 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/filters.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/filters.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ export class EntityTextFilter implements EntityFilter {
     const partialMatch = this.toUpperArray([
       entity.metadata.name,
       entity.metadata.title,
-      (entity.spec?.profile as { displayName?: string })?.displayName,
     ]);
 
     for (const word of words) {
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/report.api.md b/plugins/catalog/report.api.md
index fafdc6c9fa..ffb46afc6e 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog/report.api.md
@@ -181,13 +181,6 @@ export const CatalogTable: {
           }
         | undefined,
     ): TableColumn<CatalogTableRow>;
-    createDisplayNameColumn(
-      options?:
-        | {
-            hidden?: boolean | undefined;
-          }
-        | undefined,
-    ): TableColumn<CatalogTableRow>;
     createLabelColumn(
       key: string,
       options?:
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/columns.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/columns.tsx
index fc804fc22f..d5362badda 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/columns.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/columns.tsx
@@ -180,16 +180,6 @@ export const columnFactories = Object.freeze({
       searchable: true,
     };
   },
-  createDisplayNameColumn(options?: {
-    hidden?: boolean;
-  }): TableColumn<CatalogTableRow> {
-    return {
-      title: 'Display Name',
-      field: 'entity.spec.profile.displayName',
-      hidden: options?.hidden,
-      searchable: true,
-    };
-  },
   createLabelColumn(
     key: string,
     options?: { title?: string; defaultValue?: string },
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/defaultCatalogTableColumnsFunc.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/defaultCatalogTableColumnsFunc.tsx
index f5f41c1e32..54dd701770 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/defaultCatalogTableColumnsFunc.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/defaultCatalogTableColumnsFunc.tsx
@@ -46,19 +46,11 @@ export const defaultCatalogTableColumnsFunc: CatalogTableColumnsFunc = ({
     ];
     switch (filters.kind?.value) {
       case 'user':
-        return [
-          columnFactories.createDisplayNameColumn({ hidden: true }),
-          ...descriptionTagColumns,
-        ];
+        return [...descriptionTagColumns];
       case 'domain':
       case 'system':
         return [columnFactories.createOwnerColumn(), ...descriptionTagColumns];
       case 'group':
-        return [
-          columnFactories.createDisplayNameColumn({ hidden: true }),
-          columnFactories.createSpecTypeColumn({ hidden: !showTypeColumn }),
-          ...descriptionTagColumns,
-        ];
       case 'template':
         return [
           columnFactories.createSpecTypeColumn({ hidden: !showTypeColumn }),