diff --git a/plugins/airbrake-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/airbrake-backend/api-report.md
index c888d55e5b..b9e9a50e0b 100644
--- a/plugins/airbrake-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/airbrake-backend/api-report.md
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import express from 'express';
 import { Logger as Logger_2 } from 'winston';
 
 // @public
-export type AirbrakeConfig = {
+export interface AirbrakeConfig {
   apiKey: string;
-};
+}
 
 // @public
 export function createRouter(options: RouterOptions): Promise<express.Router>;
diff --git a/plugins/airbrake-backend/src/config/config.d.ts b/plugins/airbrake-backend/config.d.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/airbrake-backend/src/config/config.d.ts
rename to plugins/airbrake-backend/config.d.ts
diff --git a/plugins/airbrake-backend/package.json b/plugins/airbrake-backend/package.json
index fb9bca210f..da025b117c 100644
--- a/plugins/airbrake-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/airbrake-backend/package.json
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
   },
   "files": [
     "dist",
-    "src/config/config.d.ts"
+    "config.d.ts"
   ],
-  "configSchema": "src/config/config.d.ts",
+  "configSchema": "config.d.ts",
   "jest": {
     "coverageThreshold": {
       "global": {
diff --git a/plugins/airbrake-backend/src/config/ExtractAirbrakeConfig.ts b/plugins/airbrake-backend/src/config/ExtractAirbrakeConfig.ts
index 6fc2c5e04c..ea39a27d11 100644
--- a/plugins/airbrake-backend/src/config/ExtractAirbrakeConfig.ts
+++ b/plugins/airbrake-backend/src/config/ExtractAirbrakeConfig.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,18 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
-import { AirbrakeConfig } from '.';
+
+/**
+ * The configuration needed for the airbrake-backend plugin
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export interface AirbrakeConfig {
+  /**
+   * The API Key to authenticate requests. More details on how to get this here: https://airbrake.io/docs/api/#authentication
+   */
+  apiKey: string;
+}
 
 /**
  * Extract the Airbrake config from a config object
diff --git a/plugins/airbrake-backend/src/config/index.ts b/plugins/airbrake-backend/src/config/index.ts
index 7cad13e15e..60d60c2761 100644
--- a/plugins/airbrake-backend/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/airbrake-backend/src/config/index.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,5 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { Config } from './config';
 
-export { extractAirbrakeConfig } from './ExtractAirbrakeConfig';
-export type AirbrakeConfig = Config['airbrake'];
+export * from './ExtractAirbrakeConfig';