diff --git a/.changeset/chilly-comics-jam.md b/.changeset/chilly-comics-jam.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92d7f9014e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chilly-comics-jam.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-react': minor
+---
+
+**BREAKING**: Removed `reduceCatalogFilters` and `reduceEntityFilters` due to low external utility value.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
index ca5de26048..6d6d4ecc27 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
@@ -477,16 +477,6 @@ export class MockStarredEntitiesApi implements StarredEntitiesApi {
   toggleStarred(entityRef: string): Promise<void>;
 }
 
-// @public @deprecated (undocumented)
-export function reduceCatalogFilters(
-  filters: EntityFilter[],
-): Record<string, string | symbol | (string | symbol)[]>;
-
-// @public @deprecated (undocumented)
-export function reduceEntityFilters(
-  filters: EntityFilter[],
-): (entity: Entity) => boolean;
-
 // @public
 export interface StarredEntitiesApi {
   starredEntitie$(): Observable<Set<string>>;
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/index.ts
index 2279d49a2c..6d5a5ad204 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/index.ts
@@ -30,5 +30,12 @@ export * from './filters';
 export { entityRouteParams, entityRouteRef } from './routes';
 export * from './testUtils';
 export * from './types';
-export * from './utils';
 export * from './overridableComponents';
+export {
+  getEntityMetadataEditUrl,
+  getEntityMetadataViewUrl,
+  getEntityRelations,
+  getEntitySourceLocation,
+  isOwnerOf,
+} from './utils';
+export type { EntitySourceLocation } from './utils';
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/utils/filters.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/utils/filters.ts
index 68cd94fd6e..109e864c52 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/utils/filters.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/utils/filters.ts
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
 import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { EntityFilter } from '../types';
 
-/**
- * @public
- * @deprecated will be made private.
- */
 export function reduceCatalogFilters(
   filters: EntityFilter[],
 ): Record<string, string | symbol | (string | symbol)[]> {
@@ -32,10 +28,6 @@ export function reduceCatalogFilters(
   }, {} as Record<string, string | symbol | (string | symbol)[]>);
 }
 
-/**
- * @public
- * @deprecated will be made private.
- */
 export function reduceEntityFilters(
   filters: EntityFilter[],
 ): (entity: Entity) => boolean {