diff --git a/.changeset/swift-baboons-refuse.md b/.changeset/swift-baboons-refuse.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4cefb534ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/swift-baboons-refuse.md
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+---
+'@backstage/create-app': patch
+---
+
+use `fromConfig` for all scaffolder helpers, and use the url protocol for app-config location entries.
+
+To apply this change to your local installation, replace the contents of your `packages/backend/src/plugins/scaffolder.ts` with the following contents:
+
+```ts
+import {
+  CookieCutter,
+  createRouter,
+  Preparers,
+  Publishers,
+  CreateReactAppTemplater,
+  Templaters,
+  CatalogEntityClient,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend';
+import { SingleHostDiscovery } from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import type { PluginEnvironment } from '../types';
+import Docker from 'dockerode';
+
+export default async function createPlugin({
+  logger,
+  config,
+}: PluginEnvironment) {
+  const cookiecutterTemplater = new CookieCutter();
+  const craTemplater = new CreateReactAppTemplater();
+  const templaters = new Templaters();
+  templaters.register('cookiecutter', cookiecutterTemplater);
+  templaters.register('cra', craTemplater);
+
+  const preparers = await Preparers.fromConfig(config, { logger });
+  const publishers = await Publishers.fromConfig(config, { logger });
+
+  const dockerClient = new Docker();
+
+  const discovery = SingleHostDiscovery.fromConfig(config);
+  const entityClient = new CatalogEntityClient({ discovery });
+
+  return await createRouter({
+    preparers,
+    templaters,
+    publishers,
+    logger,
+    config,
+    dockerClient,
+    entityClient,
+  });
+}
+```
+
+This will ensure that the `scaffolder-backend` package can add handlers for the `url` protocol which is becoming the standard when registering entities in the `catalog`
diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/app-config.yaml.hbs b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/app-config.yaml.hbs
index 90f272270a..d253102f71 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/app-config.yaml.hbs
+++ b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/app-config.yaml.hbs
@@ -88,23 +88,23 @@ catalog:
       target: https://github.com/backstage/backstage/blob/master/packages/catalog-model/examples/all-apis.yaml
 
     # Backstage example templates
-    - type: github
+    - type: url
       target: https://github.com/backstage/backstage/blob/master/plugins/scaffolder-backend/sample-templates/react-ssr-template/template.yaml
       rules:
         - allow: [Template]
-    - type: github
+    - type: url
       target: https://github.com/backstage/backstage/blob/master/plugins/scaffolder-backend/sample-templates/springboot-grpc-template/template.yaml
       rules:
         - allow: [Template]
-    - type: github
+    - type: url
       target: https://github.com/backstage/backstage/blob/master/plugins/scaffolder-backend/sample-templates/create-react-app/template.yaml
       rules:
         - allow: [Template]
-    - type: github
+    - type: url
       target: https://github.com/spotify/cookiecutter-golang/blob/master/template.yaml
       rules:
         - allow: [Template]
-    - type: github
+    - type: url
       target: https://github.com/backstage/backstage/blob/master/plugins/scaffolder-backend/sample-templates/docs-template/template.yaml
       rules:
         - allow: [Template]
diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/plugins/scaffolder.ts b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/plugins/scaffolder.ts
index 2dc69feb45..196d48ec78 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/plugins/scaffolder.ts
+++ b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/plugins/scaffolder.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,13 @@
 import {
   CookieCutter,
   createRouter,
-  FilePreparer,
-  GithubPreparer,
-  GitlabPreparer,
   Preparers,
   Publishers,
-  GithubPublisher,
-  GitlabPublisher,
   CreateReactAppTemplater,
   Templaters,
-  RepoVisibilityOptions,
   CatalogEntityClient,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend';
 import { SingleHostDiscovery } from '@backstage/backend-common';
-import { Octokit } from '@octokit/rest';
-import { Gitlab } from '@gitbeaker/node';
 import type { PluginEnvironment } from '../types';
 import Docker from 'dockerode';
 
@@ -29,74 +21,8 @@ export default async function createPlugin({
   templaters.register('cookiecutter', cookiecutterTemplater);
   templaters.register('cra', craTemplater);
 
-  const filePreparer = new FilePreparer();
-  const githubPreparer = new GithubPreparer();
-  const gitlabPreparer = new GitlabPreparer(config);
-  const preparers = new Preparers();
-
-  preparers.register('file', filePreparer);
-  preparers.register('github', githubPreparer);
-  preparers.register('gitlab', gitlabPreparer);
-  preparers.register('gitlab/api', gitlabPreparer);
-
-  const publishers = new Publishers();
-
-  const githubConfig = config.getOptionalConfig('scaffolder.github');
-
-  if (githubConfig) {
-    try {
-      const repoVisibility = githubConfig.getString(
-        'visibility',
-      ) as RepoVisibilityOptions;
-
-      const githubToken = githubConfig.getString('token');
-      const githubHost = githubConfig.getOptionalString('host');
-      const githubClient = new Octokit({ auth: githubToken, baseUrl: githubHost });
-      const githubPublisher = new GithubPublisher({
-        client: githubClient,
-        token: githubToken,
-        repoVisibility,
-      });
-      publishers.register('file', githubPublisher);
-      publishers.register('github', githubPublisher);
-    } catch (e) {
-      const providerName = 'github';
-      if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'development') {
-        throw new Error(
-          `Failed to initialize ${providerName} scaffolding provider, ${e.message}`,
-        );
-      }
-
-      logger.warn(
-        `Skipping ${providerName} scaffolding provider, ${e.message}`,
-      );
-    }
-  }
-
-  const gitLabConfig = config.getOptionalConfig('scaffolder.gitlab.api');
-  if (gitLabConfig) {
-    try {
-      const gitLabToken = gitLabConfig.getString('token');
-      const gitLabClient = new Gitlab({
-        host: gitLabConfig.getOptionalString('baseUrl'),
-        token: gitLabToken,
-      });
-      const gitLabPublisher = new GitlabPublisher(gitLabClient, gitLabToken);
-      publishers.register('gitlab', gitLabPublisher);
-      publishers.register('gitlab/api', gitLabPublisher);
-    } catch (e) {
-      const providerName = 'gitlab';
-      if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'development') {
-        throw new Error(
-          `Failed to initialize ${providerName} scaffolding provider, ${e.message}`,
-        );
-      }
-
-      logger.warn(
-        `Skipping ${providerName} scaffolding provider, ${e.message}`,
-      );
-    }
-  }
+  const preparers = await Preparers.fromConfig(config, { logger });
+  const publishers = await Publishers.fromConfig(config, { logger });
 
   const dockerClient = new Docker();