diff --git a/.changeset/tricky-jars-film.md b/.changeset/tricky-jars-film.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9533634614
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tricky-jars-film.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion': patch
+---
+
+Move `@backstage/backend-defaults` to `devDependencies`
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/package.json b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/package.json
index 326f4d7bec..e3f6be3a88 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/package.json
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/package.json
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-common": "workspace:^",
-    "@backstage/backend-defaults": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/backend-tasks": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/catalog-model": "workspace:^",
@@ -68,6 +67,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-app-api": "workspace:^",
+    "@backstage/backend-defaults": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/backend-test-utils": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend": "workspace:^"
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/src/run.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/src/run.ts
index c94af368d1..f1b6bd1529 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/src/run.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/src/run.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+
+// Think this file will probably go away once we move to backend system
+// And restructure into the /dev folder
+// eslint-disable-next-line @backstage/no-undeclared-imports
 import { createBackend } from '@backstage/backend-defaults';
 import {
   coreServices,