diff --git a/packages/backend-app-api/package.json b/packages/backend-app-api/package.json
index 01eaeaecaf..943db41972 100644
--- a/packages/backend-app-api/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend-app-api/package.json
@@ -36,10 +36,14 @@
     "@backstage/backend-common": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/backend-tasks": "workspace:^",
+    "@backstage/cli-common": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/config": "workspace:^",
+    "@backstage/config-loader": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/errors": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-auth-node": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-permission-node": "workspace:^",
+    "@backstage/types": "workspace:^",
+    "@manypkg/get-packages": "^1.1.3",
     "@types/cors": "^2.8.6",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
     "compression": "^1.7.4",
@@ -50,6 +54,7 @@
     "helmet": "^6.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "minimatch": "^5.0.0",
+    "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "morgan": "^1.10.0",
     "node-forge": "^1.3.1",
     "selfsigned": "^2.0.0",
@@ -61,6 +66,7 @@
     "@types/compression": "^1.7.0",
     "@types/fs-extra": "^9.0.3",
     "@types/http-errors": "^2.0.0",
+    "@types/minimist": "^1.2.0",
     "@types/morgan": "^1.9.0",
     "@types/node-forge": "^1.3.0",
     "@types/stoppable": "^1.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/config.test.ts b/packages/backend-app-api/src/config/config.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/backend-common/src/config.test.ts
rename to packages/backend-app-api/src/config/config.test.ts
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/config.ts b/packages/backend-app-api/src/config/config.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/backend-common/src/config.ts
rename to packages/backend-app-api/src/config/config.ts
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 282b7b24bc..40d2189edc 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3381,15 +3381,20 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/backend-tasks": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/cli-common": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/config": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/config-loader": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/errors": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-auth-node": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-permission-node": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/types": "workspace:^"
+    "@manypkg/get-packages": ^1.1.3
     "@types/compression": ^1.7.0
     "@types/cors": ^2.8.6
     "@types/express": ^4.17.6
     "@types/fs-extra": ^9.0.3
     "@types/http-errors": ^2.0.0
+    "@types/minimist": ^1.2.0
     "@types/morgan": ^1.9.0
     "@types/node-forge": ^1.3.0
     "@types/stoppable": ^1.1.0
@@ -3402,6 +3407,7 @@ __metadata:
     http-errors: ^2.0.0
     lodash: ^4.17.21
     minimatch: ^5.0.0
+    minimist: ^1.2.5
     morgan: ^1.10.0
     node-forge: ^1.3.1
     selfsigned: ^2.0.0