diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/index.ts
index 594b96b347..0a209def82 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/index.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,30 @@ import {
  * @deprecated
  * import from @backstage/search-backend-module-catalog instead
  */
-export type {
-  DefaultCatalogCollatorFactoryOptions,
-  CatalogCollatorEntityTransformer,
+export const DefaultCatalogCollatorFactory = _DefaultCatalogCollatorFactory;
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated
+ * import from @backstage/search-backend-module-catalog instead
+ */
+export const defaultCatalogCollatorEntityTransformer =
+  _defaultCatalogCollatorEntityTransformer;
+
+import type {
+  DefaultCatalogCollatorFactoryOptions as _DefaultCatalogCollatorFactoryOptions,
+  CatalogCollatorEntityTransformer as _CatalogCollatorEntityTransformer,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-catalog';
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated
+ * import from @backstage/search-backend-module-catalog instead
+ */
+export type DefaultCatalogCollatorFactoryOptions =
+  _DefaultCatalogCollatorFactoryOptions;
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated
+ * import from @backstage/search-backend-module-catalog instead
+ */
+export type CatalogCollatorEntityTransformer =
+  _CatalogCollatorEntityTransformer;
diff --git a/plugins/explore-backend/src/index.ts b/plugins/explore-backend/src/index.ts
index 6c456bffc2..335825e592 100644
--- a/plugins/explore-backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/explore-backend/src/index.ts
@@ -28,17 +28,27 @@ export * from './tools';
  */
 export { exampleTools } from './example/exampleTools';
 
-/**
- * @deprecated
- * import from @backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-explore instead
- */
-export { ToolDocumentCollatorFactory } from '@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-explore';
+import { ToolDocumentCollatorFactory as _ToolDocumentCollatorFactory } from '@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-explore';
+import type {
+  ToolDocument as _ToolDocument,
+  ToolDocumentCollatorFactoryOptions as _ToolDocumentCollatorFactoryOptions,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-explore';
 
 /**
  * @deprecated
  * import from @backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-explore instead
  */
-export type {
-  ToolDocument,
-  ToolDocumentCollatorFactoryOptions,
-} from '@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-explore';
+export const ToolDocumentCollatorFactory = _ToolDocumentCollatorFactory;
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated
+ * import from @backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-explore instead
+ */
+export type ToolDocument = _ToolDocument;
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated
+ * import from @backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-explore instead
+ */
+export type ToolDocumentCollatorFactoryOptions =
+  _ToolDocumentCollatorFactoryOptions;
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/search/index.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/search/index.ts
index 0c403ef0d7..bf0d61687d 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/search/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/search/index.ts
@@ -20,14 +20,17 @@
 export { DefaultTechDocsCollator } from './DefaultTechDocsCollator';
 export type { TechDocsCollatorOptions } from './DefaultTechDocsCollator';
 
-/**
- * @deprecated
- * import from @backstage/search-backend-module-techdocs instead
- */
-export type { TechDocsCollatorFactoryOptions } from '@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-techdocs';
+import { DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory as _DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory } from '@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-techdocs';
+import type { TechDocsCollatorFactoryOptions as _TechDocsCollatorFactoryOptions } from '@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-techdocs';
 
 /**
  * @deprecated
  * import from @backstage/search-backend-module-techdocs instead
  */
-export { DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory } from '@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-techdocs';
+export type TechDocsCollatorFactoryOptions = _TechDocsCollatorFactoryOptions;
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated
+ * import from @backstage/search-backend-module-techdocs instead
+ */
+export const DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory = _DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory;