diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-catalog/src/alpha.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-catalog/src/alpha.ts
index 89c7479035..c633dc71b2 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-catalog/src/alpha.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-catalog/src/alpha.ts
@@ -27,16 +27,9 @@ import { TaskScheduleDefinition } from '@backstage/backend-tasks';
 import { searchIndexRegistryExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/plugin-search-backend-node/alpha';
 
 import {
-  CatalogCollatorEntityTransformer,
   DefaultCatalogCollatorFactory,
   DefaultCatalogCollatorFactoryOptions,
-} from './collators';
-
-export type {
-  CatalogCollatorEntityTransformer,
-  DefaultCatalogCollatorFactory,
-  DefaultCatalogCollatorFactoryOptions,
-};
+} from '@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-catalog';
 
 /**
  * @alpha
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/alpha.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/alpha.ts
index d2ff1568f6..538124f004 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/alpha.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/alpha.ts
@@ -21,14 +21,10 @@ import { loggerToWinstonLogger } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { searchEngineRegistryExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/plugin-search-backend-node/alpha';
 
 import {
-  ElasticSearchHighlightConfig,
-  ElasticSearchQueryTranslatorOptions,
-  ElasticSearchConcreteQuery,
   ElasticSearchCustomIndexTemplate,
-  ElasticSearchCustomIndexTemplateBody,
   ElasticSearchQueryTranslator,
   ElasticSearchSearchEngine,
-} from './engines';
+} from '@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-elasticsearch';
 
 /**
  * @alpha
@@ -76,12 +72,3 @@ export const searchModuleElasticsearchEngine = createBackendModule(
     },
   }),
 );
-
-export type {
-  ElasticSearchCustomIndexTemplate,
-  ElasticSearchCustomIndexTemplateBody,
-  ElasticSearchQueryTranslator,
-  ElasticSearchQueryTranslatorOptions,
-  ElasticSearchHighlightConfig,
-  ElasticSearchConcreteQuery,
-};
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-explore/src/alpha.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-explore/src/alpha.ts
index 01303db631..f13c3c2406 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-explore/src/alpha.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-explore/src/alpha.ts
@@ -28,16 +28,9 @@ import { loggerToWinstonLogger } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { searchIndexRegistryExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/plugin-search-backend-node/alpha';
 
 import {
-  ToolDocument,
   ToolDocumentCollatorFactory,
   ToolDocumentCollatorFactoryOptions,
-} from './collators';
-
-export type {
-  ToolDocumentCollatorFactoryOptions,
-  ToolDocument,
-  ToolDocumentCollatorFactory,
-};
+} from '@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-explore';
 
 /**
  * @alpha
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-techdocs/src/alpha.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-techdocs/src/alpha.ts
index c781ad40ca..1432cc88fb 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-techdocs/src/alpha.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-techdocs/src/alpha.ts
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ import { searchIndexRegistryExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/plugin-search-back
 import {
   DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory,
   TechDocsCollatorFactoryOptions,
-} from './collators';
-
-export type { TechDocsCollatorFactoryOptions };
+} from '@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-techdocs';
 
 /**
  * @alpha