diff --git a/.changeset/afraid-needles-divide.md b/.changeset/afraid-needles-divide.md
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+---
+'@backstage/create-app': patch
+---
+
+Removed `packages/backend/src/types.ts` from the template as it is unused. It was mistakenly left in after moving the template to the new backend system.
diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/index.test.ts b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/index.test.ts
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--- a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/index.test.ts
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@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import { PluginEnvironment } from './types';
-
-describe('test', () => {
-  it('unbreaks the test runner', () => {
-    const unbreaker = {} as PluginEnvironment;
-    expect(unbreaker).toBeTruthy();
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/types.ts b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/types.ts
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--- a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/types.ts
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@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-import { Logger } from 'winston';
-import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
-import {
-  PluginCacheManager,
-  PluginDatabaseManager,
-  PluginEndpointDiscovery,
-  TokenManager,
-  UrlReader,
-} from '@backstage/backend-common';
-import { PluginTaskScheduler } from '@backstage/backend-tasks';
-import { PermissionEvaluator } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
-import { IdentityApi } from '@backstage/plugin-auth-node';
-
-export type PluginEnvironment = {
-  logger: Logger;
-  database: PluginDatabaseManager;
-  cache: PluginCacheManager;
-  config: Config;
-  reader: UrlReader;
-  discovery: PluginEndpointDiscovery;
-  tokenManager: TokenManager;
-  scheduler: PluginTaskScheduler;
-  permissions: PermissionEvaluator;
-  identity: IdentityApi;
-};