diff --git a/.changeset/forty-rice-visit.md b/.changeset/forty-rice-visit.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7da4b5a1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/forty-rice-visit.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/backend-common': patch
+---
+
+Move `cache` implementation and types to the `@backstage/backend-defaults` package.
diff --git a/.changeset/lemon-weeks-lay.md b/.changeset/lemon-weeks-lay.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66d1402882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lemon-weeks-lay.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/backend-defaults': patch
+---
+
+Remove dependency with `@backstage/backend-commons` package.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 03b152d1e6..c1d099dd5f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
     "jest-haste-map@^29.7.0": "patch:jest-haste-map@npm%3A29.7.0#./.yarn/patches/jest-haste-map-npm-29.7.0-e3be419eff.patch"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@backstage/backend-defaults": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/errors": "workspace:^",
     "@manypkg/get-packages": "^1.1.3",
     "@useoptic/optic": "^0.50.10"
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/api-report.md b/packages/backend-common/api-report.md
index c8673da9d2..e259383320 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/api-report.md
+++ b/packages/backend-common/api-report.md
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ import { BackendFeature } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { BitbucketCloudIntegration } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { BitbucketIntegration } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { BitbucketServerIntegration } from '@backstage/integration';
+import { CacheManager as CacheManager_2 } from '@backstage/backend-defaults/cache';
+import { CacheManagerOptions as CacheManagerOptions_2 } from '@backstage/backend-defaults/cache';
 import { CacheService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { CacheServiceOptions } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
-import type { CacheServiceSetOptions } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+import { CacheServiceSetOptions } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import cors from 'cors';
 import { DiscoveryService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { LoggerService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { MergeResult } from 'isomorphic-git';
 import { PermissionsService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+import { PluginCacheManager as PluginCacheManager_2 } from '@backstage/backend-defaults/cache';
 import { DatabaseService as PluginDatabaseManager } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { PluginMetadataService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { PushResult } from 'isomorphic-git';
@@ -119,25 +122,11 @@ export type CacheClientOptions = CacheServiceOptions;
 // @public @deprecated (undocumented)
 export type CacheClientSetOptions = CacheServiceSetOptions;
 
-// @public
-export class CacheManager {
-  forPlugin(pluginId: string): {
-    getClient(options?: CacheServiceOptions): CacheService;
-  };
-  static fromConfig(
-    config: Config,
-    options?: {
-      logger?: LoggerService;
-      onError?: (err: Error) => void;
-    },
-  ): CacheManager;
-}
+// @public @deprecated (undocumented)
+export const CacheManager: typeof CacheManager_2;
 
-// @public
-export type CacheManagerOptions = {
-  logger?: LoggerService;
-  onError?: (err: Error) => void;
-};
+// @public @deprecated (undocumented)
+export type CacheManagerOptions = CacheManagerOptions_2;
 
 // @public
 export function cacheToPluginCacheManager(cache: CacheService): {
@@ -471,11 +460,8 @@ export function makeLegacyPlugin<
 // @public @deprecated
 export function notFoundHandler(): RequestHandler;
 
-// @public (undocumented)
-export interface PluginCacheManager {
-  // (undocumented)
-  getClient(options?: CacheServiceOptions): CacheService;
-}
+// @public @deprecated (undocumented)
+export type PluginCacheManager = PluginCacheManager_2;
 
 export { PluginDatabaseManager };
 
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/package.json b/packages/backend-common/package.json
index 847fefa697..f0bbcc2a2b 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend-common/package.json
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
     "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.350.0",
     "@aws-sdk/credential-providers": "^3.350.0",
     "@aws-sdk/types": "^3.347.0",
+    "@backstage/backend-defaults": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/backend-dev-utils": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/cli-common": "workspace:^",
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/cache/index.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/cache/index.ts
index 9d05745ebd..bdd857037b 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/cache/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/cache/index.ts
@@ -15,5 +15,3 @@
  */
 
 export { cacheToPluginCacheManager } from './cacheToPluginCacheManager';
-export * from './reexport';
-export * from './types';
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/cache/reexport.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/cache/reexport.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f6106de60..0000000000
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/cache/reexport.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2024 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-/*
- * NOTE(freben): This is a temporary hack. We use cross-package imports so that
- * we do not have to maintain double implementations for the time being, until
- * backend-common is properly removed.
- */
-
-// eslint-disable-next-line @backstage/no-relative-monorepo-imports
-export { CacheManager } from '../../../backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/cache/CacheManager';
-// eslint-disable-next-line @backstage/no-relative-monorepo-imports
-export {
-  type PluginCacheManager,
-  type CacheManagerOptions,
-} from '../../../backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/cache/types';
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/cache/types.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/cache/types.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 83b6916843..0000000000
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/cache/types.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import type {
-  CacheService,
-  CacheServiceSetOptions,
-  CacheServiceOptions,
-} from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
-
-/**
- * @public
- * @deprecated Use `CacheService` from the `@backstage/backend-plugin-api` package instead
- */
-export type CacheClient = CacheService;
-
-/**
- * @public
- * @deprecated Use `CacheServiceSetOptions` from the `@backstage/backend-plugin-api` package instead
- */
-export type CacheClientSetOptions = CacheServiceSetOptions;
-
-/**
- * @public
- * @deprecated Use `CacheServiceOptions` from the `@backstage/backend-plugin-api` package instead
- */
-export type CacheClientOptions = CacheServiceOptions;
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/deprecated/index.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/deprecated/index.ts
index d9ca795c3a..deb6c24a7f 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/deprecated/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/deprecated/index.ts
@@ -17,12 +17,57 @@
 export * from './scm';
 
 import {
+  CacheManager as _CacheManager,
+  CacheManagerOptions as _CacheManagerOptions,
+  PluginCacheManager as _PluginCacheManager,
+} from '@backstage/backend-defaults/cache';
+
+import {
+  CacheService,
+  CacheServiceOptions,
+  CacheServiceSetOptions,
   isDatabaseConflictError as _isDatabaseConflictError,
   resolvePackagePath as _resolvePackagePath,
   resolveSafeChildPath as _resolveSafeChildPath,
   isChildPath as _isChildPath,
 } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 
+/**
+ * @public
+ * @deprecated Use `CacheManager` from the `@backstage/backend-defaults` package instead
+ */
+export const CacheManager = _CacheManager;
+
+/**
+ * @public
+ * @deprecated Use `CacheManagerOptions` from the `@backstage/backend-defaults` package instead
+ */
+export type CacheManagerOptions = _CacheManagerOptions;
+
+/**
+ * @public
+ * @deprecated Use `PluginCacheManager` from the `@backstage/backend-defaults` package instead
+ */
+export type PluginCacheManager = _PluginCacheManager;
+
+/**
+ * @public
+ * @deprecated Use `CacheService` from the `@backstage/backend-plugin-api` package instead
+ */
+export type CacheClient = CacheService;
+
+/**
+ * @public
+ * @deprecated Use `CacheServiceSetOptions` from the `@backstage/backend-plugin-api` package instead
+ */
+export type CacheClientSetOptions = CacheServiceSetOptions;
+
+/**
+ * @public
+ * @deprecated Use `CacheServiceOptions` from the `@backstage/backend-plugin-api` package instead
+ */
+export type CacheClientOptions = CacheServiceOptions;
+
 /**
  * @public
  * @deprecated This function is deprecated and will be removed in a future release, see https://github.com/backstage/backstage/issues/24493.
diff --git a/packages/backend-defaults/api-report-database.md b/packages/backend-defaults/api-report-database.md
index 598a3bd1b0..728c228899 100644
--- a/packages/backend-defaults/api-report-database.md
+++ b/packages/backend-defaults/api-report-database.md
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { DatabaseService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { LifecycleService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { LoggerService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
-import { PluginDatabaseManager } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { PluginMetadataService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { ServiceFactory } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ export type DatabaseManagerOptions = {
 
 // @public (undocumented)
 export const databaseServiceFactory: () => ServiceFactory<
-  PluginDatabaseManager,
+  DatabaseService,
   'plugin'
 >;
 
diff --git a/packages/backend-defaults/package.json b/packages/backend-defaults/package.json
index 23c68625ca..2cdf30e0d2 100644
--- a/packages/backend-defaults/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend-defaults/package.json
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@
     "@aws-sdk/credential-providers": "^3.350.0",
     "@aws-sdk/types": "^3.347.0",
     "@backstage/backend-app-api": "workspace:^",
-    "@backstage/backend-common": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/backend-dev-utils": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/config": "workspace:^",
diff --git a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/database/databaseServiceFactory.ts b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/database/databaseServiceFactory.ts
index 12e4e569bd..eb38aed9f2 100644
--- a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/database/databaseServiceFactory.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/database/databaseServiceFactory.ts
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { DatabaseManager } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import {
   coreServices,
   createServiceFactory,
 } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
+import { DatabaseManager } from '../database';
 
 /**
  * @public
diff --git a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/rootLifecycle/rootLifecycleServiceFactory.test.ts b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/rootLifecycle/rootLifecycleServiceFactory.test.ts
index 91cb9031ae..5992e38d50 100644
--- a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/rootLifecycle/rootLifecycleServiceFactory.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/rootLifecycle/rootLifecycleServiceFactory.test.ts
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { getVoidLogger } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { BackendLifecycleImpl } from './rootLifecycleServiceFactory';
+import { mockServices } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
 
 describe('lifecycleService', () => {
   it('should execute registered shutdown hook', async () => {
-    const service = new BackendLifecycleImpl(getVoidLogger());
+    const service = new BackendLifecycleImpl(mockServices.logger.mock());
     const hook = jest.fn();
     service.addShutdownHook(() => hook());
     // should not execute the hook more than once.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe('lifecycleService', () => {
   });
 
   it('should not throw errors', async () => {
-    const service = new BackendLifecycleImpl(getVoidLogger());
+    const service = new BackendLifecycleImpl(mockServices.logger.mock());
     service.addShutdownHook(() => {
       throw new Error('oh no');
     });
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe('lifecycleService', () => {
   });
 
   it('should not throw async errors', async () => {
-    const service = new BackendLifecycleImpl(getVoidLogger());
+    const service = new BackendLifecycleImpl(mockServices.logger.mock());
     service.addShutdownHook(async () => {
       throw new Error('oh no');
     });
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe('lifecycleService', () => {
   });
 
   it('should reject hooks after trigger', async () => {
-    const service = new BackendLifecycleImpl(getVoidLogger());
+    const service = new BackendLifecycleImpl(mockServices.logger.mock());
     await service.startup();
     expect(() => {
       service.addStartupHook(() => {});
diff --git a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/database/migrateBackendTasks.ts b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/database/migrateBackendTasks.ts
index 959e6097f4..ab8b7a8e73 100644
--- a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/database/migrateBackendTasks.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/database/migrateBackendTasks.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { resolvePackagePath } from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import { resolvePackagePath } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { Knex } from 'knex';
 import { DB_MIGRATIONS_TABLE } from './tables';
 
diff --git a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/LocalTaskWorker.test.ts b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/LocalTaskWorker.test.ts
index 4fd4949478..d4d3d16067 100644
--- a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/LocalTaskWorker.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/LocalTaskWorker.test.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { getVoidLogger } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { LocalTaskWorker } from './LocalTaskWorker';
+import { mockServices } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
 
 describe('LocalTaskWorker', () => {
-  const logger = getVoidLogger();
+  const logger = mockServices.logger.mock();
 
   it('runs the happy path (with iso duration) and handles cancellation', async () => {
     const fn = jest.fn();
diff --git a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/PluginTaskSchedulerImpl.test.ts b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/PluginTaskSchedulerImpl.test.ts
index 57faa6faf8..c5c4c8708a 100644
--- a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/PluginTaskSchedulerImpl.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/PluginTaskSchedulerImpl.test.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { getVoidLogger } from '@backstage/backend-common';
-import { TestDatabaseId, TestDatabases } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
+import {
+  TestDatabaseId,
+  TestDatabases,
+  mockServices,
+} from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
 import { ConflictError, NotFoundError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { Duration } from 'luxon';
 import { migrateBackendTasks } from '../database/migrateBackendTasks';
@@ -53,7 +56,7 @@ describe('PluginTaskManagerImpl', () => {
     await migrateBackendTasks(knex);
     const manager = new PluginTaskSchedulerImpl(
       async () => knex,
-      getVoidLogger(),
+      mockServices.logger.mock(),
     );
     return { knex, manager };
   }
diff --git a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/PluginTaskSchedulerJanitor.test.ts b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/PluginTaskSchedulerJanitor.test.ts
index 82133a9e54..388f882afc 100644
--- a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/PluginTaskSchedulerJanitor.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/PluginTaskSchedulerJanitor.test.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { getVoidLogger } from '@backstage/backend-common';
-import { TestDatabases } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
+import { TestDatabases, mockServices } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
 import { Knex } from 'knex';
 import { Duration } from 'luxon';
 import waitForExpect from 'wait-for-expect';
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ const getTask = async (knex: Knex): Promise<DbTasksRow> => {
 };
 
 describe('PluginTaskSchedulerJanitor', () => {
-  const logger = getVoidLogger();
+  const logger = mockServices.logger.mock();
   const databases = TestDatabases.create({
     ids: [
       /* 'MYSQL_8' not supported yet */
diff --git a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/TaskWorker.test.ts b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/TaskWorker.test.ts
index 20d9b63859..1cafe00670 100644
--- a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/TaskWorker.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/TaskWorker.test.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { getVoidLogger } from '@backstage/backend-common';
-import { TestDatabases } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
+import { TestDatabases, mockServices } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
 import { DateTime, Duration } from 'luxon';
 import waitForExpect from 'wait-for-expect';
 import { migrateBackendTasks } from '../database/migrateBackendTasks';
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ import { TaskSettingsV2 } from './types';
 jest.setTimeout(60_000);
 
 describe('TaskWorker', () => {
-  const logger = getVoidLogger();
+  const logger = mockServices.logger.mock();
   const databases = TestDatabases.create();
   const testScopedSignal = createTestScopedSignal();
 
diff --git a/packages/backend-defaults/src/index.ts b/packages/backend-defaults/src/index.ts
index d3e36cf0fb..b00c865524 100644
--- a/packages/backend-defaults/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-defaults/src/index.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,4 @@
  * @packageDocumentation
  */
 
-// This import is here as a workaround for a cyclic dependency bug where
-// backend-common must be loaded before backend-app-api
-// TODO(Rugvip): Remove this once backend-common is no longer used by backend-app-api
-import '@backstage/backend-common';
-
 export { createBackend } from './CreateBackend';
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b7ef661552..2fa274021b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3518,6 +3518,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@aws-sdk/credential-providers": ^3.350.0
     "@aws-sdk/types": ^3.347.0
     "@aws-sdk/util-stream-node": ^3.350.0
+    "@backstage/backend-defaults": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/backend-dev-utils": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/backend-test-utils": "workspace:^"
@@ -3605,7 +3606,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@aws-sdk/types": ^3.347.0
     "@aws-sdk/util-stream-node": ^3.350.0
     "@backstage/backend-app-api": "workspace:^"
-    "@backstage/backend-common": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/backend-dev-utils": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/backend-test-utils": "workspace:^"
@@ -39568,6 +39568,7 @@ __metadata:
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "root@workspace:."
   dependencies:
+    "@backstage/backend-defaults": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/cli": "workspace:*"
     "@backstage/codemods": "workspace:*"
     "@backstage/create-app": "workspace:*"