diff --git a/.changeset/strange-eels-turn.md b/.changeset/strange-eels-turn.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f09e6efbed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/strange-eels-turn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend': patch
+---
+
+Correctly use the `catalog.useUrlReadersSearch` config.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogBuilder.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogBuilder.ts
index 79121c86c5..31bb8f7ddc 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogBuilder.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogBuilder.ts
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ export class CatalogBuilder {
 
     return [
       new FileReaderProcessor(),
-      new UrlReaderProcessor({ reader, logger }),
+      new UrlReaderProcessor({ reader, logger, config }),
       CodeOwnersProcessor.fromConfig(config, { logger, reader }),
       new AnnotateLocationEntityProcessor({ integrations }),
     ];