diff --git a/.changeset/rude-tables-grab.md b/.changeset/rude-tables-grab.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5eaae102a5603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rude-tables-grab.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common': minor
+---
+
+**BREAKING**: Removed the `templateEntityV1beta3Schema` export
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/processor/ScaffolderEntitiesProcessor.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/processor/ScaffolderEntitiesProcessor.ts
index 4f3c13f34254b..b90f3498c02ae 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/processor/ScaffolderEntitiesProcessor.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/processor/ScaffolderEntitiesProcessor.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import {
   parseEntityRef,
   RELATION_OWNED_BY,
   RELATION_OWNER_OF,
-  entityKindSchemaValidator,
 } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import {
   CatalogProcessor,
@@ -30,18 +29,16 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend';
 import {
   TemplateEntityV1beta3,
-  templateEntityV1beta3Schema,
+  templateEntityV1beta3Validator,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
 
 /** @public */
 export class ScaffolderEntitiesProcessor implements CatalogProcessor {
-  private readonly validators = [
-    entityKindSchemaValidator(templateEntityV1beta3Schema),
-  ];
+  private readonly validators = [templateEntityV1beta3Validator];
 
   async validateEntityKind(entity: Entity): Promise<boolean> {
     for (const validator of this.validators) {
-      if (validator(entity)) {
+      if (await validator.check(entity)) {
         return true;
       }
     }
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-common/api-report.md b/plugins/scaffolder-common/api-report.md
index 7292da3cef1cc..8d2324a2dd102 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-common/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-common/api-report.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 ```ts
 import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/types';
-import { JSONSchema } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
 import { KindValidator } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 
@@ -86,9 +85,6 @@ export interface TemplateEntityV1beta2 extends Entity {
   };
 }
 
-// @public @deprecated
-export const templateEntityV1beta2Schema: JSONSchema;
-
 // @public @deprecated
 export const templateEntityV1beta2Validator: KindValidator;
 
@@ -117,7 +113,7 @@ export interface TemplateEntityV1beta3 extends Entity {
 }
 
 // @public
-export const templateEntityV1beta3Schema: JSONSchema;
+export const templateEntityV1beta3Validator: KindValidator;
 
 // @public
 export type TemplateMetadata = {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/TemplateEntityV1beta2.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/TemplateEntityV1beta2.ts
index 060436dd5c252..280caec52ffb7 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/TemplateEntityV1beta2.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/TemplateEntityV1beta2.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import {
   Entity,
   entityKindSchemaValidator,
-  JSONSchema,
   KindValidator,
 } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/types';
@@ -51,18 +50,6 @@ export interface TemplateEntityV1beta2 extends Entity {
 
 const validator = entityKindSchemaValidator(schema);
 
-/**
- * JSON schema of the Template kind, apiVersion backstage.io/v1beta2.
- *
- * @public
- * @deprecated Please convert your templates to apiVersion
- *             scaffolder.backstage.io/v1beta3
- */
-export const templateEntityV1beta2Schema: JSONSchema = schema as Omit<
-  JSONSchema,
-  'examples'
->;
-
 /**
  * Entity data validator for {@link TemplateEntityV1beta2}.
  *
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/TemplateEntityV1beta3.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/TemplateEntityV1beta3.ts
index 6c7b712ed5223..13b699de69397 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/TemplateEntityV1beta3.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/TemplateEntityV1beta3.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,13 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { Entity, JSONSchema } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import {
+  Entity,
+  entityKindSchemaValidator,
+  KindValidator,
+} from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/types';
-import v1beta3Schema from './Template.v1beta3.schema.json';
+import schema from './Template.v1beta3.schema.json';
 
 /**
  * Backstage catalog Template kind Entity. Templates are used by the Scaffolder
@@ -42,12 +46,16 @@ export interface TemplateEntityV1beta3 extends Entity {
   };
 }
 
+const validator = entityKindSchemaValidator(schema);
+
 /**
- * JSON schema of the Template kind, apiVersion scaffolder.backstage.io/v1beta3.
+ * Entity data validator for {@link TemplateEntityV1beta3}.
  *
  * @public
  */
-export const templateEntityV1beta3Schema: JSONSchema = v1beta3Schema as Omit<
-  JSONSchema,
-  'examples'
->;
+export const templateEntityV1beta3Validator: KindValidator = {
+  // TODO(freben): Emulate the old KindValidator until we fix that type
+  async check(data: Entity) {
+    return validator(data) === data;
+  },
+};
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/index.ts
index fc6390207eb5a..e74a5f988fb94 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/index.ts
@@ -21,10 +21,7 @@
  */
 
 export * from './TaskSpec';
-export {
-  templateEntityV1beta2Schema,
-  templateEntityV1beta2Validator,
-} from './TemplateEntityV1beta2';
+export { templateEntityV1beta2Validator } from './TemplateEntityV1beta2';
 export type { TemplateEntityV1beta2 } from './TemplateEntityV1beta2';
-export { templateEntityV1beta3Schema } from './TemplateEntityV1beta3';
+export { templateEntityV1beta3Validator } from './TemplateEntityV1beta3';
 export type { TemplateEntityV1beta3 } from './TemplateEntityV1beta3';