diff --git a/.changeset/perfect-apricots-raise.md b/.changeset/perfect-apricots-raise.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9d6c6174763c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/perfect-apricots-raise.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/config-loader': patch
+---
+
+Removed deprecated option `configPaths` as it has been superseded by `configTargets`
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/config.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/config.ts
index 941ad26e654cd..b536b53958e22 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/config.ts
@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@ export async function loadBackendConfig(options: {
   const config = new ObservableConfigProxy(options.logger);
   const { appConfigs } = await loadConfig({
     configRoot: paths.targetRoot,
-    configPaths: [],
     configTargets: configTargets,
     watch: {
       onChange(newConfigs) {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/config.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/config.ts
index d343a554f8582..f85db276b25ad 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/config.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/config.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ export async function loadCliConfig(options: Options) {
       ? async name => process.env[name] || 'x'
       : undefined,
     configRoot: paths.targetRoot,
-    configPaths: [],
     configTargets: configTargets,
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/config-loader/api-report.md b/packages/config-loader/api-report.md
index e0fab50e5bfb1..76c6468556536 100644
--- a/packages/config-loader/api-report.md
+++ b/packages/config-loader/api-report.md
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ export function loadConfig(
 // @public
 export type LoadConfigOptions = {
   configRoot: string;
-  configPaths: string[];
   configTargets: ConfigTarget[];
   env?: string;
   experimentalEnvFunc?: (name: string) => Promise<string | undefined>;
@@ -103,8 +102,4 @@ export type TransformFunc<T extends number | string | boolean> = (
     visibility: ConfigVisibility;
   },
 ) => T | undefined;
-
-// Warnings were encountered during analysis:
-//
-// src/loader.d.ts:33:5 - (ae-unresolved-link) The @link reference could not be resolved: The package "@backstage/config-loader" does not have an export "configTargets"
 ```
diff --git a/packages/config-loader/src/loader.test.ts b/packages/config-loader/src/loader.test.ts
index b5c986eeb9f02..97c3037244312 100644
--- a/packages/config-loader/src/loader.test.ts
+++ b/packages/config-loader/src/loader.test.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ describe('loadConfig', () => {
     await expect(
       loadConfig({
         configRoot: '/root',
-        configPaths: [],
         configTargets: [],
         env: 'production',
       }),
@@ -146,7 +145,6 @@ describe('loadConfig', () => {
     await expect(
       loadConfig({
         configRoot: '/root',
-        configPaths: [],
         configTargets: [{ url: configUrl }],
         env: 'production',
         remote: {
@@ -173,8 +171,10 @@ describe('loadConfig', () => {
     await expect(
       loadConfig({
         configRoot: '/root',
-        configPaths: ['/root/app-config2.yaml'],
-        configTargets: [{ path: '/root/app-config.yaml' }],
+        configTargets: [
+          { path: '/root/app-config.yaml' },
+          { path: '/root/app-config2.yaml' },
+        ],
         env: 'production',
       }),
     ).resolves.toEqual({
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ describe('loadConfig', () => {
     await expect(
       loadConfig({
         configRoot: '/root',
-        configPaths: ['/root/app-config.yaml'],
         configTargets: [{ path: '/root/app-config.yaml' }],
         env: 'production',
       }),
@@ -231,7 +230,6 @@ describe('loadConfig', () => {
     await expect(
       loadConfig({
         configRoot: '/root',
-        configPaths: [],
         configTargets: [
           { path: '/root/app-config.yaml' },
           { path: '/root/app-config.development.yaml' },
@@ -274,7 +272,6 @@ describe('loadConfig', () => {
     await expect(
       loadConfig({
         configRoot: '/root',
-        configPaths: [],
         configTargets: [{ path: '/root/app-config.substitute.yaml' }],
         env: 'development',
       }),
@@ -302,7 +299,6 @@ describe('loadConfig', () => {
     await expect(
       loadConfig({
         configRoot: '/root',
-        configPaths: [],
         configTargets: [],
         watch: {
           onChange: onChange.resolve,
@@ -353,7 +349,6 @@ describe('loadConfig', () => {
     await expect(
       loadConfig({
         configRoot: '/root',
-        configPaths: [],
         configTargets: [{ url: configUrl }],
         watch: {
           onChange: onChange.resolve,
@@ -401,7 +396,6 @@ describe('loadConfig', () => {
 
     await loadConfig({
       configRoot: '/root',
-      configPaths: [],
       configTargets: [],
       watch: {
         onChange: () => {
diff --git a/packages/config-loader/src/loader.ts b/packages/config-loader/src/loader.ts
index 6a92ed519d2b9..7f4bf8ab0abde 100644
--- a/packages/config-loader/src/loader.ts
+++ b/packages/config-loader/src/loader.ts
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@ export type LoadConfigOptions = {
   // The root directory of the config loading context. Used to find default configs.
   configRoot: string;
 
-  /** Absolute paths to load config files from. Configs from earlier paths have lower priority.
-   * @deprecated Use {@link configTargets} instead.
-   */
-  configPaths: string[];
-
   // Paths to load config files from. Configs from earlier paths have lower priority.
   configTargets: ConfigTarget[];
 
@@ -114,13 +109,6 @@ export async function loadConfig(
     .filter((e): e is { path: string } => e.hasOwnProperty('path'))
     .map(configTarget => configTarget.path);
 
-  // Append deprecated configPaths to the absolute config paths received via configTargets.
-  options.configPaths.forEach(cp => {
-    if (!configPaths.includes(cp)) {
-      configPaths.push(cp);
-    }
-  });
-
   const configUrls: string[] = options.configTargets
     .slice()
     .filter((e): e is { url: string } => e.hasOwnProperty('url'))