diff --git a/packages/app-next/src/App.tsx b/packages/app-next/src/App.tsx
index a33b2de8dc..b57c680474 100644
--- a/packages/app-next/src/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-next/src/App.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import { pagesPlugin } from './examples/pagesPlugin';
 import notFoundErrorPage from './examples/notFoundErrorPageExtension';
 import userSettingsPlugin from '@backstage/plugin-user-settings/alpha';
 import homePlugin, {
-  extensions,
   titleExtensionDataRef,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-home/alpha';
 
@@ -75,48 +74,15 @@ TODO:
 
 /* app.tsx */
 
-// const homePageExtension = createExtension({
-//   name: 'myhomepage',
-//   attachTo: { id: 'page:home', input: 'props' },
-//   output: {
-//     children: coreExtensionData.reactElement,
-//     title: titleExtensionDataRef,
-//   },
-//   factory() {
-//     return { children: homePage, title: 'just a title' };
-//   },
-// });
-
-// const homePage = createPageExtension({
-//   defaultPath: '/home',
-//   routeRef: rootRouteRef,
-//   inputs: {
-//     props: createExtensionInput(
-//       {
-//         children: coreExtensionData.reactElement.optional(),
-//         title: titleExtensionDataRef.optional(),
-//       },
-
-//       {
-//         singleton: true,
-//         optional: true,
-//       },
-//     ),
-//   },
-//   loader: ({ inputs }) =>
-//     import('./components/').then(m =>
-//       compatWrapper(
-//         <m.HomepageCompositionRoot
-//           children={inputs.props?.output.children}
-//           title={inputs.props?.output.title}
-//         />,
-//       ),
-//     ),
-// });
-
-const homePageExtension = extensions.homePage.override({
-  factory(origi) {
-    return origi();
+const homePageExtension = createExtension({
+  name: 'myhomepage',
+  attachTo: { id: 'page:home', input: 'props' },
+  output: {
+    children: coreExtensionData.reactElement,
+    title: titleExtensionDataRef,
+  },
+  factory() {
+    return { children: homePage, title: 'just a title' };
   },
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/createPageExtension.tsx b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/createPageExtension.tsx
index efe6ab54d9..27b6b53b63 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/createPageExtension.tsx
+++ b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/createPageExtension.tsx
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import {
   ResolvedExtensionInputs,
   AnyExtensionInputMap,
   createExtensionBlueprint,
-  ExtensionInput,
-  AnyExtensionDataRef,
 } from '../wiring';
 import { RouteRef } from '../routing';
 import { Expand } from '../types';
@@ -99,79 +97,6 @@ export function createPageExtension<
   });
 }
 
-export function createNewPageExtension<
-  TConfig extends { path: string },
-  TInputs extends {
-    [inputName in string]: ExtensionInput<
-      AnyExtensionDataRef,
-      { optional: boolean; singleton: boolean }
-    >;
-  },
->(
-  options: (
-    | {
-        defaultPath: string;
-      }
-    | {
-        configSchema: PortableSchema<TConfig>;
-      }
-  ) & {
-    namespace?: string;
-    name?: string;
-    attachTo?: { id: string; input: string };
-    disabled?: boolean;
-    inputs?: TInputs;
-    routeRef?: RouteRef;
-    loader: (options: {
-      config: TConfig;
-      inputs: Expand<ResolvedExtensionInputs<TInputs>>;
-    }) => Promise<JSX.Element>;
-  },
-) {
-  const configSchema =
-    'configSchema' in options
-      ? options.configSchema
-      : (createSchemaFromZod(z =>
-          z.object({ path: z.string().default(options.defaultPath) }),
-        ) as PortableSchema<TConfig>);
-
-  return createExtension({
-    kind: 'page',
-    namespace: options.namespace,
-    name: options.name,
-    attachTo: options.attachTo ?? { id: 'app/routes', input: 'routes' },
-    configSchema,
-    inputs: options.inputs,
-    disabled: options.disabled,
-    output: [
-      coreExtensionData.routePath,
-      coreExtensionData.reactElement,
-      coreExtensionData.routeRef.optional(),
-    ],
-    factory({ config, inputs, node }) {
-      const ExtensionComponent = lazy(() =>
-        options
-          .loader({ config, inputs })
-          .then(element => ({ default: () => element })),
-      );
-
-      const outputs = [
-        coreExtensionData.routePath(config.path),
-        coreExtensionData.reactElement(
-          <ExtensionBoundary node={node}>
-            <ExtensionComponent />
-          </ExtensionBoundary>,
-        ),
-      ];
-
-      if (options.routeRef) {
-        return [...outputs, coreExtensionData.routeRef(options.routeRef)];
-      }
-
-      return outputs;
-    },
-  });
-}
 /**
  * A blueprint for creating extensions for routable React page components.
  * @public
@@ -208,7 +133,8 @@ export const PageExtensionBlueprint = createExtensionBlueprint({
       loader({ config, inputs }).then(element => ({ default: () => element })),
     );
 
-    // TODO(blam): this is a little awkward for optional returns. I wonder if we should be using generators or yield instead
+    // TODO(blam): this is a little awkward for optional returns.
+    // I wonder if we should be using generators or yield instead
     // for a better API here.
     const outputs = [
       coreExtensionData.routePath(config.path ?? defaultPath!),
diff --git a/plugins/home/src/alpha.tsx b/plugins/home/src/alpha.tsx
index 31851726e5..b13c2a2e0e 100644
--- a/plugins/home/src/alpha.tsx
+++ b/plugins/home/src/alpha.tsx
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ import {
   createRouteRef,
 } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 import { compatWrapper } from '@backstage/core-compat-api';
-import {
-  PageExtensionBlueprint,
-  createNewPageExtension,
-} from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/createPageExtension';
 
 const rootRouteRef = createRouteRef();
 
@@ -39,15 +35,15 @@ export const titleExtensionDataRef = createExtensionDataRef<string>().with({
   id: 'title',
 });
 
-const homePage = createNewPageExtension({
+const homePage = createPageExtension({
   defaultPath: '/home',
   routeRef: rootRouteRef,
   inputs: {
     props: createExtensionInput(
-      [
-        coreExtensionData.reactElement.optional(),
-        titleExtensionDataRef.optional(),
-      ],
+      {
+        children: coreExtensionData.reactElement.optional(),
+        title: titleExtensionDataRef.optional(),
+      },
 
       {
         singleton: true,
@@ -59,49 +55,13 @@ const homePage = createNewPageExtension({
     import('./components/').then(m =>
       compatWrapper(
         <m.HomepageCompositionRoot
-          children={inputs.props?.get(coreExtensionData.reactElement)}
-          title={inputs.props?.get(titleExtensionDataRef)}
+          children={inputs.props?.output.children}
+          title={inputs.props?.output.title}
         />,
       ),
     ),
 });
 
-// const homePage2 = PageExtensionBlueprint.make({
-//   inputs: {
-//     props: createExtensionInput(
-//       [
-//         coreExtensionData.reactElement.optional(),
-//         titleExtensionDataRef.optional(),
-//       ],
-//       {
-//         singleton: true,
-//         optional: true,
-//       },
-//     ),
-//   },
-//   factory(origFactory, { config, inputs, node }) {
-//     return origFactory({
-//       defaultPath: '/home',
-//       routeRef: rootRouteRef,
-//       loader: () =>
-//         import('./components/').then(m =>
-//           compatWrapper(
-//             <m.HomepageCompositionRoot
-//               children={inputs.props?.[0].get(coreExtensionData.reactElement)}
-//               title={inputs.props?.[0].get(coreExtensionData.reactElement}
-//             />,
-//           ),
-//   },
-// });
-
-/**
- * @alpha
- * This will not be the way to export extensions eventually,
- * will be something like `homePlugin.extensions.homePage` or `homePlugin.extensions.get('page')`
- * Just haven't worked out a nice way to fix the types yet
- */
-export const extensions = { homePage };
-
 /**
  * @alpha
  */