diff --git a/packages/app-next/app-config.yaml b/packages/app-next/app-config.yaml
index a97c52f40f..eaaa2b0560 100644
--- a/packages/app-next/app-config.yaml
+++ b/packages/app-next/app-config.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 app:
   experimental:
     packages: 'all' # ✨
+  routes:
+    bindings:
+      plugin.pages.externalRoutes.pageX: plugin.pages.routes.pageX
 
   extensions:
     - apis.plugin.graphiql.browse.gitlab: true
diff --git a/packages/app-next/src/App.tsx b/packages/app-next/src/App.tsx
index 03fa03cfb3..92d71fee89 100644
--- a/packages/app-next/src/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-next/src/App.tsx
@@ -75,9 +75,10 @@ const app = createApp({
       extensions: [entityPageExtension],
     }),
   ],
-  bindRoutes({ bind }) {
-    bind(pagesPlugin.externalRoutes, { pageX: pagesPlugin.routes.pageX });
-  },
+  /* Handled through config instead */
+  // bindRoutes({ bind }) {
+  //   bind(pagesPlugin.externalRoutes, { pageX: pagesPlugin.routes.pageX });
+  // },
 });
 
 // const legacyApp = createLegacyApp({ plugins: [legacyGraphiqlPlugin] });