diff --git a/packages/app-next/src/App.tsx b/packages/app-next/src/App.tsx
index 5e9205e2c4..194c26f193 100644
--- a/packages/app-next/src/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-next/src/App.tsx
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ const scmIntegrationApi = createApiExtension({
   }),
 });
 
-const collectedLegacyRoutes = collectLegacyRoutes(
+const collectedLegacyPlugin = collectLegacyRoutes(
   <FlatRoutes>
     <Route path="/catalog-import" element={<CatalogImportPage />} />
   </FlatRoutes>,
@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ const app = createApp({
     techdocsPlugin,
     userSettingsPlugin,
     homePlugin,
+    ...collectedLegacyPlugin,
     createExtensionOverrides({
       extensions: [
         entityPageExtension,
         homePageExtension,
         scmAuthExtension,
         scmIntegrationApi,
-        ...collectedLegacyRoutes,
       ],
     }),
   ],
diff --git a/packages/core-compat-api/src/collectLegacyRoutes.test.tsx b/packages/core-compat-api/src/collectLegacyRoutes.test.tsx
index 530013c283..486c373991 100644
--- a/packages/core-compat-api/src/collectLegacyRoutes.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core-compat-api/src/collectLegacyRoutes.test.tsx
@@ -14,22 +14,15 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import React from 'react';
 import { FlatRoutes } from '@backstage/core-app-api';
-import { createPageExtension } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 import { PuppetDbPage } from '@backstage/plugin-puppetdb';
 import { StackstormPage } from '@backstage/plugin-stackstorm';
 import { ScoreBoardPage } from '@oriflame/backstage-plugin-score-card';
+import React from 'react';
 import { Route } from 'react-router-dom';
 
-import { getComponentData } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { collectLegacyRoutes } from './collectLegacyRoutes';
 
-jest.mock('@backstage/frontend-plugin-api', () => ({
-  ...jest.requireActual('@backstage/frontend-plugin-api'),
-  createPageExtension: opts => opts,
-}));
-
 describe('collectLegacyRoutes', () => {
   it('should collect legacy routes', () => {
     const collected = collectLegacyRoutes(
@@ -40,26 +33,65 @@ describe('collectLegacyRoutes', () => {
       </FlatRoutes>,
     );
 
-    expect(collected).toEqual([
-      createPageExtension({
-        id: 'plugin.score-card.page',
-        defaultPath: 'score-board',
-        routeRef: getComponentData(<ScoreBoardPage />, 'core.mountPoint'),
-        loader: expect.any(Function),
-      }),
-      createPageExtension({
-        id: 'plugin.stackstorm.page',
-        defaultPath: 'stackstorm',
-        routeRef: getComponentData(<StackstormPage />, 'core.mountPoint'),
-        loader: expect.any(Function),
-      }),
-      createPageExtension({
-        id: 'plugin.puppetDb.page',
-        defaultPath: 'puppetdb',
-        routeRef: getComponentData(<PuppetDbPage />, 'core.mountPoint'),
-        loader: expect.any(Function),
-      }),
-      // ??????????????
+    expect(
+      collected.map(p => ({
+        id: p.id,
+        extensions: p.extensions.map(e => ({
+          id: e.id,
+          attachTo: e.attachTo,
+          disabled: e.disabled,
+          defaultConfig: e.configSchema?.parse({}),
+        })),
+      })),
+    ).toEqual([
+      {
+        id: 'score-card',
+        extensions: [
+          {
+            id: 'plugin.score-card.page',
+            attachTo: { id: 'core.routes', input: 'routes' },
+            disabled: false,
+            defaultConfig: { path: 'score-board' },
+          },
+          {
+            id: 'apis.plugin.scoringdata.service',
+            attachTo: { id: 'core', input: 'apis' },
+            disabled: false,
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'stackstorm',
+        extensions: [
+          {
+            id: 'plugin.stackstorm.page',
+            attachTo: { id: 'core.routes', input: 'routes' },
+            disabled: false,
+            defaultConfig: { path: 'stackstorm' },
+          },
+          {
+            id: 'apis.plugin.stackstorm.service',
+            attachTo: { id: 'core', input: 'apis' },
+            disabled: false,
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'puppetDb',
+        extensions: [
+          {
+            id: 'plugin.puppetDb.page',
+            attachTo: { id: 'core.routes', input: 'routes' },
+            disabled: false,
+            defaultConfig: { path: 'puppetdb' },
+          },
+          {
+            id: 'apis.plugin.puppetdb.service',
+            attachTo: { id: 'core', input: 'apis' },
+            disabled: false,
+          },
+        ],
+      },
     ]);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/core-compat-api/src/collectLegacyRoutes.tsx b/packages/core-compat-api/src/collectLegacyRoutes.tsx
index ea235d57a6..e030fecb5a 100644
--- a/packages/core-compat-api/src/collectLegacyRoutes.tsx
+++ b/packages/core-compat-api/src/collectLegacyRoutes.tsx
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ import {
   Extension,
   createApiExtension,
   createPageExtension,
+  createPlugin,
+  BackstagePlugin,
 } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 import { Route, Routes } from 'react-router-dom';
 import {
-  BackstagePlugin,
+  BackstagePlugin as LegacyBackstagePlugin,
   RouteRef,
   getComponentData,
 } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
@@ -30,23 +32,8 @@ import { convertLegacyRouteRef } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api/alpha';
 
 export function collectLegacyRoutes(
   flatRoutesElement: JSX.Element,
-): Extension<unknown>[] {
-  // const results = traverseElementTree({
-  //   root,
-  //   discoverers: [childDiscoverer, routeElementDiscoverer],
-  //   collectors: {
-  //     foo: createCollector(
-  //       () => new Set<Extension>(),
-  //       (acc, node) => {
-  //         const plugin = getComponentData<BackstagePlugin>(node, 'core.plugin');
-  //         if (plugin) {
-  //           acc.add(plugin);
-  //         }
-  //       },
-  //     )
-  //   },
-  // })
-  const results = new Array<Extension<unknown>>();
+): BackstagePlugin[] {
+  const results = new Array<BackstagePlugin>();
 
   React.Children.forEach(
     flatRoutesElement.props.children,
@@ -63,7 +50,7 @@ export function collectLegacyRoutes(
       const routeElement = route.props.element;
 
       // TODO: to support deeper extension component, e.g. hidden within <RequirePermission>, use https://github.com/backstage/backstage/blob/518a34646b79ec2028cc0ed6bc67d4366c51c4d6/packages/core-app-api/src/routing/collectors.tsx#L69
-      const plugin = getComponentData<BackstagePlugin>(
+      const plugin = getComponentData<LegacyBackstagePlugin>(
         routeElement,
         'core.plugin',
       );
@@ -79,24 +66,28 @@ export function collectLegacyRoutes(
       const pluginId = plugin.getId();
       const path: string = route.props.path;
 
-      const detectedExtension = createPageExtension({
-        id: `plugin.${pluginId}.page`,
-        defaultPath: path[0] === '/' ? path.slice(1) : path,
-        routeRef: routeRef ? convertLegacyRouteRef(routeRef) : undefined,
+      const detectedExtensions = new Array<Extension<unknown>>();
 
-        loader: async () =>
-          route.props.children ? (
-            <Routes>
-              <Route path="*" element={routeElement}>
-                <Route path="*" element={route.props.children} />
-              </Route>
-            </Routes>
-          ) : (
-            routeElement
-          ),
-      });
+      detectedExtensions.push(
+        createPageExtension({
+          id: `plugin.${pluginId}.page`,
+          defaultPath: path[0] === '/' ? path.slice(1) : path,
+          routeRef: routeRef ? convertLegacyRouteRef(routeRef) : undefined,
 
-      results.push(
+          loader: async () =>
+            route.props.children ? (
+              <Routes>
+                <Route path="*" element={routeElement}>
+                  <Route path="*" element={route.props.children} />
+                </Route>
+              </Routes>
+            ) : (
+              routeElement
+            ),
+        }),
+      );
+
+      detectedExtensions.push(
         ...Array.from(plugin.getApis()).map(factory =>
           createApiExtension({
             factory,
@@ -104,8 +95,12 @@ export function collectLegacyRoutes(
         ),
       );
 
-      // TODO: Create converted plugin instance instead. We need to move over APIs etc.
-      results.push(detectedExtension);
+      results.push(
+        createPlugin({
+          id: plugin.getId(),
+          extensions: detectedExtensions,
+        }),
+      );
     },
   );