matplotlib
diff --git a/‎doc/api/backend_gtk3_api.rst
+4 b/‎doc/api/backend_gtk3_api.rst
+4
diff --git a/‎doc/api/backend_gtk3agg_api.rst
-4 b/‎doc/api/backend_gtk3agg_api.rst
-4
diff --git a/‎doc/api/backend_gtk3cairo_api.rst
-4 b/‎doc/api/backend_gtk3cairo_api.rst
-4
diff --git a/‎doc/api/backend_qt4agg_api.rst
-4 b/‎doc/api/backend_qt4agg_api.rst
-4
diff --git a/‎doc/api/backend_qt4cairo_api.rst
-4 b/‎doc/api/backend_qt4cairo_api.rst
-4
diff --git a/‎doc/api/backend_qt5agg_api.rst
-4 b/‎doc/api/backend_qt5agg_api.rst
-4
diff --git a/‎doc/api/backend_qt5cairo_api.rst
-4 b/‎doc/api/backend_qt5cairo_api.rst
-4
diff --git a/‎doc/api/backend_qt_api.rst
+5 b/‎doc/api/backend_qt_api.rst
+5
diff --git a/‎doc/api/backend_wx_api.rst
+2 b/‎doc/api/backend_wx_api.rst
+2
diff --git a/‎doc/api/backend_wxagg_api.rst
-4 b/‎doc/api/backend_wxagg_api.rst
-4
diff --git a/‎doc/conf.py
+1-13 b/‎doc/conf.py
+1-13
diff --git a/‎requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
-1 b/‎requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
-1
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 **NOTE** These backends are not documented here, to avoid adding a dependency
 to building the docs.
 
+.. redirect-from:: /api/backend_gtk3agg_api
+.. redirect-from:: /api/backend_gtk3cairo_api
+
+
 :mod:`matplotlib.backends.backend_gtk3agg`
 ==========================================
 
 
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 **NOTE** These backends are not documented here, to avoid adding a dependency
 to building the docs.
 
+.. redirect-from:: /api/backend_qt4agg_api
+.. redirect-from:: /api/backend_qt4cairo_api
+.. redirect-from:: /api/backend_qt5agg_api
+.. redirect-from:: /api/backend_qt5cairo_api
+
 :mod:`matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg`
 =========================================
 
 
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 **NOTE** These backends are not documented here, to avoid adding a dependency
 to building the docs.
 
+.. redirect-from:: /api/backend_wxagg_api
+
 :mod:`matplotlib.backends.backend_wxagg`
 ========================================
 
 
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     'sphinx_gallery.gen_gallery',
     'matplotlib.sphinxext.mathmpl',
     'matplotlib.sphinxext.plot_directive',
+    'matplotlib.sphinxext.redirect_from',
     'sphinxcontrib.inkscapeconverter',
     'sphinxext.custom_roles',
     'sphinxext.github',
@@ -65,7 +66,6 @@
     'sphinxext.skip_deprecated',
     'sphinxext.redirect_from',
     'sphinx_copybutton',
-    'sphinx_reredirects'
 ]
 
 exclude_patterns = [
@@ -486,18 +486,6 @@ def _check_dependencies():
 # graphviz_output_format = 'svg'
 
 
-# sphinx-reredirects
-# See https://gitlab.com/documatt/sphinx-reredirects/
-redirects = {
-    "api/backend_gtk3agg_api": "backend_gtk3_api.html",
-    "api/backend_gtk3cairo_api": "backend_gtk3_api.html",
-    "api/backend_qt*agg_api": "backend_qt_api.html",
-    "api/backend_qt*cairo_api": "backend_qt_api.html",
-    "api/backend_tkagg_api": "backend_tk_api.html",
-    "api/backend_wxagg_api": "backend_wx_api.html",
-}
-
-
 def setup(app):
     if any(st in version for st in ('post', 'alpha', 'beta')):
         bld_type = 'dev'
 
@@ -15,5 +15,4 @@ numpydoc>=0.8
 sphinxcontrib-svg2pdfconverter>=1.1.0
 sphinx-gallery>=0.7
 sphinx-copybutton
-sphinx-reredirects
 scipy