diff --git a/.changeset/six-humans-guess.md b/.changeset/six-humans-guess.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60845257c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/six-humans-guess.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-proxy-backend': patch
+---
+
+Deprecated `createRouter` and its router options in favour of the new backend system.
diff --git a/plugins/proxy-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/proxy-backend/api-report.md
index 12e6bfa1c9..9e1b5087f1 100644
--- a/plugins/proxy-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/proxy-backend/api-report.md
@@ -3,20 +3,20 @@
 > Do not edit this file. It is a report generated by [API Extractor](https://api-extractor.com/).
 
 ```ts
-import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
+import { DiscoveryService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import express from 'express';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
-import { PluginEndpointDiscovery } from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import { RootConfigService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 
-// @public
+// @public @deprecated
 export function createRouter(options: RouterOptions): Promise<express.Router>;
 
-// @public (undocumented)
+// @public @deprecated (undocumented)
 export interface RouterOptions {
   // (undocumented)
-  config: Config;
+  config: RootConfigService;
   // (undocumented)
-  discovery: PluginEndpointDiscovery;
+  discovery: DiscoveryService;
   // (undocumented)
   logger: Logger;
   // (undocumented)
diff --git a/plugins/proxy-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/proxy-backend/src/service/router.ts
index 6a513678f0..9ea064ea55 100644
--- a/plugins/proxy-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/proxy-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@ import {
 } from 'http-proxy-middleware';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import http from 'http';
-import { PluginEndpointDiscovery } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/types';
-import { HttpRouterService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+import {
+  DiscoveryService,
+  HttpRouterService,
+  RootConfigService,
+} from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 
 // A list of headers that are always forwarded to the proxy targets.
 const safeForwardHeaders = [
@@ -50,11 +53,14 @@ const safeForwardHeaders = [
   'user-agent',
 ];
 
-/** @public */
+/**
+ * @public
+ * @deprecated Please migrate to the new backend system as this will be removed in the future.
+ */
 export interface RouterOptions {
   logger: Logger;
-  config: Config;
-  discovery: PluginEndpointDiscovery;
+  config: RootConfigService;
+  discovery: DiscoveryService;
   skipInvalidProxies?: boolean;
   reviveConsumedRequestBodies?: boolean;
 }
@@ -278,6 +284,7 @@ function readProxyConfig(config: Config, logger: Logger): JsonObject {
  *
  * @see https://backstage.io/docs/plugins/proxying
  * @public
+ * @deprecated Please migrate to the new backend system as this will be removed in the future.
  */
 export async function createRouter(
   options: RouterOptions,