diff --git a/dev/check-links.mjs b/dev/check-links.mjs
index e37c940f7..7b232eda0 100644
--- a/dev/check-links.mjs
+++ b/dev/check-links.mjs
@@ -219,11 +219,11 @@ function buildPathMap() {
 	};
 }
 
-// Source route -> destination of src/data/redirects.ts. The middleware uses the
-// first rule whose source equals the requested path, so first entry wins here too.
+// Source route -> destination of src/data/redirects.js. The first rule whose
+// source equals the requested path wins here too.
 function loadRedirects() {
 	const redirects = new Map();
-	const source = fs.readFileSync(path.join(ROOT_DIR, 'src/data/redirects.ts'), 'utf-8');
+	const source = fs.readFileSync(path.join(ROOT_DIR, 'src/data/redirects.js'), 'utf-8');
 	const ruleRegex = /source:\s*(['"])(.*?)\1,\s*destination:\s*(['"])(.*?)\3/gs;
 	for (const [, , from, , to] of source.matchAll(ruleRegex)) {
 		if (!redirects.has(from)) redirects.set(from, to);
diff --git a/next.config.js b/next.config.js
index 8e71169ab..2ca4c8f3a 100644
--- a/next.config.js
+++ b/next.config.js
@@ -1,7 +1,31 @@
 const {withContentlayer} = require('next-contentlayer');
 const {execSync} = require('child_process');
+const {updatedRedirectsData} = require('./src/data/redirects.js');
 /** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */
 
+function createStaticRedirects() {
+	const seenSources = new Set();
+	const redirects = [];
+
+	for (const redirect of updatedRedirectsData) {
+		if (
+			redirect.source.includes('#') ||
+			redirect.source.includes('?') ||
+			seenSources.has(redirect.source)
+		) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		seenSources.add(redirect.source);
+		redirects.push({...redirect, permanent: false});
+	}
+
+	return redirects;
+}
+
+const staticRedirects = createStaticRedirects();
+console.log(`Configured ${staticRedirects.length} static redirects`);
+
 const nextConfig = {
 	reactStrictMode: true,
 	swcMinify: true,
@@ -15,7 +39,11 @@ const nextConfig = {
 	env: {
 		NEXT_PUBLIC_DOCS_BASE_PATH:
 			process.env.VERCEL_ENV === 'production' ? '/docs' : ''
-	}
+	},
+	redirects: async () => staticRedirects,
+	rewrites: async () => ({
+		beforeFiles: [{source: '/:path*.md', destination: '/api/md/:path*'}]
+	})
 };
 
 module.exports = async () => {
diff --git a/src/data/redirects.ts b/src/data/redirects.js
similarity index 99%
rename from src/data/redirects.ts
rename to src/data/redirects.js
index c1a548241..4b4d640f7 100644
--- a/src/data/redirects.ts
+++ b/src/data/redirects.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import {TECHNICAL_CHANGELOG_RSS_URL} from './constants';
-
 const redirectsData = [
 	{
 		source: '/integration/img/disable_extension.png',
@@ -5839,7 +5837,7 @@ const redirectsData = [
 	// This redirect preserves existing RSS subscriptions
 	{
 		source: '/technical-changelog.rss',
-		destination: TECHNICAL_CHANGELOG_RSS_URL
+		destination: 'https://sourcegraph.com/changelog/technical-changelog.rss'
 	},
 	// Self-hosted update pages moved to /changelog/self-hosted/
 	{
diff --git a/src/middleware.ts b/src/middleware.ts
index c852a662f..b70fa136c 100644
--- a/src/middleware.ts
+++ b/src/middleware.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import docsConfig from '../docs.config.js';
 
 import {TECHNICAL_CHANGELOG_RSS_URL} from './data/constants';
 
-const {updatedRedirectsData} = require('./data/redirects.ts');
+const {updatedRedirectsData} = require('./data/redirects.js');
 
 function createRedirectUrl(
 	request: NextRequest,
@@ -59,24 +59,6 @@ export function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
 	const path = request.nextUrl.pathname;
 	const pathWithoutBase = path.replace('/docs', '');
 
-	// Handle .md suffix - return raw markdown
-	if (pathWithoutBase.endsWith('.md')) {
-		const docPath = pathWithoutBase.replace(/\.md$/, '');
-		const url = request.nextUrl.clone();
-		url.pathname = `/api/md${docPath}`;
-		return NextResponse.rewrite(url);
-	}
-
-	// Handle base redirects from redirects.ts
-	const redirect = updatedRedirectsData.find(
-		(r: any) => r.source === pathWithoutBase
-	);
-	if (redirect) {
-		return NextResponse.redirect(
-			createRedirectUrl(request, redirect.destination, path)
-		);
-	}
-
 	// Handle latest version without path - redirect to main docs
 	const latestVersionOnlyMatch = pathWithoutBase.match(
 		`^\/(?:v\/|@)${docsConfig.DOCS_LATEST_VERSION}\/?$`
@@ -146,5 +128,5 @@ export function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
 }
 
 export const config = {
-	matcher: ['/((?!api/md|_next/static|_next/image|assets|favicon.ico|sw.js).*)']
+	matcher: ['/v/:path*', '/@:path*', '/changelog.rss']
 };