diff --git a/website/_redirects b/website/_redirects
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ef43975bc..0000000000
--- a/website/_redirects
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# REDIRECTS FILE
-#
-# See the README file in this directory for documentation. Please do not
-# modify or delete existing redirects without first verifying internally.
diff --git a/website/next.config.js b/website/next.config.js
index ff319d28b4..44d063af40 100644
--- a/website/next.config.js
+++ b/website/next.config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const withHashicorp = require('@hashicorp/nextjs-scripts')
 const path = require('path')
+const redirects = require('./redirects.js')
 
 // log out our primary environment variables for clarity in build logs
 console.log(`HASHI_ENV: ${process.env.HASHI_ENV}`)
@@ -13,6 +14,9 @@ module.exports = withHashicorp({
   transpileModules: ['is-absolute-url', '@hashicorp/react-mega-nav'],
   mdx: { resolveIncludes: path.join(__dirname, 'pages/partials') },
 })({
+  async redirects() {
+    return await redirects
+  },
   experimental: { modern: true },
   env: {
     HASHI_ENV: process.env.HASHI_ENV || 'development',
diff --git a/website/redirects.js b/website/redirects.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce62a0783f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/redirects.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module.exports = [
+  // define your custom redirects within this file.
+  // vercel's redirect documentation: https://vercel.com/docs/configuration#project/redirects
+  //   {
+  //     source: '/foo',
+  //     destination: '/bar',
+  //     permanent: false,
+  //   },
+]