diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c3c744f16..de728ed92 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -8445,3 +8445,7 @@
 	path = recommenders-feedstock
 	url = ../recommenders-feedstock
 	branch = main
+[submodule "backports-feedstock"]
+	path = backports-feedstock
+	url = https://github.com/AnacondaRecipes/backports-feedstock
+	branch = main
diff --git a/backports-feedstock b/backports-feedstock
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..b8583a609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backports-feedstock
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b8583a60922e44d16e7a8ee816c75836232f7e86
diff --git a/backports-feedstock/recipe/__init__.py b/backports-feedstock/recipe/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c4ba927dd..000000000
--- a/backports-feedstock/recipe/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# This empty file makes the backports namespace package work.
-# It is the only file included in the 'backports' conda package.
-# Conda packages which use the backports namespace do not include
-# this file, but depend on the 'backports' conda package instead.
diff --git a/backports-feedstock/recipe/bld.bat b/backports-feedstock/recipe/bld.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c52dad68..000000000
--- a/backports-feedstock/recipe/bld.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-set BP=%SP_DIR%\backports
-mkdir %BP%
-copy %RECIPE_DIR%\__init__.py %BP%\
-python -c "import backports"
diff --git a/backports-feedstock/recipe/build.sh b/backports-feedstock/recipe/build.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index e8c549bbf..000000000
--- a/backports-feedstock/recipe/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-BP=$SP_DIR/backports
-mkdir $BP
-cp $RECIPE_DIR/__init__.py $BP/
-$PYTHON -c "import backports"
diff --git a/backports-feedstock/recipe/meta.yaml b/backports-feedstock/recipe/meta.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d055d1e2..000000000
--- a/backports-feedstock/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-{% set name = "backports" %}
-{% set version = "1.1" %}
-
-package:
-  name: "{{ name }}"
-  version: "{{ version }}"
-
-source:
-  url: https://github.com/brandon-rhodes/{{ name }}/archive/refs/tags/v{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  sha256: 64fbda275c95e04f09ca5c11e33527866b1b1c8f16bb0eea2f504f2d3b60195c
-
-build:
-  number: 0
-  noarch: python
-
-requirements:
-  host:
-    - python
-    - setuptools
-  run:
-    - python
-
-test:
-  imports:
-    - backports
-  requires:
-    - pip
-  commands:
-    - pip check
-
-about:
-  home: https://github.com/brandon-rhodes/backports
-  license: MIT
-  license_family: MIT
-  summary: Namespace for backported Python features.
-  description: |
-    Namespace for backported Python features.
-  dev_url: https://github.com/brandon-rhodes/backports
-  doc_url: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/backports/