diff --git a/modules/profile/manifests/cache/varnish/backend.pp b/modules/profile/manifests/cache/varnish/backend.pp
index 23b2268306..dcb07f6f8c 100644
--- a/modules/profile/manifests/cache/varnish/backend.pp
+++ b/modules/profile/manifests/cache/varnish/backend.pp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #   List of prometheus nodes
 #
 class profile::cache::varnish::backend(
+    $app_directors = hiera('cache::app_directors'),
     $storage_parts = hiera('profile::cache::varnish::backend::storage_parts'),
     $statsd_host = hiera('statsd'),
     $prometheus_nodes = hiera('prometheus_nodes'),
@@ -44,6 +45,22 @@ class profile::cache::varnish::backend(
     Varnish::Setup_filesystem <| |> -> Varnish::Instance <| |>
     $file_storage_args = join($filesystems.map |$idx, $store| { "-s main${$idx + 1}=file,/srv/${store}/varnish.main${$idx + 1},${storage_size}G" }, ' ')
 
+    varnish::instance { "${cache_cluster}-backend":
+        instance_name   => '',
+        layer           => 'backend',
+        vcl             => "${cache_cluster}-backend",
+        extra_vcl       => $be_extra_vcl,
+        ports           => [ '3128' ],
+        admin_port      => 6083,
+        storage         => $file_storage_args,
+        vcl_config      => $vcl_config,
+        app_directors   => $app_directors,
+        app_def_be_opts => $app_def_be_opts,
+        backend_caches  => $our_backend_caches,
+        wikimedia_nets  => $wikimedia_nets,
+        wikimedia_trust => $wikimedia_trust,
+    }
+
     if $::realm == 'production' {
         # Periodic varnish backend cron restarts, we need this to mitigate
         # T145661
diff --git a/modules/role/manifests/cache/upload_ats.pp b/modules/role/manifests/cache/upload_ats.pp
index 2fadae278c..0914248c35 100644
--- a/modules/role/manifests/cache/upload_ats.pp
+++ b/modules/role/manifests/cache/upload_ats.pp
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ class role::cache::upload_ats {
     include ::profile::cache::ssl::unified
 
     include ::profile::cache::varnish::frontend
-    include ::profile::trafficserver::backend
+    include ::profile::cache::varnish::backend
+    #include ::profile::trafficserver::backend
 }