diff --git a/keyboards/marcopad/keyboard.json b/keyboards/marcopad/keyboard.json
index d8fe02f283fd..f2ec05211fbb 100644
--- a/keyboards/marcopad/keyboard.json
+++ b/keyboards/marcopad/keyboard.json
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 	"diode_direction": "ROW2COL",
 	"features": {
 		"bootmagic": true,
-		"rgblight": true,
-		"combo": true,
+		"rgblight": false,
 		"command": false,
 		"console": false,
 		"extrakey": false,
diff --git a/keyboards/marcopad/keymaps/backlit/keymap.c b/keyboards/marcopad/keymaps/backlit/keymap.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f3c0abf18f15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/keyboards/marcopad/keymaps/backlit/keymap.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2022 Marco Pelegrini <marco@pelegrini.ca>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+#include QMK_KEYBOARD_H
+
+const uint16_t PROGMEM keymaps[][MATRIX_ROWS][MATRIX_COLS] = {
+    /*
+     * ┌───┬───┬───┐
+     * │ 7 │ 8 │ 9 │
+     * ├───┼───┼───┤
+     * │ 4 │ 5 │ 6 │
+     * ├───┼───┼───┤
+     * │ 1 │ 2 │ 3 │
+     * └───┴───┴───┘
+     */
+    [0] = LAYOUT_ortho_3x3(
+        KC_P7,   KC_P8,   KC_P9,
+        KC_P4,   KC_P5,   KC_P6,
+        KC_P1,   KC_P2,   KC_P3
+    )
+};
+
+const uint16_t PROGMEM backlight_combo[] = {KC_P7, KC_P8, COMBO_END};
+combo_t key_combos[] = {
+    COMBO(backlight_combo, UG_NEXT)
+};
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diff --git a/keyboards/marcopad/keymaps/backlit/rules.mk b/keyboards/marcopad/keymaps/backlit/rules.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8d55028b7fc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/keyboards/marcopad/keymaps/backlit/rules.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2022 Marco Pelegrini <marco@pelegrini.ca>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+RGBLIGHT_ENABLE = yes
+COMBO_ENABLE = yes
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diff --git a/keyboards/marcopad/keymaps/default/keymap.c b/keyboards/marcopad/keymaps/default/keymap.c
index f3c0abf18f15..bfbc091eaf2b 100644
--- a/keyboards/marcopad/keymaps/default/keymap.c
+++ b/keyboards/marcopad/keymaps/default/keymap.c
@@ -18,9 +18,4 @@ const uint16_t PROGMEM keymaps[][MATRIX_ROWS][MATRIX_COLS] = {
         KC_P4,   KC_P5,   KC_P6,
         KC_P1,   KC_P2,   KC_P3
     )
-};
-
-const uint16_t PROGMEM backlight_combo[] = {KC_P7, KC_P8, COMBO_END};
-combo_t key_combos[] = {
-    COMBO(backlight_combo, UG_NEXT)
 };
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