diff --git a/images/assets/pulp-api b/images/assets/pulp-api
index 4b15f24f..28c4a00a 100755
--- a/images/assets/pulp-api
+++ b/images/assets/pulp-api
@@ -31,12 +31,20 @@ if [ -n "${PULP_ADMIN_PASSWORD}" ]; then
 fi
 set -x
 
+if which pulpcore-api
+then
+  PULP_API_GUNICORN="pulpcore-api"
+else
+  PULP_API_GUNICORN="gunicorn pulpcore.app.wsgi:application"
+fi
+
 # NOTE: Due to the Linux dual-stack functionality, this will listen on both IPv4
 # IPv6, even though netstat may seem to indicate it is IPv6 only.
 # Due to containers using network namespaces, even if the host has this disabled
 # with /proc/sys/net/ipv6/bindv6only=1, the container will still have
 # it enabled with /proc/sys/net/ipv6/bindv6only=0 .
-exec gunicorn --bind '[::]:24817' pulpcore.app.wsgi:application \
+exec ${PULP_API_GUNICORN} \
+--bind '[::]:24817' \
 --name pulp-api \
 --timeout "${PULP_GUNICORN_TIMEOUT}" \
 --workers "${PULP_API_WORKERS}"
diff --git a/images/assets/pulp-worker b/images/assets/pulp-worker
index 450d8976..6fba4d06 100755
--- a/images/assets/pulp-worker
+++ b/images/assets/pulp-worker
@@ -3,16 +3,7 @@
 /usr/bin/wait_on_postgres.py
 /usr/bin/wait_on_database_migrations.sh
 
-NEW_TASKING_SYSTEM=$(python3 -c "from packaging.version import parse; from pulpcore.app.apps import PulpAppConfig; print('yes' if parse(PulpAppConfig.version) >= parse('3.13.0.dev0') else 'no')")
-echo $NEW_TASKING_SYSTEM
-
-if [[ "$NEW_TASKING_SYSTEM" == "no" ]]; then
-    # TODO: Set ${PULP_WORKER_NUMBER} to the Pod Number
-    # In the meantime, the hostname provides uniqueness.
-    exec rq worker --url "redis://${REDIS_SERVICE_HOST}:${REDIS_SERVICE_PORT}" -w "pulpcore.tasking.worker.PulpWorker" -c "pulpcore.rqconfig"
-else
-    export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=pulpcore.app.settings
-    export PULP_SETTINGS=/etc/pulp/settings.py
-    export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin/
-    exec pulpcore-worker
-fi
+export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=pulpcore.app.settings
+export PULP_SETTINGS=/etc/pulp/settings.py
+export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin/
+exec /usr/local/bin/pulpcore-worker
diff --git a/images/s6_assets/init/pulpcore-api b/images/s6_assets/init/pulpcore-api
index 767aba84..8e5826be 100755
--- a/images/s6_assets/init/pulpcore-api
+++ b/images/s6_assets/init/pulpcore-api
@@ -5,4 +5,12 @@ fi
 if [ "${PULP_OTEL_ENABLED}" = "true" ]; then
   OTEL_PREFIX="/usr/local/bin/opentelemetry-instrument --service_name pulp-api"
 fi
-exec $OTEL_PREFIX /usr/local/bin/gunicorn pulpcore.app.wsgi:application --bind "127.0.0.1:24817" --name pulp-api --timeout "${PULP_GUNICORN_TIMEOUT}" --workers "${PULP_API_WORKERS}" --access-logfile - --access-logformat "pulp [%({correlation-id}o)s]: %(h)s %(l)s %(u)s %(t)s \"%(r)s\" %(s)s %(b)s \"%(f)s\" \"%(a)s\"" ${PULP_GUNICORN_RELOAD_STRING}
+
+if which pulpcore-api
+then
+  PULP_API_GUNICORN="pulpcore-api"
+else
+  PULP_API_GUNICORN="gunicorn pulpcore.app.wsgi:application"
+fi
+
+exec ${OTEL_PREFIX} ${PULP_API_GUNICORN} --bind "127.0.0.1:24817" --name pulp-api --timeout "${PULP_GUNICORN_TIMEOUT}" --workers "${PULP_API_WORKERS}" --access-logfile - --access-logformat "pulp [%({correlation-id}o)s]: %(h)s %(l)s %(u)s %(t)s \"%(r)s\" %(s)s %(b)s \"%(f)s\" \"%(a)s\"" ${PULP_GUNICORN_RELOAD_STRING}