diff --git a/CHANGES/417.feature b/CHANGES/417.feature
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ff26406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/417.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added logic for ``PULP_DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD`` to the pulp-minimal startup scripts.
diff --git a/images/Containerfile.core.base b/images/Containerfile.core.base
index 4e5446a9..6957fb46 100644
--- a/images/Containerfile.core.base
+++ b/images/Containerfile.core.base
@@ -105,15 +105,11 @@ COPY images/assets/readyz.py /usr/bin/readyz.py
 COPY images/assets/route_paths.py /usr/bin/route_paths.py
 COPY images/assets/wait_on_postgres.py /usr/bin/wait_on_postgres.py
 COPY images/assets/wait_on_database_migrations.sh /usr/bin/wait_on_database_migrations.sh
-COPY images/assets/pulp-common-entrypoint.sh /pulp-common-entrypoint.sh
 COPY images/assets/pulp-api /usr/bin/pulp-api
 COPY images/assets/pulp-content /usr/bin/pulp-content
-COPY images/assets/pulp-resource-manager /usr/bin/pulp-resource-manager
 COPY images/assets/pulp-worker /usr/bin/pulp-worker
 
 # Need to precreate when running pulp as the pulp user
 RUN touch /var/log/galaxy_api_access.log && \
     chown pulp:pulp /var/log/galaxy_api_access.log && \
     chmod u+rw /var/log/galaxy_api_access.log
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["/pulp-common-entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/images/assets/pulp-api b/images/assets/pulp-api
index 9d165496..655d4ea5 100755
--- a/images/assets/pulp-api
+++ b/images/assets/pulp-api
@@ -20,14 +20,23 @@ if [ -n "${PULP_SIGNING_KEY_FINGERPRINT}" ]; then
     /usr/local/bin/pulpcore-manager add-signing-service "${CONTAINER_SIGNING_SERVICE}" /var/lib/pulp/scripts/container_sign.sh "${PULP_SIGNING_KEY_FINGERPRINT}" --class container:ManifestSigningService
 fi
 
-ADMIN_PASSWORD_FILE=/etc/pulp/pulp-admin-password
-if [[ -f "$ADMIN_PASSWORD_FILE" ]]; then
-   echo "pulp admin can be initialized."
-   PULP_ADMIN_PASSWORD=$(cat $ADMIN_PASSWORD_FILE)
-fi
-
-if [ -n "${PULP_ADMIN_PASSWORD}" ]; then
-    /usr/local/bin/pulpcore-manager reset-admin-password --password "${PULP_ADMIN_PASSWORD}"
+if [[ -n "$PULP_DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD" ]]
+then
+  PASSWORD_SET=$(/usr/local/bin/pulpcore-manager shell -c "from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model; print(get_user_model().objects.filter(username=\"admin\").exists())")
+  if [ "$PASSWORD_SET" = "False" ]
+  then
+    /usr/local/bin/pulpcore-manager reset-admin-password --password "${PULP_DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD}"
+  fi
+else
+  ADMIN_PASSWORD_FILE=/etc/pulp/pulp-admin-password
+  if [[ -f "$ADMIN_PASSWORD_FILE" ]]; then
+     echo "pulp admin can be initialized."
+     PULP_ADMIN_PASSWORD=$(cat $ADMIN_PASSWORD_FILE)
+  fi
+
+  if [ -n "${PULP_ADMIN_PASSWORD}" ]; then
+      /usr/local/bin/pulpcore-manager reset-admin-password --password "${PULP_ADMIN_PASSWORD}"
+  fi
 fi
 set -x
 
diff --git a/images/assets/pulp-common-entrypoint.sh b/images/assets/pulp-common-entrypoint.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 7acedda3..00000000
--- a/images/assets/pulp-common-entrypoint.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Prevent pip-installed /usr/local/bin/pulp-content from getting run instead of
-# our /usr/bin/pulp script.
-#
-# We still want conatiner users to call pulp-* command names, not paths, so we
-# can change our scripts' locations in the future, and call special logic in this
-# script based solely on theo command name.
-
-if [[ "$@" = "pulp-content" || "$@" = "pulp-api" || "$@" = "pulp-worker" || "$@" = "pulp-resource-manager" ]]; then
-        exec "/usr/bin/$@"
-else
-        exec "$@"
-fi
diff --git a/images/assets/pulp-resource-manager b/images/assets/pulp-resource-manager
deleted file mode 100755
index 4470e6d9..00000000
--- a/images/assets/pulp-resource-manager
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -x
-
-/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
-    exec rq worker --url "redis://${REDIS_SERVICE_HOST}:${REDIS_SERVICE_PORT}" -n "resource-manager" -w "pulpcore.tasking.worker.PulpWorker" -c "pulpcore.rqconfig"
-else
-    export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin/
-    pulpcore-worker --resource-manager
-fi
diff --git a/images/assets/pulp-worker b/images/assets/pulp-worker
index 886baa30..f63e33b2 100755
--- a/images/assets/pulp-worker
+++ b/images/assets/pulp-worker
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@
 /usr/bin/wait_on_postgres.py
 /usr/bin/wait_on_database_migrations.sh
 
-export PULP_SETTINGS=/etc/pulp/settings.py
 export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin/
 exec pulpcore-worker
diff --git a/images/assets/readyz.py b/images/assets/readyz.py
index 53ea4754..8372e62d 100755
--- a/images/assets/readyz.py
+++ b/images/assets/readyz.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def is_content_healthy(path):
 The cmdline value for this PID looks like:
 ```
 # pip installation
-gunicorn: master \[pulp-{content,api,worker,resource-manager}\]
+gunicorn: master \[pulp-{content,api}\]
 ```
 OR
 ```
diff --git a/images/compose/compose.folders.yml b/images/compose/compose.folders.yml
index 1530b890..4b16e8aa 100644
--- a/images/compose/compose.folders.yml
+++ b/images/compose/compose.folders.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ services:
       - "./assets/certs:/etc/pulp/certs:z"
       - "../../pulp_storage:/var/lib/pulp:z"
     environment:
-      PULP_ADMIN_PASSWORD: password
+      PULP_DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD: password
 
   pulp_content:
     image: "pulp/pulp-minimal:latest"
diff --git a/images/compose/compose.yml b/images/compose/compose.yml
index 5b0a99d6..40c93161 100644
--- a/images/compose/compose.yml
+++ b/images/compose/compose.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ services:
       - "./assets/certs:/etc/pulp/certs:z"
       - "pulp:/var/lib/pulp"
     environment:
-      PULP_ADMIN_PASSWORD: password
+      PULP_DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD: password
     restart: always
 
   pulp_content:
diff --git a/images/pulp-minimal/stable/Containerfile.core b/images/pulp-minimal/stable/Containerfile.core
index 7e510ae2..674638db 100644
--- a/images/pulp-minimal/stable/Containerfile.core
+++ b/images/pulp-minimal/stable/Containerfile.core
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ RUN pip3 install --upgrade \
   pulp-ostree${PULP_OSTREE_VERSION} && \
   rm -rf /root/.cache/pip
 
+# Prevent pip-installed /usr/local/bin/pulp-content from getting run instead of
+# our /usr/bin/pulp-content script.
+RUN rm -r /usr/local/bin/pulp-content
+
 USER pulp:pulp
 RUN PULP_STATIC_ROOT=/var/lib/operator/static/ PULP_CONTENT_ORIGIN=localhost \
        /usr/local/bin/pulpcore-manager collectstatic --clear --noinput --link