diff --git a/awx/main/tasks.py b/awx/main/tasks.py
index 7c0dd854d0..411e4b27b6 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import socket
 import threading
 import concurrent.futures
 from base64 import b64encode
+import subprocess
 
 # Django
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -396,6 +397,24 @@ def purge_old_stdout_files():
             logger.debug("Removing {}".format(os.path.join(settings.JOBOUTPUT_ROOT, f)))
 
 
+@task(queue=get_local_queuename)
+def cleanup_execution_environment_images():
+    if settings.IS_K8S:
+        return
+    process = subprocess.run('podman images --filter="dangling=true" --format json'.split(" "), capture_output=True)
+    if process.returncode != 0:
+        logger.debug("Cleanup execution environment images: could not get list of images")
+        return
+    if len(process.stdout) > 0:
+        images_system = json.loads(process.stdout)
+        for e in images_system:
+            image_name = e["Id"]
+            logger.debug(f"Cleanup execution environment images: deleting {image_name}")
+            process = subprocess.run(['podman', 'rmi', image_name, '-f'], stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+            if process.returncode != 0:
+                logger.debug(f"Failed to delete image {image_name}")
+
+
 @task(queue=get_local_queuename)
 def cluster_node_heartbeat():
     logger.debug("Cluster node heartbeat task.")
diff --git a/awx/settings/defaults.py b/awx/settings/defaults.py
index 39426fbc43..f750d336b1 100644
--- a/awx/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/awx/settings/defaults.py
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ CELERYBEAT_SCHEDULE = {
     'task_manager': {'task': 'awx.main.scheduler.tasks.run_task_manager', 'schedule': timedelta(seconds=20), 'options': {'expires': 20}},
     'k8s_reaper': {'task': 'awx.main.tasks.awx_k8s_reaper', 'schedule': timedelta(seconds=60), 'options': {'expires': 50}},
     'send_subsystem_metrics': {'task': 'awx.main.analytics.analytics_tasks.send_subsystem_metrics', 'schedule': timedelta(seconds=20)},
+    'cleanup_images': {'task': 'awx.main.tasks.cleanup_execution_environment_images', 'schedule': timedelta(hours=3)},
     # 'isolated_heartbeat': set up at the end of production.py and development.py
 }