diff --git a/CHANGES/5565.misc b/CHANGES/5565.misc
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+Removing pulp2 `/etc/default/*` files no longer used by Pulp3.
diff --git a/pulpcore/etc/default/pulp_resource_manager b/pulpcore/etc/default/pulp_resource_manager
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--- a/pulpcore/etc/default/pulp_resource_manager
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-# Configuration file for Pulp's Resource Manager
-
-# Configure Python's encoding for writing all logs, stdout and stderr
-PYTHONIOENCODING="UTF-8"
diff --git a/pulpcore/etc/default/pulp_workers b/pulpcore/etc/default/pulp_workers
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-# Configuration file for Pulp's workers
-
-# Define the number of worker nodes you wish to have here. This defaults to the number of processors
-# that are detected on the system if left commented here.
-# PULP_CONCURRENCY=4
-
-# Configure Python's encoding for writing all logs, stdout and stderr
-PYTHONIOENCODING="UTF-8"
-
-# To avoid memory leaks, Pulp can terminate and replace a worker after processing X tasks. If
-# left commented, process recycling is disabled. PULP_MAX_TASKS_PER_CHILD must be > 0.
-# PULP_MAX_TASKS_PER_CHILD=2