diff --git a/roles/installer/tasks/initialize_django.yml b/roles/installer/tasks/initialize_django.yml
index a5e790c5..9b9c05e7 100644
--- a/roles/installer/tasks/initialize_django.yml
+++ b/roles/installer/tasks/initialize_django.yml
@@ -45,3 +45,30 @@
   register: cdo
   changed_when: "'added' in cdo.stdout"
   when: create_preload_data | bool
+
+- name: Register the instance in the database
+  k8s_exec:
+    namespace: "{{ meta.namespace }}"
+    pod: "{{ tower_pod_name }}"
+    container: "{{ meta.name }}-task"
+    command: >-
+      bash -c "awx-manage provision_instance --hostname={{ tower_pod_name }}"
+
+- name: Check if legacy queue is present
+  k8s_exec:
+    namespace: "{{ meta.namespace }}"
+    pod: "{{ tower_pod_name }}"
+    container: "{{ meta.name }}-task"
+    command: >-
+      bash -c "awx-manage list_instances | grep '^\[tower capacity=[0-9]*\]'"
+  register: legacy_queue
+  changed_when: false
+
+- name: Unregister legacy queue
+  k8s_exec:
+    namespace: "{{ meta.namespace }}"
+    pod: "{{ tower_pod_name }}"
+    container: "{{ meta.name }}-task"
+    command: >-
+      bash -c "awx-manage unregister_queue --queuename=tower"
+  when: "'[tower capacity=' in legacy_queue.stdout"