diff --git a/docs/install.md b/docs/install.md
index e95d47824bf..6ec939cf53e 100644
--- a/docs/install.md
+++ b/docs/install.md
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ To install Tekton Pipelines on a Kubernetes cluster:
    kubectl apply --filename https://storage.googleapis.com/tekton-releases/pipeline/latest/release.notags.yaml
    ```
 
+1. **Note**: To install Tekton Pipelines without including [the built-in remote resolvers](#installing-and-configuring-remote-task-and-pipeline-resolution)
+   follow the directions above, but replace `release.yaml` or `release.notags.yaml` with `minimal-release.yaml` or
+   `minimal-release.notags.yaml` as appropriate. 
+
 1. **Note**: Some cloud providers (such as [GKE](https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/issues/3317#issuecomment-708066087))
    may also require you to allow port 8443 in your firewall rules so that the Tekton Pipelines webhook is reachable.
 
@@ -269,8 +273,14 @@ data:
 
 ## Installing and configuring remote Task and Pipeline resolution
 
-To install the latest release of the [built-in remote resolvers](#built-in-resolvers),
-run the following command:
+By default, when Tekton Pipelines is installed using `release.yaml` or `release.notags.yaml`, the
+[built-in resolvers](#built-in-resolvers) are installed into the `tekton-pipelines-resolvers` namespace.
+
+### Installing built-in remote resolvers with a minimal Tekton Pipelines installation
+
+If you have installed Tekton Pipelines using `minimal-release.yaml` or `minimal-release.notags.yaml` and
+wish to add the [built-in remote resolvers](#built-in-resolvers) later, you can install them separately 
+by running the following command:
 
    ```bash
    kubectl apply --filename https://storage.googleapis.com/tekton-releases/pipeline/latest/resolvers.yaml
diff --git a/tekton/publish.yaml b/tekton/publish.yaml
index d3e4915dd5f..a49fb64c578 100644
--- a/tekton/publish.yaml
+++ b/tekton/publish.yaml
@@ -160,12 +160,14 @@ spec:
       # Publish images and create release.yaml
       mkdir -p $OUTPUT_RELEASE_DIR
 
-      ko resolve --platform=$(params.platforms) --preserve-import-paths -t $(params.versionTag) -l 'app.kubernetes.io/component!=resolvers' -R -f ${PROJECT_ROOT}/config/ > $OUTPUT_RELEASE_DIR/release.yaml
+      ko resolve --platform=$(params.platforms) --preserve-import-paths -t $(params.versionTag) -R -f ${PROJECT_ROOT}/config/ > $OUTPUT_RELEASE_DIR/release.yaml 
+      ko resolve --platform=$(params.platforms) --preserve-import-paths -t $(params.versionTag) -l 'app.kubernetes.io/component!=resolvers' -R -f ${PROJECT_ROOT}/config/ > $OUTPUT_RELEASE_DIR/minimal-release.yaml
       ko resolve --platform=$(params.platforms) --preserve-import-paths -t $(params.versionTag) -f ${PROJECT_ROOT}/config/resolvers > $OUTPUT_RELEASE_DIR/resolvers.yaml
       # Publish images and create release.notags.yaml
       # This is useful if your container runtime doesn't support the `image-reference:tag@digest` notation
       # This is currently the case for `cri-o` (and most likely others)
-      ko resolve --platform=$(params.platforms) --preserve-import-paths -l 'app.kubernetes.io/component!=resolvers' -R -f ${PROJECT_ROOT}/config/ > $OUTPUT_RELEASE_DIR/release.notags.yaml
+      ko resolve --platform=$(params.platforms) --preserve-import-paths -R -f ${PROJECT_ROOT}/config/ > $OUTPUT_RELEASE_DIR/release.notags.yaml
+      ko resolve --platform=$(params.platforms) --preserve-import-paths -l 'app.kubernetes.io/component!=resolvers' -R -f ${PROJECT_ROOT}/config/ > $OUTPUT_RELEASE_DIR/minimal-release.notags.yaml
       ko resolve --platform=$(params.platforms) --preserve-import-paths -f ${PROJECT_ROOT}/config/resolvers > $OUTPUT_RELEASE_DIR/resolvers.notags.yaml
 
   - name: koparse
@@ -180,9 +182,9 @@ spec:
         IMAGES="${IMAGES} ${IMAGES_PATH}/cmd/${cmd}:$(params.versionTag)"
       done
 
-      # Parse the built images from the release.yaml generated by ko
+      # Parse the built images from the minimal-release.yaml generated by ko
       koparse \
-        --path $OUTPUT_RELEASE_DIR/release.yaml \
+        --path $OUTPUT_RELEASE_DIR/minimal-release.yaml \
         --base ${IMAGES_PATH} --images ${IMAGES} > /workspace/built_images
 
       for cmd in $(params.resolverImages)
diff --git a/tekton/release-pipeline.yaml b/tekton/release-pipeline.yaml
index 985143cab59..61b4fc07316 100644
--- a/tekton/release-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/tekton/release-pipeline.yaml
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ spec:
             description: The full URL of the release file in the bucket
           - name: release-no-tag
             description: The full URL of the release file (no tag) in the bucket
+          - name: minimal-release
+            description: The full URL of the minimal release (without resolvers) file in the bucket
+          - name: minimal-release-no-tag
+            description: The full URL of the minimal release file (without resolvers, no tag) in the bucket
           - name: resolvers
             description: The full URL of the resolvers release file in the bucket
           - name: resolvers-no-tag
@@ -210,5 +214,7 @@ spec:
               BASE_URL=$(echo ${BASE_URL} | sed 's,gs://,https://storage.googleapis.com/,g')
               echo "${BASE_URL}/release.yaml" > $(results.release.path)
               echo "${BASE_URL}/release.notag.yaml" > $(results.release-no-tag.path)
+              echo "${BASE_URL}/minimal-release.yaml" > $(results.minimal-release.path)
+              echo "${BASE_URL}/minimal-release.notag.yaml" > $(results.minimal-release-no-tag.path)
               echo "${BASE_URL}/resolvers.yaml" > $(results.resolvers.path)
               echo "${BASE_URL}/resolvers.notags.yaml" > $(results.resolvers-no-tag.path)
diff --git a/test/e2e-common.sh b/test/e2e-common.sh
index be0206f90b9..5ef47f77e81 100755
--- a/test/e2e-common.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-common.sh
@@ -21,15 +21,13 @@ source $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/vendor/github.com/tektoncd/plumbing/scri
 function install_pipeline_crd() {
   echo ">> Deploying Tekton Pipelines"
   local ko_target="$(mktemp)"
-  ko resolve -l 'app.kubernetes.io/component!=resolvers' -R -f config/ > "${ko_target}" || fail_test "Pipeline image resolve failed"
+  ko resolve -R -f config/ > "${ko_target}" || fail_test "Pipeline image resolve failed"
   cat "${ko_target}" | sed -e 's%"level": "info"%"level": "debug"%' \
       | sed -e 's%loglevel.controller: "info"%loglevel.controller: "debug"%' \
       | sed -e 's%loglevel.webhook: "info"%loglevel.webhook: "debug"%' \
       | kubectl apply -R -f - || fail_test "Build pipeline installation failed"
 
   verify_pipeline_installation
-
-  ko apply -f config/resolvers || fail_test "Resolvers installation failed"
   verify_resolvers_installation
 
   export SYSTEM_NAMESPACE=tekton-pipelines
@@ -40,7 +38,8 @@ function install_pipeline_crd_version() {
   echo ">> Deploying Tekton Pipelines of Version $1"
   kubectl apply -f "https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/releases/download/$1/release.yaml" || fail_test "Build pipeline installation failed of Version $1"
 
-  if [ "${PIPELINE_FEATURE_GATE}" == "alpha" ]; then
+  # If the version to be installed is v0.40.x, we need to install resolvers.yaml separately.
+  if [[ "${1}" == v0.40.* ]]; then
     kubectl apply -f "https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/releases/download/$1/resolvers.yaml" || fail_test "Resolvers installation failed of Version $1"
   fi