diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index b499d927..5c09db2e 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -81,4 +81,28 @@
     mode    => '0640',
     require => Exec['Create database symmetric key'],
   }
+
+  if $use_pulp2_content_route {
+    $context = {
+      'directories' => [
+        {
+          'provider'        => 'location',
+          'path'            => '/pulp/isos',
+          'proxy_pass'      => [
+            {
+              'url'    => $pulpcore::apache::content_url,
+              'params' => $pulpcore::apache::content_proxy_params,
+            },
+          ],
+          'request_headers' => [
+            'unset X-CLIENT-CERT',
+            'set X-CLIENT-CERT "%{SSL_CLIENT_CERT}s" env=SSL_CLIENT_CERT',
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    }
+    $content = epp('pulpcore/apache-fragment.epp', $context)
+  } else {
+    $content = undef
+  }
 }
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 25af6561..f423f4e1 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@
   Optional[Boolean] $analytics = undef,
   Optional[Boolean] $hide_guarded_distributions = undef,
   Optional[Integer[1,100]] $import_workers_percent = undef,
+  Optional[Boolean] $use_pulp2_content_route = false,
 ) {
   $settings_file = "${config_dir}/settings.py"
   $certs_dir = "${config_dir}/certs"
diff --git a/manifests/plugin/certguard.pp b/manifests/plugin/certguard.pp
deleted file mode 100644
index d009a1ad..00000000
--- a/manifests/plugin/certguard.pp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# @summary Pulp Certguard plugin
-class pulpcore::plugin::certguard {
-  pulpcore::plugin { 'certguard':
-  }
-}
diff --git a/manifests/plugin/file.pp b/manifests/plugin/file.pp
deleted file mode 100644
index c3a884a3..00000000
--- a/manifests/plugin/file.pp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# @summary Pulp File plugin
-# @param use_pulp2_content_route
-#   Whether to redirect the legacy (Pulp 2) URLs to the content server
-class pulpcore::plugin::file (
-  Boolean $use_pulp2_content_route = false,
-) {
-  if $use_pulp2_content_route {
-    $context = {
-      'directories' => [
-        {
-          'provider'        => 'location',
-          'path'            => '/pulp/isos',
-          'proxy_pass'      => [
-            {
-              'url'    => $pulpcore::apache::content_url,
-              'params' => $pulpcore::apache::content_proxy_params,
-            },
-          ],
-          'request_headers' => [
-            'unset X-CLIENT-CERT',
-            'set X-CLIENT-CERT "%{SSL_CLIENT_CERT}s" env=SSL_CLIENT_CERT',
-          ],
-        },
-      ],
-    }
-    $content = epp('pulpcore/apache-fragment.epp', $context)
-  } else {
-    $content = undef
-  }
-
-  pulpcore::plugin { 'file':
-    http_content  => $content,
-    https_content => $content,
-  }
-}
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/plugins_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/plugins_spec.rb
index e5e1fdf5..13f85fcc 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/plugins_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/plugins_spec.rb
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@
       <<-PUPPET
       include pulpcore
       include pulpcore::plugin::ansible
-      include pulpcore::plugin::certguard
       include pulpcore::plugin::container
       include pulpcore::plugin::deb
-      include pulpcore::plugin::file
       include pulpcore::plugin::ostree
       include pulpcore::plugin::python
       include pulpcore::plugin::rpm
diff --git a/spec/classes/plugin_certguard_spec.rb b/spec/classes/plugin_certguard_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index f6f44e25..00000000
--- a/spec/classes/plugin_certguard_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
-describe 'pulpcore::plugin::certguard' do
-  on_supported_os.each do |os, os_facts|
-    context "on #{os}" do
-      let(:facts) { os_facts }
-
-      it { is_expected.to compile.with_all_deps }
-      it { is_expected.to contain_package('pulpcore-plugin(certguard)') }
-      it { is_expected.to contain_pulpcore__plugin('certguard') }
-
-      context 'with pulpcore' do
-        let(:pre_condition) { 'include pulpcore' }
-
-        it do
-          is_expected.to compile.with_all_deps
-          is_expected.to contain_pulpcore__plugin('certguard')
-            .that_subscribes_to('Class[Pulpcore::Install]')
-            .that_notifies(['Class[Pulpcore::Database]', 'Class[Pulpcore::Service]'])
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/classes/plugin_file_spec.rb b/spec/classes/plugin_file_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e59f6e3..00000000
--- a/spec/classes/plugin_file_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
-describe 'pulpcore::plugin::file' do
-  on_supported_os.each do |os, os_facts|
-    context "on #{os}" do
-      let(:facts) { os_facts }
-
-      it { is_expected.to compile.with_all_deps }
-      it { is_expected.to contain_package('pulpcore-plugin(file)') }
-      it { is_expected.to contain_pulpcore__plugin('file') }
-
-      context 'with pulpcore' do
-        let(:pre_condition) { 'include pulpcore' }
-
-        it do
-          is_expected.to compile.with_all_deps
-          is_expected.to contain_pulpcore__plugin('file')
-            .that_subscribes_to('Class[Pulpcore::Install]')
-            .that_notifies(['Class[Pulpcore::Database]', 'Class[Pulpcore::Service]'])
-        end
-
-        context 'with pulp2 content route' do
-          let(:params) { { use_pulp2_content_route: true } }
-
-          it 'contains the Apache fragment' do
-            is_expected.to compile.with_all_deps
-            is_expected.to contain_pulpcore__apache__fragment('plugin-file')
-            is_expected.to contain_apache__vhost__fragment('pulpcore-http-plugin-file')
-              .with_content(
-<<CONTENT
-
-  <Location "/pulp/isos">
-    RequestHeader unset X-CLIENT-CERT
-    RequestHeader set X-CLIENT-CERT "%{SSL_CLIENT_CERT}s" env=SSL_CLIENT_CERT
-    ProxyPass unix:///run/pulpcore-content.sock|http://pulpcore-content/pulp/content disablereuse=on timeout=600
-    ProxyPassReverse unix:///run/pulpcore-content.sock|http://pulpcore-content/pulp/content
-  </Location>
-CONTENT
-              )
-            is_expected.to contain_apache__vhost__fragment('pulpcore-https-plugin-file')
-              .with_content(
-<<CONTENT
-
-  <Location "/pulp/isos">
-    RequestHeader unset X-CLIENT-CERT
-    RequestHeader set X-CLIENT-CERT "%{SSL_CLIENT_CERT}s" env=SSL_CLIENT_CERT
-    ProxyPass unix:///run/pulpcore-content.sock|http://pulpcore-content/pulp/content disablereuse=on timeout=600
-    ProxyPassReverse unix:///run/pulpcore-content.sock|http://pulpcore-content/pulp/content
-  </Location>
-CONTENT
-              )
-          end
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/classes/pulpcore_spec.rb b/spec/classes/pulpcore_spec.rb
index ef58af16..260f9e14 100644
--- a/spec/classes/pulpcore_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/pulpcore_spec.rb
@@ -656,6 +656,39 @@
             is_expected.to contain_service("pulpcore-worker@#{i}.service")
               .with_ensure(true)
               .with_enable(true)
+        end
+
+          context 'with pulp2 content route' do
+            let(:params) { { use_pulp2_content_route: true } }
+  
+            it 'contains the Apache fragment' do
+              is_expected.to compile.with_all_deps
+              is_expected.to contain_pulpcore__apache__fragment('plugin-file')
+              is_expected.to contain_apache__vhost__fragment('pulpcore-http-plugin-file')
+                .with_content(
+  <<CONTENT
+  
+    <Location "/pulp/isos">
+      RequestHeader unset X-CLIENT-CERT
+      RequestHeader set X-CLIENT-CERT "%{SSL_CLIENT_CERT}s" env=SSL_CLIENT_CERT
+      ProxyPass unix:///run/pulpcore-content.sock|http://pulpcore-content/pulp/content disablereuse=on timeout=600
+      ProxyPassReverse unix:///run/pulpcore-content.sock|http://pulpcore-content/pulp/content
+    </Location>
+  CONTENT
+                )
+              is_expected.to contain_apache__vhost__fragment('pulpcore-https-plugin-file')
+                .with_content(
+  <<CONTENT
+  
+    <Location "/pulp/isos">
+      RequestHeader unset X-CLIENT-CERT
+      RequestHeader set X-CLIENT-CERT "%{SSL_CLIENT_CERT}s" env=SSL_CLIENT_CERT
+      ProxyPass unix:///run/pulpcore-content.sock|http://pulpcore-content/pulp/content disablereuse=on timeout=600
+      ProxyPassReverse unix:///run/pulpcore-content.sock|http://pulpcore-content/pulp/content
+    </Location>
+  CONTENT
+                )
+            end
           end
         end
       end