diff --git a/docs/development/plugin-triggers.md b/docs/development/plugin-triggers.md
index 53ea488ec..fab7d8406 100644
--- a/docs/development/plugin-triggers.md
+++ b/docs/development/plugin-triggers.md
@@ -1914,7 +1914,7 @@ DOKKU_SCHEDULER="$1"; APP="$2"; CONTAINER_ID="$3";
 > Warning: The scheduler plugin trigger apis are under development and may change
 > between minor releases until the 1.0 release.
 
-- Description: Allows scheduling retiring a local container
+- Description: Allows scheduling retiring a local container and any related images
 - Invoked by: `internally`
 - Arguments: `$APP $CONTAINER_ID`
 - Example:
diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/internal-functions b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/internal-functions
index 030714df3..9f01be4e7 100755
--- a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/internal-functions
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/internal-functions
@@ -105,12 +105,116 @@ fn-scheduler-docker-local-retire-container() {
   fi
 }
 
-fn-scheduler-docker-local-register-retired-container() {
-  declare APP="$1" CID="$2" WAIT="$3"
+fn-scheduler-docker-local-retire-containers() {
   local DEAD_CONTAINER_FILE="${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/scheduler-docker-local/dead-containers"
+  local APP CID CURRENT_TIME DEAD_TIME STATE
+
+  if [[ ! -f "$DEAD_CONTAINER_FILE" ]]; then
+    return
+  fi
+
+  DEAD_CONTAINERS=()
+  while read line; do
+    [[ -z "$line" ]] && continue
+    CURRENT_TIME="$(date +%s)"
+    APP="$(echo "$line" | cut -d ' ' -f1)"
+    CID="$(echo "$line" | cut -d ' ' -f2)"
+    DEAD_TIME="$(echo "$line" | cut -d ' ' -f3)"
+
+    if [[ "$CURRENT_TIME" -le "$DEAD_TIME" ]]; then
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    fn-scheduler-docker-local-retire-container "$APP" "$CID" "$DEAD_TIME"
+    STATE="$("$DOCKER_BIN" container inspect --format "{{ .State.Status }}" "$CID" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    if [[ -z "$STATE" ]]; then
+      DEAD_CONTAINERS+=("$CID")
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "$STATE" == "running" ]]; then
+      dokku_log_warn "Container ${CID} still running"
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    "$DOCKER_BIN" container rm --force "$CID" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    if "$DOCKER_BIN" container inspect "${CID}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      dokku_log_warn "Container ${CID} still running"
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    DEAD_CONTAINERS+=("$CID")
+  done <"$DEAD_CONTAINER_FILE"
+
+  for CID in "${DEAD_CONTAINERS[@]}"; do
+    sed -i "/${CID}/d" "$DEAD_CONTAINER_FILE"
+  done
+}
+
+fn-scheduler-docker-local-retire-images() {
+  local DEAD_IMAGE_FILE="${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/scheduler-docker-local/dead-images"
+  local APP IMAGE_ID CURRENT_TIME DEAD_TIME STATE RM_OUTPUT
+
+  if [[ ! -f "$DEAD_IMAGE_FILE" ]]; then
+    return
+  fi
+
+  DEAD_IMAGES=()
+  while read line; do
+    [[ -z "$line" ]] && continue
+    CURRENT_TIME="$(date +%s)"
+    APP="$(echo "$line" | cut -d ' ' -f1)"
+    IMAGE_ID="$(echo "$line" | cut -d ' ' -f2)"
+    DEAD_TIME="$(echo "$line" | cut -d ' ' -f3)"
+
+    if [[ "$CURRENT_TIME" -le "$DEAD_TIME" ]]; then
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    STATE="$("$DOCKER_BIN" image inspect --format "{{ .Id }}" "$IMAGE_ID" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    if [[ -z "$STATE" ]]; then
+      DEAD_IMAGES+=("$IMAGE_ID")
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    dokku_log_info1_quiet "Attempting to retire $APP image $IMAGE_ID"
+    if RM_OUTPUT="$("$DOCKER_BIN" image rm "$IMAGE_ID" 2>&1)"; then
+      DEAD_IMAGES+=("$IMAGE_ID")
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    if echo "$RM_OUTPUT" | grep -q "image has dependent child images"; then
+      dokku_log_warn "Image ${IMAGE_ID} has children images, skipping rm and marking dead"
+      DEAD_IMAGES+=("$IMAGE_ID")
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    if echo "$RM_OUTPUT" | grep -q "image is being used by running container"; then
+      dokku_log_warn "Image ${IMAGE_ID} has running containers, skipping rm"
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    dokku_log_warn "Image ${IMAGE_ID} still running"
+  done <"$DEAD_IMAGE_FILE"
+
+  for IMAGE_ID in "${DEAD_IMAGES[@]}"; do
+    sed -i "/${IMAGE_ID}/d" "$DEAD_IMAGE_FILE"
+  done
+
+  sort -o "$DEAD_IMAGE_FILE" -r "$DEAD_IMAGE_FILE"
+}
+
+fn-scheduler-docker-local-register-retired() {
+  declare TYPE="$1" APP="$2" DOCKER_ID="$3" WAIT="$4"
+  local DEAD_FILE="${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/scheduler-docker-local/dead-containers"
+  if [[ "$TYPE" == "image" ]]; then
+    local DEAD_FILE="${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/scheduler-docker-local/dead-images"
+  fi
   local CURRENT_TIME DEAD_TIME
 
   CURRENT_TIME="$(date +%s)"
   DEAD_TIME=$((CURRENT_TIME + WAIT))
-  echo "${APP} ${CID} ${DEAD_TIME}" >>"${DEAD_CONTAINER_FILE}"
+  if ! grep -q "$DOCKER_ID" "$DEAD_FILE"; then
+    echo "${APP} ${DOCKER_ID} ${DEAD_TIME}" >>"${DEAD_FILE}"
+  fi
 }
diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-deploy b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-deploy
index cabfc8146..9613ae12d 100755
--- a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-deploy
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-deploy
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ trigger-scheduler-docker-local-scheduler-deploy() {
     local oldid
     for oldid in $oldids; do
       dokku_log_verbose_quiet "$oldid"
-      fn-scheduler-docker-local-register-retired-container "$APP" "$oldid" "$WAIT"
+      plugn trigger scheduler-register-retired "$APP" "$oldid" "$WAIT"
     done
     (
       exec >/dev/null 2>/dev/null </dev/null
diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-register-retired b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-register-retired
index 4b1882668..f0e520d26 100755
--- a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-register-retired
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-register-retired
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ trigger-scheduler-docker-local-scheduler-register-retired() {
   declare desc="register a container for retiring"
   declare trigger="scheduler-register-retired"
   declare APP="$1" CONTAINER_ID="$2" WAIT="${3:-60}"
+  local IMAGE_ID
+
+  IMAGE_ID="$("$DOCKER_BIN" container inspect "$CONTAINER_ID" --format "{{.Image}}" | cut -d: -f2)"
+  fn-scheduler-docker-local-register-retired "image" "$APP" "$IMAGE_ID" "$WAIT"
+  fn-scheduler-docker-local-register-retired "container" "$APP" "$CONTAINER_ID" "$WAIT"
 
-  fn-scheduler-docker-local-register-retired-container "$APP" "$CONTAINER_ID" "$WAIT"
 }
 
 trigger-scheduler-docker-local-scheduler-register-retired "$@"
diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-retire b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-retire
index d81f24fa0..cf469956b 100755
--- a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-retire
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-retire
@@ -8,48 +8,8 @@ trigger-scheduler-docker-local-scheduler-retire() {
   declare desc="retires all old containers once they have aged out"
   declare trigger="scheduler-retire"
 
-  local DEAD_CONTAINER_FILE="${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/scheduler-docker-local/dead-containers"
-  local APP CID CURRENT_TIME DEAD_TIME STATE
-
-  if [[ ! -f "$DEAD_CONTAINER_FILE" ]]; then
-    return
-  fi
-
-  DEAD_CONTAINERS=()
-  while read line; do
-    CURRENT_TIME="$(date +%s)"
-    APP="$(echo "$line" | cut -d ' ' -f1)"
-    CID="$(echo "$line" | cut -d ' ' -f2)"
-    DEAD_TIME="$(echo "$line" | cut -d ' ' -f3)"
-
-    if [[ "$CURRENT_TIME" -le "$DEAD_TIME" ]]; then
-      continue
-    fi
-
-    fn-scheduler-docker-local-retire-container "$APP" "$CID" "$DEAD_TIME"
-    STATE="$("$DOCKER_BIN" container inspect --format "{{ .State.Status }}" "$CID" 2>/dev/null || true)"
-    if [[ -z "$STATE" ]]; then
-      DEAD_CONTAINERS+=("$CID")
-      continue
-    fi
-
-    if [[ "$STATE" == "running" ]]; then
-      dokku_log_warn "Container ${CID} still running"
-      continue
-    fi
-
-    "$DOCKER_BIN" container rm --force "$CID" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-    if "$DOCKER_BIN" container inspect "${CID}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-      dokku_log_warn "Container ${CID} still running"
-      continue
-    fi
-
-    DEAD_CONTAINERS+=("$CID")
-  done <"$DEAD_CONTAINER_FILE"
-
-  for CID in "${DEAD_CONTAINERS[@]}"; do
-    sed -i "/${CID}/d" "$DEAD_CONTAINER_FILE"
-  done
+  fn-scheduler-docker-local-retire-containers
+  fn-scheduler-docker-local-retire-images
 }
 
 trigger-scheduler-docker-local-scheduler-retire "$@"