diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index cb0af33..4315f08 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ build-image:
   extends: .build-image
   parallel:
     matrix:
-      - TIER: [tier-0, tier-1, tier-x]
+      - TIER: [minimal, tier-1, tier-x]
   variables:
     EXTRA_ARGS: "--security-opt=label=disable --cap-add=all --build-arg MANIFEST=fedora-$TIER.yaml"
   rules:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c4ddc9f..4d82095 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,19 +60,18 @@ to support smaller custom images. For more on this, see
 
 - **tier-1**: This image is the default, what is published as
   https://quay.io/repository/fedora/fedora-bootc
-- **tier-0**: This content set is more of a convenient centralization point for CI
-  and curation around a package set that we can all agree is the rough minimum
-  necessary for a usable system. It's not meant to be used as is, but layered
-  upon.
+- **minimal**: This content set is more of a convenient centralization point for CI
+  and curation around a package set that is intended as a starting point fror
+  a container base image.
 - **tier-x**: This content set is the shared base used by all image-based
   Fedora variants (IoT, Atomic Desktops, and CoreOS).
   Changes to this tier may be done without accounting for external users.
   To build this, pass `--build-arg=MANIFEST=fedora-tier-x.yaml` to the build
   command above.
 
-**tier-1** inherits from **tier-x** and **tier-x** in turn inherit from **tier-0**.
+**tier-1** inherits from **tier-x** and **tier-x** in turn inherit from **minimal**.
 
-All non-trivial changes to **tier-0** and **tier-x** should be ACKed by at least
+All non-trivial changes to **minimal** and **tier-x** should be ACKed by at least
 one stakeholder of each Fedora variant WGs.
 
 ## More information
diff --git a/fedora-tier-0.yaml b/fedora-minimal.yaml
similarity index 67%
rename from fedora-tier-0.yaml
rename to fedora-minimal.yaml
index 6cef2a1..77cd0e2 100644
--- a/fedora-tier-0.yaml
+++ b/fedora-minimal.yaml
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ metadata:
 
 include:
   - fedora-generic.yaml
-  - tier-0/manifest.yaml
-  - tier-0/kernel.yaml
+  - minimal/manifest.yaml
+  - minimal/kernel.yaml
diff --git a/tier-0/basic-fixes.yaml b/minimal/basic-fixes.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from tier-0/basic-fixes.yaml
rename to minimal/basic-fixes.yaml
diff --git a/tier-0/bootc.yaml b/minimal/bootc.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from tier-0/bootc.yaml
rename to minimal/bootc.yaml
diff --git a/tier-0/bootupd.yaml b/minimal/bootupd.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from tier-0/bootupd.yaml
rename to minimal/bootupd.yaml
diff --git a/tier-0/finalize.d/01-var.sh b/minimal/finalize.d/01-var.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from tier-0/finalize.d/01-var.sh
rename to minimal/finalize.d/01-var.sh
diff --git a/tier-0/group b/minimal/group
similarity index 100%
rename from tier-0/group
rename to minimal/group
diff --git a/tier-0/grub2-removals.yaml b/minimal/grub2-removals.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from tier-0/grub2-removals.yaml
rename to minimal/grub2-removals.yaml
diff --git a/tier-0/initramfs.yaml b/minimal/initramfs.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from tier-0/initramfs.yaml
rename to minimal/initramfs.yaml
diff --git a/tier-0/kernel-install.yaml b/minimal/kernel-install.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from tier-0/kernel-install.yaml
rename to minimal/kernel-install.yaml
diff --git a/tier-0/kernel.yaml b/minimal/kernel.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from tier-0/kernel.yaml
rename to minimal/kernel.yaml
diff --git a/tier-0/manifest.yaml b/minimal/manifest.yaml
similarity index 93%
rename from tier-0/manifest.yaml
rename to minimal/manifest.yaml
index a531a15..13f6f71 100644
--- a/tier-0/manifest.yaml
+++ b/minimal/manifest.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ packages:
   # in dnf5. In CentOS/RHEL, this pulls in dnf(4). We can simplify this back to
   # just `dnf` once the `dnf` package is retired from Fedora.
   - /usr/bin/dnf
-  # Even in tier-0, we have this.  If you don't want SELinux today, you'll need
+  # Even in minimal, we have this.  If you don't want SELinux today, you'll need
   # to build a custom image.
   - selinux-policy-targeted
   # And we want container-selinux because trying to layer it on later currently causes issues.
diff --git a/tier-0/ostree.yaml b/minimal/ostree.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from tier-0/ostree.yaml
rename to minimal/ostree.yaml
diff --git a/tier-0/passwd b/minimal/passwd
similarity index 100%
rename from tier-0/passwd
rename to minimal/passwd
diff --git a/tier-0/postprocess-conf.yaml b/minimal/postprocess-conf.yaml
similarity index 91%
rename from tier-0/postprocess-conf.yaml
rename to minimal/postprocess-conf.yaml
index d11f4ee..ae5f7e7 100644
--- a/tier-0/postprocess-conf.yaml
+++ b/minimal/postprocess-conf.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ opt-usrlocal: "root"
 machineid-compat: true
 
 # Note that the default for c9s+ is sqlite; we can't rely on rpm being
-# in the target (it isn't in tier-0!) so turn this to host here.  This
+# in the target (it isn't in minimal!) so turn this to host here.  This
 # does break the "hermetic build" aspect a bit.  Maybe eventually
 # what we should do is special case this and actually install RPM temporarily
 # and then remove it...
diff --git a/tier-x/manifest.yaml b/tier-x/manifest.yaml
index 2b2cf68..e5275d5 100644
--- a/tier-x/manifest.yaml
+++ b/tier-x/manifest.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 include:
-  - ../tier-0/manifest.yaml
+  - ../minimal/manifest.yaml
 
 packages:
   # Used by admins interactively