diff --git a/manifests/README.md b/manifests/README.md
index a7ee0c3d75..532d627542 100644
--- a/manifests/README.md
+++ b/manifests/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ The Dashboard manifests run on Kustomize. There are 3 types of deployments for t
   - RHOAI Managed ([`./rhoai/addon`](./rhoai/addon))
   - RHOAI Self Managed ([`./rhoai/onprem`](./rhoai/onprem))
 
+Each deployment type will have a `params.env` file where the Operator can inject values for us to use.
+
 ## Adding/Modifying Manifests
 
 Rules for keeping the manifest files in a sane order:
diff --git a/manifests/odh/params.env b/manifests/odh/params.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6db368c5ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/odh/params.env
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Injected variables from the Operator
+odh-dashboard-image=quay.io/opendatahub/odh-dashboard:main
+admin_groups=odh-admins
+dashboard-url=https://www.redhat.com
+section-title=Open Data Hub
diff --git a/manifests/overrides/base/deployment.yaml b/manifests/overrides/base/deployment.yaml
index d17e034e3c..fb412def69 100644
--- a/manifests/overrides/base/deployment.yaml
+++ b/manifests/overrides/base/deployment.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccount: odh-dashboard
       containers:
       - name: odh-dashboard
-        image: odh-dashboard
+        image: $(odh-dashboard-image)
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         ports:
         - containerPort: 8080
diff --git a/manifests/overrides/base/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/overrides/base/kustomization.yaml
index 0ad1b6d0e4..72ab64eaf1 100644
--- a/manifests/overrides/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/overrides/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ resources:
   - model-serving-role-binding.yaml
   - fetch-accelerators.rbac.yaml
 images:
-  - name: odh-dashboard
-    newName: quay.io/opendatahub/odh-dashboard
-    newTag: main
   - name: oauth-proxy
     newName: registry.redhat.io/openshift4/ose-oauth-proxy
     digest: sha256:ab112105ac37352a2a4916a39d6736f5db6ab4c29bad4467de8d613e80e9bb33
diff --git a/manifests/overrides/consolelink/consolelink.yaml b/manifests/overrides/consolelink/consolelink.yaml
index 9d14a41c5e..4da5230646 100644
--- a/manifests/overrides/consolelink/consolelink.yaml
+++ b/manifests/overrides/consolelink/consolelink.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ metadata:
   name: odhlink
 spec:
   applicationMenu:
-    section: <section-title>
+    section: $(section-title)
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-  href: <dashboard-url>
+  href: $(dashboard-url)
   location: ApplicationMenu
   text: Open Data Hub
diff --git a/manifests/rhoai/addon/params.env b/manifests/rhoai/addon/params.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..096b8b4d0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/rhoai/addon/params.env
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Injected variables from the Operator
+odh-dashboard-image=quay.io/opendatahub/odh-dashboard:main
+admin_groups=rhods-admins
+dashboard-url=https://www.redhat.com
+section-title=OpenShift AI
diff --git a/manifests/rhoai/onprem/params.env b/manifests/rhoai/onprem/params.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..096b8b4d0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/rhoai/onprem/params.env
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Injected variables from the Operator
+odh-dashboard-image=quay.io/opendatahub/odh-dashboard:main
+admin_groups=rhods-admins
+dashboard-url=https://www.redhat.com
+section-title=OpenShift AI
diff --git a/manifests/rhoai/shared/base/deployment.yaml b/manifests/rhoai/shared/base/deployment.yaml
index 5ea7548a45..dfcf729954 100644
--- a/manifests/rhoai/shared/base/deployment.yaml
+++ b/manifests/rhoai/shared/base/deployment.yaml
@@ -16,13 +16,11 @@
 - op: replace
   path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/name
   value: rhods-dashboard
-- op: replace
-  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/image
-  value: $(odh-dashboard-image)
+  # The image value is already an env
 - op: replace
   path: /spec/template/spec/serviceAccount
   value: rhods-dashboard
 - op: replace
   path: /spec/template/spec/imagePullSecrets
   value:
-    - name: addon-managed-odh-pullsecret
\ No newline at end of file
+    - name: addon-managed-odh-pullsecret
diff --git a/manifests/rhoai/shared/base/params.env b/manifests/rhoai/shared/base/params.env
deleted file mode 100644
index ce1596f876..0000000000
--- a/manifests/rhoai/shared/base/params.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# This will be overridden through the Operator as needed to inject the dashboard image as a variable to be used in the manifests (look for references of this variable)
-odh-dashboard-image=quay.io/opendatahub/odh-dashboard:main
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/manifests/rhoai/shared/consolelink/consolelink.yaml b/manifests/rhoai/shared/consolelink/consolelink.yaml
index 274c3f6114..289a3943d6 100644
--- a/manifests/rhoai/shared/consolelink/consolelink.yaml
+++ b/manifests/rhoai/shared/consolelink/consolelink.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   value: Red Hat OpenShift AI
 - op: replace
   path: /spec/applicationMenu/section
-  value: <section-title>
+  value: $(section-title)
 - op: replace
   path: /spec/href
-  value: <dashboard-url>
+  value: $(dashboard-url)
diff --git a/manifests/rhoai/shared/odhdashboardconfig/odhdashboardconfig.yaml b/manifests/rhoai/shared/odhdashboardconfig/odhdashboardconfig.yaml
index 4b6bc94ba9..10991bff9c 100644
--- a/manifests/rhoai/shared/odhdashboardconfig/odhdashboardconfig.yaml
+++ b/manifests/rhoai/shared/odhdashboardconfig/odhdashboardconfig.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ spec:
     disableDistributedWorkloads: false
     disableModelRegistry: true
   groupsConfig:
-    adminGroups: "<admin_groups>"
+    adminGroups: "$(admin_groups)"
     allowedGroups: "system:authenticated"
   notebookController:
     enabled: true