diff --git a/internal/scheduler/jobdb/jobdb.go b/internal/scheduler/jobdb/jobdb.go
index 8a65691390a..6b26902c64d 100644
--- a/internal/scheduler/jobdb/jobdb.go
+++ b/internal/scheduler/jobdb/jobdb.go
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/armadaproject/armada/internal/scheduler/schedulerobjects"
 )
 
+type JobIterator interface {
+	Next() (*Job, bool)
+	Done() bool
+}
+
 var emptyList = immutable.NewSortedSet[*Job](JobPriorityComparer{})
 
 type JobDb struct {
@@ -496,7 +501,7 @@ func (txn *Txn) HasQueuedJobs(queue string) bool {
 }
 
 // QueuedJobs returns true if the queue has any jobs in the running state or false otherwise
-func (txn *Txn) QueuedJobs(queue string) *immutable.SortedSetIterator[*Job] {
+func (txn *Txn) QueuedJobs(queue string) JobIterator {
 	jobQueue, ok := txn.jobsByQueue[queue]
 	if ok {
 		return jobQueue.Iterator()
diff --git a/internal/scheduler/jobiteration.go b/internal/scheduler/jobiteration.go
index b814e9144a9..ac21d2b6496 100644
--- a/internal/scheduler/jobiteration.go
+++ b/internal/scheduler/jobiteration.go
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/armadaproject/armada/internal/scheduler/jobdb"
 )
 
-type JobIterator interface {
+type JobContextIterator interface {
 	Next() (*schedulercontext.JobSchedulingContext, error)
 }
 
 type JobRepository interface {
-	GetQueueJobIds(queueName string) []string
-	GetExistingJobsByIds(ids []string) []*jobdb.Job
+	QueuedJobs(queueName string) jobdb.JobIterator
+	GetById(id string) *jobdb.Job
 }
 
 type InMemoryJobIterator struct {
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func (repo *InMemoryJobRepository) GetExistingJobsByIds(jobIds []string) []*jobd
 	return rv
 }
 
-func (repo *InMemoryJobRepository) GetJobIterator(queue string) JobIterator {
+func (repo *InMemoryJobRepository) GetJobIterator(queue string) JobContextIterator {
 	repo.mu.Lock()
 	defer repo.mu.Unlock()
 	return NewInMemoryJobIterator(slices.Clone(repo.jctxsByQueue[queue]))
@@ -105,17 +105,14 @@ func (repo *InMemoryJobRepository) GetJobIterator(queue string) JobIterator {
 
 // QueuedJobsIterator is an iterator over all jobs in a queue.
 type QueuedJobsIterator struct {
-	repo   JobRepository
-	jobIds []string
-	idx    int
-	ctx    *armadacontext.Context
+	jobIter jobdb.JobIterator
+	ctx     *armadacontext.Context
 }
 
 func NewQueuedJobsIterator(ctx *armadacontext.Context, queue string, repo JobRepository) *QueuedJobsIterator {
 	return &QueuedJobsIterator{
-		jobIds: repo.GetQueueJobIds(queue),
-		repo:   repo,
-		ctx:    ctx,
+		jobIter: repo.QueuedJobs(queue),
+		ctx:     ctx,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -124,22 +121,21 @@ func (it *QueuedJobsIterator) Next() (*schedulercontext.JobSchedulingContext, er
 	case <-it.ctx.Done():
 		return nil, it.ctx.Err()
 	default:
-		if it.idx >= len(it.jobIds) {
+		job, _ := it.jobIter.Next()
+		if job == nil {
 			return nil, nil
 		}
-		job := it.repo.GetExistingJobsByIds([]string{it.jobIds[it.idx]})
-		it.idx++
-		return schedulercontext.JobSchedulingContextFromJob(job[0]), nil
+		return schedulercontext.JobSchedulingContextFromJob(job), nil
 	}
 }
 
 // MultiJobsIterator chains several JobIterators together in the order provided.
 type MultiJobsIterator struct {
 	i   int
-	its []JobIterator
+	its []JobContextIterator
 }
 
-func NewMultiJobsIterator(its ...JobIterator) *MultiJobsIterator {
+func NewMultiJobsIterator(its ...JobContextIterator) *MultiJobsIterator {
 	return &MultiJobsIterator{
 		its: its,
 	}
diff --git a/internal/scheduler/jobiteration_test.go b/internal/scheduler/jobiteration_test.go
index c4f10a00bfa..a10866535b1 100644
--- a/internal/scheduler/jobiteration_test.go
+++ b/internal/scheduler/jobiteration_test.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func TestMultiJobsIterator_TwoQueues(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	ctx := armadacontext.Background()
-	its := make([]JobIterator, 3)
+	its := make([]JobContextIterator, 3)
 	for i, queue := range []string{"A", "B", "C"} {
 		it := NewQueuedJobsIterator(ctx, queue, repo)
 		its[i] = it
@@ -214,20 +214,43 @@ func TestCreateQueuedJobsIterator_NilOnEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
-// TODO: Deprecate in favour of InMemoryRepo.
+type mockJobIterator struct {
+	jobs []*jobdb.Job
+	i    int
+}
+
+func (iter *mockJobIterator) Done() bool {
+	return iter.i >= len(iter.jobs)
+}
+
+func (iter *mockJobIterator) Next() (*jobdb.Job, bool) {
+	if iter.Done() {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	job := iter.jobs[iter.i]
+	iter.i++
+	return job, true
+}
+
 type mockJobRepository struct {
 	jobsByQueue map[string][]*jobdb.Job
 	jobsById    map[string]*jobdb.Job
-	// Ids of all jobs hat were leased to an executor.
-	leasedJobs          map[string]bool
-	getQueueJobIdsDelay time.Duration
+}
+
+func (repo *mockJobRepository) QueuedJobs(queueName string) jobdb.JobIterator {
+	q := repo.jobsByQueue[queueName]
+	return &mockJobIterator{jobs: q}
+}
+
+func (repo *mockJobRepository) GetById(id string) *jobdb.Job {
+	j, _ := repo.jobsById[id]
+	return j
 }
 
 func newMockJobRepository() *mockJobRepository {
 	return &mockJobRepository{
 		jobsByQueue: make(map[string][]*jobdb.Job),
 		jobsById:    make(map[string]*jobdb.Job),
-		leasedJobs:  make(map[string]bool),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -242,35 +265,10 @@ func (repo *mockJobRepository) Enqueue(job *jobdb.Job) {
 	repo.jobsById[job.Id()] = job
 }
 
-func (repo *mockJobRepository) GetJobIterator(ctx *armadacontext.Context, queue string) JobIterator {
+func (repo *mockJobRepository) GetJobIterator(ctx *armadacontext.Context, queue string) JobContextIterator {
 	return NewQueuedJobsIterator(ctx, queue, repo)
 }
 
-func (repo *mockJobRepository) GetQueueJobIds(queue string) []string {
-	time.Sleep(repo.getQueueJobIdsDelay)
-	if jobs, ok := repo.jobsByQueue[queue]; ok {
-		rv := make([]string, 0, len(jobs))
-		for _, job := range jobs {
-			if !repo.leasedJobs[job.Id()] {
-				rv = append(rv, job.Id())
-			}
-		}
-		return rv
-	} else {
-		return make([]string, 0)
-	}
-}
-
-func (repo *mockJobRepository) GetExistingJobsByIds(jobIds []string) []*jobdb.Job {
-	rv := make([]*jobdb.Job, len(jobIds))
-	for i, jobId := range jobIds {
-		if job, ok := repo.jobsById[jobId]; ok {
-			rv[i] = job
-		}
-	}
-	return rv
-}
-
 func jobFromPodSpec(queue string, req *schedulerobjects.PodRequirements) *jobdb.Job {
 	return testfixtures.TestJob(queue, util.ULID(), "armada-default", req)
 }
diff --git a/internal/scheduler/preempting_queue_scheduler.go b/internal/scheduler/preempting_queue_scheduler.go
index 8b4fed9225e..695e728957b 100644
--- a/internal/scheduler/preempting_queue_scheduler.go
+++ b/internal/scheduler/preempting_queue_scheduler.go
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ func addEvictedJobsToNodeDb(_ *armadacontext.Context, sctx *schedulercontext.Sch
 }
 
 func (sch *PreemptingQueueScheduler) schedule(ctx *armadacontext.Context, inMemoryJobRepo *InMemoryJobRepository, jobRepo JobRepository) (*schedulerresult.SchedulerResult, error) {
-	jobIteratorByQueue := make(map[string]JobIterator)
+	jobIteratorByQueue := make(map[string]JobContextIterator)
 	for _, qctx := range sch.schedulingContext.QueueSchedulingContexts {
 		evictedIt := inMemoryJobRepo.GetJobIterator(qctx.Queue)
 		if jobRepo == nil || reflect.ValueOf(jobRepo).IsNil() {
@@ -821,13 +821,16 @@ func (evi *Evictor) Evict(ctx *armadacontext.Context, nodeDbTxn *memdb.Txn) (*Ev
 		if evi.nodeFilter != nil && !evi.nodeFilter(ctx, node) {
 			continue
 		}
-		jobIds := make([]string, 0, len(node.AllocatedByJobId))
+		jobs := make([]*jobdb.Job, 0, len(node.AllocatedByJobId))
 		for jobId := range node.AllocatedByJobId {
 			if _, ok := node.EvictedJobRunIds[jobId]; !ok {
-				jobIds = append(jobIds, jobId)
+				job := evi.jobRepo.GetById(jobId)
+				if job != nil {
+					jobs = append(jobs, job)
+				}
+
 			}
 		}
-		jobs := evi.jobRepo.GetExistingJobsByIds(jobIds)
 		evictedJobs, node, err := evi.nodeDb.EvictJobsFromNode(jobFilter, jobs, node)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
diff --git a/internal/scheduler/preempting_queue_scheduler_test.go b/internal/scheduler/preempting_queue_scheduler_test.go
index 849b3262440..c738b0c1512 100644
--- a/internal/scheduler/preempting_queue_scheduler_test.go
+++ b/internal/scheduler/preempting_queue_scheduler_test.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func TestEvictOversubscribed(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	evictor := NewOversubscribedEvictor(
-		NewSchedulerJobRepositoryAdapter(jobDbTxn),
+		jobDbTxn,
 		nodeDb)
 	result, err := evictor.Evict(armadacontext.Background(), nodeDbTxn)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -1862,7 +1862,7 @@ func TestPreemptingQueueScheduler(t *testing.T) {
 					constraints,
 					testfixtures.TestEmptyFloatingResources,
 					tc.SchedulingConfig.ProtectedFractionOfFairShare,
-					NewSchedulerJobRepositoryAdapter(jobDbTxn),
+					jobDbTxn,
 					nodeDb,
 					nodeIdByJobId,
 					jobIdsByGangId,
@@ -2209,7 +2209,7 @@ func BenchmarkPreemptingQueueScheduler(b *testing.B) {
 				constraints,
 				testfixtures.TestEmptyFloatingResources,
 				tc.SchedulingConfig.ProtectedFractionOfFairShare,
-				NewSchedulerJobRepositoryAdapter(jobDbTxn),
+				jobDbTxn,
 				nodeDb,
 				nil,
 				nil,
@@ -2268,7 +2268,7 @@ func BenchmarkPreemptingQueueScheduler(b *testing.B) {
 					constraints,
 					testfixtures.TestEmptyFloatingResources,
 					tc.SchedulingConfig.ProtectedFractionOfFairShare,
-					NewSchedulerJobRepositoryAdapter(jobDbTxn),
+					jobDbTxn,
 					nodeDb,
 					nil,
 					nil,
diff --git a/internal/scheduler/queue_scheduler.go b/internal/scheduler/queue_scheduler.go
index b2e9d2f8916..9cac41665bf 100644
--- a/internal/scheduler/queue_scheduler.go
+++ b/internal/scheduler/queue_scheduler.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func NewQueueScheduler(
 	constraints schedulerconstraints.SchedulingConstraints,
 	floatingResourceTypes *floatingresources.FloatingResourceTypes,
 	nodeDb *nodedb.NodeDb,
-	jobIteratorByQueue map[string]JobIterator,
+	jobIteratorByQueue map[string]JobContextIterator,
 ) (*QueueScheduler, error) {
 	for queue := range jobIteratorByQueue {
 		if _, ok := sctx.QueueSchedulingContexts[queue]; !ok {
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func (sch *QueueScheduler) Schedule(ctx *armadacontext.Context) (*schedulerresul
 // Jobs without gangIdAnnotation are considered gangs of cardinality 1.
 type QueuedGangIterator struct {
 	schedulingContext  *schedulercontext.SchedulingContext
-	queuedJobsIterator JobIterator
+	queuedJobsIterator JobContextIterator
 	// Groups jctxs by the gang they belong to.
 	jctxsByGangId map[string][]*schedulercontext.JobSchedulingContext
 	// Maximum number of jobs to look at before giving up.
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ type QueuedGangIterator struct {
 	next     *schedulercontext.GangSchedulingContext
 }
 
-func NewQueuedGangIterator(sctx *schedulercontext.SchedulingContext, it JobIterator, maxLookback uint, skipKnownUnschedulableJobs bool) *QueuedGangIterator {
+func NewQueuedGangIterator(sctx *schedulercontext.SchedulingContext, it JobContextIterator, maxLookback uint, skipKnownUnschedulableJobs bool) *QueuedGangIterator {
 	return &QueuedGangIterator{
 		schedulingContext:          sctx,
 		queuedJobsIterator:         it,
diff --git a/internal/scheduler/queue_scheduler_test.go b/internal/scheduler/queue_scheduler_test.go
index 050fd2a97ee..17189fd0900 100644
--- a/internal/scheduler/queue_scheduler_test.go
+++ b/internal/scheduler/queue_scheduler_test.go
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ func TestQueueScheduler(t *testing.T) {
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 			}
 			constraints := schedulerconstraints.NewSchedulingConstraints("pool", tc.TotalResources, tc.SchedulingConfig, tc.Queues, map[string]bool{})
-			jobIteratorByQueue := make(map[string]JobIterator)
+			jobIteratorByQueue := make(map[string]JobContextIterator)
 			for _, q := range tc.Queues {
 				it := jobRepo.GetJobIterator(q.Name)
 				jobIteratorByQueue[q.Name] = it
diff --git a/internal/scheduler/scheduling_algo.go b/internal/scheduler/scheduling_algo.go
index 176b3ec733f..3457af313f9 100644
--- a/internal/scheduler/scheduling_algo.go
+++ b/internal/scheduler/scheduling_algo.go
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ func (l *FairSchedulingAlgo) schedulePool(
 		constraints,
 		l.floatingResourceTypes,
 		l.schedulingConfig.ProtectedFractionOfFairShare,
-		NewSchedulerJobRepositoryAdapter(fsctx.txn),
+		fsctx.txn,
 		nodeDb,
 		fsctx.nodeIdByJobId,
 		fsctx.jobIdsByGangId,
@@ -528,41 +528,6 @@ func (l *FairSchedulingAlgo) schedulePool(
 	return result, sctx, nil
 }
 
-// SchedulerJobRepositoryAdapter allows jobDb implement the JobRepository interface.
-// TODO: Pass JobDb into the scheduler instead of using this shim to convert to a JobRepo.
-type SchedulerJobRepositoryAdapter struct {
-	txn *jobdb.Txn
-}
-
-func NewSchedulerJobRepositoryAdapter(txn *jobdb.Txn) *SchedulerJobRepositoryAdapter {
-	return &SchedulerJobRepositoryAdapter{
-		txn: txn,
-	}
-}
-
-// GetQueueJobIds is necessary to implement the JobRepository interface, which we need while transitioning from the old
-// to new scheduler.
-func (repo *SchedulerJobRepositoryAdapter) GetQueueJobIds(queue string) []string {
-	rv := make([]string, 0)
-	it := repo.txn.QueuedJobs(queue)
-	for v, _ := it.Next(); v != nil; v, _ = it.Next() {
-		rv = append(rv, v.Id())
-	}
-	return rv
-}
-
-// GetExistingJobsByIds is necessary to implement the JobRepository interface which we need while transitioning from the
-// old to new scheduler.
-func (repo *SchedulerJobRepositoryAdapter) GetExistingJobsByIds(ids []string) []*jobdb.Job {
-	rv := make([]*jobdb.Job, 0, len(ids))
-	for _, id := range ids {
-		if job := repo.txn.GetById(id); job != nil {
-			rv = append(rv, job)
-		}
-	}
-	return rv
-}
-
 // populateNodeDb adds all the nodes and jobs associated with a particular pool to the nodeDb.
 func (l *FairSchedulingAlgo) populateNodeDb(nodeDb *nodedb.NodeDb, jobs []*jobdb.Job, nodes []*schedulerobjects.Node) error {
 	txn := nodeDb.Txn(true)
diff --git a/internal/scheduler/simulator/simulator.go b/internal/scheduler/simulator/simulator.go
index 9f8c2e52584..93669e45186 100644
--- a/internal/scheduler/simulator/simulator.go
+++ b/internal/scheduler/simulator/simulator.go
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ func (s *Simulator) handleScheduleEvent(ctx *armadacontext.Context) error {
 				constraints,
 				nloatingResourceTypes,
 				s.schedulingConfig.ProtectedFractionOfFairShare,
-				scheduler.NewSchedulerJobRepositoryAdapter(txn),
+				txn,
 				nodeDb,
 				// TODO: Necessary to support partial eviction.
 				nil,