diff --git a/internal/scheduler/gang_scheduler.go b/internal/scheduler/gang_scheduler.go
index 5353a4e4aa2..e86e19eec4f 100644
--- a/internal/scheduler/gang_scheduler.go
+++ b/internal/scheduler/gang_scheduler.go
@@ -253,10 +253,7 @@ func (sch *GangScheduler) tryScheduleGangWithTxn(_ *armadacontext.Context, txn *
 
 func addNodeSelectorToGctx(gctx *schedulercontext.GangSchedulingContext, nodeSelectorKey, nodeSelectorValue string) {
 	for _, jctx := range gctx.JobSchedulingContexts {
-		if jctx.PodRequirements.NodeSelector == nil {
-			jctx.PodRequirements.NodeSelector = make(map[string]string)
-		}
-		jctx.PodRequirements.NodeSelector[nodeSelectorKey] = nodeSelectorValue
+		jctx.AddNodeSelector(nodeSelectorKey, nodeSelectorValue)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/scheduler/preempting_queue_scheduler.go b/internal/scheduler/preempting_queue_scheduler.go
index 31345d79790..9457a215c17 100644
--- a/internal/scheduler/preempting_queue_scheduler.go
+++ b/internal/scheduler/preempting_queue_scheduler.go
@@ -862,8 +862,6 @@ func (evi *Evictor) Evict(ctx *armadacontext.Context, it nodedb.NodeIterator) (*
 			// Create a scheduling context for when re-scheduling this job.
 			// Mark as evicted and add a node selector to ensure the job is re-scheduled onto the node it was evicted from.
 			jctx := schedulercontext.JobSchedulingContextFromJob(evi.priorityClasses, job, GangIdAndCardinalityFromAnnotations)
-
-			// TODO: This is only necessary for jobs not scheduled in this cycle.
 			jctx.IsEvicted = true
 			jctx.AddNodeSelector(schedulerconfig.NodeIdLabel, node.Id)
 			evictedJctxsByJobId[job.GetId()] = jctx
diff --git a/internal/scheduler/testfixtures/testfixtures.go b/internal/scheduler/testfixtures/testfixtures.go
index 8e14cf5cae9..e84ea325481 100644
--- a/internal/scheduler/testfixtures/testfixtures.go
+++ b/internal/scheduler/testfixtures/testfixtures.go
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ func TestSchedulingConfig() configuration.SchedulingConfig {
 		ExecutorTimeout:                             15 * time.Minute,
 		MaxUnacknowledgedJobsPerExecutor:            math.MaxInt,
 		EnableNewPreemptionStrategy:                 true,
-		// AlwaysAttemptScheduling:                     true,
 	}
 }