diff --git a/internal/scheduler/constraints/constraints.go b/internal/scheduler/constraints/constraints.go
index 569b93a204f..415ff2d888f 100644
--- a/internal/scheduler/constraints/constraints.go
+++ b/internal/scheduler/constraints/constraints.go
@@ -143,31 +143,27 @@ func (constraints *SchedulingConstraints) CheckConstraints(
 	}
 
 	// Global rate limiter check.
-	if sctx.Limiter != nil {
-		tokens := sctx.Limiter.TokensAt(sctx.Started)
-		if tokens <= 0 {
-			return false, GlobalRateLimitExceededUnschedulableReason, nil
-		}
-		if sctx.Limiter.Burst() < len(gctx.JobSchedulingContexts) {
-			return false, GangExceedsGlobalBurstSizeUnschedulableReason, nil
-		}
-		if tokens < float64(len(gctx.JobSchedulingContexts)) {
-			return false, GlobalRateLimitExceededByGangUnschedulableReason, nil
-		}
+	tokens := sctx.Limiter.TokensAt(sctx.Started)
+	if tokens <= 0 {
+		return false, GlobalRateLimitExceededUnschedulableReason, nil
+	}
+	if sctx.Limiter.Burst() < len(gctx.JobSchedulingContexts) {
+		return false, GangExceedsGlobalBurstSizeUnschedulableReason, nil
+	}
+	if tokens < float64(len(gctx.JobSchedulingContexts)) {
+		return false, GlobalRateLimitExceededByGangUnschedulableReason, nil
 	}
 
 	// Per-queue rate limiter check.
-	if qctx.Limiter != nil {
-		tokens := qctx.Limiter.TokensAt(sctx.Started)
-		if tokens <= 0 {
-			return false, QueueRateLimitExceededUnschedulableReason, nil
-		}
-		if qctx.Limiter.Burst() < len(gctx.JobSchedulingContexts) {
-			return false, GangExceedsQueueBurstSizeUnschedulableReason, nil
-		}
-		if tokens < float64(len(gctx.JobSchedulingContexts)) {
-			return false, QueueRateLimitExceededByGangUnschedulableReason, nil
-		}
+	tokens = qctx.Limiter.TokensAt(sctx.Started)
+	if tokens <= 0 {
+		return false, QueueRateLimitExceededUnschedulableReason, nil
+	}
+	if qctx.Limiter.Burst() < len(gctx.JobSchedulingContexts) {
+		return false, GangExceedsQueueBurstSizeUnschedulableReason, nil
+	}
+	if tokens < float64(len(gctx.JobSchedulingContexts)) {
+		return false, QueueRateLimitExceededByGangUnschedulableReason, nil
 	}
 
 	// PriorityClassSchedulingConstraintsByPriorityClassName check.
diff --git a/internal/scheduler/gang_scheduler.go b/internal/scheduler/gang_scheduler.go
index bcd30e889b8..aba16014f33 100644
--- a/internal/scheduler/gang_scheduler.go
+++ b/internal/scheduler/gang_scheduler.go
@@ -60,11 +60,8 @@ func (sch *GangScheduler) Schedule(ctx context.Context, gctx *schedulercontext.G
 
 		// Update rate-limiters to account for new successfully scheduled jobs.
 		if ok && !gctx.AllJobsEvicted {
-			if sch.schedulingContext.Limiter != nil {
-				sch.schedulingContext.Limiter.ReserveN(sch.schedulingContext.Started, len(gctx.JobSchedulingContexts))
-			}
-			qctx := sch.schedulingContext.QueueSchedulingContexts[gctx.Queue]
-			if qctx != nil && qctx.Limiter != nil {
+			sch.schedulingContext.Limiter.ReserveN(sch.schedulingContext.Started, len(gctx.JobSchedulingContexts))
+			if qctx := sch.schedulingContext.QueueSchedulingContexts[gctx.Queue]; qctx != nil {
 				qctx.Limiter.ReserveN(sch.schedulingContext.Started, len(gctx.JobSchedulingContexts))
 			}
 		}