diff --git a/src/ert/scheduler/job.py b/src/ert/scheduler/job.py
index 6e73cbcfe53..2959d58ccb1 100644
--- a/src/ert/scheduler/job.py
+++ b/src/ert/scheduler/job.py
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ async def _submit_and_run_once(self, sem: asyncio.BoundedSemaphore) -> None:
         try:
             await self._scheduler.submit_sleep_state.sleep_until_we_can_submit()
             await self._send(State.SUBMITTING)
-
             await self.driver.submit(
                 self.real.iens, self.real.job_script, cwd=self.real.run_arg.runpath
             )
@@ -148,6 +147,7 @@ async def __call__(
     ) -> None:
         self._requested_max_submit = max_submit
         await start.wait()
+
         for attempt in range(max_submit):
             await self._submit_and_run_once(sem)
 
diff --git a/src/ert/scheduler/scheduler.py b/src/ert/scheduler/scheduler.py
index 64c0a6f51aa..3e1626a8c45 100644
--- a/src/ert/scheduler/scheduler.py
+++ b/src/ert/scheduler/scheduler.py
@@ -179,19 +179,14 @@ async def execute(
                 )
                 cancel_when_execute_is_done(self._update_avg_job_runtime())
 
-            start_events: MutableMapping[int, asyncio.Event] = {}
+            start = asyncio.Event()
             sem = asyncio.BoundedSemaphore(self._max_running or len(self._jobs))
             for iens, job in self._jobs.items():
-                start_events[iens] = asyncio.Event()
                 self._tasks[iens] = asyncio.create_task(
-                    job(start_events[iens], sem, self._max_submit)
+                    job(start, sem, self._max_submit)
                 )
 
-            async def _set_start_event(iens: int, sleep_time: float) -> None:
-                start_events[iens].set()
-
-            for _, iens in enumerate(self._jobs.keys()):
-                asyncio.create_task(_set_start_event(iens, 0))
+            start.set()
 
             for task in self._tasks.values():
                 await task