diff --git a/master/internal/scheduler/filterable_view.go b/master/internal/scheduler/filterable_view.go
index faff7fb2f36..74b1be922b0 100644
--- a/master/internal/scheduler/filterable_view.go
+++ b/master/internal/scheduler/filterable_view.go
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ func schedulableTaskFilter(provisionerSlotsPerInstance int) func(*Task) bool {
 		switch {
 		case task.state != taskPending:
 			return false
-		case slotsNeeded == 0 || slotsNeeded == 1:
+		// TODO(DET-4035): This code is duplicated from the fitting functions in the
+		// scheduler. To determine is a task is schedulable, we would ideally interface
+		// with the scheduler in some way and not duplicate this logic.
+		case slotsNeeded <= provisionerSlotsPerInstance:
 			return true
 		case slotsNeeded%provisionerSlotsPerInstance == 0:
 			return true
diff --git a/master/internal/scheduler/fitting.go b/master/internal/scheduler/fitting.go
index 476077f4de8..282605cfbbd 100644
--- a/master/internal/scheduler/fitting.go
+++ b/master/internal/scheduler/fitting.go
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ func (c candidateList) Swap(i, j int) {
 func findFits(
 	task *Task, agents map[*actor.Ref]*agentState, fittingMethod SoftConstraint,
 ) []*fittingState {
+	// TODO(DET-4035): Some of this code is duplicated in filterable_view.go to prevent
+	// the provisioner from scaling up for jobs that can never be scheduled in the
+	// current cluster configuration.
 	if fit := findSharedAgentFit(task, agents, fittingMethod); fit != nil {
 		return []*fittingState{fit}
 	}