diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/env.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/env.server.ts
index 91a7370b791..30410053c82 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/env.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/env.server.ts
@@ -460,7 +460,6 @@ const EnvironmentSchema = z.object({
   RUN_ENGINE_REUSE_SNAPSHOT_COUNT: z.coerce.number().int().default(0),
   RUN_ENGINE_MAXIMUM_ENV_COUNT: z.coerce.number().int().optional(),
   RUN_ENGINE_WORKER_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT_MS: z.coerce.number().int().default(60_000),
-  RUN_ENGINE_MAX_DEQUEUE_LOOP_ATTEMPTS: z.coerce.number().int().default(10),
 
   RUN_ENGINE_WORKER_REDIS_HOST: z
     .string()
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/v3/runEngine.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/v3/runEngine.server.ts
index 4788da84630..ad9e1c9aeb9 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/v3/runEngine.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/v3/runEngine.server.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ function createRunEngine() {
         maximumEnvCount: env.RUN_ENGINE_MAXIMUM_ENV_COUNT,
         tracer,
       },
-      maxDequeueLoopAttempts: env.RUN_ENGINE_MAX_DEQUEUE_LOOP_ATTEMPTS,
     },
     runLock: {
       redis: {
diff --git a/internal-packages/run-engine/src/engine/index.ts b/internal-packages/run-engine/src/engine/index.ts
index 2bb9ece95ea..d21b1d6795e 100644
--- a/internal-packages/run-engine/src/engine/index.ts
+++ b/internal-packages/run-engine/src/engine/index.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ export class RunEngine {
       logger: new Logger("RunQueue", "debug"),
       redis: { ...options.queue.redis, keyPrefix: `${options.queue.redis.keyPrefix}runqueue:` },
       retryOptions: options.queue?.retryOptions,
-      maxDequeueLoopAttempts: options.queue?.maxDequeueLoopAttempts ?? 10,
     });
 
     this.worker = new Worker({
diff --git a/internal-packages/run-engine/src/engine/types.ts b/internal-packages/run-engine/src/engine/types.ts
index 54d6b668c93..a89a7d1fe33 100644
--- a/internal-packages/run-engine/src/engine/types.ts
+++ b/internal-packages/run-engine/src/engine/types.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ export type RunEngineOptions = {
       FairQueueSelectionStrategyOptions,
       "parentQueueLimit" | "tracer" | "biases" | "reuseSnapshotCount" | "maximumEnvCount"
     >;
-    maxDequeueLoopAttempts?: number;
   };
   runLock: {
     redis: RedisOptions;
diff --git a/internal-packages/run-engine/src/run-queue/index.ts b/internal-packages/run-engine/src/run-queue/index.ts
index f2677c64902..c34247f11cb 100644
--- a/internal-packages/run-engine/src/run-queue/index.ts
+++ b/internal-packages/run-engine/src/run-queue/index.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
   type Result,
 } from "@internal/redis";
 import { MessageNotFoundError } from "./errors.js";
+import { tryCatch } from "@trigger.dev/core";
 
 const SemanticAttributes = {
   QUEUE: "runqueue.queue",
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@ export type RunQueueOptions = {
   verbose?: boolean;
   logger?: Logger;
   retryOptions?: RetryOptions;
-  maxDequeueLoopAttempts?: number;
 };
 
 type DequeuedMessage = {
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ export class RunQueue {
   private redis: Redis;
   public keys: RunQueueKeyProducer;
   private queueSelectionStrategy: RunQueueSelectionStrategy;
-  private maxDequeueLoopAttempts: number;
 
   constructor(private readonly options: RunQueueOptions) {
     this.retryOptions = options.retryOptions ?? defaultRetrySettings;
@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ export class RunQueue {
 
     this.keys = options.keys;
     this.queueSelectionStrategy = options.queueSelectionStrategy;
-    this.maxDequeueLoopAttempts = options.maxDequeueLoopAttempts ?? 10;
 
     this.subscriber = createRedisClient(options.redis, {
       onError: (error) => {
@@ -396,55 +394,45 @@ export class RunQueue {
 
         let attemptedEnvs = 0;
         let attemptedQueues = 0;
-        let dequeueLoopAttempts = 0;
 
         const messages: DequeuedMessage[] = [];
 
-        // Each env starts with its list of candidate queues
-        const tenantQueues: Record<string, string[]> = {};
-
-        // Initialize tenantQueues with the queues for each env
         for (const env of envQueues) {
-          tenantQueues[env.envId] = [...env.queues]; // Create a copy of the queues array
-        }
-
-        // Continue until we've hit max count or all tenants have empty queue lists
-        while (
-          messages.length < maxCount &&
-          Object.values(tenantQueues).some((queues) => queues.length > 0) &&
-          dequeueLoopAttempts < this.maxDequeueLoopAttempts
-        ) {
-          dequeueLoopAttempts++;
+          attemptedEnvs++;
 
-          for (const env of envQueues) {
-            attemptedEnvs++;
-
-            // Skip if this tenant has no more queues
-            if (tenantQueues[env.envId].length === 0) {
-              continue;
-            }
-
-            // Pop the next queue (using round-robin order)
-            const queue = tenantQueues[env.envId].shift()!;
+          for (const queue of env.queues) {
             attemptedQueues++;
 
             // Attempt to dequeue from this queue
-            const message = await this.#callDequeueMessage({
-              messageQueue: queue,
-            });
+            const [error, message] = await tryCatch(
+              this.#callDequeueMessage({
+                messageQueue: queue,
+              })
+            );
+
+            if (error) {
+              this.logger.error(
+                `[dequeueMessageInSharedQueue][${this.name}] Failed to dequeue from queue ${queue}`,
+                {
+                  error,
+                }
+              );
+            }
 
             if (message) {
               messages.push(message);
-              // Re-add this queue at the end, since it might have more messages
-              tenantQueues[env.envId].push(queue);
             }
-            // If message is null, do not re-add the queue in this cycle
 
-            // If we've reached maxCount, break out of the loop
+            // If we've reached maxCount, we don't want to look at this env anymore
             if (messages.length >= maxCount) {
               break;
             }
           }
+
+          // If we've reached maxCount, we're completely done
+          if (messages.length >= maxCount) {
+            break;
+          }
         }
 
         span.setAttributes({
diff --git a/references/hello-world/src/trigger/deadlocks.ts b/references/hello-world/src/trigger/deadlocks.ts
index beb838e5b4b..8bf35de738c 100644
--- a/references/hello-world/src/trigger/deadlocks.ts
+++ b/references/hello-world/src/trigger/deadlocks.ts
@@ -14,22 +14,9 @@ export const deadlockReleasingQueue = queue({
 export const deadlockTester = task({
   id: "deadlock-tester",
   run: async (payload: any, { ctx }) => {
-    // await deadlockNestedTask.triggerAndWait({
-    //   message: "Hello, world!",
-    // });
-
-    await deadlockNestedTask.batchTriggerAndWait([
-      {
-        payload: {
-          message: "Hello, world!",
-        },
-      },
-      {
-        payload: {
-          message: "Hello, world!",
-        },
-      },
-    ]);
+    await deadlockNestedTask.triggerAndWait({
+      message: "Hello, world!",
+    });
   },
 });
 
@@ -37,22 +24,9 @@ export const deadlockNestedTask = task({
   id: "deadlock-nested-task",
   queue: deadlockQueue,
   run: async (payload: any, { ctx }) => {
-    // await deadlockTester.triggerAndWait({
-    //   message: "Hello, world!",
-    // });
-
-    await deadlockTester.batchTriggerAndWait([
-      {
-        payload: {
-          message: "Hello, world!",
-        },
-      },
-      {
-        payload: {
-          message: "Hello, world!",
-        },
-      },
-    ]);
+    await deadlockTester.triggerAndWait({
+      message: "Hello, world!",
+    });
 
     return {
       message: "Hello, world!",