diff --git a/internal/rdb/rdb.go b/internal/rdb/rdb.go
index a5a3aef..35df06d 100644
--- a/internal/rdb/rdb.go
+++ b/internal/rdb/rdb.go
@@ -77,26 +77,12 @@ func (r *RDB) Done(msg *base.TaskMessage) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	// Note: LREM count ZERO means "remove all elements equal to val"
-	// Note: Script will try removing the message by exact match first,
-	// if the task is mutated and exact match is not found, it'll fallback
-	// to finding a match with ID.
 	// KEYS[1] -> asynq:in_progress
 	// KEYS[2] -> asynq:processed:<yyyy-mm-dd>
 	// ARGV[1] -> base.TaskMessage value
 	// ARGV[2] -> stats expiration timestamp
 	script := redis.NewScript(`
-	local x = redis.call("LREM", KEYS[1], 0, ARGV[1]) 
-	if tonumber(x) == 0 then
-		local target = cjson.decode(ARGV[1])
-		local data = redis.call("LRANGE", KEYS[1], 0, -1)
-		for _, s in ipairs(data) do
-			local msg = cjson.decode(s)
-			if target["ID"] == msg["ID"] then
-				redis.call("LREM", KEYS[1], 0, s)
-				break
-			end
-		end
-	end
+	redis.call("LREM", KEYS[1], 0, ARGV[1]) 
 	local n = redis.call("INCR", KEYS[2])
 	if tonumber(n) == 1 then
 		redis.call("EXPIREAT", KEYS[2], ARGV[2])
@@ -157,9 +143,6 @@ func (r *RDB) Retry(msg *base.TaskMessage, processAt time.Time, errMsg string) e
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	// Note: Script will try removing the message by exact match first,
-	// if the task is mutated and exact match is not found, it'll fallback
-	// to finding a match with ID.
 	// KEYS[1] -> asynq:in_progress
 	// KEYS[2] -> asynq:retry
 	// KEYS[3] -> asynq:processed:<yyyy-mm-dd>
@@ -169,18 +152,7 @@ func (r *RDB) Retry(msg *base.TaskMessage, processAt time.Time, errMsg string) e
 	// ARGV[3] -> retry_at UNIX timestamp
 	// ARGV[4] -> stats expiration timestamp
 	script := redis.NewScript(`
-	local x = redis.call("LREM", KEYS[1], 0, ARGV[1])
-	if tonumber(x) == 0 then
-		local target = cjson.decode(ARGV[1])
-		local data = redis.call("LRANGE", KEYS[1], 0, -1)
-		for _, s in ipairs(data) do
-			local msg = cjson.decode(s)
-			if target["ID"] == msg["ID"] then
-				redis.call("LREM", KEYS[1], 0, s)
-				break
-			end
-		end
-	end
+	redis.call("LREM", KEYS[1], 0, ARGV[1])
 	redis.call("ZADD", KEYS[2], ARGV[3], ARGV[2])
 	local n = redis.call("INCR", KEYS[3])
 	if tonumber(n) == 1 then
@@ -225,9 +197,6 @@ func (r *RDB) Kill(msg *base.TaskMessage, errMsg string) error {
 	processedKey := base.ProcessedKey(now)
 	failureKey := base.FailureKey(now)
 	expireAt := now.Add(statsTTL)
-	// Note: Script will try removing the message by exact match first,
-	// if the task is mutated and exact match is not found, it'll fallback
-	// to finding a match with ID.
 	// KEYS[1] -> asynq:in_progress
 	// KEYS[2] -> asynq:dead
 	// KEYS[3] -> asynq:processed:<yyyy-mm-dd>
@@ -239,18 +208,7 @@ func (r *RDB) Kill(msg *base.TaskMessage, errMsg string) error {
 	// ARGV[5] -> max number of tasks in dead queue (e.g., 100)
 	// ARGV[6] -> stats expiration timestamp
 	script := redis.NewScript(`
-	local x = redis.call("LREM", KEYS[1], 0, ARGV[1])
-	if tonumber(x) == 0 then
-		local target = cjson.decode(ARGV[1])
-		local data = redis.call("LRANGE", KEYS[1], 0, -1)
-		for _, s in ipairs(data) do
-			local msg = cjson.decode(s)
-			if target["ID"] == msg["ID"] then
-				redis.call("LREM", KEYS[1], 0, s)
-				break
-			end
-		end
-	end
+	redis.call("LREM", KEYS[1], 0, ARGV[1])
 	redis.call("ZADD", KEYS[2], ARGV[3], ARGV[2])
 	redis.call("ZREMRANGEBYSCORE", KEYS[2], "-inf", ARGV[4])
 	redis.call("ZREMRANGEBYRANK", KEYS[2], 0, -ARGV[5])