diff --git a/services/director-v2/src/simcore_service_director_v2/modules/comp_scheduler/_scheduler_dask.py b/services/director-v2/src/simcore_service_director_v2/modules/comp_scheduler/_scheduler_dask.py
index dc904a5b435f..3cb3d993fd9e 100644
--- a/services/director-v2/src/simcore_service_director_v2/modules/comp_scheduler/_scheduler_dask.py
+++ b/services/director-v2/src/simcore_service_director_v2/modules/comp_scheduler/_scheduler_dask.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 from pydantic import PositiveInt
 from servicelib.common_headers import UNDEFINED_DEFAULT_SIMCORE_USER_AGENT_VALUE
 from servicelib.logging_utils import log_catch, log_context
-from servicelib.redis._client import RedisClientSDK
 from servicelib.redis._semaphore_decorator import (
     with_limited_concurrency_cm,
 )
@@ -71,40 +70,6 @@
 _TASK_RETRIEVAL_ERROR_CONTEXT_TIME_KEY: Final[str] = "check_time"
 
 
-def _get_redis_client_from_scheduler(
-    _user_id: UserID,
-    scheduler: "DaskScheduler",
-    **kwargs,  # pylint: disable=unused-argument # noqa: ARG001
-) -> RedisClientSDK:
-    return scheduler.redis_client
-
-
-def _get_semaphore_cluster_redis_key(
-    user_id: UserID,
-    *args,  # pylint: disable=unused-argument # noqa: ARG001
-    run_metadata: RunMetadataDict,
-    **kwargs,  # pylint: disable=unused-argument # noqa: ARG001
-) -> str:
-    return f"{APP_NAME}-cluster-user_id_{user_id}-wallet_id_{run_metadata.get('wallet_id')}"
-
-
-def _get_semaphore_capacity_from_scheduler(
-    _user_id: UserID,
-    scheduler: "DaskScheduler",
-    **kwargs,  # pylint: disable=unused-argument # noqa: ARG001
-) -> int:
-    return (
-        scheduler.settings.COMPUTATIONAL_BACKEND_PER_CLUSTER_MAX_DISTRIBUTED_CONCURRENT_CONNECTIONS
-    )
-
-
-@with_limited_concurrency_cm(
-    _get_redis_client_from_scheduler,
-    key=_get_semaphore_cluster_redis_key,
-    capacity=_get_semaphore_capacity_from_scheduler,
-    blocking=True,
-    blocking_timeout=None,
-)
 @asynccontextmanager
 async def _cluster_dask_client(
     user_id: UserID,
@@ -122,12 +87,27 @@ async def _cluster_dask_client(
             user_id=user_id,
             wallet_id=run_metadata.get("wallet_id"),
         )
-    async with scheduler.dask_clients_pool.acquire(
-        cluster,
-        ref=_DASK_CLIENT_RUN_REF.format(
-            user_id=user_id, project_id=project_id, run_id=run_id
-        ),
-    ) as client:
+
+    @with_limited_concurrency_cm(
+        scheduler.redis_client,
+        key=f"{APP_NAME}-cluster-user_id_{user_id}-wallet_id_{run_metadata.get('wallet_id')}",
+        capacity=scheduler.settings.COMPUTATIONAL_BACKEND_PER_CLUSTER_MAX_DISTRIBUTED_CONCURRENT_CONNECTIONS,
+        blocking=True,
+        blocking_timeout=None,
+    )
+    @asynccontextmanager
+    async def _acquire_client(
+        user_id: UserID, scheduler: "DaskScheduler"
+    ) -> AsyncIterator[DaskClient]:
+        async with scheduler.dask_clients_pool.acquire(
+            cluster,
+            ref=_DASK_CLIENT_RUN_REF.format(
+                user_id=user_id, project_id=project_id, run_id=run_id
+            ),
+        ) as client:
+            yield client
+
+    async with _acquire_client(user_id, scheduler) as client:
         yield client