diff --git a/lib/sidekiq_unique_jobs/orphans/ruby_reaper.rb b/lib/sidekiq_unique_jobs/orphans/ruby_reaper.rb
index 92af99ca..7c911be0 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq_unique_jobs/orphans/ruby_reaper.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq_unique_jobs/orphans/ruby_reaper.rb
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ def initialize(conn)
       # @return [Integer] the number of reaped locks
       #
       def call
-        return if queues_very_full?
-
         BatchDelete.call(expired_digests, conn)
         BatchDelete.call(orphans, conn)
       end
@@ -185,12 +183,7 @@ def active?(digest) # rubocop:disable Metrics/MethodLength, Metrics/CyclomaticCo
 
           procs.sort.each do |key|
             valid, workers = conn.pipelined do |pipeline|
-              # TODO: Remove the if statement in the future
-              if pipeline.respond_to?(:exists?)
-                pipeline.exists?(key)
-              else
-                pipeline.exists(key)
-              end
+              pipeline.exists(key)
               pipeline.hgetall("#{key}:work")
             end
 
@@ -286,7 +279,7 @@ def queues_very_full?
       # @return [false] when missing
       #
       def in_sorted_set?(key, digest)
-        conn.zscan(key, match: "*#{digest}*", count: 1).to_a.any?
+        conn.zscan(key, match: "*#{digest}*", count: 1000).to_a.any?
       end
     end
     # rubocop:enable Metrics/ClassLength
diff --git a/spec/performance/lock_digest_spec.rb b/spec/performance/lock_digest_spec.rb
index 49f8bf8f..5a6620fc 100644
--- a/spec/performance/lock_digest_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/performance/lock_digest_spec.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 RSpec.describe SidekiqUniqueJobs::LockDigest, perf: true do
-  let(:lock_digest)  { described_class.new(item) }
-  let(:job_class)    { UntilExecutedJob }
-  let(:class_name)   { worker_class.to_s }
-  let(:queue)        { "myqueue" }
-  let(:args)         { [[1, 2]] }
+  let(:service)    { described_class.new(item) }
+  let(:job_class)  { UntilExecutedJob }
+  let(:class_name) { job_class.to_s }
+  let(:queue)      { "myqueue" }
+  let(:args)       { [[1, 2]] }
   let(:item) do
     {
       "class" => class_name,
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   end
 
   describe "#lock_digest" do
-    subject(:lock_digest) { lock_digest.lock_digest }
+    subject(:lock_digest) { service.lock_digest }
 
     it "performs in under 0.1 ms" do
       expect { lock_digest }.to perform_under(0.1).ms
diff --git a/spec/performance/locksmith_spec.rb b/spec/performance/locksmith_spec.rb
index 90b57737..8cd41ade 100644
--- a/spec/performance/locksmith_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/performance/locksmith_spec.rb
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
   it "unlocks in under 1 ms" do
     locksmith_one.lock
 
-    expect { locksmith_one.unlock }.to perform_under(1).ms
+    expect { locksmith_one.unlock }.to perform_under(2).ms
   end
 
   it "locks with expected allocations" do
-    expect { locksmith_one.lock {} }.to perform_allocation(Array => 12_640, Hash => 13_888).bytes
+    expect { locksmith_one.lock {} }.to perform_allocation({ Array => 12_640, Hash => 13_888 }).bytes
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/performance/orphans/ruby_reaper_spec.rb b/spec/performance/orphans/ruby_reaper_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..551ebc4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/performance/orphans/ruby_reaper_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+RSpec.describe SidekiqUniqueJobs::Orphans::RubyReaper do
+  let(:service)  { redis { |conn| described_class.new(conn) } }
+  let(:digest)   { "uniquejobs:digest" }
+  let(:job_id)   { "job_id" }
+  let(:item)     { raw_item }
+  let(:lock)     { SidekiqUniqueJobs::Lock.create(digest, job_id, lock_info) }
+  let(:raw_item) { { "class" => MyUniqueJob, "args" => [], "jid" => job_id, "lock_digest" => digest } }
+  let(:lock_info) do
+    {
+      "job_id" => job_id,
+      "limit" => 1,
+      "lock" => :while_executing,
+      "time" => now_f,
+      "timeout" => nil,
+      "ttl" => nil,
+      "lock_args" => [],
+      "worker" => "MyUniqueJob",
+    }
+  end
+
+  describe "#in_sorted_set?" do
+    subject(:in_sorted_set?) { service.send(:in_sorted_set?, "retry", digest) }
+
+    context "when retried" do
+      let(:item) { raw_item.merge("retry_count" => 2, "failed_at" => now_f) }
+
+      context "with job in retry", perf: true do
+        before do
+          puts "#{Time.now} - Adding 100_000 to retry queue"
+
+          1_000_000.times do |i|
+            zadd("retry", (Time.now.to_f - i).to_s, dump_json(item.except("lock_digest")))
+          end
+
+          zadd("retry", (Time.now.to_f + 200_000).to_s, dump_json(item))
+
+          puts "#{Time.now} - Done adding to retry queue"
+        end
+
+        it { expect { service.send(:in_sorted_set?, "retry", digest) }.to perform_under(2).ms }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/support/rspec_benchmark.rb b/spec/support/rspec_benchmark.rb
index 61a0c7b6..9355487a 100644
--- a/spec/support/rspec_benchmark.rb
+++ b/spec/support/rspec_benchmark.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
   end
 
   RSpec::Benchmark.configure do |config|
+    config.run_in_subprocess = false
+    config.disable_gc = false
     config.samples = 10
   end
 rescue LoadError