diff --git a/sheets/tasks.py b/sheets/tasks.py
index f963ccdac..7355dba7a 100644
--- a/sheets/tasks.py
+++ b/sheets/tasks.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 """Sheets app tasks"""
-import json
 import logging
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from itertools import chain, repeat
@@ -112,15 +111,11 @@ def _get_scheduled_assignment_task_ids(file_id):
     # provided the given file_id as a kwarg, add its task id to the list
     for scheduled in chain.from_iterable(app.control.inspect().scheduled().values()):
         task_metadata = scheduled["request"]
-        if task_metadata["name"] == task_name:
-            # NOTE: Celery provides metadata for scheduled tasks, and the args/kwargs passed to
-            # that task are stored as serialized strings (e.g.: "{'file_id': '123'}"). Here the kwargs
-            # are being parsed as JSON after coercing the string to use double-quotes.
-            task_kwargs = json.loads(
-                task_metadata.get("kwargs", "{}").replace("'", '"')
-            )
-            if task_kwargs.get("file_id") == file_id:
-                already_scheduled_task_ids.append(task_metadata["id"])
+        if (
+            task_metadata["name"] == task_name
+            and task_metadata.get("kwargs", {}).get("file_id") == file_id
+        ):
+            already_scheduled_task_ids.append(task_metadata["id"])
     return already_scheduled_task_ids
 
 
diff --git a/sheets/tasks_test.py b/sheets/tasks_test.py
index a20e03738..285efea4e 100644
--- a/sheets/tasks_test.py
+++ b/sheets/tasks_test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 """Tests for sheets app views"""
-from sheets.tasks import handle_unprocessed_coupon_requests
+import pytest
+
+from sheets.tasks import (
+    handle_unprocessed_coupon_requests,
+    _get_scheduled_assignment_task_ids,
+)
 
 
 def test_handle_unprocessed_coupon_requests(mocker):
@@ -11,3 +16,35 @@ def test_handle_unprocessed_coupon_requests(mocker):
     )
     handle_unprocessed_coupon_requests.delay()
     patched_req_handler.return_value.process_sheet.assert_called_once()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("same_name", [True, False])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("same_id", [True, False])
+def test_get_scheduled_assignment_task_ids(mocker, same_name, same_id):
+    """The expected task ids should be returned"""
+    mock_app_control = mocker.patch("sheets.tasks.app.control")
+    file_id = "correct_file_id" if same_id else "different_id"
+    task_name = (
+        "sheets.tasks.process_coupon_assignment_sheet"
+        if same_name
+        else "sheets.tasks.other_sheet"
+    )
+    task_id = "123-456-7890"
+    mock_app_control.inspect.return_value.scheduled.return_value.values.return_value = [
+        [
+            {
+                "request": {
+                    "id": task_id,
+                    "name": task_name,
+                    "args": [],
+                    "kwargs": {
+                        "file_id": file_id,
+                        "change_date": "2023-02-06T21:35:11.280503+00:00",
+                    },
+                }
+            }
+        ]
+    ]
+    assert _get_scheduled_assignment_task_ids("correct_file_id") == (
+        [task_id] if (same_name and same_id) else []
+    )