diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
index fdc88a7ca..da14dd462 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read # to fetch code (actions/checkout)
 
+# cancel previous test builds if new commit is pushed.
+concurrency:
+  group: workflow-master-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ github.event.number }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   ssl-test:
     name: Run SSL tests
diff --git a/docs/docs/workers.md b/docs/docs/workers.md
index 262991c93..1521fe647 100644
--- a/docs/docs/workers.md
+++ b/docs/docs/workers.md
@@ -492,3 +492,4 @@ Options:
 * `-S` or `--serializer <path.to.Serializer>`: defaults to `rq.serializers.DefaultSerializer`. `rq.serializers.JSONSerializer` is also included.
 * `-P` or `--path <path>`: multiple import paths are supported (e.g `rq worker --path foo --path bar`).
 * `-j` or `--job-class <path.to.Job>`: defaults to `rq.job.Job`.
+* `--no-scheduler`: Disable scheduler. WorkerPool starts with scheduler by default.
diff --git a/rq/cli/cli.py b/rq/cli/cli.py
index 6b32a571d..7cf2ae55d 100755
--- a/rq/cli/cli.py
+++ b/rq/cli/cli.py
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ def enqueue(
 @click.option('--job-class', type=str, default=None, help='Dotted path to a Job class')
 @click.argument('queues', nargs=-1)
 @click.option('--num-workers', '-n', type=int, default=1, help='Number of workers to start')
+@click.option('--no-scheduler', is_flag=True, help='Run worker pool without scheduler')
 @pass_cli_config
 def worker_pool(
     cli_config,
@@ -472,6 +473,7 @@ def worker_pool(
     worker_class,
     job_class,
     num_workers,
+    no_scheduler,
     **options,
 ):
     """Starts a RQ worker pool"""
@@ -510,6 +512,7 @@ def worker_pool(
         serializer=serializer_class,
         worker_class=worker_class,
         job_class=job_class,
+        with_scheduler=not no_scheduler,
     )
     pool.start(burst=burst, logging_level=logging_level)
 
diff --git a/rq/worker_pool.py b/rq/worker_pool.py
index 92a7f2a15..999996058 100644
--- a/rq/worker_pool.py
+++ b/rq/worker_pool.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ def __init__(
         worker_class: Type[BaseWorker] = Worker,
         serializer: Type[DefaultSerializer] = DefaultSerializer,
         job_class: Type[Job] = Job,
+        with_scheduler: bool = True,
         *args,
         **kwargs,
     ):
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.worker_class: Type[BaseWorker] = worker_class
         self.serializer: Type[DefaultSerializer] = serializer
         self.job_class: Type[Job] = job_class
+        self.with_scheduler = with_scheduler
 
         # A dictionary of WorkerData keyed by worker name
         self.worker_dict: Dict[str, WorkerData] = {}
@@ -159,6 +161,7 @@ def get_worker_process(
                 'worker_class': self.worker_class,
                 'job_class': self.job_class,
                 'serializer': self.serializer,
+                'with_scheduler': self.with_scheduler,
             },
             name=f'Worker {name} (WorkerPool {self.name})',
         )
@@ -249,6 +252,7 @@ def run_worker(
     burst: bool = True,
     logging_level: str = "INFO",
     _sleep: int = 0,
+    with_scheduler=True,
 ):
     connection = connection_class(
         connection_pool=ConnectionPool(connection_class=connection_pool_class, **connection_pool_kwargs)
@@ -257,4 +261,4 @@ def run_worker(
     worker = worker_class(queues, name=worker_name, connection=connection, serializer=serializer, job_class=job_class)
     worker.log.info("Starting worker started with PID %s", os.getpid())
     time.sleep(_sleep)
-    worker.work(burst=burst, with_scheduler=True, logging_level=logging_level)
+    worker.work(burst=burst, with_scheduler=with_scheduler, logging_level=logging_level)
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index fbdb4c464..ae9e287e3 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -859,3 +859,19 @@ def test_worker_pool_logging_options(self):
         # --quiet and --verbose are mutually exclusive
         result = runner.invoke(main, args + ['--quiet', '--verbose'])
         self.assertNotEqual(result.exit_code, 0)
+
+    def test_worker_pool_without_scheduler(self):
+        """rq worker --no-scheduler disables scheduler"""
+        queue = Queue(connection=self.connection)
+        queue.enqueue_at(datetime(2019, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone.utc), say_hello)
+        registry = ScheduledJobRegistry(queue=queue)
+
+        runner = CliRunner()
+
+        result = runner.invoke(main, ['worker-pool', '-u', self.redis_url, '-b', '--no-scheduler'])
+        self.assert_normal_execution(result)
+        self.assertEqual(len(registry), 1)  # 1 job still scheduled
+
+        result = runner.invoke(main, ['worker-pool', '-u', self.redis_url, '-b'])
+        self.assert_normal_execution(result)
+        self.assertEqual(len(registry), 0)  # Job has been enqueued