diff --git a/swh/scheduler/sql/30-swh-schema.sql b/swh/scheduler/sql/30-swh-schema.sql
--- a/swh/scheduler/sql/30-swh-schema.sql
+++ b/swh/scheduler/sql/30-swh-schema.sql
@@ -81,12 +81,6 @@
                                        'transient failure';
 comment on column task.priority is 'Policy of the given task';
 
-create index on task(type);
-create index on task(next_run);
-create index task_args on task using btree ((arguments -> 'args'));
-create index task_kwargs on task using gin ((arguments -> 'kwargs'));
-create index on task(priority);
-
 create type task_run_status as enum ('scheduled', 'started', 'eventful', 'uneventful', 'failed', 'permfailed', 'lost');
 comment on type task_run_status is 'Status of a given task run';
 
@@ -106,415 +100,3 @@
                                        'For instance, the worker that took on the job, '
                                        'or the logs for the run.';
 
-create index on task_run(task);
-create index on task_run(backend_id);
-
-create or replace function swh_scheduler_mktemp_task ()
-  returns void
-  language sql
-as $$
-  create temporary table tmp_task (
-    like task excluding indexes
-  ) on commit drop;
-  alter table tmp_task
-    alter column retries_left drop not null,
-    drop column id;
-$$;
-
-comment on function swh_scheduler_mktemp_task () is 'Create a temporary table for bulk task creation';
-
-create or replace function swh_scheduler_create_tasks_from_temp ()
-  returns setof task
-  language plpgsql
-as $$
-begin
-  -- update the default values in one go
-  -- this is separated from the insert/select to avoid too much
-  -- juggling
-  update tmp_task t
-  set current_interval = tt.default_interval,
-      retries_left = coalesce(retries_left, tt.num_retries, 0)
-  from task_type tt
-  where tt.type=t.type;
-
-  insert into task (type, arguments, next_run, status, current_interval, policy,
-                    retries_left, priority)
-    select type, arguments, next_run, status, current_interval, policy,
-           retries_left, priority
-    from tmp_task t
-    where not exists(select 1
-                     from task
-                     where type = t.type and
-                           arguments->'args' = t.arguments->'args' and
-                           arguments->'kwargs' = t.arguments->'kwargs' and
-                           policy = t.policy and
-                           priority is not distinct from t.priority and
-                           status = t.status);
-
-  return query
-    select distinct t.*
-    from tmp_task tt inner join task t on (
-      tt.type = t.type and
-      tt.arguments->'args' = t.arguments->'args' and
-      tt.arguments->'kwargs' = t.arguments->'kwargs' and
-      tt.policy = t.policy and
-      tt.priority is not distinct from t.priority and
-      tt.status = t.status
-    );
-end;
-$$;
-
-comment on function swh_scheduler_create_tasks_from_temp () is 'Create tasks in bulk from the temporary table';
-
-create or replace function swh_scheduler_peek_no_priority_tasks (task_type text, ts timestamptz default now(),
-                                                                 num_tasks bigint default NULL)
-  returns setof task
-  language sql
-  stable
-as $$
-select * from task
-  where next_run <= ts
-        and type = task_type
-        and status = 'next_run_not_scheduled'
-        and priority is null
-  order by next_run
-  limit num_tasks
-  for update skip locked;
-$$;
-
-comment on function swh_scheduler_peek_no_priority_tasks (text, timestamptz, bigint)
-is 'Retrieve tasks without priority';
-
-create or replace function swh_scheduler_nb_priority_tasks(num_tasks_priority bigint, task_priority task_priority)
-  returns numeric
-  language sql stable
-as $$
-  select ceil(num_tasks_priority * (select ratio from priority_ratio where id = task_priority)) :: numeric
-$$;
-
-comment on function swh_scheduler_nb_priority_tasks (bigint, task_priority)
-is 'Given a priority task and a total number, compute the number of tasks to read';
-
-create or replace function swh_scheduler_peek_tasks_with_priority (task_type text, ts timestamptz default now(),
-                                                                   num_tasks_priority bigint default NULL,
-                                                                   task_priority task_priority default 'normal')
-  returns setof task
-  language sql
-  stable
-as $$
-  select *
-  from task t
-  where t.next_run <= ts
-        and t.type = task_type
-        and t.status = 'next_run_not_scheduled'
-        and t.priority = task_priority
-  order by t.next_run
-  limit num_tasks_priority
-  for update skip locked;
-$$;
-
-comment on function swh_scheduler_peek_tasks_with_priority(text, timestamptz, bigint, task_priority)
-is 'Retrieve tasks with a given priority';
-
-create or replace function swh_scheduler_peek_priority_tasks (task_type text, ts timestamptz default now(),
-                                                              num_tasks_priority bigint default NULL)
-  returns setof task
-  language plpgsql
-as $$
-declare
-  r record;
-  count_row bigint;
-  nb_diff bigint;
-  nb_high bigint;
-  nb_normal bigint;
-  nb_low bigint;
-begin
-    -- expected values to fetch
-    select swh_scheduler_nb_priority_tasks(num_tasks_priority, 'high') into nb_high;
-    select swh_scheduler_nb_priority_tasks(num_tasks_priority, 'normal') into nb_normal;
-    select swh_scheduler_nb_priority_tasks(num_tasks_priority, 'low') into nb_low;
-    nb_diff := 0;
-    count_row := 0;
-
-    for r in select * from swh_scheduler_peek_tasks_with_priority(task_type, ts, nb_high, 'high')
-    loop
-        count_row := count_row + 1;
-        return next r;
-    end loop;
-
-    if count_row < nb_high then
-        nb_normal := nb_normal + nb_high - count_row;
-    end if;
-
-    count_row := 0;
-    for r in select * from swh_scheduler_peek_tasks_with_priority(task_type, ts, nb_normal, 'normal')
-    loop
-        count_row := count_row + 1;
-        return next r;
-    end loop;
-
-    if count_row < nb_normal then
-        nb_low := nb_low + nb_normal - count_row;
-    end if;
-
-    return query select * from swh_scheduler_peek_tasks_with_priority(task_type, ts, nb_low, 'low');
-end
-$$;
-
-comment on function swh_scheduler_peek_priority_tasks(text, timestamptz, bigint)
-is 'Retrieve priority tasks';
-
-create or replace function swh_scheduler_peek_ready_tasks (task_type text, ts timestamptz default now(),
-                                                           num_tasks bigint default NULL, num_tasks_priority bigint default NULL)
-  returns setof task
-  language plpgsql
-as $$
-declare
-  r record;
-  count_row bigint;
-  nb_diff bigint;
-  nb_tasks bigint;
-begin
-    count_row := 0;
-
-    for r in select * from swh_scheduler_peek_priority_tasks(task_type, ts, num_tasks_priority)
-             order by priority, next_run
-    loop
-        count_row := count_row + 1;
-        return next r;
-    end loop;
-
-    if count_row < num_tasks_priority then
-       nb_tasks := num_tasks + num_tasks_priority - count_row;
-    else
-       nb_tasks := num_tasks;
-    end if;
-
-    for r in select * from swh_scheduler_peek_no_priority_tasks(task_type, ts, nb_tasks)
-             order by priority, next_run
-    loop
-        return next r;
-    end loop;
-
-    return;
-end
-$$;
-
-comment on function swh_scheduler_peek_ready_tasks(text, timestamptz, bigint, bigint)
-is 'Retrieve tasks with/without priority in order';
-
-create or replace function swh_scheduler_grab_ready_tasks (task_type text, ts timestamptz default now(),
-                                                           num_tasks bigint default NULL,
-                                                           num_tasks_priority bigint default NULL)
-  returns setof task
-  language sql
-as $$
-  update task
-    set status='next_run_scheduled'
-    from (
-        select id from swh_scheduler_peek_ready_tasks(task_type, ts, num_tasks, num_tasks_priority)
-    ) next_tasks
-    where task.id = next_tasks.id
-  returning task.*;
-$$;
-
-comment on function swh_scheduler_grab_ready_tasks (text, timestamptz, bigint, bigint)
-is 'Grab tasks ready for scheduling and change their status';
-
-create or replace function swh_scheduler_schedule_task_run (task_id bigint,
-                                                            backend_id text,
-                                                            metadata jsonb default '{}'::jsonb,
-                                                            ts timestamptz default now())
-  returns task_run
-  language sql
-as $$
-  insert into task_run (task, backend_id, metadata, scheduled, status)
-    values (task_id, backend_id, metadata, ts, 'scheduled')
-  returning *;
-$$;
-
-create or replace function swh_scheduler_mktemp_task_run ()
-  returns void
-  language sql
-as $$
-  create temporary table tmp_task_run (
-    like task_run excluding indexes
-  ) on commit drop;
-  alter table tmp_task_run
-    drop column id,
-    drop column status;
-$$;
-
-comment on function swh_scheduler_mktemp_task_run () is 'Create a temporary table for bulk task run scheduling';
-
-create or replace function swh_scheduler_schedule_task_run_from_temp ()
-  returns void
-  language plpgsql
-as $$
-begin
-  insert into task_run (task, backend_id, metadata, scheduled, status)
-    select task, backend_id, metadata, scheduled, 'scheduled'
-      from tmp_task_run;
-  return;
-end;
-$$;
-
-create or replace function swh_scheduler_start_task_run (backend_id text,
-                                                         metadata jsonb default '{}'::jsonb,
-                                                         ts timestamptz default now())
-  returns task_run
-  language sql
-as $$
-  update task_run
-    set started = ts,
-        status = 'started',
-        metadata = coalesce(task_run.metadata, '{}'::jsonb) || swh_scheduler_start_task_run.metadata
-    where task_run.backend_id = swh_scheduler_start_task_run.backend_id
-  returning *;
-$$;
-
-create or replace function swh_scheduler_end_task_run (backend_id text,
-                                                       status task_run_status,
-                                                       metadata jsonb default '{}'::jsonb,
-                                                       ts timestamptz default now())
-  returns task_run
-  language sql
-as $$
-  update task_run
-    set ended = ts,
-        status = swh_scheduler_end_task_run.status,
-        metadata = coalesce(task_run.metadata, '{}'::jsonb) || swh_scheduler_end_task_run.metadata
-    where task_run.backend_id = swh_scheduler_end_task_run.backend_id
-  returning *;
-$$;
-
-create type task_record as (
-    task_id bigint,
-    task_policy task_policy,
-    task_status task_status,
-    task_run_id bigint,
-    arguments jsonb,
-    type text,
-    backend_id text,
-    metadata jsonb,
-    scheduled timestamptz,
-    started timestamptz,
-    ended timestamptz,
-    task_run_status task_run_status
-);
-
-create index task_run_id_asc_idx on task_run(task asc, started asc);
-
-create or replace function swh_scheduler_task_to_archive(
-  ts_after timestamptz, ts_before timestamptz, last_id bigint default -1,
-  lim bigint default 10)
-  returns setof task_record
-  language sql stable
-as $$
-   select t.id as task_id, t.policy as task_policy,
-          t.status as task_status, tr.id as task_run_id,
-          t.arguments, t.type, tr.backend_id, tr.metadata,
-          tr.scheduled, tr.started, tr.ended, tr.status as task_run_status
-   from task_run tr inner join task t on tr.task=t.id
-   where ((t.policy = 'oneshot' and t.status in ('completed', 'disabled')) or
-          (t.policy = 'recurring' and t.status = 'disabled')) and
-          ((ts_after <= tr.started and tr.started < ts_before) or tr.started is null) and
-          t.id > last_id
-   order by tr.task, tr.started
-   limit lim;
-$$;
-
-comment on function swh_scheduler_task_to_archive (timestamptz, timestamptz, bigint, bigint) is 'Read archivable tasks function';
-
-create or replace function swh_scheduler_delete_archived_tasks(
-  task_ids bigint[], task_run_ids bigint[])
-  returns void
-  language sql
-as $$
-  -- clean up task_run_ids
-  delete from task_run where id in (select * from unnest(task_run_ids));
-  -- clean up only tasks whose associated task_run are all cleaned up.
-  -- Remaining tasks will stay there and will be cleaned up when
-  -- remaining data have been indexed
-  delete from task
-  where id in (select t.id
-               from task t left outer join task_run tr on t.id=tr.task
-               where t.id in (select * from unnest(task_ids))
-               and tr.task is null);
-$$;
-
-comment on function swh_scheduler_delete_archived_tasks(bigint[], bigint[]) is 'Clean up archived tasks function';
-
-create or replace function swh_scheduler_update_task_on_task_end ()
-  returns trigger
-  language plpgsql
-as $$
-declare
-  cur_task task%rowtype;
-  cur_task_type task_type%rowtype;
-  adjustment_factor float;
-  new_interval interval;
-begin
-  select * from task where id = new.task into cur_task;
-  select * from task_type where type = cur_task.type into cur_task_type;
-
-  case
-    when new.status = 'permfailed' then
-      update task
-        set status = 'disabled'
-        where id = cur_task.id;
-    when new.status in ('eventful', 'uneventful') then
-      case
-        when cur_task.policy = 'oneshot' then
-          update task
-            set status = 'completed'
-            where id = cur_task.id;
-        when cur_task.policy = 'recurring' then
-          if new.status = 'uneventful' then
-            adjustment_factor := 1/cur_task_type.backoff_factor;
-          else
-            adjustment_factor := 1/cur_task_type.backoff_factor;
-          end if;
-          new_interval := greatest(
-            cur_task_type.min_interval,
-            least(
-              cur_task_type.max_interval,
-              adjustment_factor * cur_task.current_interval));
-          update task
-            set status = 'next_run_not_scheduled',
-                next_run = now() + new_interval,
-                current_interval = new_interval,
-                retries_left = coalesce(cur_task_type.num_retries, 0)
-            where id = cur_task.id;
-      end case;
-    else -- new.status in 'failed', 'lost'
-      if cur_task.retries_left > 0 then
-        update task
-          set status = 'next_run_not_scheduled',
-              next_run = now() + coalesce(cur_task_type.retry_delay, interval '1 hour'),
-              retries_left = cur_task.retries_left - 1
-          where id = cur_task.id;
-      else -- no retries left
-        case
-          when cur_task.policy = 'oneshot' then
-            update task
-              set status = 'disabled'
-              where id = cur_task.id;
-          when cur_task.policy = 'recurring' then
-            update task
-              set status = 'next_run_not_scheduled',
-                  next_run = now() + cur_task.current_interval,
-                  retries_left = coalesce(cur_task_type.num_retries, 0)
-              where id = cur_task.id;
-        end case;
-      end if; -- retries
-  end case;
-  return null;
-end;
-$$;
-
-create trigger update_task_on_task_end
-  after update of status on task_run
-  for each row
-  when (new.status NOT IN ('scheduled', 'started'))
-  execute procedure swh_scheduler_update_task_on_task_end ();
diff --git a/swh/scheduler/sql/30-swh-schema.sql b/swh/scheduler/sql/40-swh-func.sql
copy from swh/scheduler/sql/30-swh-schema.sql
copy to swh/scheduler/sql/40-swh-func.sql
--- a/swh/scheduler/sql/30-swh-schema.sql
+++ b/swh/scheduler/sql/40-swh-func.sql
@@ -1,114 +1,3 @@
-create table dbversion
-(
-  version     int primary key,
-  release     timestamptz not null,
-  description text not null
-);
-
-comment on table dbversion is 'Schema update tracking';
-
-insert into dbversion (version, release, description)
-       values (12, now(), 'Work In Progress');
-
-create table task_type (
-  type text primary key,
-  description text not null,
-  backend_name text not null,
-  default_interval interval,
-  min_interval interval,
-  max_interval interval,
-  backoff_factor float,
-  max_queue_length bigint,
-  num_retries bigint,
-  retry_delay interval
-);
-
-comment on table task_type is 'Types of schedulable tasks';
-comment on column task_type.type is 'Short identifier for the task type';
-comment on column task_type.description is 'Human-readable task description';
-comment on column task_type.backend_name is 'Name of the task in the job-running backend';
-comment on column task_type.default_interval is 'Default interval for newly scheduled tasks';
-comment on column task_type.min_interval is 'Minimum interval between two runs of a task';
-comment on column task_type.max_interval is 'Maximum interval between two runs of a task';
-comment on column task_type.backoff_factor is 'Adjustment factor for the backoff between two task runs';
-comment on column task_type.max_queue_length is 'Maximum length of the queue for this type of tasks';
-comment on column task_type.num_retries is 'Default number of retries on transient failures';
-comment on column task_type.retry_delay is 'Retry delay for the task';
-
-create type task_status as enum ('next_run_not_scheduled', 'next_run_scheduled', 'completed', 'disabled');
-comment on type task_status is 'Status of a given task';
-
-create type task_policy as enum ('recurring', 'oneshot');
-comment on type task_policy is 'Recurrence policy of the given task';
-
-create type task_priority as enum('high', 'normal', 'low');
-comment on type task_priority is 'Priority of the given task';
-
-create table priority_ratio(
-  id task_priority primary key,
-  ratio float not null
-);
-
-comment on table priority_ratio is 'Oneshot task''s reading ratio per priority';
-comment on column priority_ratio.id is 'Task priority id';
-comment on column priority_ratio.ratio is 'Percentage of tasks to read per priority';
-
-insert into priority_ratio (id, ratio) values ('high', 0.5);
-insert into priority_ratio (id, ratio) values ('normal', 0.3);
-insert into priority_ratio (id, ratio) values ('low', 0.2);
-
-create table task (
-  id bigserial primary key,
-  type text not null references task_type(type),
-  arguments jsonb not null,
-  next_run timestamptz not null,
-  current_interval interval,
-  status task_status not null,
-  policy task_policy not null default 'recurring',
-  retries_left bigint not null default 0,
-  priority task_priority references priority_ratio(id),
-  check (policy <> 'recurring' or current_interval is not null)
-);
-
-comment on table task is 'Schedule of recurring tasks';
-comment on column task.arguments is 'Arguments passed to the underlying job scheduler. '
-                                    'Contains two keys, ''args'' (list) and ''kwargs'' (object).';
-comment on column task.next_run is 'The next run of this task should be run on or after that time';
-comment on column task.current_interval is 'The interval between two runs of this task, '
-                                           'taking into account the backoff factor';
-comment on column task.policy is 'Whether the task is one-shot or recurring';
-comment on column task.retries_left is 'The number of "short delay" retries of the task in case of '
-                                       'transient failure';
-comment on column task.priority is 'Policy of the given task';
-
-create index on task(type);
-create index on task(next_run);
-create index task_args on task using btree ((arguments -> 'args'));
-create index task_kwargs on task using gin ((arguments -> 'kwargs'));
-create index on task(priority);
-
-create type task_run_status as enum ('scheduled', 'started', 'eventful', 'uneventful', 'failed', 'permfailed', 'lost');
-comment on type task_run_status is 'Status of a given task run';
-
-create table task_run (
-  id bigserial primary key,
-  task bigint not null references task(id),
-  backend_id text,
-  scheduled timestamptz,
-  started timestamptz,
-  ended timestamptz,
-  metadata jsonb,
-  status task_run_status not null default 'scheduled'
-);
-comment on table task_run is 'History of task runs sent to the job-running backend';
-comment on column task_run.backend_id is 'id of the task run in the job-running backend';
-comment on column task_run.metadata is 'Useful metadata for the given task run. '
-                                       'For instance, the worker that took on the job, '
-                                       'or the logs for the run.';
-
-create index on task_run(task);
-create index on task_run(backend_id);
-
 create or replace function swh_scheduler_mktemp_task ()
   returns void
   language sql
@@ -403,8 +292,6 @@
     task_run_status task_run_status
 );
 
-create index task_run_id_asc_idx on task_run(task asc, started asc);
-
 create or replace function swh_scheduler_task_to_archive(
   ts_after timestamptz, ts_before timestamptz, last_id bigint default -1,
   lim bigint default 10)
@@ -518,3 +405,4 @@
   for each row
   when (new.status NOT IN ('scheduled', 'started'))
   execute procedure swh_scheduler_update_task_on_task_end ();
+
diff --git a/swh/scheduler/sql/40-swh-data.sql b/swh/scheduler/sql/50-swh-data.sql
rename from swh/scheduler/sql/40-swh-data.sql
rename to swh/scheduler/sql/50-swh-data.sql
diff --git a/swh/scheduler/sql/60-swh-indexes.sql b/swh/scheduler/sql/60-swh-indexes.sql
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/scheduler/sql/60-swh-indexes.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+create index on task(type);
+create index on task(next_run);
+create index task_args on task using btree ((arguments -> 'args'));
+create index task_kwargs on task using gin ((arguments -> 'kwargs'));
+create index on task(priority);
+
+create index on task_run(task);
+create index on task_run(backend_id);
+
+create index task_run_id_asc_idx on task_run(task asc, started asc);
+