diff --git a/taskcluster/taskgraph/optimize/backstop.py b/taskcluster/taskgraph/optimize/backstop.py
index 395f4e965e42..e265b495e6e0 100644
--- a/taskcluster/taskgraph/optimize/backstop.py
+++ b/taskcluster/taskgraph/optimize/backstop.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
 from taskgraph.optimize import OptimizationStrategy, register_strategy
+from taskgraph.util.attributes import match_run_on_projects
 
 
 @register_strategy("backstop")
@@ -25,10 +26,21 @@ class PushInterval(OptimizationStrategy):
 
     Args:
         push_interval (int): Number of pushes
+        remove_on_projects (set): For non-autoland projects, the task will
+            be removed if we're running on one of these projects, otherwise
+            it will be kept.
     """
-    def __init__(self, push_interval):
+    def __init__(self, push_interval, remove_on_projects=None):
         self.push_interval = push_interval
+        self.remove_on_projects = remove_on_projects or {'try'}
 
     def should_remove_task(self, task, params, _):
+        project = params["project"]
+
+        # Scheduling on a backstop only makes sense on autoland. For other projects,
+        # remove the task if the project matches self.remove_on_projects.
+        if project != 'autoland':
+            return match_run_on_projects(project, self.remove_on_projects)
+
         # On every Nth push, want to run all tasks.
         return int(params["pushlog_id"]) % self.push_interval != 0
diff --git a/taskcluster/taskgraph/test/test_optimize_strategies.py b/taskcluster/taskgraph/test/test_optimize_strategies.py
index 43e6f7697798..bf179aea643d 100644
--- a/taskcluster/taskgraph/test/test_optimize_strategies.py
+++ b/taskcluster/taskgraph/test/test_optimize_strategies.py
@@ -336,6 +336,15 @@ def test_push_interval(params):
     scheduled = {t.label for t in default_tasks if not opt.should_remove_task(t, params, None)}
     assert scheduled == all_labels
 
+    # On non-autoland projects the 'remove_on_projects' value is used.
+    params['project'] = 'mozilla-central'
+    scheduled = {t.label for t in default_tasks if not opt.should_remove_task(t, params, None)}
+    assert scheduled == all_labels
+
+    params['project'] = 'try'
+    scheduled = {t.label for t in default_tasks if not opt.should_remove_task(t, params, None)}
+    assert scheduled == set()
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()