diff --git a/phoenix-core/src/it/java/org/apache/phoenix/end2end/IndexExtendedIT.java b/phoenix-core/src/it/java/org/apache/phoenix/end2end/IndexExtendedIT.java
index 10095f69935..254dc391461 100644
--- a/phoenix-core/src/it/java/org/apache/phoenix/end2end/IndexExtendedIT.java
+++ b/phoenix-core/src/it/java/org/apache/phoenix/end2end/IndexExtendedIT.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Table;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.ScanInfoUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
 import org.apache.phoenix.coprocessor.IndexRebuildRegionScanner;
 import org.apache.phoenix.hbase.index.IndexRegionObserver;
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ public IndexExtendedIT( boolean mutable, boolean localIndex, boolean useViewInde
     public static synchronized void doSetup() throws Exception {
         Map<String, String> serverProps = Maps.newHashMapWithExpectedSize(2);
         serverProps.put(QueryServices.EXTRA_JDBC_ARGUMENTS_ATTRIB, QueryServicesOptions.DEFAULT_EXTRA_JDBC_ARGUMENTS);
+        serverProps.put(ScanInfoUtil.PHOENIX_MAX_LOOKBACK_AGE_CONF_KEY, Integer.toString(60*60)); // An hour
         Map<String, String> clientProps = Maps.newHashMapWithExpectedSize(2);
         clientProps.put(QueryServices.TRANSACTIONS_ENABLED, Boolean.TRUE.toString());
         clientProps.put(QueryServices.FORCE_ROW_KEY_ORDER_ATTRIB, Boolean.TRUE.toString());
diff --git a/phoenix-core/src/it/java/org/apache/phoenix/end2end/IndexVerificationOldDesignIT.java b/phoenix-core/src/it/java/org/apache/phoenix/end2end/IndexVerificationOldDesignIT.java
index a045161aca5..d823920992c 100644
--- a/phoenix-core/src/it/java/org/apache/phoenix/end2end/IndexVerificationOldDesignIT.java
+++ b/phoenix-core/src/it/java/org/apache/phoenix/end2end/IndexVerificationOldDesignIT.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.phoenix.end2end;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.ScanInfoUtil;
 import org.apache.phoenix.mapreduce.index.IndexTool;
 import org.apache.phoenix.query.QueryServices;
 import org.apache.phoenix.query.QueryServicesOptions;
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ public static synchronized void setup() throws Exception {
         serverProps.put(QueryServices.EXTRA_JDBC_ARGUMENTS_ATTRIB,
                 QueryServicesOptions.DEFAULT_EXTRA_JDBC_ARGUMENTS);
         serverProps.put(QueryServices.INDEX_REBUILD_PAGE_SIZE_IN_ROWS, Long.toString(8));
+        serverProps.put(ScanInfoUtil.PHOENIX_MAX_LOOKBACK_AGE_CONF_KEY, Integer.toString(60*60)); // An hour
         Map<String, String> clientProps = Maps.newHashMapWithExpectedSize(2);
         clientProps.put(QueryServices.USE_STATS_FOR_PARALLELIZATION, Boolean.toString(true));
         clientProps.put(QueryServices.STATS_UPDATE_FREQ_MS_ATTRIB, Long.toString(5));
diff --git a/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/coprocessor/GlobalIndexRegionScanner.java b/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/coprocessor/GlobalIndexRegionScanner.java
index 8e1cad6ea5b..2d74349dcae 100644
--- a/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/coprocessor/GlobalIndexRegionScanner.java
+++ b/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/coprocessor/GlobalIndexRegionScanner.java
@@ -209,7 +209,11 @@ protected static boolean isTimestampBeforeTTL(long tableTTL, long currentTime, l
     protected static boolean isTimestampBeyondMaxLookBack(long maxLookBackInMills,
             long currentTime, long tsToCheck) {
         if (!ScanInfoUtil.isMaxLookbackTimeEnabled(maxLookBackInMills)) {
-            return false;
+            // By definition, if the max lookback feature is not enabled, then delete markers and rows
+            // version can be removed by compaction any time, and thus there is no window in which these mutations are
+            // preserved, i.e.,  the max lookback window size is zero. This means all the mutations are effectively
+            // beyond the zero size max lookback window.
+            return true;
         }
         return tsToCheck < (currentTime - maxLookBackInMills);
     }