diff --git a/community/lucene-index/src/main/java/org/neo4j/index/impl/lucene/legacy/IndexType.java b/community/lucene-index/src/main/java/org/neo4j/index/impl/lucene/legacy/IndexType.java
index 01bba166c6386..5fe98ced9544c 100644
--- a/community/lucene-index/src/main/java/org/neo4j/index/impl/lucene/legacy/IndexType.java
+++ b/community/lucene-index/src/main/java/org/neo4j/index/impl/lucene/legacy/IndexType.java
@@ -139,12 +139,6 @@ void removeFieldFromDocument( Document document, String name )
             document.removeFields( name );
         }
 
-        @Override
-        protected boolean haveSortedField( IndexableField field )
-        {
-            return !field.name().endsWith( EXACT_FIELD_SUFFIX ) && super.haveSortedField( field );
-        }
-
         @Override
         void removeFieldsFromDocument( Document document, String key, Object value )
         {
@@ -449,11 +443,6 @@ private boolean haveSortField( IndexableField[] fields )
         return false;
     }
 
-    protected boolean haveSortedField( IndexableField field )
-    {
-        return DocValuesType.NONE.equals( field.fieldType().docValuesType() ) && getFieldValue( field ) != null;
-    }
-
     private Object getFieldValue( IndexableField field )
     {
         Number numericFieldValue = field.numericValue();
diff --git a/community/lucene-index/src/test/java/org/neo4j/index/impl/lucene/legacy/TestLuceneIndex.java b/community/lucene-index/src/test/java/org/neo4j/index/impl/lucene/legacy/TestLuceneIndex.java
index df0170401c875..5895b7c08c9c8 100644
--- a/community/lucene-index/src/test/java/org/neo4j/index/impl/lucene/legacy/TestLuceneIndex.java
+++ b/community/lucene-index/src/test/java/org/neo4j/index/impl/lucene/legacy/TestLuceneIndex.java
@@ -233,29 +233,30 @@ public void queryIndexWithSortByStringAfterOtherPropertyUpdate()
         String[] names = new String[]{"Fry", "Leela", "Bender", "Amy", "Hubert", "Calculon"};
         String[] jobs = new String[]{"delivery boy", "pilot", "gambler", "intern", "professor", "actor"};
         Label characters = Label.label( "characters" );
-        try ( Transaction transaction = graphDb.beginTx() )
-        {
-            for ( int i = 0; i < names.length; i++ )
-            {
-                Node node = graphDb.createNode(characters);
-                node.setProperty( nameProperty, names[i] );
-                node.setProperty( jobNameProperty, jobs[i] );
-                index.add( node, nameProperty, names[i] );
-                index.add( node, jobNameProperty, jobs[i] );
-            }
-            transaction.success();
-        }
+        setPropertiesAndUpdateToJunior( index, nameProperty, jobNameProperty, names, jobs, characters );
 
-        try ( Transaction transaction = graphDb.beginTx() )
-        {
-            ResourceIterator<Node> nodes = graphDb.findNodes( characters );
-            nodes.stream().forEach( node ->
-            {
-                node.setProperty( jobNameProperty, "junior " + node.getProperty( jobNameProperty ) );
-                index.add( node, jobNameProperty, node.getProperty( jobNameProperty ) );
-            } );
-            transaction.success();
-        }
+        String[] sortedNames = new String[]{"Leela", "Hubert", "Fry", "Calculon", "Bender", "Amy"};
+        String[] sortedJobs = {"junior professor", "junior pilot", "junior intern", "junior gambler",
+                "junior delivery boy", "junior actor"};
+        queryAndSortNodesByStringProperty( index, nameProperty, sortedNames );
+        queryAndSortNodesByStringProperty( index, jobNameProperty, sortedJobs );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void queryCustomIndexWithSortByStringAfterOtherPropertyUpdate()
+    {
+
+        Index<Node> index = nodeIndex( MapUtil.stringMap( LuceneIndexImplementation.KEY_TYPE, "exact",
+                LuceneIndexImplementation.KEY_TO_LOWER_CASE, "true" ) );
+        commitTx();
+
+        String nameProperty = "NODE_NAME_CUSTOM";
+        String jobNameProperty = "NODE_JOB_NAME_CUSTOM";
+
+        String[] names = new String[]{"Fry", "Leela", "Bender", "Amy", "Hubert", "Calculon"};
+        String[] jobs = new String[]{"delivery boy", "pilot", "gambler", "intern", "professor", "actor"};
+        Label characters = Label.label( "characters_custom" );
+        setPropertiesAndUpdateToJunior( index, nameProperty, jobNameProperty, names, jobs, characters );
 
         String[] sortedNames = new String[]{"Leela", "Hubert", "Fry", "Calculon", "Bender", "Amy"};
         String[] sortedJobs = {"junior professor", "junior pilot", "junior intern", "junior gambler",
@@ -2202,4 +2203,32 @@ private void doubleNumericPropertyValueForAllNodesWithLabel( Index<Node> index,
         }
     }
 
+    private void setPropertiesAndUpdateToJunior( Index<Node> index, String nameProperty, String jobNameProperty,
+            String[] names, String[] jobs, Label characters )
+    {
+        try ( Transaction transaction = graphDb.beginTx() )
+        {
+            for ( int i = 0; i < names.length; i++ )
+            {
+                Node node = graphDb.createNode(characters);
+                node.setProperty( nameProperty, names[i] );
+                node.setProperty( jobNameProperty, jobs[i] );
+                index.add( node, nameProperty, names[i] );
+                index.add( node, jobNameProperty, jobs[i] );
+            }
+            transaction.success();
+        }
+
+        try ( Transaction transaction = graphDb.beginTx() )
+        {
+            ResourceIterator<Node> nodes = graphDb.findNodes( characters );
+            nodes.stream().forEach( node ->
+            {
+                node.setProperty( jobNameProperty, "junior " + node.getProperty( jobNameProperty ) );
+                index.add( node, jobNameProperty, node.getProperty( jobNameProperty ) );
+            } );
+            transaction.success();
+        }
+    }
+
 }