diff --git a/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/IndexHalfStoreFileReaderGenerator.java b/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/IndexHalfStoreFileReaderGenerator.java
index 4a42984..7cd6405 100644
--- a/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/IndexHalfStoreFileReaderGenerator.java
+++ b/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/IndexHalfStoreFileReaderGenerator.java
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@
             long earliestPutTs, InternalScanner s, CompactionRequest request) throws IOException {
         if (!store.getFamily().getNameAsString()
                 .startsWith(QueryConstants.LOCAL_INDEX_COLUMN_FAMILY_PREFIX)
-                || !scanType.equals(ScanType.COMPACT_DROP_DELETES)
                 || s != null
                 || !store.hasReferences()) {
             return s;