diff --git a/src/guc.c b/src/guc.c
index 12347e30b..caa397024 100644
--- a/src/guc.c
+++ b/src/guc.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ TSDLLEXPORT bool ts_guc_enable_decompression_sorted_merge = true;
 bool ts_guc_enable_async_append = true;
 bool ts_guc_enable_chunkwise_aggregation = true;
 bool ts_guc_enable_vectorized_aggregation = true;
-TSDLLEXPORT bool ts_guc_enable_compression_indexscan = true;
+TSDLLEXPORT bool ts_guc_enable_compression_indexscan = false;
 TSDLLEXPORT bool ts_guc_enable_bulk_decompression = true;
 TSDLLEXPORT int ts_guc_bgw_log_level = WARNING;
 TSDLLEXPORT bool ts_guc_enable_skip_scan = true;
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ _guc_init(void)
 							 "Enable compression to take indexscan path",
 							 "Enable indexscan during compression, if matching index is found",
 							 &ts_guc_enable_compression_indexscan,
-							 true,
+							 false,
 							 PGC_USERSET,
 							 0,
 							 NULL,
diff --git a/tsl/test/expected/compression_bgw-13.out b/tsl/test/expected/compression_bgw-13.out
index 574c2a1d1..8f2321979 100644
--- a/tsl/test/expected/compression_bgw-13.out
+++ b/tsl/test/expected/compression_bgw-13.out
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ LOG:  statement: CALL run_job(1004);
 LOG:  acquiring locks for compressing "_timescaledb_internal._hyper_11_40_chunk"
 LOG:  locks acquired for compressing "_timescaledb_internal._hyper_11_40_chunk"
 LOG:  new compressed chunk "_timescaledb_internal.compress_hyper_13_61_chunk" created
-LOG:  using index "_hyper_11_40_chunk_conditions_time_idx" to scan rows for compression
+LOG:  using tuplesort to scan rows from "_hyper_11_40_chunk" for compression
 LOG:  finished compressing 144 rows from "_hyper_11_40_chunk"
 LOG:  job 1004 completed processing chunk _timescaledb_internal._hyper_11_40_chunk
 set client_min_messages TO NOTICE;
diff --git a/tsl/test/expected/compression_bgw-14.out b/tsl/test/expected/compression_bgw-14.out
index b4435ebec..6c2c4a286 100644
--- a/tsl/test/expected/compression_bgw-14.out
+++ b/tsl/test/expected/compression_bgw-14.out
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ LOG:  statement: CALL run_job(1004);
 LOG:  acquiring locks for compressing "_timescaledb_internal._hyper_11_40_chunk"
 LOG:  locks acquired for compressing "_timescaledb_internal._hyper_11_40_chunk"
 LOG:  new compressed chunk "_timescaledb_internal.compress_hyper_13_61_chunk" created
-LOG:  using index "_hyper_11_40_chunk_conditions_time_idx" to scan rows for compression
+LOG:  using tuplesort to scan rows from "_hyper_11_40_chunk" for compression
 LOG:  finished compressing 144 rows from "_hyper_11_40_chunk"
 LOG:  job 1004 completed processing chunk _timescaledb_internal._hyper_11_40_chunk
 set client_min_messages TO NOTICE;
diff --git a/tsl/test/expected/compression_bgw-15.out b/tsl/test/expected/compression_bgw-15.out
index b4435ebec..6c2c4a286 100644
--- a/tsl/test/expected/compression_bgw-15.out
+++ b/tsl/test/expected/compression_bgw-15.out
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ LOG:  statement: CALL run_job(1004);
 LOG:  acquiring locks for compressing "_timescaledb_internal._hyper_11_40_chunk"
 LOG:  locks acquired for compressing "_timescaledb_internal._hyper_11_40_chunk"
 LOG:  new compressed chunk "_timescaledb_internal.compress_hyper_13_61_chunk" created
-LOG:  using index "_hyper_11_40_chunk_conditions_time_idx" to scan rows for compression
+LOG:  using tuplesort to scan rows from "_hyper_11_40_chunk" for compression
 LOG:  finished compressing 144 rows from "_hyper_11_40_chunk"
 LOG:  job 1004 completed processing chunk _timescaledb_internal._hyper_11_40_chunk
 set client_min_messages TO NOTICE;
diff --git a/tsl/test/expected/compression_bgw-16.out b/tsl/test/expected/compression_bgw-16.out
index b4435ebec..6c2c4a286 100644
--- a/tsl/test/expected/compression_bgw-16.out
+++ b/tsl/test/expected/compression_bgw-16.out
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ LOG:  statement: CALL run_job(1004);
 LOG:  acquiring locks for compressing "_timescaledb_internal._hyper_11_40_chunk"
 LOG:  locks acquired for compressing "_timescaledb_internal._hyper_11_40_chunk"
 LOG:  new compressed chunk "_timescaledb_internal.compress_hyper_13_61_chunk" created
-LOG:  using index "_hyper_11_40_chunk_conditions_time_idx" to scan rows for compression
+LOG:  using tuplesort to scan rows from "_hyper_11_40_chunk" for compression
 LOG:  finished compressing 144 rows from "_hyper_11_40_chunk"
 LOG:  job 1004 completed processing chunk _timescaledb_internal._hyper_11_40_chunk
 set client_min_messages TO NOTICE;
diff --git a/tsl/test/expected/compression_indexscan.out b/tsl/test/expected/compression_indexscan.out
index 51fedf8fc..87d287cd7 100644
--- a/tsl/test/expected/compression_indexscan.out
+++ b/tsl/test/expected/compression_indexscan.out
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ generate_series('2018-03-02 1:00'::TIMESTAMPTZ, '2018-03-28 1:00', '1 hour') AS
 generate_series(1, 100, 1 ) AS g2(id)
 ORDER BY
 time;
+--Test with indexscan enabled
+SET timescaledb.enable_compression_indexscan = 'ON';
 --Test Set 1.1 [ Index(ASC, Null_First), Compression(ASC, Null_First) ]
 CREATE INDEX idx_asc_null_first ON tab1(id, time ASC NULLS FIRST);
 ALTER TABLE tab1 SET(timescaledb.compress, timescaledb.compress_segmentby = 'id', timescaledb.compress_orderby = 'time NULLS FIRST');
@@ -584,8 +586,14 @@ SELECT decompress_chunk(show_chunks('tab1'));
 
 DROP INDEX idx_desc_null_last;
 --Test Set 5 GUC SET timescaledb.enable_compression_indexscan
--- Default this flag will be true.
-SET timescaledb.enable_compression_indexscan = 'OFF';
+-- Default this flag will be false.
+RESET timescaledb.enable_compression_indexscan;
+SHOW timescaledb.enable_compression_indexscan;
+ timescaledb.enable_compression_indexscan 
+------------------------------------------
+ off
+(1 row)
+
 SELECT compress_chunk(show_chunks('tab1'));
 INFO:  compress_chunk_tuplesort_start
 INFO:  compress_chunk_tuplesort_start
@@ -608,6 +616,7 @@ SELECT decompress_chunk(show_chunks('tab1'));
  _timescaledb_internal._hyper_1_4_chunk
 (4 rows)
 
+--Test with this guc enabled
 SET timescaledb.enable_compression_indexscan = 'ON';
 SELECT compress_chunk(show_chunks('tab1'));
 INFO:  compress_chunk_indexscan_start matched index "_hyper_1_1_chunk_tab1_time_idx"
@@ -637,7 +646,7 @@ CREATE INDEX idx_asc_null_first ON tab1(id, time ASC NULLS FIRST);
 CREATE INDEX idx2_asc_null_first ON tab2(id, time ASC NULLS FIRST);
 ALTER TABLE tab1 SET(timescaledb.compress, timescaledb.compress_segmentby = 'id', timescaledb.compress_orderby = 'time NULLS FIRST');
 ALTER TABLE tab2 SET(timescaledb.compress, timescaledb.compress_segmentby = 'id', timescaledb.compress_orderby = 'time NULLS FIRST');
-SET timescaledb.enable_compression_indexscan = 'OFF';
+RESET timescaledb.enable_compression_indexscan;
 SELECT compress_chunk(show_chunks('tab1'));
 INFO:  compress_chunk_tuplesort_start
 INFO:  compress_chunk_tuplesort_start
diff --git a/tsl/test/sql/compression_indexscan.sql b/tsl/test/sql/compression_indexscan.sql
index 89b284902..f9bc1638e 100644
--- a/tsl/test/sql/compression_indexscan.sql
+++ b/tsl/test/sql/compression_indexscan.sql
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ generate_series(1, 100, 1 ) AS g2(id)
 ORDER BY
 time;
 
+--Test with indexscan enabled
+SET timescaledb.enable_compression_indexscan = 'ON';
 --Test Set 1.1 [ Index(ASC, Null_First), Compression(ASC, Null_First) ]
 CREATE INDEX idx_asc_null_first ON tab1(id, time ASC NULLS FIRST);
 ALTER TABLE tab1 SET(timescaledb.compress, timescaledb.compress_segmentby = 'id', timescaledb.compress_orderby = 'time NULLS FIRST');
@@ -163,10 +165,12 @@ SELECT decompress_chunk(show_chunks('tab1'));
 DROP INDEX idx_desc_null_last;
 
 --Test Set 5 GUC SET timescaledb.enable_compression_indexscan
--- Default this flag will be true.
-SET timescaledb.enable_compression_indexscan = 'OFF';
+-- Default this flag will be false.
+RESET timescaledb.enable_compression_indexscan;
+SHOW timescaledb.enable_compression_indexscan;
 SELECT compress_chunk(show_chunks('tab1'));
 SELECT decompress_chunk(show_chunks('tab1'));
+--Test with this guc enabled
 SET timescaledb.enable_compression_indexscan = 'ON';
 SELECT compress_chunk(show_chunks('tab1'));
 SELECT decompress_chunk(show_chunks('tab1'));
@@ -177,7 +181,7 @@ CREATE INDEX idx_asc_null_first ON tab1(id, time ASC NULLS FIRST);
 CREATE INDEX idx2_asc_null_first ON tab2(id, time ASC NULLS FIRST);
 ALTER TABLE tab1 SET(timescaledb.compress, timescaledb.compress_segmentby = 'id', timescaledb.compress_orderby = 'time NULLS FIRST');
 ALTER TABLE tab2 SET(timescaledb.compress, timescaledb.compress_segmentby = 'id', timescaledb.compress_orderby = 'time NULLS FIRST');
-SET timescaledb.enable_compression_indexscan = 'OFF';
+RESET timescaledb.enable_compression_indexscan;
 SELECT compress_chunk(show_chunks('tab1'));
 SET timescaledb.enable_compression_indexscan = 'ON';
 SELECT compress_chunk(show_chunks('tab2'));