diff --git a/server/manager/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/manager/compaction/coordinator/CompactionCoordinator.java b/server/manager/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/manager/compaction/coordinator/CompactionCoordinator.java
index 1f0c05eb823..bda42d4c4a4 100644
--- a/server/manager/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/manager/compaction/coordinator/CompactionCoordinator.java
+++ b/server/manager/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/manager/compaction/coordinator/CompactionCoordinator.java
@@ -958,7 +958,8 @@ private TabletMetadata commitCompaction(TCompactionStats stats, ExternalCompacti
         // ELASTICITY_TODO check return value and retry, could fail because of race conditions
         var result = tabletsMutator.process().get(extent);
         if (result.getStatus() == Ample.ConditionalResult.Status.ACCEPTED) {
-          // compaction was committed
+          // compaction was committed, mark the compaction input files for deletion
+          ctx.getAmple().putGcCandidates(extent.tableId(), ecm.getJobFiles());
           break;
         } else {
           // compaction failed to commit, maybe something changed on the tablet so lets reread the
diff --git a/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/GCRunIT.java b/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/GCRunIT.java
index c57f4be4dca..dcc13d01121 100644
--- a/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/GCRunIT.java
+++ b/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/GCRunIT.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public void forceMissingDirTest() throws Exception {
    * GCRun need to support injecting synthetic row data, or another solution is required.
    */
   @Test
-  @Disabled("deleting prev row causes scan to fail before row read validation")
+  @Disabled("disabled since test creation, deleting prev row causes scan to fail before row read validation")
   public void forceMissingPrevRowTest() {}
 
   private void scanReferences(GCRun userGC) {
diff --git a/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/GarbageCollectWALIT.java b/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/GarbageCollectWALIT.java
index 9c17b4acb04..45bd1a5f7ab 100644
--- a/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/GarbageCollectWALIT.java
+++ b/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/GarbageCollectWALIT.java
@@ -39,10 +39,8 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.RawLocalFileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.RemoteIterator;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
-@Disabled // ELASTICITY_TODO
 public class GarbageCollectWALIT extends ConfigurableMacBase {
 
   @Override
diff --git a/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/functional/GarbageCollectorIT.java b/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/functional/GarbageCollectorIT.java
index 5806537a073..04e71d9b02b 100644
--- a/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/functional/GarbageCollectorIT.java
+++ b/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/functional/GarbageCollectorIT.java
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.KeeperException;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.KeeperException.NoNodeException;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -129,7 +128,6 @@ private void killMacGc() throws ProcessNotFoundException, InterruptedException,
   }
 
   @Test
-  @Disabled // ELASTICITY_TODO
   public void gcTest() throws Exception {
     killMacGc();
     final String table = "test_ingest";
diff --git a/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/functional/GarbageCollectorTrashDefaultIT.java b/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/functional/GarbageCollectorTrashDefaultIT.java
index 52b387b1b3c..a0707ea2f84 100644
--- a/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/functional/GarbageCollectorTrashDefaultIT.java
+++ b/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/functional/GarbageCollectorTrashDefaultIT.java
@@ -36,11 +36,9 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeysPublic;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 // verify trash is not used with Hadoop defaults, since Trash is not enabled by default
-@Disabled // ELASTICITY_TODO
 public class GarbageCollectorTrashDefaultIT extends GarbageCollectorTrashBase {
 
   @Override
diff --git a/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/functional/GarbageCollectorTrashEnabledIT.java b/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/functional/GarbageCollectorTrashEnabledIT.java
index 1ba12d0a563..4e6b6fc1079 100644
--- a/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/functional/GarbageCollectorTrashEnabledIT.java
+++ b/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/functional/GarbageCollectorTrashEnabledIT.java
@@ -36,11 +36,9 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeysPublic;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 // verify that trash is used if Hadoop is configured to use it
-@Disabled // ELASTICITY_TODO
 public class GarbageCollectorTrashEnabledIT extends GarbageCollectorTrashBase {
 
   @Override
diff --git a/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/functional/GarbageCollectorTrashEnabledWithCustomPolicyIT.java b/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/functional/GarbageCollectorTrashEnabledWithCustomPolicyIT.java
index 5874e6f122f..4fac07778d3 100644
--- a/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/functional/GarbageCollectorTrashEnabledWithCustomPolicyIT.java
+++ b/test/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/test/functional/GarbageCollectorTrashEnabledWithCustomPolicyIT.java
@@ -40,11 +40,9 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.TrashPolicyDefault;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 // verify that trash is used if Hadoop is configured to use it and that using a custom policy works
-@Disabled // ELASTICITY_TODO
 public class GarbageCollectorTrashEnabledWithCustomPolicyIT extends GarbageCollectorTrashBase {
 
   public static class NoFlushFilesInTrashPolicy extends TrashPolicyDefault {