diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/spi/compaction/DefaultCompactionPlanner.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/spi/compaction/DefaultCompactionPlanner.java
index ad512da8183..bf30ceb2ade 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/spi/compaction/DefaultCompactionPlanner.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/spi/compaction/DefaultCompactionPlanner.java
@@ -93,9 +93,10 @@
  *
  * <pre>
  * {@code
- * [{"name":"small", "type": "internal", "maxSize":"100M","numThreads":3},
+ * [
+ *  {"name":"small", "type": "internal", "maxSize":"100M","numThreads":3},
  *  {"name":"medium", "type": "internal", "maxSize":"500M","numThreads":3},
- *  {"name: "large", "type": "external", "queue", "Queue1"}
+ *  {"name": "large", "type": "external", "queue", "Queue1"}
  * ]}
  * </pre>
  *
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 73fb6d56657..dc9fb341742 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
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
-import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
@@ -310,7 +309,6 @@ public void testRootUniqueMutationDelete() throws Exception {
     killMacGc();
     TableId tableId = DataLevel.METADATA.tableId();
     log.info("Root GcCandidate Deletion test");
-    // Behavior for 2.1. INUSE candidates deletion support will be added in 3.x
     log.info("GcCandidates will be added but not removed from Zookeeper");
 
     Ample ample = cluster.getServerContext().getAmple();
@@ -322,10 +320,20 @@ public void testRootUniqueMutationDelete() throws Exception {
     ArrayList<GcCandidate> tempCandidates = new ArrayList<>();
     while (cIter.hasNext()) {
       GcCandidate cTemp = cIter.next();
-      log.debug("PreExisting Candidate Found: {}", cTemp);
       tempCandidates.add(cTemp);
     }
-    assertTrue(tempCandidates.size() == 0);
+    if (tempCandidates.size() != 0) {
+      ample.deleteGcCandidates(datalevel, tempCandidates, Ample.GcCandidateType.VALID);
+      tempCandidates.clear();
+
+      cIter = ample.getGcCandidates(datalevel);
+      while (cIter.hasNext()) {
+        GcCandidate cTemp = cIter.next();
+        log.debug("PreExisting Candidate Found: {}", cTemp);
+        tempCandidates.add(cTemp);
+      }
+      assertEquals(0, tempCandidates.size());
+    }
 
     // Create multiple candidate entries
     List<GcCandidate> candidates =
@@ -349,11 +357,11 @@ public void testRootUniqueMutationDelete() throws Exception {
       counter++;
     }
     // Ensure Zookeeper collapsed the entries and did not support duplicates.
-    assertTrue(counter == 2);
+    assertEquals(2, counter);
 
     cIter = ample.getGcCandidates(datalevel);
     while (cIter.hasNext()) {
-      // This should be a noop call. Root inUse candidate deletions are not supported in 2.1.x
+      // This should be a noop call. Root inUse candidate deletions are not supported.
       ample.deleteGcCandidates(datalevel, List.of(cIter.next()), Ample.GcCandidateType.INUSE);
     }
 
@@ -367,13 +375,13 @@ public void testRootUniqueMutationDelete() throws Exception {
       for (GcCandidate cand : candidates) {
         if (gcC.getPath().equals(cand.getPath())) {
           // Candidate uid's will never match as they are randomly generated in 2.1.x
-          assertTrue(!Objects.equals(gcC.getUid(), cand.getUid()));
+          assertNotEquals(gcC.getUid(), cand.getUid());
           counter--;
         }
       }
     }
     // Ensure that we haven't seen more candidates than we expected.
-    assertTrue(counter == 0);
+    assertEquals(0, counter);
 
     // Delete the candidates as VALID GcCandidates
     cIter = ample.getGcCandidates(datalevel);
@@ -391,7 +399,7 @@ public void testRootUniqueMutationDelete() throws Exception {
         counter++;
       }
     }
-    assertEquals(counter, 0);
+    assertEquals(0, counter);
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -467,7 +475,7 @@ private void createAndDeleteUniqueMutation(TableId tableId, Ample.GcCandidateTyp
       log.debug("PreExisting Candidate Found: {}", cTemp);
       candidates.add(cTemp);
     }
-    assertTrue(candidates.size() == 0);
+    assertEquals(0, candidates.size());
 
     // Create multiple candidate entries
     List<StoredTabletFile> stfs = Stream
@@ -485,7 +493,7 @@ private void createAndDeleteUniqueMutation(TableId tableId, Ample.GcCandidateTyp
       log.debug("Candidate Found: {}", cTemp);
       candidates.add(cTemp);
     }
-    assertTrue(candidates.size() == 2);
+    assertEquals(2, candidates.size());
 
     GcCandidate deleteCandidate = candidates.get(0);
     assertNotNull(deleteCandidate);
@@ -503,12 +511,12 @@ private void createAndDeleteUniqueMutation(TableId tableId, Ample.GcCandidateTyp
       GcCandidate gcC = candidate.next();
       log.debug("Candidate Found: {}", gcC);
       if (gcC.getPath().equals(deleteCandidate.getPath())) {
-        assertTrue(!Objects.equals(gcC.getUid(), deleteCandidate.getUid()));
+        assertNotEquals(gcC.getUid(), deleteCandidate.getUid());
         foundNewCandidate = true;
       }
       counter++;
     }
-    assertTrue(counter == 2);
+    assertEquals(2, counter);
     assertTrue(foundNewCandidate);
   }
 }