diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTable.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTable.java
index d75483e83de..bbf5e78ce9f 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTable.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTable.java
@@ -529,30 +529,9 @@ public class HTable implements HTableInterface {
     if (scan.getCaching() <= 0) {
       scan.setCaching(getScannerCaching());
     }
-    if (Bytes.equals(this.getTableName(), HConstants.META_TABLE_NAME)) {
-      changeStartAndStopRowIfMeta(scan);
-    }
-
     return new ClientScanner(getConfiguration(), scan, getTableName(),
         this.connection);
   }
-  private void changeStartAndStopRowIfMeta(final Scan scan) {
-    if (scan.getStartRow() != null && scan.getStartRow().length != 0
-        && !isValidMetaTableRow(scan.getStartRow())) {
-      scan.setStartRow(Bytes.add(scan.getStartRow(), HConstants.META_ROW_DELIMITER_BYTES,
-          Bytes.toBytes(HConstants.ZEROES)));
-    }
-    if (scan.getStopRow() != null && scan.getStopRow().length != 0
-        && !isValidMetaTableRow(scan.getStopRow())) {
-      scan.setStopRow(Bytes.add(scan.getStopRow(), HConstants.META_ROW_DELIMITER_BYTES,
-          Bytes.toBytes(HConstants.NINES)));
-    }
-  }
-
-  private boolean isValidMetaTableRow(byte[] metaRow) {
-    return (com.google.common.primitives.Bytes
-        .indexOf(metaRow, HConstants.META_ROW_DELIMITER_BYTES) != -1);
-  }
 
   /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java
index 21a445fd6f7..44d968aeeb7 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java
@@ -358,8 +358,6 @@ public final class HConstants {
 
   /** delimiter used between portions of a region name */
   public static final int META_ROW_DELIMITER = ',';
-  
-  public static final byte[] META_ROW_DELIMITER_BYTES = Bytes.toBytes(",,");
 
   /** The catalog family as a string*/
   public static final String CATALOG_FAMILY_STR = "info";
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestAdmin.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestAdmin.java
index 2a902ee3428..7909f9833b3 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestAdmin.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestAdmin.java
@@ -536,38 +536,6 @@ public class TestAdmin {
       assertTrue(regionList.size() == min || regionList.size() == max);
     }
   }
-  
-  @Test
-  public void testHBASE7928() throws Exception {
-    final byte[] tableName = Bytes.toBytes("a");
-    final byte[] tableName1 = Bytes.toBytes("b");
-    final byte[] tableName2 = Bytes.toBytes("c");
-    try {
-
-      TEST_UTIL.createTable(tableName, HConstants.CATALOG_FAMILY).close();
-
-      TEST_UTIL.createTable(tableName1, HConstants.CATALOG_FAMILY).close();
-
-      TEST_UTIL.createTable(tableName2, HConstants.CATALOG_FAMILY).close();
-      while (!admin.isTableAvailable(tableName2)) {
-        Thread.sleep(1);
-      }
-      Scan s = new Scan();
-      s.setStartRow(Bytes.toBytes("a1"));
-      s.setStopRow(Bytes.toBytes("b1"));
-      HTable table = new HTable(admin.getConfiguration(), HConstants.META_TABLE_NAME);
-      ResultScanner scanner = table.getScanner(s);
-      Result[] result = scanner.next(5);
-      assertEquals("Only one row should be selected", 1, result.length);
-    } finally {
-      admin.disableTable(tableName);
-      admin.deleteTable(tableName);
-      admin.disableTable(tableName1);
-      admin.deleteTable(tableName1);
-      admin.disableTable(tableName2);
-      admin.deleteTable(tableName2);
-    }
-  }
 
   @Test
   public void testCreateTableWithRegions() throws IOException, InterruptedException {