diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/IndexDeletionPolicyWrapper.java b/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/IndexDeletionPolicyWrapper.java
index 0504b1b942c..964077dcc22 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/IndexDeletionPolicyWrapper.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/IndexDeletionPolicyWrapper.java
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ public class IndexDeletionPolicyWrapper implements IndexDeletionPolicy {
     public boolean isDeleted() {
       return delegate.isDeleted();
     }
+
+    public long getTimestamp() throws IOException {
+      return delegate.getTimestamp();
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrDeletionPolicy.java b/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrDeletionPolicy.java
index c8490177c01..b74de7aacdd 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrDeletionPolicy.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrDeletionPolicy.java
@@ -122,9 +122,8 @@ public class SolrDeletionPolicy implements IndexDeletionPolicy, NamedListInitial
         }
 
         try {
-          //TODO: replace LHS of if condition with commit.getTimestamp()
           if (maxCommitAge != null)
-            if (commit.getDirectory().fileModified(commit.getSegmentsFileName()) < dmp.parseMath(maxCommitAge).getTime()) {
+            if (commit.getTimestamp() < dmp.parseMath(maxCommitAge).getTime()) {
               commit.delete();
               continue;
             }