diff --git a/janusgraph-backend-testutils/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/JanusGraphOperationCountingTest.java b/janusgraph-backend-testutils/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/JanusGraphOperationCountingTest.java
index 8c5de41dfa2..a96aa69db37 100644
--- a/janusgraph-backend-testutils/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/JanusGraphOperationCountingTest.java
+++ b/janusgraph-backend-testutils/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/JanusGraphOperationCountingTest.java
@@ -318,14 +318,14 @@ public void testKCVSAccess1() {
         v = getV(tx,v);
         assertCount(2, v.properties());
         verifyStoreMetrics(EDGESTORE_NAME, ImmutableMap.of(M_GET_SLICE, 2L)); //1 verify vertex existence, 1 for query
-        verifyTypeCacheMetrics(3, 4);
+        verifyTypeCacheMetrics(3, 2);
         tx.commit();
 
         tx = graph.buildTransaction().groupName(metricsPrefix).start();
         v = getV(tx,v);
         assertCount(2, v.properties());
         verifyStoreMetrics(EDGESTORE_NAME, ImmutableMap.of(M_GET_SLICE, 4L)); //1 verify vertex existence, 1 for query
-        verifyTypeCacheMetrics(3, 4);
+        verifyTypeCacheMetrics(3, 2);
         tx.commit();
 
         //Check type index lookup caching
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ public void testKCVSAccess1() {
         assertNotNull(v.value("name"));
         assertCount(1, v.query().direction(Direction.BOTH).edges());
         verifyStoreMetrics(EDGESTORE_NAME, ImmutableMap.of(M_GET_SLICE, 11L)); //1 verify vertex existence, 3 for query
-        verifyTypeCacheMetrics(5, 10);
+        verifyTypeCacheMetrics(5, 9);
         tx.commit();
 
         verifyLockingOverwrite(3);
diff --git a/janusgraph-backend-testutils/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/JanusGraphTest.java b/janusgraph-backend-testutils/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/JanusGraphTest.java
index 19cd0c3e8e8..d179bbfe0b2 100644
--- a/janusgraph-backend-testutils/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/JanusGraphTest.java
+++ b/janusgraph-backend-testutils/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/JanusGraphTest.java
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@
 import org.janusgraph.testutil.TestGraphConfigs;
 import org.janusgraph.util.IDUtils;
 import org.janusgraph.util.stats.MetricManager;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -2644,7 +2645,8 @@ public void testPropertyIdAccessInDifferentTransaction() {
 
         // access property id in new transaction
         graph.tx().commit();
-        assertEquals(expectedId, p.id());
+        Exception exception = Assert.assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, p::id);
+        assertEquals(exception.getMessage(), "Any lazy load operation is not supported when transaction is already closed.");
     }
 
     /**
@@ -6286,10 +6288,15 @@ protected TraversalMetrics testLimitedBatch(Supplier<GraphTraversal<?, ?>> trave
     }
 
     private void assertEqualResultWithAndWithoutLimitBatchSize(Supplier<GraphTraversal<?, ?>> traversal) {
+        boolean isLazyLoad = ((StandardJanusGraphTx) tx).getConfiguration().isLazyLoadRelations();
         clopen(option(USE_MULTIQUERY), true, option(LIMITED_BATCH), true);
         final List<?> resultLimitedBatch = traversal.get().toList();
+        if (isLazyLoad) resultLimitedBatch.forEach(Object::hashCode);
+
         clopen(option(USE_MULTIQUERY), true, option(LIMITED_BATCH), false);
         final List<?> resultUnimitedBatch = traversal.get().toList();
+        if (isLazyLoad) resultUnimitedBatch.forEach(Object::hashCode);
+
         clopen(option(USE_MULTIQUERY), false);
         final List<?> resultNoMultiQuery = traversal.get().toList();
 
diff --git a/janusgraph-core/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/transaction/StandardTransactionBuilder.java b/janusgraph-core/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/transaction/StandardTransactionBuilder.java
index 18285ee8d5a..a9e9570e6d2 100644
--- a/janusgraph-core/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/transaction/StandardTransactionBuilder.java
+++ b/janusgraph-core/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/transaction/StandardTransactionBuilder.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class StandardTransactionBuilder implements TransactionConfiguration, Tra
 
     private boolean skipDBCacheRead;
 
-    private boolean isLazyLoadRelations;
+    private boolean isLazyLoadRelations = true;
 
     private MultiQueryHasStepStrategyMode hasStepStrategyMode;
 
diff --git a/janusgraph-inmemory/src/test/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/inmemory/InMemoryLazyLoadGraphTest.java b/janusgraph-inmemory/src/test/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/inmemory/InMemoryLazyLoadGraphTest.java
index b91b2482baa..e31fbced57d 100644
--- a/janusgraph-inmemory/src/test/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/inmemory/InMemoryLazyLoadGraphTest.java
+++ b/janusgraph-inmemory/src/test/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/inmemory/InMemoryLazyLoadGraphTest.java
@@ -14,15 +14,9 @@
 
 package org.janusgraph.graphdb.inmemory;
 
-import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.VertexProperty;
-import org.janusgraph.core.JanusGraphVertex;
 import org.janusgraph.diskstorage.configuration.WriteConfiguration;
 import org.janusgraph.graphdb.configuration.builder.GraphDatabaseConfigurationBuilder;
 import org.janusgraph.graphdb.database.LazyLoadGraphTest;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
 /**
  * @author Matthias Broecheler (me@matthiasb.com)
@@ -36,18 +30,4 @@ public void open(WriteConfiguration config) {
         tx = graph.buildTransaction().start();
         mgmt = graph.openManagement();
     }
-
-    @Override @Test
-    public void testPropertyIdAccessInDifferentTransaction() {
-        JanusGraphVertex v1 = graph.addVertex();
-        Object expectedId = v1.property("name", "foo").id();
-        graph.tx().commit();
-
-        VertexProperty p = getOnlyElement(v1.properties("name"));
-
-        // access property id in new transaction
-        graph.tx().commit();
-        Exception exception = assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, p::id);
-        assertEquals(exception.getMessage(), "Any lazy load operation is not supported when transaction is already closed.");
-    }
 }