diff --git a/agrona/src/main/java/org/agrona/collections/IntHashSet.java b/agrona/src/main/java/org/agrona/collections/IntHashSet.java
index aec59f556..28ca8de07 100644
--- a/agrona/src/main/java/org/agrona/collections/IntHashSet.java
+++ b/agrona/src/main/java/org/agrona/collections/IntHashSet.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class IntHashSet extends AbstractSet<Integer>
      */
     @DoNotSub public static final int DEFAULT_INITIAL_CAPACITY = 8;
 
-    static final int MISSING_VALUE = -1;
+    static final int MISSING_VALUE = 0;
 
     private final boolean shouldAvoidAllocation;
     private boolean containsMissingValue;
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class IntHashSet extends AbstractSet<Integer>
 
     /**
      * Construct a hash set with {@link #DEFAULT_INITIAL_CAPACITY}, {@link Hashing#DEFAULT_LOAD_FACTOR}, iterator
-     * caching support and {@code -1} as a missing value.
+     * caching support and {@code 0} as a missing value.
      */
     public IntHashSet()
     {
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public IntHashSet()
 
     /**
      * Construct a hash set with a proposed capacity, {@link Hashing#DEFAULT_LOAD_FACTOR}, iterator
-     * caching support and {@code -1} as a missing value.
+     * caching support and {@code 0} as a missing value.
      *
      * @param proposedCapacity for the initial capacity of the set.
      */
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public IntHashSet(
     }
 
     /**
-     * Construct a hash set with a proposed initial capacity, load factor, iterator caching support and {@code -1} as a
+     * Construct a hash set with a proposed initial capacity, load factor, iterator caching support and {@code 0} as a
      * missing value.
      *
      * @param proposedCapacity for the initial capacity of the set.
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ public IntHashSet(
         @DoNotSub final int capacity = findNextPositivePowerOfTwo(Math.max(DEFAULT_INITIAL_CAPACITY, proposedCapacity));
         resizeThreshold = (int)(capacity * loadFactor); // @DoNotSub
         values = new int[capacity];
-        Arrays.fill(values, MISSING_VALUE);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -222,8 +221,6 @@ private void rehash(@DoNotSub final int newCapacity)
         /* @DoNotSub */ resizeThreshold = (int)(newCapacity * loadFactor);
 
         final int[] tempValues = new int[capacity];
-        Arrays.fill(tempValues, MISSING_VALUE);
-
         final int[] values = this.values;
         for (final int value : values)
         {
diff --git a/agrona/src/test/java/org/agrona/collections/IntHashSetTest.java b/agrona/src/test/java/org/agrona/collections/IntHashSetTest.java
index 879ae1f9c..184f7db54 100644
--- a/agrona/src/test/java/org/agrona/collections/IntHashSetTest.java
+++ b/agrona/src/test/java/org/agrona/collections/IntHashSetTest.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.contains;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
-import static org.hamcrest.core.IsEqual.equalTo;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
@@ -791,25 +790,6 @@ void consecutiveValuesShouldBeCorrectlyStored()
         assertThat(testSet, hasSize(10_000));
     }
 
-    @Test
-    void hashCodeAccountsForMissingValue()
-    {
-        addTwoElements(testSet);
-        testSet.add(MISSING_VALUE);
-
-        final IntHashSet other = new IntHashSet(100);
-        addTwoElements(other);
-
-        assertNotEquals(testSet.hashCode(), other.hashCode());
-
-        other.add(MISSING_VALUE);
-        assertEquals(testSet.hashCode(), other.hashCode());
-
-        testSet.remove(MISSING_VALUE);
-
-        assertNotEquals(testSet.hashCode(), other.hashCode());
-    }
-
     @Test
     void iteratorAccountsForMissingValue()
     {
@@ -858,8 +838,8 @@ void shouldGenerateStringRepresentation()
             set.add(testEntry);
         }
 
-        final String mapAsAString = "{0, 12, 3, 7, 11, 1, 19, -1}";
-        assertThat(set.toString(), equalTo(mapAsAString));
+        final String mapAsAString = "{-1, 12, 3, 7, 11, 1, 19, 0}";
+        assertEquals(mapAsAString, set.toString());
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -1030,7 +1010,7 @@ void retainAllCollectionRemovesNonMissingValuesNotFoundInAGivenCollection()
     @Test
     void retainAllCollectionRemovesMissingValueWhichWasAddedToTheSet()
     {
-        final List<Integer> coll = Arrays.asList(42, 42, 42, 0, 500);
+        final List<Integer> coll = Arrays.asList(42, 42, 42, 500);
         testSet.add(MISSING_VALUE);
         testSet.add(42);
 
@@ -1081,7 +1061,7 @@ void retainAllRemovesNonMissingValuesNotFoundInAGivenCollection()
     void retainAllRemovesMissingValueWhichWasAddedToTheSet()
     {
         final IntHashSet coll = new IntHashSet(5);
-        coll.addAll(Arrays.asList(42, 42, 42, 0, 500));
+        coll.addAll(Arrays.asList(42, 42, 42, -1, 500));
         testSet.add(MISSING_VALUE);
         testSet.add(42);
         testSet.add(500);
@@ -1151,17 +1131,17 @@ void removeIfIntIsANoOpIfNoValuesMatchFilter()
     @Test
     void removeIfIntDeletesAllMatchingValues()
     {
-        final IntPredicate filter = (v) -> v < 0;
+        final IntPredicate filter = (v) -> v < 1;
         testSet.add(1);
+        testSet.add(2);
         testSet.add(-2);
-        testSet.add(0);
         testSet.add(MISSING_VALUE);
 
         assertTrue(testSet.removeIfInt(filter));
 
         assertEquals(2, testSet.size());
         assertTrue(testSet.contains(1));
-        assertTrue(testSet.contains(0));
+        assertTrue(testSet.contains(2));
         assertFalse(testSet.contains(MISSING_VALUE));
     }
 
@@ -1187,15 +1167,15 @@ void removeIfDeletesAllMatchingValues()
         final Predicate<Integer> filter = (v) -> v < 0;
         testSet.add(1);
         testSet.add(-2);
-        testSet.add(0);
         testSet.add(MISSING_VALUE);
+        testSet.add(-1);
 
         assertTrue(testSet.removeIf(filter));
 
         assertEquals(2, testSet.size());
         assertTrue(testSet.contains(1));
-        assertTrue(testSet.contains(0));
-        assertFalse(testSet.contains(MISSING_VALUE));
+        assertTrue(testSet.contains(MISSING_VALUE));
+        assertFalse(testSet.contains(-1));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -1222,18 +1202,18 @@ void addAllShouldAddOnlyNonMissingValuesIfTheSourceListDoesNotContainExplicitMis
     }
 
     @Test
-    void addAllShouldAddMissingVaueFromAnotherSet()
+    void addAllShouldAddMissingValueFromAnotherSet()
     {
         final IntHashSet other = new IntHashSet(5);
         other.add(1);
         other.add(2);
         other.add(3);
-        testSet.add(0);
+        testSet.add(-1);
 
         assertTrue(testSet.addAll(other));
 
         assertEquals(4, testSet.size());
-        for (int i = 0; i <= 3; i++)
+        for (int i = 1; i <= 3; i++)
         {
             assertTrue(testSet.contains(i));
         }