diff --git a/cpp/arcticdb/column_store/chunked_buffer.cpp b/cpp/arcticdb/column_store/chunked_buffer.cpp
index 8686c2b9bb..0d6a618701 100644
--- a/cpp/arcticdb/column_store/chunked_buffer.cpp
+++ b/cpp/arcticdb/column_store/chunked_buffer.cpp
@@ -71,11 +71,8 @@ template std::vector<ChunkedBufferImpl<3968>> split(const ChunkedBufferImpl<3968
 // Inclusive of start_byte, exclusive of end_byte
 template <size_t BlockSize>
 ChunkedBufferImpl<BlockSize> truncate(const ChunkedBufferImpl<BlockSize>& input, size_t start_byte, size_t end_byte) {
-    internal::check<ErrorCode::E_ASSERTION_FAILURE>(
-            end_byte >= start_byte,
-            "ChunkedBufferImpl::truncate expects end_byte {} to be >= start_byte {}", end_byte, start_byte);
     ARCTICDB_DEBUG(log::version(), "Truncating buffer of size {} between bytes {} and {}", input.bytes(), start_byte, end_byte);
-    const auto output_size = end_byte - start_byte;
+    const auto output_size = start_byte >= end_byte ? 0 : end_byte - start_byte;
     // This is trivially extendable to use presized_in_blocks, but there is no use case for this right now, and
     // copy_frame_data_to_buffer expects a contiguous buffer
     auto output = ChunkedBufferImpl<BlockSize>::presized(output_size);
diff --git a/cpp/arcticdb/processing/clause.cpp b/cpp/arcticdb/processing/clause.cpp
index 347df1baaa..8473905336 100644
--- a/cpp/arcticdb/processing/clause.cpp
+++ b/cpp/arcticdb/processing/clause.cpp
@@ -698,12 +698,6 @@ void RowRangeClause::set_processing_config(const ProcessingConfig& processing_co
                 std::min(user_provided_end_, total_rows) :
                 std::max(total_rows + user_provided_end_, static_cast<int64_t>(0))
             );
-            if (start_ > end_) {
-                user_input::raise<ErrorCode::E_INVALID_USER_ARGUMENT>(
-                        "RowRangeClause start index {} is greater than end index {}; originally (start, end)=({}, {}) ",
-                        start_, end_, user_provided_start_, user_provided_end_);
-            }
-            n_ = end_ - start_;
             break;
 
         default:
diff --git a/python/tests/unit/arcticdb/version_store/test_row_range.py b/python/tests/unit/arcticdb/version_store/test_row_range.py
index 88c9fde658..c1731abef0 100644
--- a/python/tests/unit/arcticdb/version_store/test_row_range.py
+++ b/python/tests/unit/arcticdb/version_store/test_row_range.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def generic_row_range_test(version_store, symbol, df, start_row, end_row):
 
     expected_array = df.iloc[start_row:end_row]
     received_array = version_store.read(symbol, row_range=(start_row, end_row)).data
-    q = QueryBuilder()._row_range(start_row, end_row)
+    q = QueryBuilder()._row_range((start_row, end_row))
     received_array_via_querybuilder = version_store.read(symbol, query_builder=q).data
 
     np.testing.assert_array_equal(expected_array, received_array)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def generic_row_range_test(version_store, symbol, df, start_row, end_row):
 
     expected_array = df.iloc[-end_row:-start_row]
     received_array = version_store.read(symbol, row_range=(-end_row, -start_row)).data
-    q = QueryBuilder()._row_range(-end_row, -start_row)
+    q = QueryBuilder()._row_range((-end_row, -start_row))
     received_array_via_querybuilder = version_store.read(symbol, query_builder=q).data
 
     np.testing.assert_array_equal(expected_array, received_array)