diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/MetadataCleaner.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/MetadataCleaner.scala
index ac07a55cb9101..3d1e90a3522a4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/MetadataCleaner.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/MetadataCleaner.scala
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ object MetadataCleanerType extends Enumeration {
 // initialization of StreamingContext. It's okay for users trying to configure stuff themselves.
 object MetadataCleaner {
   def getDelaySeconds(conf: SparkConf) = {
-    conf.getInt("spark.cleaner.ttl", -1)
+    conf.getInt("spark.cleaner.ttl", 3500)
   }
 
   def getDelaySeconds(conf: SparkConf, cleanerType: MetadataCleanerType.MetadataCleanerType): Int =
diff --git a/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/BasicOperationsSuite.scala b/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/BasicOperationsSuite.scala
index 5ccef7f461974..ee6b433d1f1fa 100644
--- a/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/BasicOperationsSuite.scala
+++ b/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/BasicOperationsSuite.scala
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ class BasicOperationsSuite extends TestSuiteBase {
   }
 
   test("slice") {
-    val conf2 = conf.clone()
+    val conf2 = new SparkConf()
       .setMaster("local[2]")
       .setAppName("BasicOperationsSuite")
       .set("spark.streaming.clock", "org.apache.spark.streaming.util.ManualClock")