diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/am/IntroduceJoinAccessMethodRule.java b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/am/IntroduceJoinAccessMethodRule.java
index 4e2eba5..a800111 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/am/IntroduceJoinAccessMethodRule.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/am/IntroduceJoinAccessMethodRule.java
@@ -302,7 +302,8 @@
                 analyzedAMs = new HashMap<>();
             }
 
-            if (continueCheck && context.getPhysicalOptimizationConfig().isArrayIndexEnabled()) {
+            if (continueCheck && context.getPhysicalOptimizationConfig().isArrayIndexEnabled()
+                    && JoinFromSubplanRewrite.isApplicableForRewriteCursory(metadataProvider, joinOp)) {
                 // If there exists a SUBPLAN in our plan, and we are conditioning on a variable, attempt to rewrite
                 // this subplan to allow an array-index AM to be introduced. If successful, this rewrite will transform
                 // into an index-nested-loop-join. This rewrite is to be used for pushing the UNNESTs and ASSIGNs from
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/am/IntroduceSelectAccessMethodRule.java b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/am/IntroduceSelectAccessMethodRule.java
index 3948726..1027e65 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/am/IntroduceSelectAccessMethodRule.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/am/IntroduceSelectAccessMethodRule.java
@@ -381,7 +381,8 @@
                 analyzedAMs = new TreeMap<>();
             }
 
-            if (continueCheck && context.getPhysicalOptimizationConfig().isArrayIndexEnabled()) {
+            if (continueCheck && context.getPhysicalOptimizationConfig().isArrayIndexEnabled()
+                    && SelectFromSubplanRewrite.isApplicableForRewriteCursory(metadataProvider, selectOp)) {
                 // If there exists a composite atomic-array index, our conjuncts will be split across multiple
                 // SELECTs. This rewrite is to be used **solely** for the purpose of changing a DATA-SCAN into a
                 // non-index-only plan branch. No nodes introduced from this rewrite will be used beyond this point.
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/am/array/AbstractOperatorFromSubplanRewrite.java b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/am/array/AbstractOperatorFromSubplanRewrite.java
index 4decd9d..89800d8 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/am/array/AbstractOperatorFromSubplanRewrite.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/am/array/AbstractOperatorFromSubplanRewrite.java
@@ -23,14 +23,18 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.apache.asterix.common.config.DatasetConfig;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.CompilationException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.metadata.DataverseName;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.declared.MetadataProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AInt16;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AInt32;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AInt64;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AInt8;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.constants.AsterixConstantValue;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
+import org.apache.asterix.optimizer.base.AnalysisUtil;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.Mutable;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.MutableObject;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
@@ -52,6 +56,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.operators.logical.AbstractBinaryJoinOperator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.operators.logical.AggregateOperator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.operators.logical.AssignOperator;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.operators.logical.DataSourceScanOperator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.operators.logical.SelectOperator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.operators.logical.SubplanOperator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.operators.logical.UnnestOperator;
@@ -68,6 +73,26 @@
     private IOptimizationContext context;
     private SourceLocation sourceLocation;
 
+    public static boolean isApplicableForRewriteCursory(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, ILogicalOperator workingOp)
+            throws AlgebricksException {
+        boolean isApplicableForRewrite = false;
+        if (workingOp.getOperatorTag() == LogicalOperatorTag.DATASOURCESCAN) {
+            DataSourceScanOperator dataSourceScanOperator = (DataSourceScanOperator) workingOp;
+            Pair<DataverseName, String> datasetInfo = AnalysisUtil.getDatasetInfo(dataSourceScanOperator);
+            DataverseName dataverseName = datasetInfo.first;
+            String datasetName = datasetInfo.second;
+            if (metadataProvider.getDatasetIndexes(dataverseName, datasetName).stream()
+                    .anyMatch(i -> i.getIndexType() == DatasetConfig.IndexType.ARRAY)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (Mutable<ILogicalOperator> inputOp : workingOp.getInputs()) {
+            isApplicableForRewrite |= isApplicableForRewriteCursory(metadataProvider, inputOp.getValue());
+        }
+        return isApplicableForRewrite;
+    }
+
     protected void reset(SourceLocation sourceLocation, IOptimizationContext context,
             Set<FunctionIdentifier> optimizableFunctions) {
         this.optimizableFunctions = optimizableFunctions;
@@ -475,4 +500,4 @@
             return ifMissingOrNullFunction.getArguments().get(0).getValue().cloneExpression();
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/array-index/select-unnest-queries/open/use-case-1/query1.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/array-index/select-unnest-queries/open/use-case-1/query1.sqlpp
index 9e24961..8520db5 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/array-index/select-unnest-queries/open/use-case-1/query1.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/array-index/select-unnest-queries/open/use-case-1/query1.sqlpp
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-SET `compiler.arrayindex` "true";
-
 DROP DATAVERSE TestYelp IF EXISTS;
 CREATE DATAVERSE TestYelp;
 USE TestYelp;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm
index 705c8ca..bf736b4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "active\.memory\.global\.budget" : 67108864,
     "active\.stop\.timeout" : 3600,
     "active\.suspend\.timeout" : 3600,
-    "compiler\.arrayindex" : false,
+    "compiler\.arrayindex" : true,
     "compiler\.external\.field\.pushdown" : true,
     "compiler\.framesize" : 32768,
     "compiler\.groupmemory" : 163840,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm
index 924a6a1..d52cedd 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "active\.memory\.global\.budget" : 67108864,
     "active\.stop\.timeout" : 3600,
     "active\.suspend\.timeout" : 3600,
-    "compiler\.arrayindex" : false,
+    "compiler\.arrayindex" : true,
     "compiler\.external\.field\.pushdown" : true,
     "compiler\.framesize" : 32768,
     "compiler\.groupmemory" : 163840,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm
index 25f0410..4f5267f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "active\.memory\.global\.budget" : 67108864,
     "active\.stop\.timeout" : 3600,
     "active\.suspend\.timeout" : 3600,
-    "compiler\.arrayindex" : false,
+    "compiler\.arrayindex" : true,
     "compiler\.external\.field\.pushdown" : true,
     "compiler\.framesize" : 32768,
     "compiler\.groupmemory" : 163840,
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/config/AlgebricksConfig.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/config/AlgebricksConfig.java
index 14f6aae0..86c6066 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/config/AlgebricksConfig.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/config/AlgebricksConfig.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     public static final boolean SUBPLAN_MERGE_DEFAULT = true;
     public static final boolean SUBPLAN_NESTEDPUSHDOWN_DEFAULT = true;
     public static final boolean MIN_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_DEFAULT = true;
-    public static final boolean ARRAY_INDEX_DEFAULT = false;
+    public static final boolean ARRAY_INDEX_DEFAULT = true;
     public static final int EXTERNAL_SCAN_BUFFER_SIZE =
             StorageUtil.getIntSizeInBytes(8, StorageUtil.StorageUnit.KILOBYTE);
 }