diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/convert/MappingCassandraConverter.java b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/convert/MappingCassandraConverter.java
index 984b58776..9be89d92f 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/convert/MappingCassandraConverter.java
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/convert/MappingCassandraConverter.java
@@ -961,23 +961,6 @@ public class MappingCassandraConverter extends AbstractCassandraConverter
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	private Object convertReadValue(Object value, TypeInformation<?> typeInformation) {
 
-		if (getCustomConversions().hasCustomWriteTarget(typeInformation.getRequiredActualType().getType())
-				&& typeInformation.isCollectionLike()) {
-
-			if (value instanceof Collection) {
-
-				Collection<Object> original = (Collection<Object>) value;
-
-				Collection<Object> converted = CollectionFactory.createCollection(typeInformation.getType(), original.size());
-
-				for (Object element : original) {
-					converted.add(getConversionService().convert(element, typeInformation.getRequiredActualType().getType()));
-				}
-
-				return converted;
-			}
-		}
-
 		if (typeInformation.isCollectionLike() && value instanceof Collection) {
 			return readCollectionOrArrayInternal((Collection<?>) value, typeInformation);
 		}
@@ -1034,16 +1017,14 @@ public class MappingCassandraConverter extends AbstractCassandraConverter
 
 		BasicCassandraPersistentEntity<?> entity = getMappingContext().getPersistentEntity(elementType);
 
-		if (entity != null) {
+		if (entity != null && entity.isUserDefinedType()) {
+			for (Object element : source) {
+				collection.add(readEntityFromUdt(entity, (UDTValue) element));
+			}
 
-			if (entity.isUserDefinedType()) {
-				for (Object udtValue : source) {
-					collection.add(readEntityFromUdt(entity, (UDTValue) udtValue));
-				}
-			} else if (entity.isTupleType()) {
-				for (Object tupleValue : source) {
-					collection.add(readEntityFromTuple(entity, (TupleValue) tupleValue));
-				}
+		} else if (entity != null && entity.isTupleType()) {
+			for (Object element : source) {
+				collection.add(readEntityFromTuple(entity, (TupleValue) element));
 			}
 		} else {
 			for (Object element : source) {
diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/convert/CustomConversionIntegrationTests.java b/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/convert/CustomConversionIntegrationTests.java
index e4fab14f9..6e58924ba 100755
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/convert/CustomConversionIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/convert/CustomConversionIntegrationTests.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -57,19 +58,7 @@ public class CustomConversionIntegrationTests extends AbstractKeyspaceCreatingIn
 	@Before
 	public void setUp() {
 
-		List<Converter<?, ?>> converters = new ArrayList<>();
-		converters.add(new PersonReadConverter());
-		converters.add(new PersonWriteConverter());
-		CustomConversions customConversions = new CassandraCustomConversions(converters);
-
-		CassandraMappingContext mappingContext = new CassandraMappingContext();
-		mappingContext.setCustomConversions(customConversions);
-		mappingContext.afterPropertiesSet();
-
-		MappingCassandraConverter converter = new MappingCassandraConverter(mappingContext);
-		converter.setCustomConversions(customConversions);
-		converter.afterPropertiesSet();
-
+		MappingCassandraConverter converter = createConverter();
 		cassandraOperations = new CassandraTemplate(session, converter);
 
 		SchemaTestUtils.potentiallyCreateTableFor(Employee.class, cassandraOperations);
@@ -179,19 +168,55 @@ public class CustomConversionIntegrationTests extends AbstractKeyspaceCreatingIn
 		assertThat(employee.getPeople()).extracting(Person::getFirstname).contains("Apu");
 	}
 
-	@Test // DATACASS-296
-	public void dummy() {
+	@Test // DATACASS-607
+	public void shouldApplyCustomReadConverterIfOnlyReadIsCustomized() {
 
-		cassandraOperations.getCqlOperations().execute(QueryBuilder.insertInto("employee").value("id", "employee-id"));
+		MappingCassandraConverter converter = createConverter(converters -> {
+			converters.add(new PersonReadConverter());
+		});
+
+		cassandraOperations = new CassandraTemplate(session, converter);
+
+		cassandraOperations.getCqlOperations().execute(QueryBuilder.insertInto("employee").value("id", "employee-id")
+				.value("people", Collections.singleton("{\"firstname\":\"Apu\",\"lastname\":\"Nahasapeemapetilon\"}")));
+
+		Employee employee = cassandraOperations.selectOne(QueryBuilder.select("id", "people").from("employee"),
+				Employee.class);
+
+		assertThat(employee.getId()).isEqualTo("employee-id");
+		assertThat(employee.getPeople()).isNotNull().hasSize(1);
+
+		assertThat(employee.getPeople()).extracting(Person::getFirstname).contains("Apu");
 
-		cassandraOperations.getCqlOperations()
-				.execute(QueryBuilder.update("employee").where(QueryBuilder.eq("id", "employee-id")).with(QueryBuilder
-						.set("people", Collections.singleton("{\"firstname\":\"Apu\",\"lastname\":\"Nahasapeemapetilon\"}"))));
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @author Mark Paluch
-	 */
+	private static MappingCassandraConverter createConverter() {
+
+		return createConverter(converters -> {
+			converters.add(new PersonReadConverter());
+			converters.add(new PersonWriteConverter());
+
+		});
+	}
+
+	private static MappingCassandraConverter createConverter(Consumer<List<Converter<?, ?>>> converterCustomizer) {
+
+		List<Converter<?, ?>> converters = new ArrayList<>();
+
+		converterCustomizer.accept(converters);
+
+		CustomConversions customConversions = new CassandraCustomConversions(converters);
+
+		CassandraMappingContext mappingContext = new CassandraMappingContext();
+		mappingContext.setCustomConversions(customConversions);
+		mappingContext.afterPropertiesSet();
+
+		MappingCassandraConverter converter = new MappingCassandraConverter(mappingContext);
+		converter.setCustomConversions(customConversions);
+		converter.afterPropertiesSet();
+		return converter;
+	}
+
 	@Data
 	@Table
 	static class Employee {
@@ -203,9 +228,6 @@ public class CustomConversionIntegrationTests extends AbstractKeyspaceCreatingIn
 		Set<Person> people;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @author Mark Paluch
-	 */
 	@Data
 	@AllArgsConstructor
 	@NoArgsConstructor