diff --git a/src/lib/features/project/project-flag-creators-read-model.ts b/src/lib/features/project/project-flag-creators-read-model.ts
index 4d24473cef..95c64aa0c8 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/project/project-flag-creators-read-model.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/project/project-flag-creators-read-model.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export class ProjectFlagCreatorsReadModel
             .distinct('users.id')
             .join('features', 'users.id', '=', 'features.created_by_user_id')
             .where('features.project', project)
+            .where('features.archived_at', null)
             .select([
                 'users.id',
                 'users.name',
diff --git a/src/lib/features/project/project-flag-creators.e2e.test.ts b/src/lib/features/project/project-flag-creators.e2e.test.ts
index 23ce401c76..115976fc6f 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/project/project-flag-creators.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/project/project-flag-creators.e2e.test.ts
@@ -48,14 +48,12 @@ test('should return flag creators', async () => {
         })
         .expect(200);
     await app.createFeature('flag-name-2');
+    await app.archiveFeature('flag-name-2');
 
     const { body } = await app.request
         .get('/api/admin/projects/default/flag-creators')
         .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
         .expect(200);
 
-    expect(body).toEqual([
-        { id: 1, name: 'user1@getunleash.io' },
-        { id: 2, name: 'user2@getunleash.io' },
-    ]);
+    expect(body).toEqual([{ id: 1, name: 'user1@getunleash.io' }]);
 });