diff --git a/app/services/projects/mark_for_deletion_service.rb b/app/services/projects/mark_for_deletion_service.rb
index 19ea4ab664f7a4ef92a9f42767fe323d80b2af62..47b9057d28ef441446b44aed35e2c6e08fb05dad 100644
--- a/app/services/projects/mark_for_deletion_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/projects/mark_for_deletion_service.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ def execute_deletion
 
     def update_service_params
       {
-        archived: true,
         name: suffixed_identifier(resource.name),
         path: suffixed_identifier(resource.path),
         marked_for_deletion_at: Time.current,
diff --git a/app/services/projects/restore_service.rb b/app/services/projects/restore_service.rb
index fa786e06de90c701bee85a43c594dfa46167fccb..e1b1cea84bc4d304c983ff50c4f284bdf237e8e2 100644
--- a/app/services/projects/restore_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/projects/restore_service.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ def rename_resource
           resource,
           current_user,
           {
-            archived: false,
             hidden: false,
             name: updated_value(resource.name),
             path: updated_value(resource.path),
diff --git a/spec/services/projects/mark_for_deletion_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/projects/mark_for_deletion_service_spec.rb
index 7c5aedfea95b7e06016ef1d4c078c9bdde0ddfb8..e8451d6eb038666c12dbe63b0dc95c83e085819c 100644
--- a/spec/services/projects/mark_for_deletion_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/projects/mark_for_deletion_service_spec.rb
@@ -21,14 +21,15 @@
     allow(notification_service).to receive(:project_scheduled_for_deletion).with(project)
   end
 
-  it 'marks project as archived and marked for deletion', :aggregate_failures do
+  it 'marks project for deletion without changing archived state', :aggregate_failures do
+    original_archived_state = project.archived
     expect(Namespaces::ScheduleAggregationWorker).to receive(:perform_async)
       .with(project.namespace_id).and_call_original
 
     expect(result).to be_success
 
     expect(Project.unscoped.all).to include(project)
-    expect(project.reload.archived).to be(false)
+    expect(project.reload.archived).to eq(original_archived_state)
     expect(project.reload).to be_self_deletion_scheduled
     expect(project.reload.self_deletion_scheduled_deletion_created_on).not_to be_nil
     expect(project.reload.deleting_user).to eq(user)
diff --git a/spec/services/projects/restore_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/projects/restore_service_spec.rb
index 6701b9c968a29b7a5c04ba362ee478343f651700..02e135a2510b5646b1b23904d1479efc5f7221ea 100644
--- a/spec/services/projects/restore_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/projects/restore_service_spec.rb
@@ -21,14 +21,15 @@
         )
       end
 
-      it 'marks project as unarchived and not marked for deletion' do
+      it 'restores project without changing archived state' do
+        original_archived_state = project.archived
         expect(Namespaces::ScheduleAggregationWorker).to receive(:perform_async)
           .with(project.namespace.id).and_call_original
 
         execute
 
         expect(Project.unscoped.all).to include(project)
-        expect(project.archived).to be(false)
+        expect(project.archived).to eq(original_archived_state)
         expect(project).not_to be_self_deletion_scheduled
         expect(project.self_deletion_scheduled_deletion_created_on).to be_nil
         expect(project.deleting_user).to be_nil