diff --git a/app/controllers/groups/shared_projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/groups/shared_projects_controller.rb
index f2f835767e0..7dec1f5f402 100644
--- a/app/controllers/groups/shared_projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/groups/shared_projects_controller.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ module Groups
                            # Make the `search` param consistent for the frontend,
                            # which will be using `filter`.
                            params[:search] ||= params[:filter] if params[:filter]
-                           params.permit(:sort, :search)
+                           # Don't show archived projects
+                           params[:non_archived] = true
+                           params.permit(:sort, :search, :non_archived)
                          end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/groups/shared_projects_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/groups/shared_projects_controller_spec.rb
index d8fa41abb18..003c8c262e7 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/groups/shared_projects_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/groups/shared_projects_controller_spec.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe Groups::SharedProjectsController do
     end
 
     it 'allows filtering shared projects' do
-      project = create(:project, :archived, namespace: user.namespace, name: "Searching for")
+      project = create(:project, namespace: user.namespace, name: "Searching for")
       share_project(project)
 
       get_shared_projects(filter: 'search')
@@ -55,5 +55,14 @@ describe Groups::SharedProjectsController do
 
       expect(json_project_ids).to eq([second_project.id, shared_project.id])
     end
+
+    it 'does not include archived projects' do
+      archived_project = create(:project, :archived, namespace: user.namespace)
+      share_project(archived_project)
+
+      get_shared_projects
+
+      expect(json_project_ids).to contain_exactly(shared_project.id)
+    end
   end
 end