diff --git a/app/controllers/pool_elements_controller.rb b/app/controllers/pool_elements_controller.rb
index 20bf32c3a..0be0fc3b8 100644
--- a/app/controllers/pool_elements_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/pool_elements_controller.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class PoolElementsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def all_select
-    @pools = Pool.undeleted.where("is_active = true").order("name").select("id, name")
+    @pools = Pool.undeleted.order("name").select("id, name")
     @pools.each # hack to force rails to eager load
     @pools
   end
diff --git a/app/controllers/pools_controller.rb b/app/controllers/pools_controller.rb
index ad2ec943c..8ca0bb43d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/pools_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/pools_controller.rb
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class PoolsController < ApplicationController
   private
 
   def pool_params
-    permitted_params = %i[name description category is_active post_ids post_ids_string]
+    permitted_params = %i[name description category post_ids post_ids_string]
     params.require(:pool).permit(*permitted_params, post_ids: [])
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/pool.rb b/app/models/pool.rb
index f2813a7a8..6adb510db 100644
--- a/app/models/pool.rb
+++ b/app/models/pool.rb
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class Pool < ApplicationRecord
     def search(params)
       q = super
 
-      q = q.search_attributes(params, :creator, :is_active, :is_deleted, :name, :description, :post_ids)
+      q = q.search_attributes(params, :creator, :is_deleted, :name, :description, :post_ids)
       q = q.text_attribute_matches(:description, params[:description_matches])
 
       if params[:post_tags_match]
diff --git a/app/views/pool_versions/search.html.erb b/app/views/pool_versions/search.html.erb
index da689feba..dc21d7cb0 100644
--- a/app/views/pool_versions/search.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/pool_versions/search.html.erb
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@
       <%= f.input :is_new, label: "New?", collection: [["Yes", true], ["No", false]], include_blank: true %>
       <%= f.input :name_changed, label: "Name changed?", collection: [["Yes", true], ["No", false]], include_blank: true %>
       <%= f.input :description_changed, label: "Description changed?", collection: [["Yes", true], ["No", false]], include_blank: true %>
-      <%= f.input :is_active, label: "Active?", collection: [["Yes", true], ["No", false]], include_blank: true %>
       <%= f.input :is_banned, label: "Deleted?", collection: [["Yes", true], ["No", false]], include_blank: true %>
       <%= f.submit "Search" %>
     <% end %>
   </div>
 </div>
 
-<%= render "secondary_links" %>
\ No newline at end of file
+<%= render "secondary_links" %>
diff --git a/app/views/pools/_search.html.erb b/app/views/pools/_search.html.erb
index 4e8889f3e..de424ed53 100644
--- a/app/views/pools/_search.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/pools/_search.html.erb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   <%= f.input :description_matches, label: "Description", input_html: { value: params.dig(:search, :description_matches) } %>
   <%= f.input :post_tags_match, label: "Post tags", input_html: { value: params.dig(:search, :post_tags_match), "data-autocomplete": "tag-query" } %>
   <%= f.input :creator_name, label: "Creator", input_html: { value: params.dig(:search, :creator_name), "data-autocomplete": "user" } %>
-  <%= f.input :is_active, label: "Status", as: :select, collection: [%w[Active true], %w[Inactive false]], include_blank: true, selected: params.dig(:search, :is_active) %>
   <%= f.input :category, collection: %w[series collection], include_blank: true, selected: params[:search][:category] %>
   <%= f.input :order, collection: [%w[Last\ updated updated_at], %w[Name name], %w[Recently\ created created_at], %w[Post\ count post_count]], include_blank: true, selected: params.dig(:search, :order) %>
   <%= f.submit "Search" %>
diff --git a/app/views/pools/edit.html.erb b/app/views/pools/edit.html.erb
index 053fa2e4c..4202226de 100644
--- a/app/views/pools/edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/pools/edit.html.erb
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
       <%= dtext_preview_button "pool", "description" %>
       <%= f.input :post_ids_string, as: :text, label: "Posts" %>
       <%= f.input :category, :collection => ["series", "collection"], :include_blank => false %>
-      <%= f.input :is_active %>
       <%= f.button :submit %>
     <% end %>
   </div>
diff --git a/app/views/pools/new.html.erb b/app/views/pools/new.html.erb
index ae2338ce2..165ec4497 100644
--- a/app/views/pools/new.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/pools/new.html.erb
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
       <%= dtext_field "pool", "description" %>
       <%= f.input :post_ids_string, as: :text, label: "Posts" %>
       <%= f.input :category, :collection => ["series", "collection"], :include_blank => true, :selected => "", :required => true %>
-      <%= f.input :is_active %>
       <%= f.button :submit, "Submit" %>
       <%= dtext_preview_button "pool", "description" %>
     <% end %>