diff --git a/app/controllers/spree/api/products_controller_decorator.rb b/app/controllers/spree/api/products_controller_decorator.rb
index a58b4e47b2..3fb8a0806c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/spree/api/products_controller_decorator.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/spree/api/products_controller_decorator.rb
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ Spree::Api::ProductsController.class_eval do
   def product_scope
     if current_api_user.has_spree_role?("admin") || current_api_user.enterprises.present? # This line modified
       scope = Spree::Product
-      unless params[:show_deleted]
-        scope = scope.not_deleted
+      if params[:show_deleted]
+        scope = scope.with_deleted
       end
     else
       scope = Spree::Product.active
diff --git a/app/models/order_cycle.rb b/app/models/order_cycle.rb
index ac9b7d8cb8..0fc159fb8d 100644
--- a/app/models/order_cycle.rb
+++ b/app/models/order_cycle.rb
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ class OrderCycle < ActiveRecord::Base
     Spree::Variant.
       joins(:exchanges).
       merge(Exchange.in_order_cycle(self)).
-      not_deleted.
       select('DISTINCT spree_variants.*').
       to_a # http://stackoverflow.com/q/15110166
   end
@@ -163,9 +162,8 @@ class OrderCycle < ActiveRecord::Base
   def variants_distributed_by(distributor)
     return Spree::Variant.where("1=0") unless distributor.present?
     Spree::Variant.
-      not_deleted.
-      merge(distributor.inventory_variants).
       joins(:exchanges).
+      merge(distributor.inventory_variants).
       merge(Exchange.in_order_cycle(self)).
       merge(Exchange.outgoing).
       merge(Exchange.to_enterprise(distributor))
diff --git a/app/models/product_import/entry_processor.rb b/app/models/product_import/entry_processor.rb
index bd9ef94d45..4e9b52cfad 100644
--- a/app/models/product_import/entry_processor.rb
+++ b/app/models/product_import/entry_processor.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ module ProductImport
             VariantOverride.for_hubs([enterprise_id]).count
           else
             Spree::Variant.
-              not_deleted.
               not_master.
               joins(:product).
               where('spree_products.supplier_id IN (?)', enterprise_id).
diff --git a/app/models/spree/variant_decorator.rb b/app/models/spree/variant_decorator.rb
index 5f67825537..30f695f70b 100644
--- a/app/models/spree/variant_decorator.rb
+++ b/app/models/spree/variant_decorator.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ Spree::Variant.class_eval do
 
   scope :with_order_cycles_inner, joins(exchanges: :order_cycle)
 
-  scope :not_deleted, where(deleted_at: nil)
   scope :not_master, where(is_master: false)
   scope :in_order_cycle, lambda { |order_cycle|
     with_order_cycles_inner.
diff --git a/app/serializers/api/admin/for_order_cycle/enterprise_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/api/admin/for_order_cycle/enterprise_serializer.rb
index 8e4dee5f5d..0eb9b642ef 100644
--- a/app/serializers/api/admin/for_order_cycle/enterprise_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/api/admin/for_order_cycle/enterprise_serializer.rb
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ class Api::Admin::ForOrderCycle::EnterpriseSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
   def products
     return @products unless @products.nil?
     @products = if order_cycle.prefers_product_selection_from_coordinator_inventory_only?
-      object.supplied_products.not_deleted.visible_for(order_cycle.coordinator)
+      object.supplied_products.visible_for(order_cycle.coordinator)
     else
-      object.supplied_products.not_deleted
+      object.supplied_products
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/open_food_network/products_and_inventory_report_base.rb b/lib/open_food_network/products_and_inventory_report_base.rb
index 15110047d9..04a587d215 100644
--- a/lib/open_food_network/products_and_inventory_report_base.rb
+++ b/lib/open_food_network/products_and_inventory_report_base.rb
@@ -31,11 +31,7 @@ module OpenFoodNetwork
     end
 
     def filter(variants)
-      filter_on_hand filter_to_distributor filter_to_order_cycle filter_to_supplier filter_not_deleted variants
-    end
-
-    def filter_not_deleted(variants)
-      variants.not_deleted
+      filter_on_hand filter_to_distributor filter_to_order_cycle filter_to_supplier variants
     end
 
     # Using the `in_stock?` method allows overrides by distributors.
diff --git a/spec/models/spree/variant_spec.rb b/spec/models/spree/variant_spec.rb
index 5894b4e12d..7be1becbbd 100644
--- a/spec/models/spree/variant_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/spree/variant_spec.rb
@@ -13,16 +13,6 @@ module Spree
     end
 
     describe "scopes" do
-      it "finds non-deleted variants" do
-        v_not_deleted = create(:variant)
-        v_deleted = create(:variant)
-        v_deleted.deleted_at = Time.zone.now
-        v_deleted.save
-
-        Spree::Variant.not_deleted.should     include v_not_deleted
-        Spree::Variant.not_deleted.should_not include v_deleted
-      end
-
       describe "finding variants in a distributor" do
         let!(:d1) { create(:distributor_enterprise) }
         let!(:d2) { create(:distributor_enterprise) }