diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/user/AccountManagerImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/user/AccountManagerImpl.java
index 1f6e8d5b49ee..e69680a1d86f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/user/AccountManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/user/AccountManagerImpl.java
@@ -2100,14 +2100,30 @@ public boolean deleteUserAccount(long accountId) {
 
     protected void checkIfAccountManagesProjects(long accountId) {
         List<Long> managedProjectIds = _projectAccountDao.listAdministratedProjectIds(accountId);
-        if (!CollectionUtils.isEmpty(managedProjectIds)) {
-            throw new InvalidParameterValueException(String.format(
+
+        if (CollectionUtils.isEmpty(managedProjectIds)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        List<Long> activeManagedProjects = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        for (Long projectId : managedProjectIds) {
+            ProjectVO project = _projectDao.findById(projectId);
+            if (project != null && project.getRemoved() == null) {
+                activeManagedProjects.add(projectId);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!activeManagedProjects.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new InvalidParameterValueException(
+                String.format(
                     "Unable to delete account [%s], because it manages the following project(s): %s. Please, remove the account from these projects or demote it to a regular project role first.",
-                    accountId, managedProjectIds
+                    accountId, activeManagedProjects
             ));
         }
     }
 
+
     protected boolean isDeleteNeeded(AccountVO account, long accountId, Account caller) {
         if (account == null) {
             logger.info(String.format("The account, identified by id %d, doesn't exist", accountId ));
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/com/cloud/user/AccountManagerImplTest.java b/server/src/test/java/com/cloud/user/AccountManagerImplTest.java
index 6f5fbb0fdc12..dcaa95e2b360 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/com/cloud/user/AccountManagerImplTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/com/cloud/user/AccountManagerImplTest.java
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 import com.cloud.vm.UserVmVO;
 import com.cloud.vm.VMInstanceVO;
 import com.cloud.vm.snapshot.VMSnapshotVO;
+import com.cloud.projects.ProjectVO;
 
 public class AccountManagerImplTest extends AccountManagentImplTestBase {
 
@@ -1388,6 +1389,9 @@ public void checkIfAccountManagesProjectsTestThrowExceptionWhenTheAccountIsAProj
         List<Long> managedProjectIds = List.of(1L);
 
         Mockito.when(_projectAccountDao.listAdministratedProjectIds(accountId)).thenReturn(managedProjectIds);
+        ProjectVO project = Mockito.mock(ProjectVO.class);
+        Mockito.when(project.getRemoved()).thenReturn(null);
+        Mockito.when(_projectDao.findById(1L)).thenReturn(project);
         accountManagerImpl.checkIfAccountManagesProjects(accountId);
     }