diff --git a/care/facility/api/viewsets/facility_users.py b/care/facility/api/viewsets/facility_users.py
index ce4cf71c91..06cbab4732 100644
--- a/care/facility/api/viewsets/facility_users.py
+++ b/care/facility/api/viewsets/facility_users.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ def get_queryset(self):
                 external_id=self.kwargs.get("facility_external_id"),
             )
             queryset = facility.users.filter(
+                is_active=True,
                 deleted=False,
             ).order_by("-last_login")
             return queryset.prefetch_related(
diff --git a/care/facility/tests/test_facilityuser_api.py b/care/facility/tests/test_facilityuser_api.py
index 5958ee9f39..4c0903f61b 100644
--- a/care/facility/tests/test_facilityuser_api.py
+++ b/care/facility/tests/test_facilityuser_api.py
@@ -77,3 +77,26 @@ def test_user_access_to_facility_on_user_type(self):
         self.client.force_authenticate(user=district_lab_admin)
         response = self.client.get(f"/api/v1/facility/{self.facility.external_id}/")
         self.assertIs(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+
+    def test_user_is_not_listed_if_deleted(self):
+        # Testing FE's delete functionality (soft delete/is_active is set to false when user is deleted)
+        response = self.client.get(
+            f"/api/v1/facility/{self.facility.external_id}/get_users/"
+        )
+        response_json = response.json()
+        results = response_json["results"]
+        self.assertIs(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertEqual(len(results), 2)
+        self.assertIn(self.super_user.username, [user["username"] for user in results])
+        self.assertIn(self.user.username, [user["username"] for user in results])
+        self.user.is_active = False
+        self.user.save()
+        response = self.client.get(
+            f"/api/v1/facility/{self.facility.external_id}/get_users/"
+        )
+        response_json = response.json()
+        results = response_json["results"]
+        self.assertIs(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertEqual(len(results), 1)
+        self.assertIn(self.super_user.username, [user["username"] for user in results])
+        self.assertNotIn(self.user.username, [user["username"] for user in results])