diff --git a/src/Core/Vault/Services/Implementations/CipherService.cs b/src/Core/Vault/Services/Implementations/CipherService.cs
index 2085345b16..08b86ae87c 100644
--- a/src/Core/Vault/Services/Implementations/CipherService.cs
+++ b/src/Core/Vault/Services/Implementations/CipherService.cs
@@ -723,6 +723,7 @@ public class CipherService : ICipherService
             // If the cipher was archived, clear the archived date when soft deleting
             // If a user were to restore an archived cipher, it should go back to the vault not the archive vault
             cipherDetails.ArchivedDate = null;
+            cipherDetails.Archives = null;
         }
 
         await _securityTaskRepository.MarkAsCompleteByCipherIds([cipherDetails.Id]);
diff --git a/test/Core.Test/Vault/Services/CipherServiceTests.cs b/test/Core.Test/Vault/Services/CipherServiceTests.cs
index c5eecb8f34..b7950b92d4 100644
--- a/test/Core.Test/Vault/Services/CipherServiceTests.cs
+++ b/test/Core.Test/Vault/Services/CipherServiceTests.cs
@@ -1829,6 +1829,8 @@ public class CipherServiceTests
         await sutProvider.Sut.SoftDeleteAsync(cipherDetails, deletingUserId);
 
         Assert.NotNull(cipherDetails.DeletedDate);
+        // Archives should be cleared on soft delete
+        Assert.Null(cipherDetails.Archives);
         Assert.Equal(cipherDetails.RevisionDate, cipherDetails.DeletedDate);
         await sutProvider.GetDependency<ICipherRepository>().Received(1).UpsertAsync(cipherDetails);
         await sutProvider.GetDependency<IEventService>().Received(1).LogCipherEventAsync(cipherDetails, EventType.Cipher_SoftDeleted);