diff --git a/backend/pkg/api/data_access/archiver.go b/backend/pkg/api/data_access/archiver.go
index bb28571b94..31462c79dc 100644
--- a/backend/pkg/api/data_access/archiver.go
+++ b/backend/pkg/api/data_access/archiver.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/doug-martin/goqu/v9"
 	t "github.com/gobitfly/beaconchain/pkg/api/types"
+	"github.com/lib/pq"
 )
 
 type ArchiverRepository interface {
@@ -99,9 +100,23 @@ func (d *DataAccessService) UpdateValidatorDashboardsArchiving(ctx context.Conte
 }
 
 func (d *DataAccessService) RemoveValidatorDashboards(ctx context.Context, dashboardIds []uint64) error {
-	// Delete the dashboard
+	// Delete the dashboards
 	_, err := d.writerDb.ExecContext(ctx, `
 		DELETE FROM users_val_dashboards WHERE id = ANY($1)
 	`, dashboardIds)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var prefixes []string
+	for _, dashboardId := range dashboardIds {
+		prefixes = append(prefixes, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d:%%", ValidatorDashboardEventPrefix, dashboardId))
+	}
+
+	// Remove all events related to the dashboards
+	_, err = d.userWriter.ExecContext(ctx, `
+		DELETE FROM users_subscriptions WHERE event_filter LIKE ANY($1)
+	`, pq.Array(prefixes))
+
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/backend/pkg/notification/db.go b/backend/pkg/notification/db.go
index ef865dd4e3..747ad6551f 100644
--- a/backend/pkg/notification/db.go
+++ b/backend/pkg/notification/db.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/lib/pq"
 )
 
-// Retrieves all subscription for a given event filter
+// Retrieves all active subscriptions for a given event filter
 // Map key corresponds to the event filter which can be
 // a validator pubkey or an eth1 address (for RPL notifications)
 // or a list of validators for the tax report notifications
@@ -144,11 +144,14 @@ func GetSubsForEventFilter(eventName types.EventName, lastSentFilter string, las
 		FROM users_val_dashboards
 		LEFT JOIN users_val_dashboards_groups ON users_val_dashboards_groups.dashboard_id = users_val_dashboards.id
 		LEFT JOIN users_val_dashboards_validators ON users_val_dashboards_validators.dashboard_id = users_val_dashboards_groups.dashboard_id AND users_val_dashboards_validators.group_id = users_val_dashboards_groups.id
-		WHERE users_val_dashboards_validators.validator_index IS NOT NULL AND users_val_dashboards.id = ANY($1)
+		WHERE users_val_dashboards_validators.validator_index IS NOT NULL AND users_val_dashboards.id = ANY($1) AND users_val_dashboards.is_archived IS NULL
 	`, pq.Array(dashboardConfigsToFetch))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error getting dashboard definitions: %v", err)
 		}
+		if len(dashboardDefinitions) == 0 {
+			return subMap, nil
+		}
 		log.Infof("retrieved %d dashboard definitions", len(dashboardDefinitions))
 
 		// Now initialize the validator dashboard configuration map