diff --git a/app/controllers/proposals_controller.rb b/app/controllers/proposals_controller.rb
index dae693c24..7b3ccafe7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/proposals_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/proposals_controller.rb
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class ProposalsController < ApplicationController
     end
 
     def load_featured
-      @featured_proposals = Proposal.all.sort_by_confidence_score.limit(3) if (!@advanced_search_terms && @search_terms.blank? && @tag_filter.blank? && params[:retired].blank?)
+      @featured_proposals = Proposal.not_archived.sort_by_confidence_score.limit(3) if (!@advanced_search_terms && @search_terms.blank? && @tag_filter.blank? && params[:retired].blank?)
       if @featured_proposals.present?
         set_featured_proposal_votes(@featured_proposals)
         @resources = @resources.where('proposals.id NOT IN (?)', @featured_proposals.map(&:id))
diff --git a/spec/features/proposals_spec.rb b/spec/features/proposals_spec.rb
index 01cbc3fa4..9149531fd 100644
--- a/spec/features/proposals_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/proposals_spec.rb
@@ -738,6 +738,33 @@ feature 'Proposals' do
       expect(page).to have_content "This proposal has been archived and can't collect supports"
     end
 
+    scenario 'do not show in featured proposals section' do
+      featured_proposal = create(:proposal, :with_confidence_score, cached_votes_up: 100)
+      archived_proposal = create(:proposal, :archived, :with_confidence_score, cached_votes_up: 10000)
+
+      visit proposals_path
+
+      within("#featured-proposals") do
+        expect(page).to have_content(featured_proposal.title)
+        expect(page).to_not have_content(archived_proposal.title)
+      end
+      within("#proposals-list") do
+        expect(page).to_not have_content(featured_proposal.title)
+        expect(page).to_not have_content(archived_proposal.title)
+      end
+
+      click_link "Archived"
+
+      within("#featured-proposals") do
+        expect(page).to have_content(featured_proposal.title)
+        expect(page).to_not have_content(archived_proposal.title)
+      end
+      within("#proposals-list") do
+        expect(page).to_not have_content(featured_proposal.title)
+        expect(page).to have_content(archived_proposal.title)
+      end
+    end
+
   end
 
   context "Search" do