diff --git a/app/dao/organisation_dao.py b/app/dao/organisation_dao.py
index a4edab289..c32d9a8b3 100644
--- a/app/dao/organisation_dao.py
+++ b/app/dao/organisation_dao.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def dao_get_users_for_organisation(organisation_id):
 @transactional
 def dao_add_user_to_organisation(organisation_id, user_id):
     organisation = dao_get_organisation_by_id(organisation_id)
-    user = User.query.filter_by(id=user_id).filter_by(state='active').one()
+    user = User.query.filter_by(id=user_id).one()
     organisation.users.append(user)
     db.session.add(organisation)
     return user
diff --git a/tests/app/dao/test_organisation_dao.py b/tests/app/dao/test_organisation_dao.py
index 045de8b5c..62c81041a 100644
--- a/tests/app/dao/test_organisation_dao.py
+++ b/tests/app/dao/test_organisation_dao.py
@@ -171,9 +171,3 @@ def test_add_user_to_organisation_when_user_does_not_exist(sample_organisation):
 def test_add_user_to_organisation_when_organisation_does_not_exist(sample_user):
     with pytest.raises(expected_exception=SQLAlchemyError):
         dao_add_user_to_organisation(organisation_id=uuid.uuid4(), user_id=sample_user.id)
-
-
-def test_add_user_to_organisation_raises_exception_when_user_is_not_active(sample_organisation):
-    first = create_user(state='inactive')
-    with pytest.raises(expected_exception=SQLAlchemyError):
-        dao_add_user_to_organisation(organisation_id=sample_organisation.id, user_id=first.id)