diff --git a/orcid-api-web/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/memberV2/server/delegator/impl/MemberV2ApiServiceVersionedDelegatorImpl.java b/orcid-api-web/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/memberV2/server/delegator/impl/MemberV2ApiServiceVersionedDelegatorImpl.java
index fbbb652e435..42bad3e6597 100644
--- a/orcid-api-web/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/memberV2/server/delegator/impl/MemberV2ApiServiceVersionedDelegatorImpl.java
+++ b/orcid-api-web/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/memberV2/server/delegator/impl/MemberV2ApiServiceVersionedDelegatorImpl.java
@@ -602,15 +602,7 @@ private Object downgradeObject(Object entity) {
     }
 
     private void checkProfileStatus(String orcid, boolean readOperation) {
-        try {
-            orcidSecurityManager.checkProfile(orcid);
-        } catch (DeactivatedException e) {
-            // If it is a read operation, ignore the deactivated status since we
-            // are going to return the empty element with the deactivation date
-            if (!readOperation) {
-                throw e;
-            }
-        }
+        orcidSecurityManager.checkProfile(orcid);        
     }
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/orcid-pub-web/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/publicV2/server/delegator/impl/PublicV2ApiServiceVersionedDelegatorImpl.java b/orcid-pub-web/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/publicV2/server/delegator/impl/PublicV2ApiServiceVersionedDelegatorImpl.java
index ebb03f3da87..f7aa0bbc8e5 100644
--- a/orcid-pub-web/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/publicV2/server/delegator/impl/PublicV2ApiServiceVersionedDelegatorImpl.java
+++ b/orcid-pub-web/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/publicV2/server/delegator/impl/PublicV2ApiServiceVersionedDelegatorImpl.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 
 import org.orcid.api.publicV2.server.delegator.PublicV2ApiServiceDelegator;
-import org.orcid.core.exception.DeactivatedException;
 import org.orcid.core.manager.OrcidSecurityManager;
 import org.orcid.core.manager.ProfileEntityCacheManager;
 import org.orcid.core.version.V2Convertible;
@@ -282,11 +281,7 @@ private Response downgradeResponse(Response response) {
     }
 
     private void checkProfileStatus(String orcid) {
-        try {
-            orcidSecurityManager.checkProfile(orcid);
-        } catch(DeactivatedException e) {
-            // Ignore the DeactivatedException since we should be able to return the empty element
-        }
+        orcidSecurityManager.checkProfile(orcid);        
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
diff --git a/orcid-pub-web/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/publicV3/server/delegator/impl/PublicV3ApiServiceDelegatorImpl.java b/orcid-pub-web/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/publicV3/server/delegator/impl/PublicV3ApiServiceDelegatorImpl.java
index dc6e08ee382..783c9db5272 100644
--- a/orcid-pub-web/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/publicV3/server/delegator/impl/PublicV3ApiServiceDelegatorImpl.java
+++ b/orcid-pub-web/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/publicV3/server/delegator/impl/PublicV3ApiServiceDelegatorImpl.java
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package org.orcid.api.publicV3.server.delegator.impl;
 
-import static org.orcid.core.api.OrcidApiConstants.STATUS_OK_MESSAGE;
-
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -17,7 +15,6 @@
 import org.orcid.api.common.writer.citeproc.V3WorkToCiteprocTranslator;
 import org.orcid.api.publicV3.server.delegator.PublicV3ApiServiceDelegator;
 import org.orcid.api.publicV3.server.security.PublicAPISecurityManagerV3;
-import org.orcid.core.exception.DeactivatedException;
 import org.orcid.core.exception.OrcidBadRequestException;
 import org.orcid.core.exception.OrcidNoResultException;
 import org.orcid.core.exception.SearchStartParameterLimitExceededException;
@@ -927,11 +924,7 @@ public Response viewServiceSummary(String orcid, Long putCode) {
     }
     
     private void checkProfileStatus(String orcid) {
-        try {
-            orcidSecurityManager.checkProfile(orcid);
-        } catch(DeactivatedException e) {
-            // Ignore the DeactivatedException since we should be able to return the empty element
-        }
+        orcidSecurityManager.checkProfile(orcid);        
     }
 
     @Override