diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/search/SearchResource.java b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/search/SearchResource.java
index ee4f3960444..908871bf7c1 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/search/SearchResource.java
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/search/SearchResource.java
@@ -251,10 +251,8 @@ public class SearchResource {
     }
 
     /* For backward-compatibility we continue supporting the deleted argument, this should be removed in future versions */
-    if (!deleted) {
-      searchSourceBuilder.query(
-          QueryBuilders.boolQuery().must(searchSourceBuilder.query()).must(QueryBuilders.termQuery("deleted", false)));
-    }
+    searchSourceBuilder.query(
+        QueryBuilders.boolQuery().must(searchSourceBuilder.query()).must(QueryBuilders.termQuery("deleted", deleted)));
 
     if (!nullOrEmpty(sortFieldParam)) {
       searchSourceBuilder.sort(sortFieldParam, sortOrder);