diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 66d01e005..e95bda145 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Fixed account deletion API
 - Fixed lowercase HTTP HEAD method in the Media Proxy Preview code
 - Removed useless notification call on Delete activities
+- Improved performance for filtering out deactivated and invisible users
 
 ### Removed
 - Quack, the logging backend that pushes to Slack channels
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/activity.ex b/lib/pleroma/activity.ex
index ebfd4ed45..3556aaf9e 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/activity.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/activity.ex
@@ -361,9 +361,11 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Activity do
   end
 
   def restrict_deactivated_users(query) do
-    deactivated_users_query = from(u in User.Query.build(%{deactivated: true}), select: u.ap_id)
-
-    from(activity in query, where: activity.actor not in subquery(deactivated_users_query))
+    query
+    |> join(:inner, [activity], user in User,
+      as: :user,
+      on: activity.actor == user.ap_id and user.is_active == true
+    )
   end
 
   defdelegate search(user, query, options \\ []), to: Pleroma.Activity.Search
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
index 5099caef7..fa251394b 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
@@ -1239,15 +1239,15 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPub do
     end
   end
 
+  defp exclude_invisible_actors(query, %{type: "Flag"}), do: query
   defp exclude_invisible_actors(query, %{invisible_actors: true}), do: query
 
   defp exclude_invisible_actors(query, _opts) do
-    invisible_ap_ids =
-      User.Query.build(%{invisible: true, select: [:ap_id]})
-      |> Repo.all()
-      |> Enum.map(fn %{ap_id: ap_id} -> ap_id end)
-
-    from([activity] in query, where: activity.actor not in ^invisible_ap_ids)
+    query
+    |> join(:inner, [activity], u in User,
+      as: :u,
+      on: activity.actor == u.ap_id and u.invisible == false
+    )
   end
 
   defp exclude_id(query, %{exclude_id: id}) when is_binary(id) do
@@ -1377,7 +1377,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPub do
       |> restrict_instance(opts)
       |> restrict_announce_object_actor(opts)
       |> restrict_filtered(opts)
-      |> Activity.restrict_deactivated_users()
+      |> maybe_restrict_deactivated_users(opts)
       |> exclude_poll_votes(opts)
       |> exclude_chat_messages(opts)
       |> exclude_invisible_actors(opts)
@@ -1789,4 +1789,9 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPub do
     |> restrict_visibility(%{visibility: "direct"})
     |> order_by([activity], asc: activity.id)
   end
+
+  defp maybe_restrict_deactivated_users(activity, %{type: "Flag"}), do: activity
+
+  defp maybe_restrict_deactivated_users(activity, _opts),
+    do: Activity.restrict_deactivated_users(activity)
 end