diff --git a/app/models/experiment.rb b/app/models/experiment.rb
index 0dca3b772..0e7740469 100644
--- a/app/models/experiment.rb
+++ b/app/models/experiment.rb
@@ -100,12 +100,6 @@ class Experiment < ApplicationRecord
     end
   end
 
-  def active_module_groups
-    my_module_groups.joins(:my_modules)
-                    .where('my_modules.archived = ?', false)
-                    .distinct
-  end
-
   def active_modules
     my_modules.where(archived: false)
   end
diff --git a/app/models/my_module_group.rb b/app/models/my_module_group.rb
index 37c36adc9..2de05fa71 100644
--- a/app/models/my_module_group.rb
+++ b/app/models/my_module_group.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ class MyModuleGroup < ApplicationRecord
              optional: true
   has_many :my_modules, inverse_of: :my_module_group, dependent: :nullify
 
+  scope :active, (lambda do
+    joins(:my_modules).where('my_modules.archived = ?', false).distinct
+  end)
+
   def deep_clone_to_experiment(current_user, experiment)
     clone = MyModuleGroup.new(
       created_by: created_by,
diff --git a/app/services/model_exporters/experiment_exporter.rb b/app/services/model_exporters/experiment_exporter.rb
index 74476a41a..4874016ed 100644
--- a/app/services/model_exporters/experiment_exporter.rb
+++ b/app/services/model_exporters/experiment_exporter.rb
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ module ModelExporters
         my_modules = @experiment.my_modules
         my_module_groups = @experiment.my_module_groups
       else
-        my_modules = @experiment.active_my_modules
-        my_module_groups = @experiment.active_module_groups
+        my_modules = @experiment.my_modules.active
+        my_module_groups = @experiment.my_module_groups.active
       end
       return {
         experiment: @experiment,