diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index 88c68fdf7..a591e6b45 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
                                      delete_samples samples_index)
   before_action :load_projects_tree, only: %i(sidebar show samples archive
                                               experiment_archive)
-  before_action :load_archive_vars, only: :archive
   before_action :check_view_permissions, only: %i(show reports notifications
                                                   samples experiment_archive
                                                   samples_index)
@@ -82,10 +81,6 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
     end
   end
 
-  def archive
-    index
-  end
-
   def new
     @project = Project.new
   end
@@ -319,15 +314,6 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
     end
   end
 
-  def load_archive_vars
-    if current_user.teams.any?
-      @archived_projects_by_teams =
-        current_user.projects_by_teams(@current_team.id, @current_sort, true)
-    else
-      @archived_projects_by_teams = []
-    end
-  end
-
   def check_view_permissions
     render_403 unless can_read_project?(@project)
   end
diff --git a/app/views/projects/archive.html.erb b/app/views/projects/archive.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 03753fd4e..000000000
--- a/app/views/projects/archive.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-<% provide(:head_title, t("projects.archive.head_title")) %>
-<%= render partial: "shared/sidebar", locals: { page: 'project' } %>
-<%= render partial: "shared/secondary_navigation" %>
-
-<div class="content-pane" id="project-archive">
-  <% if @archived_projects_by_teams.length > 0 %>
-  <div id="projects-toolbar">
-
-    <form class="form-inline" action="<%= projects_archive_path %>">
-
-      <div class="form-group">
-        <!-- project sort -->
-        <div class="dropdown">
-          <button class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" type="button" id="sortMenu" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="true">
-            <span class="hidden-xs"><%= t'projects.index.sort' %></span>
-            <span class="visible-xs-inline"><i class="fas fa-sort"></i></span>
-            <span class="caret"></span>
-          </button>
-          <ul class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="sortMenu">
-          <% ["new", "old", "atoz", "ztoa"].each do |sort| %>
-            <% if @current_sort != sort %>
-            <li><a href="?<%= {team: @current_team.id, sort: sort}.reject{|k,v| v.to_s == "0"}.to_query %>"><%= t('projects.index.sort_' + sort) %></a></li>
-            <% else %>
-            <li class="disabled"><a href="#"><%= t('projects.index.sort_' + sort) %></a></li>
-            <% end %>
-          <% end %>
-          </ul>
-        </div>
-
-      </div>
-    </form>
-  </div>
-
-    <% @archived_projects_by_teams.each do |team, projects| %>
-      <%= render partial: 'projects/archive/team_projects',
-                 locals: {team: team, projects: projects} %>
-    <% end %>
-  <% else %>
-    <div class="row">
-      <div class="col-xs-12">
-        <h4><%=t "projects.index.no_archived_projects" %></h4>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-    <div>
-      <div class="col-xs-12">
-        <%= link_to t("projects.index.back_to_projects_index"), projects_path %>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-    <!-- Some spacing... -->
-    <div class="row">
-      <div class="col-xs-12" style="height: 30px;"></div>
-    </div>
-  <% end %>
-</div>
diff --git a/app/views/projects/archive/_project.html.erb b/app/views/projects/archive/_project.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index ee563ae1d..000000000
--- a/app/views/projects/archive/_project.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-<div class="panel panel-default panel-project panel-archive">
-  <div class="panel-heading">
-    <% if can_restore_project?(project) %>
-      <div class="dropdown pull-right">
-        <button class="btn btn-link dropdown-toggle"
-                type="button"
-                id="dropdownMenu1"
-                data-toggle="dropdown"
-                aria-haspopup="true"
-                aria-expanded="true">
-          <span class="caret"></span>
-        </button>
-        <% project_form = nil %>
-        <%= form_for project, method: :patch, format: :html do |f| %>
-          <% project_form = f %>
-          <%= f.hidden_field :archived, value: false %>
-        <% end %>
-        <ul class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-right" aria-labelledby="dropdownMenu1">
-          <li class="dropdown-header"><%= t('projects.index.options_header') %></li>
-          <li><a href="#"
-            class="form-submit-link"
-            data-turbolinks="false"
-            data-submit-form="<%= project_form.options[:html][:id] %>"><%= t 'projects.index.restore_option' %></a></li>
-        </ul>
-      </div>
-    <% end %>
-
-    <h3 class="panel-title">
-      <% if project.hidden? then %>
-        <span class="fas fa-eye-slash" aria-hidden="true" title="<%=t "projects.index.visibility_private" %>"></span>
-      <% else %>
-        <span class="fas fa-eye" aria-hidden="true" title="<%=t "projects.index.visibility_public" %>"></span>
-      <% end %>
-      <span><%= project.name %></span>
-    </h3>
-  </div>
-
-  <div class="panel-body">
-    <div class="row">
-      <div class="col-xs-6"><%= t('projects.index.start_date') %></div>
-      <div class="col-xs-6">
-      <%=l project.created_at, format: :full_date %>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-</div>
diff --git a/app/views/projects/archive/_team_projects.html.erb b/app/views/projects/archive/_team_projects.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index c501786c5..000000000
--- a/app/views/projects/archive/_team_projects.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<div class="row">
-<% projects.each_index do |i| project = projects[i] %>
-  <div class="col-lg-3 col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12">
-  <%= render partial: "projects/archive/project", locals: { project: project } %>
-  </div>
-  <% if (i+1) % 4 == 0 %>
-  <div class="clearfix visible-lg-block"></div>
-  <% end %>
-  <% if (i+1) % 3 == 0 %>
-  <div class="clearfix visible-md-block"></div>
-  <% end %>
-  <% if (i+1) % 2 == 0 %>
-  <div class="clearfix visible-sm-block"></div>
-  <% end %>
-<% end %>
-</div>
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 840309479..91c7f0742 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -281,8 +281,6 @@ en:
       options_header: "Options"
       comment_placeholder: "Your Message"
       more_comments: "More Comments"
-      no_archived_projects: "No archived projects!"
-      back_to_projects_index: "Back to home"
       modal_new_project:
         modal_title: "Create new project"
         create: "Create"
@@ -331,7 +329,6 @@ en:
       success_flash: "Project <strong>%{name}</strong> successfully updated."
       error_flash: "Project <strong>%{name}</strong> not updated."
     archive:
-      head_title: "Projects Archive"
       success_flash: "Project <strong>%{name}</strong> successfully archived."
       error_flash: "Project <strong>%{name}</strong> not archived."
     restore:
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index bd61bf47c..01e7ce25c 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
             via: [:get, :post, :put, :patch]
     end
 
-    get 'projects/archive', to: 'projects#archive', as: 'projects_archive'
     post 'projects/index_dt', to: 'projects#index_dt', as: 'projects_index_dt'
     get 'projects/sidebar', to: 'projects#sidebar', as: 'projects_sidebar'
     get 'projects/dt_state_load', to: 'projects#dt_state_load',
diff --git a/spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb
index a2a58e024..443540a22 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb
@@ -90,18 +90,6 @@ describe ProjectsController, type: :controller do
     end
   end
 
-  describe '#archive' do
-    context 'in JSON format' do
-      let(:params) { { team: team.id, sort: 'atoz' } }
-
-      it 'returns success response' do
-        get :archive, params: params, format: :json
-        expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
-        expect(response.content_type).to eq 'application/json'
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
   describe 'POST create' do
     context 'in JSON format' do
       let(:params) do