diff --git a/integreat_cms/core/signals/contact_signals.py b/integreat_cms/core/signals/contact_signals.py
index 50e3ea28da..af575e96e6 100644
--- a/integreat_cms/core/signals/contact_signals.py
+++ b/integreat_cms/core/signals/contact_signals.py
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ def contact_save_handler(instance: Contact, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         + list(instance.referring_event_translations)
     )
     for referrer in referring_objects:
+        if getattr(referrer.foreign_object, "archived", False):
+            continue
         logger.debug("Updating %r, since it references %r.", referrer, instance)
         referrer.content = clean_content(referrer.content, referrer.language.slug)
         referrer.save(update_fields=["content"])