diff --git a/src/search.js b/src/search.js
index a0c156535a..a2bb96a33f 100644
--- a/src/search.js
+++ b/src/search.js
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ function filterAndSort(pids, data, callback) {
 }
 
 function getMatchedPosts(pids, data, callback) {
-	var postFields = ['pid', 'tid', 'timestamp'];
-	var topicFields = [];
+	var postFields = ['pid', 'tid', 'timestamp', 'deleted'];
+	var topicFields = ['deleted'];
 	var categoryFields = [];
 
 	if (data.replies) {
@@ -180,7 +180,9 @@ function getMatchedPosts(pids, data, callback) {
 			db.getObjectsFields(keys, postFields, next);
 		},
 		function(_posts, next) {
-			posts = _posts;
+			posts = _posts.filter(function(post) {
+				return post && parseInt(post.deleted, 10) !== 1;
+			});
 
 			async.parallel({
 				users: function(next) {
@@ -194,10 +196,6 @@ function getMatchedPosts(pids, data, callback) {
 					}
 				},
 				topics: function(next) {
-					if (!topicFields.length) {
-						return next();
-					}
-
 					var topics;
 					async.waterfall([
 						function(next) {
@@ -268,6 +266,10 @@ function getMatchedPosts(pids, data, callback) {
 				}
 			});
 
+			posts = posts.filter(function(post) {
+				return post && post.topic && parseInt(post.topic.deleted, 10) !== 1;
+			});
+
 			next(null, posts);
 		}
 	], callback);