diff --git a/src/Handler/Submission/Helper.hs b/src/Handler/Submission/Helper.hs
index 9dab33ccb..ae8799d23 100644
--- a/src/Handler/Submission/Helper.hs
+++ b/src/Handler/Submission/Helper.hs
@@ -417,16 +417,8 @@ submissionHelper tid ssh csh shn mcid = do
               E.where_ $ (user E.^. UserId) `E.in_` E.valList gIds
               let
                 isParticipant = E.exists . E.from $ \courseParticipant -> do
-                  E.where_ $ (user E.^. UserId E.==. courseParticipant E.^. CourseParticipantUser
+                  E.where_ $ user E.^. UserId E.==. courseParticipant E.^. CourseParticipantUser
                        E.&&. courseParticipant E.^. CourseParticipantCourse E.==. E.val sheetCourse
-                       E.&&. courseParticipant E.^. CourseParticipantState E.==. E.val CourseParticipantActive)
-                isOldUser = E.exists . E.from $ \(submissionUser `E.InnerJoin` submission) -> do
-                  E.on $ submissionUser E.^. SubmissionUserSubmission E.==. submission E.^. SubmissionId
-                  E.where_ $ submissionUser E.^. SubmissionUserUser E.==. user E.^. UserId
-                       E.&&. submission E.^. SubmissionSheet E.==. E.val shid
-                  case msmid of
-                    Nothing   -> return ()
-                    Just smid -> E.where_ $ submission E.^. SubmissionId E.==. E.val smid
                 hasSubmitted = E.exists . E.from $ \(submissionUser `E.InnerJoin` submission) -> do
                   E.on $ submissionUser E.^. SubmissionUserSubmission E.==. submission E.^. SubmissionId
                   E.where_ $ submissionUser E.^. SubmissionUserUser E.==. user E.^. UserId
@@ -434,7 +426,7 @@ submissionHelper tid ssh csh shn mcid = do
                   case msmid of -- Multiple `E.where_`-Statements are merged with `&&` in esqueleto 2.5.3
                     Nothing   -> return ()
                     Just smid -> E.where_ $ submission E.^. SubmissionId E.!=. E.val smid
-              return (user E.^. UserEmail, (user E.^. UserId, isParticipant E.||. isOldUser, hasSubmitted))
+              return (user E.^. UserEmail, (user E.^. UserId, isParticipant, hasSubmitted))
 
             $logDebugS "SUBMISSION.AdHocGroupValidation" $ tshow participants