diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php
index f69ad9bab1..f587435b60 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php
@@ -545,7 +545,6 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
         // @todo: verify eol is working as expected - move to request? or do I want this at all?
         // might just remove this and then use the method from here https://github.com/snipe/snipe-it/pull/13846
         $asset->asset_eol_date = $request->validated()['asset_eol_date'] ?? $asset->present()->eol_date(); // so this isn't really necessary, because it's happening on the observer - but that might change?
-        $asset->archived       = false;
         $asset->physical       = '1';
         $asset->depreciate     = '0';
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php
index 96933855fb..6384e0f121 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
             $asset->order_number            = $request->input('order_number');
             $asset->notes                   = $request->input('notes');
             $asset->user_id                 = Auth::id();
-            $asset->archived                = '0';
             $asset->physical                = '1';
             $asset->depreciate              = '0';
             $asset->status_id               = request('status_id');
diff --git a/app/Models/Asset.php b/app/Models/Asset.php
index 0073888ec4..9a696b22dd 100644
--- a/app/Models/Asset.php
+++ b/app/Models/Asset.php
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ class Asset extends Depreciable
     protected $injectUniqueIdentifier = true;
 
     protected $casts = [
-        'archived' => 'boolean',
         'physical' => 'boolean',
         'purchase_date' => 'date',
         'eol_explicit' => 'boolean',
@@ -743,7 +742,7 @@ class Asset extends Depreciable
     {
         $days = (is_null($days)) ? 30 : $days;
 
-        return self::where('archived', '=', '0')
+        return self::where('archived', '=', '0') // this can stay for right now, as `archived` defaults to 0 at the db level, but should probably be replaced with assetstatus->archived?
             ->whereNotNull('warranty_months')
             ->whereNotNull('purchase_date')
             ->whereNull('deleted_at')
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Api/Assets/AssetStoreTest.php b/tests/Feature/Api/Assets/AssetStoreTest.php
index acde9414c3..88f833afb5 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Api/Assets/AssetStoreTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Api/Assets/AssetStoreTest.php
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ class AssetStoreTest extends TestCase
 
         $response = $this->actingAsForApi($user)
             ->postJson(route('api.assets.store'), [
-                'archived' => false, // set explicitly in controller
                 'asset_eol_date' => '2024-06-02',
                 'asset_tag' => 'random_string',
                 'assigned_user' => $userAssigned->id, // assigned_to is set in the request, assigned_to isn't set through the api request
@@ -67,8 +66,6 @@ class AssetStoreTest extends TestCase
 
         $this->assertTrue($asset->adminuser->is($user));
 
-        // @todo: this is explicitly set 0 in the controller but they docs say they are customizable
-        $this->assertFalse($asset->archived);
         $this->assertTrue($asset->physical);
         // @todo: This isn't in the docs but it's in the controller
         $this->assertEquals('2024-06-02', $asset->asset_eol_date);