diff --git a/application/modules/courses/models/CourseModel.php b/application/modules/courses/models/CourseModel.php
index 9f6e2810631ef2d68a92b270725db9eecd930066..cdd014369c7db9089a48e626218872bbd8ecaae7 100644
--- a/application/modules/courses/models/CourseModel.php
+++ b/application/modules/courses/models/CourseModel.php
@@ -1851,7 +1851,8 @@ class Courses_CourseModel extends Unl_Model
 
         if (!$courseGroups) {
             $select = new Zend_Db_Select(Zend_Registry::get('db'));
-            $select->from(array('cg' => 'creqCourseGroups'));
+	    $select->from(array('cg' => 'creqCourseGroups'));
+	    $select->where("cg.retired = 'no'");
             $records = $select->query()->fetchAll();
 
             $courseGroups = array();