diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c87aff851..56e9671e4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Mastodon API: Search parameter `following` now correctly returns the followings rather than the followers
 - Mastodon API: Timelines hanging for (`number of posts with links * rich media timeout`) in the worst case.
   Reduced to just rich media timeout.
+- Password resets no longer processed for deactivated accounts
 
 ## [2.1.0] - 2020-08-28
 
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/auth_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/auth_controller.ex
index 753b3db3e..9f09550e1 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/auth_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/auth_controller.ex
@@ -59,17 +59,11 @@ def logout(conn, _) do
   def password_reset(conn, params) do
     nickname_or_email = params["email"] || params["nickname"]
 
-    with {:ok, _} <- TwitterAPI.password_reset(nickname_or_email) do
-      conn
-      |> put_status(:no_content)
-      |> json("")
-    else
-      {:error, "unknown user"} ->
-        send_resp(conn, :not_found, "")
+    TwitterAPI.password_reset(nickname_or_email)
 
-      {:error, _} ->
-        send_resp(conn, :bad_request, "")
-    end
+    conn
+    |> put_status(:no_content)
+    |> json("")
   end
 
   defp local_mastodon_root_path(conn) do
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api.ex
index 2294d9d0d..5d7948507 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api.ex
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ defp maybe_notify_admins(%User{} = account) do
 
   def password_reset(nickname_or_email) do
     with true <- is_binary(nickname_or_email),
-         %User{local: true, email: email} = user when is_binary(email) <-
+         %User{local: true, email: email, deactivated: false} = user when is_binary(email) <-
            User.get_by_nickname_or_email(nickname_or_email),
          {:ok, token_record} <- Pleroma.PasswordResetToken.create_token(user) do
       user
@@ -81,17 +81,8 @@ def password_reset(nickname_or_email) do
 
       {:ok, :enqueued}
     else
-      false ->
-        {:error, "bad user identifier"}
-
-      %User{local: true, email: nil} ->
+      _ ->
         {:ok, :noop}
-
-      %User{local: false} ->
-        {:error, "remote user"}
-
-      nil ->
-        {:error, "unknown user"}
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/test/web/mastodon_api/controllers/auth_controller_test.exs b/test/web/mastodon_api/controllers/auth_controller_test.exs
index a485f8e41..4fa95fce1 100644
--- a/test/web/mastodon_api/controllers/auth_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/mastodon_api/controllers/auth_controller_test.exs
@@ -122,17 +122,27 @@ test "it doesn't fail when a user has no email", %{conn: conn} do
       {:ok, user: user}
     end
 
-    test "it returns 404 when user is not found", %{conn: conn, user: user} do
+    test "it returns 204 when user is not found", %{conn: conn, user: user} do
       conn = post(conn, "/auth/password?email=nonexisting_#{user.email}")
-      assert conn.status == 404
-      assert conn.resp_body == ""
+
+      assert conn
+             |> json_response(:no_content)
     end
 
-    test "it returns 400 when user is not local", %{conn: conn, user: user} do
+    test "it returns 204 when user is not local", %{conn: conn, user: user} do
       {:ok, user} = Repo.update(Ecto.Changeset.change(user, local: false))
       conn = post(conn, "/auth/password?email=#{user.email}")
-      assert conn.status == 400
-      assert conn.resp_body == ""
+
+      assert conn
+             |> json_response(:no_content)
+    end
+
+    test "it returns 204 when user is deactivated", %{conn: conn, user: user} do
+      {:ok, user} = Repo.update(Ecto.Changeset.change(user, deactivated: true, local: true))
+      conn = post(conn, "/auth/password?email=#{user.email}")
+
+      assert conn
+             |> json_response(:no_content)
     end
   end