diff --git a/src/app/community-list-page/community-list/community-list.component.html b/src/app/community-list-page/community-list/community-list.component.html
index 7f8dcf0c45..55b043f8e8 100644
--- a/src/app/community-list-page/community-list/community-list.component.html
+++ b/src/app/community-list-page/community-list/community-list.component.html
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         <a [routerLink]="node.route" class="lead">
           {{node.name}}
         </a>
-        <span *ngIf="node.payload.archivedItemsCount" class="archived-items-lead">[{{node.payload.archivedItemsCount}}]</span>
+        <span *ngIf="node.payload.archivedItemsCount >= 0" class="archived-items-lead">[{{node.payload.archivedItemsCount}}]</span>
       </h5>
     </div>
     <ds-truncatable [id]="node.id">
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.html
index 68a84a88e5..b007db510e 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <span *ngIf="linkType == linkTypes.None" class="lead">
     {{object.name}}
 </span>
-<span *ngIf="object.archivedItemsCount" class="archived-items-lead">[{{object.archivedItemsCount}}]<span>
+<span *ngIf="object.archivedItemsCount >= 0" class="lead archived-items-lead">[{{object.archivedItemsCount}}]</span>
 <div *ngIf="object.shortDescription" class="text-muted abstract-text">
     {{object.shortDescription}}
 </div>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.spec.ts
index b911bdd2eb..2324cc3c1f 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const mockCollectionWithArchivedItems: Collection = Object.assign(new Collection
   }, archivedItemsCount: 1
 });
 
-const mockCollectionWithoutArchivedItems: Collection = Object.assign(new Collection(), {
+const mockCollectionWithArchivedItemsDisabledAtBackend: Collection = Object.assign(new Collection(), {
   metadata: {
     'dc.title': [
       {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const mockCollectionWithoutArchivedItems: Collection = Object.assign(new Collect
         value: 'Test title'
       }
     ]
-  }, archivedItemsCount: 0
+  }, archivedItemsCount: -1
 });
 
 
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ describe('CollectionListElementComponent', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('When the collection has no archived items', () => {
+  describe('When the collection archived items are disabled at backend', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
-      collectionListElementComponent.object = mockCollectionWithoutArchivedItems;
+      collectionListElementComponent.object = mockCollectionWithArchivedItemsDisabledAtBackend;
       fixture.detectChanges();
     });
 
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.html
index af01999ca7..26ff040dd6 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.html
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 <span *ngIf="linkType == linkTypes.None" class="lead">
     {{object.name}}
 </span>
+<span *ngIf="object.archivedItemsCount >= 0" class="lead archived-items-lead">[{{object.archivedItemsCount}}]</span>
 <div *ngIf="object.shortDescription" class="text-muted abstract-text">
     {{object.shortDescription}}
 </div>