diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 324f1b619..eb41f1234 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -94,4 +94,5 @@ suggestions:
   Uli Martens
   Jonathan Hankins
   Andreas Kalex
+  Adam Wolk
 
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a0a99f40e..82ca0b831 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@
    J. Pilkington).
  + Applied patch for Bug #771, which looks for libuuid if uuid_unparse_lower is
    not located (thanks to Christopher J. Pilkington).
+ + Fixed bug #783, which fixes completed and deleted tasks still showing as
+   active (thanks to Adam Wolk).
 
 # Untracked Bugs, biggest first.
  + Fixed bug that required the '%YAML' prologue in a YAML import.
diff --git a/src/Context.cpp b/src/Context.cpp
index b5933bf62..ca94b1e68 100644
--- a/src/Context.cpp
+++ b/src/Context.cpp
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ void Context::clear ()
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Add all the attributes in the task to the filter.  All except uuid.
+/*
 void Context::autoFilter (Att& a, Filter& f)
 {
   // Words are found in the description using the .has modifier.
@@ -532,12 +533,13 @@ void Context::autoFilter (Att& a, Filter& f)
            a.value ());
   }
 }
+*/
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Add all the tags in the task to the filter.
+/*
 void Context::autoFilter (Filter& f)
 {
-/*
   // This is now a correct implementation of a filter on the presence or absence
   // of a tag.  The prior code provided the illusion of leftmost partial tag
   // matches, but was really using the 'contains' and 'nocontains' attribute
@@ -557,8 +559,8 @@ void Context::autoFilter (Filter& f)
     f.push_back (Att ("tags", "noword", *tag));
     debug ("auto filter: -" + *tag);
   }
-*/
 }
+*/
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // This capability is to answer the question of 'what did I just do to generate
diff --git a/src/Context.h b/src/Context.h
index 735e9432e..9c087ca49 100644
--- a/src/Context.h
+++ b/src/Context.h
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ private:
   void determineDataLocation ();
   void createDefaultConfig ();
   void loadAliases ();
-  void autoFilter (Att&, Filter&);
-  void autoFilter (Filter&);
+//  void autoFilter (Att&, Filter&);
+//  void autoFilter (Filter&);
   void updateXtermTitle ();
 
 public:
@@ -90,23 +90,9 @@ public:
   Directory                           extension_dir;
   Config                              config;
 
-/*
-  Filter                              filter;             // TODO Obsolete
-  Sequence                            sequence;           // TODO Obsolete
-  Subst                               subst;              // TODO Obsolete
-  Task                                task;               // TODO Obsolete
-*/
   TDB                                 tdb;                // TODO Obsolete
   TDB2                                tdb2;
-/*
-  std::string                         file_override;
-  std::string                         var_overrides;
-*/
   std::map <std::string, std::string> aliases;
-/*
-  std::vector <std::string>           tagAdditions;       // TODO Obsolete
-  std::vector <std::string>           tagRemovals;        // TODO Obsolete
-*/
   Hooks                               hooks;
   DOM                                 dom;
 
diff --git a/src/columns/ColStart.cpp b/src/columns/ColStart.cpp
index 95f94ab44..64985dfd7 100644
--- a/src/columns/ColStart.cpp
+++ b/src/columns/ColStart.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ void ColumnStart::measure (Task& task, int& minimum, int& maximum)
   if (task.has (_attribute))
   {
     if (_style == "active")
-      minimum = maximum = context.config.get ("active.indicator").length ();
+    {
+      if (! task.has ("end"))
+        minimum = maximum = context.config.get ("active.indicator").length ();
+    }
     else
       ColumnDate::measure (task, minimum, maximum);
   }
@@ -80,10 +83,11 @@ void ColumnStart::render (
   {
     if (_style == "active")
     {
-      lines.push_back (
-        color.colorize (
-          rightJustify (
-            context.config.get ("active.indicator"), width)));
+      if (! task.has ("end"))
+        lines.push_back (
+          color.colorize (
+            rightJustify (
+              context.config.get ("active.indicator"), width)));
     }
     else
       ColumnDate::render (lines, task, width, color);
diff --git a/src/rules.cpp b/src/rules.cpp
index 7b60109fc..9de2de8bd 100644
--- a/src/rules.cpp
+++ b/src/rules.cpp
@@ -132,12 +132,9 @@ static void colorizePriorityNone (Task& task, const std::string& rule, Color& c)
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 static void colorizeActive (Task& task, const std::string& rule, Color& c)
 {
-  Task::status status = task.getStatus ();
-
   if (gsColor[rule].nontrivial () &&
-      status != Task::completed   &&
-      status != Task::deleted     &&
-      task.has ("start"))
+      task.has ("start")          &&
+      !task.has ("end"))
     c.blend (gsColor[rule]);
 }
 
@@ -157,7 +154,7 @@ static void colorizeProject (Task& task, const std::string& rule, Color& c)
   std::string project = task.get ("project");
   std::string rule_trunc = rule.substr (14);
 
-  // Match project names leftmost, just like Context::autoFilter.
+  // Match project names leftmost.
   if (rule_trunc.length () <= project.length ())
     if (compare (rule_trunc, project.substr (0, rule_trunc.length ()), sensitive))
       c.blend (gsColor[rule]);