diff --git a/ckanext/spatial/harvesters.py b/ckanext/spatial/harvesters.py
index 41af148..022a0b3 100644
--- a/ckanext/spatial/harvesters.py
+++ b/ckanext/spatial/harvesters.py
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ debug_exception_mode = bool(os.getenv('DEBUG'))
 
 class SpatialHarvester(object):
     # Q: Why does this not inherit from HarvesterBase in ckanext-harvest?
-    # A: HarvesterBase just provides some useful util methods. The key thing
-    #    a harvester does is it implements(IHarvester).
 
     def _is_wms(self,url):
         try:
diff --git a/ckanext/spatial/lib/helpers.py b/ckanext/spatial/lib/helpers.py
index 284e33a..9bd8abd 100644
--- a/ckanext/spatial/lib/helpers.py
+++ b/ckanext/spatial/lib/helpers.py
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ def get_coupled_packages(pkg):
         coupled_packages = \
                   [(couple.service_record.name, couple.service_record.title) \
                    for couple in coupled_resources \
-                   if couple.service_record_package_id and \
-                   couple.service_record and \
-                   couple.service_record.state == 'active']
+                   if couple.service_record_package_id]
         return coupled_packages
     
     elif res_type == 'service':
@@ -23,8 +21,6 @@ def get_coupled_packages(pkg):
         coupled_packages = \
                   [(couple.dataset_record.name, couple.dataset_record.title) \
                    for couple in coupled_resources \
-                   if couple.dataset_record_package_id and \
-                   couple.dataset_record and \
-                   couple.dataset_record.state == 'active']
+                   if couple.dataset_record_package_id]
         return coupled_packages