diff --git a/src/consensus/params.h b/src/consensus/params.h
index 174f4677fa..9205cfee87 100644
--- a/src/consensus/params.h
+++ b/src/consensus/params.h
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@
 
 namespace Consensus {
 
-enum BuriedDeployment : int16_t
-{
+/**
+ * A buried deployment is one where the height of the activation has been hardcoded into
+ * the client implementation long after the consensus change has activated. See BIP 90.
+ */
+enum BuriedDeployment : int16_t {
     // buried deployments get negative values to avoid overlap with DeploymentPos
     DEPLOYMENT_HEIGHTINCB = std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::min(),
     DEPLOYMENT_CLTV,
@@ -22,8 +25,7 @@ enum BuriedDeployment : int16_t
 };
 constexpr bool ValidDeployment(BuriedDeployment dep) { return DEPLOYMENT_HEIGHTINCB <= dep && dep <= DEPLOYMENT_SEGWIT; }
 
-enum DeploymentPos : uint16_t
-{
+enum DeploymentPos : uint16_t {
     DEPLOYMENT_TESTDUMMY,
     DEPLOYMENT_TAPROOT, // Deployment of Schnorr/Taproot (BIPs 340-342)
     // NOTE: Also add new deployments to VersionBitsDeploymentInfo in deploymentinfo.cpp
diff --git a/src/deploymentstatus.h b/src/deploymentstatus.h
index 84c5e54698..f95c5996f5 100644
--- a/src/deploymentstatus.h
+++ b/src/deploymentstatus.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ inline bool DeploymentEnabled(const Consensus::Params& params, Consensus::Buried
 inline bool DeploymentEnabled(const Consensus::Params& params, Consensus::DeploymentPos dep)
 {
     assert(Consensus::ValidDeployment(dep));
-    return params.vDeployments[dep].nTimeout != 0;
+    return params.vDeployments[dep].nStartTime != Consensus::BIP9Deployment::NEVER_ACTIVE;
 }
 
 #endif // BITCOIN_DEPLOYMENTSTATUS_H
diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index b630458f23..c4a89c9772 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -1350,10 +1350,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan verifychain()
 static void SoftForkDescPushBack(const CBlockIndex* active_chain_tip, UniValue& softforks, const Consensus::Params& params, Consensus::BuriedDeployment dep)
 {
     // For buried deployments.
-    // A buried deployment is one where the height of the activation has been hardcoded into
-    // the client implementation long after the consensus change has activated. See BIP 90.
-    // Buried deployments with activation height value of
-    // std::numeric_limits<int>::max() are disabled and thus hidden.
+
     if (!DeploymentEnabled(params, dep)) return;
 
     UniValue rv(UniValue::VOBJ);
@@ -1368,8 +1365,8 @@ static void SoftForkDescPushBack(const CBlockIndex* active_chain_tip, UniValue&
 static void SoftForkDescPushBack(const CBlockIndex* active_chain_tip, UniValue& softforks, const Consensus::Params& consensusParams, Consensus::DeploymentPos id)
 {
     // For BIP9 deployments.
-    // Deployments that are never active are hidden.
-    if (consensusParams.vDeployments[id].nStartTime == Consensus::BIP9Deployment::NEVER_ACTIVE) return;
+
+    if (!DeploymentEnabled(consensusParams, id)) return;
 
     UniValue bip9(UniValue::VOBJ);
     const ThresholdState thresholdState = g_versionbitscache.State(active_chain_tip, consensusParams, id);