diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/account/components/header.js b/app/soapbox/features/account/components/header.js
index 444cb5272..116b43565 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/account/components/header.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/account/components/header.js
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class Header extends ImmutablePureComponent {
 
     const headerMissing = (account.get('header').indexOf('/headers/original/missing.png') > -1);
     const avatarSize = isSmallScreen ? 90 : 200;
-    const deactivated = account.getIn(['pleroma', 'deactivated'], false);
+    const deactivated = !account.getIn(['pleroma', 'is_active'], true);
 
     return (
       <div className={classNames('account__header', { inactive: !!account.get('moved'), deactivated: deactivated })}>
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/ui/components/profile_info_panel.js b/app/soapbox/features/ui/components/profile_info_panel.js
index 7d2da3c99..efc5cb63c 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/ui/components/profile_info_panel.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/ui/components/profile_info_panel.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class ProfileInfoPanel extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     const lockedIcon = account.get('locked') ? (<Icon id='lock' title={intl.formatMessage(messages.account_locked)} />) : '';
     const content = { __html: account.get('note_emojified') };
     const fields = account.get('fields');
-    const deactivated = account.getIn(['pleroma', 'deactivated'], false);
+    const deactivated = !account.getIn(['pleroma', 'is_active'], true);
     const displayNameHtml = deactivated ? { __html: intl.formatMessage(messages.deactivated) } : { __html: account.get('display_name_html') };
     const memberSinceDate = intl.formatDate(account.get('created_at'), { month: 'long', year: 'numeric' });
     const verified = account.getIn(['pleroma', 'tags'], ImmutableList()).includes('verified');
diff --git a/app/soapbox/reducers/accounts.js b/app/soapbox/reducers/accounts.js
index b02ef763f..f8f869ad5 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/reducers/accounts.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/reducers/accounts.js
@@ -7,11 +7,18 @@ import { CHATS_FETCH_SUCCESS, CHAT_FETCH_SUCCESS } from 'soapbox/actions/chats';
 import { STREAMING_CHAT_UPDATE } from 'soapbox/actions/streaming';
 import { normalizeAccount as normalizeAccount2 } from 'soapbox/actions/importer/normalizer';
 import { Map as ImmutableMap, fromJS } from 'immutable';
+import { normalizePleromaUserFields } from 'soapbox/utils/pleroma';
 
 const initialState = ImmutableMap();
 
+const normalizePleroma = account => {
+  if (!account.pleroma) return account;
+  account.pleroma = normalizePleromaUserFields(account.pleroma);
+  return account;
+};
+
 const normalizeAccount = (state, account) => {
-  const normalized = fromJS(account).deleteAll([
+  const normalized = fromJS(normalizePleroma(account)).deleteAll([
     'followers_count',
     'following_count',
     'statuses_count',
diff --git a/app/soapbox/reducers/admin.js b/app/soapbox/reducers/admin.js
index 9f6000ec8..960df70f6 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/reducers/admin.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/reducers/admin.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   OrderedSet as ImmutableOrderedSet,
   fromJS,
 } from 'immutable';
+import { normalizePleromaUserFields } from 'soapbox/utils/pleroma';
 
 const initialState = ImmutableMap({
   reports: ImmutableMap(),
@@ -28,7 +29,8 @@ const initialState = ImmutableMap({
 function importUsers(state, users) {
   return state.withMutations(state => {
     users.forEach(user => {
-      if (user.approval_pending) {
+      user = normalizePleromaUserFields(user);
+      if (!user.is_approved) {
         state.update('awaitingApproval', orderedSet => orderedSet.add(user.nickname));
       }
       state.setIn(['users', user.nickname], fromJS(user));
diff --git a/app/soapbox/utils/pleroma.js b/app/soapbox/utils/pleroma.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd8937938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/utils/pleroma.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/soapbox-fe/-/issues/549
+export const normalizePleromaUserFields = obj => {
+  obj.is_active    = obj.is_active    === undefined ? !obj.deactivated          : obj.is_active;
+  obj.is_confirmed = obj.is_confirmed === undefined ? !obj.confirmation_pending : obj.is_confirmed;
+  obj.is_approved  = obj.is_approved  === undefined ? !obj.approval_pending     : obj.is_approved;
+  delete obj.deactivated;
+  delete obj.confirmation_pending;
+  delete obj.approval_pending;
+  return obj;
+};