diff --git a/packages/lib-user/src/components/UserHome/components/RecentProjects/RecentProjects.js b/packages/lib-user/src/components/UserHome/components/RecentProjects/RecentProjects.js
index 12a5053614..04d860ace3 100644
--- a/packages/lib-user/src/components/UserHome/components/RecentProjects/RecentProjects.js
+++ b/packages/lib-user/src/components/UserHome/components/RecentProjects/RecentProjects.js
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ import { ContentBox } from '@components/shared'
 
 export default function RecentProjects({
   isLoading = false,
-  recentProjectsStats = [],
+  recentProjects = [],
   error = undefined
 }) {
   const size = useContext(ResponsiveContext)
+
   return (
     <ContentBox title='Continue Classifying' screenSize={size}>
       {isLoading ? (
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ export default function RecentProjects({
             There was an error fetching your recent projects
           </SpacedText>
         </Box>
-      ) : !recentProjectsStats.length ? (
+      ) : !recentProjects.length ? (
         <Box fill justify='center' align='center' pad='medium'>
           <SpacedText>No Recent Projects found</SpacedText>
           <Text>
@@ -44,14 +45,14 @@ export default function RecentProjects({
           style={{ listStyle: 'none' }}
           margin='0'
         >
-          {recentProjectsStats.map(stat => (
-            <li key={stat.project_id}>
+          {recentProjects.map(project => (
+            <li key={project.id}>
               <ProjectCard
-                badge={stat.count}
-                description={stat.projectInfo?.description}
-                displayName={stat.projectInfo?.display_name}
-                href={`https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/${stat.projectInfo?.slug}`}
-                imageSrc={stat.projectInfo?.avatar_src}
+                badge={project.count}
+                description={project?.description}
+                displayName={project?.display_name}
+                href={`https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/${project?.slug}`}
+                imageSrc={project?.avatar_src}
                 size={size}
               />
             </li>
@@ -64,17 +65,14 @@ export default function RecentProjects({
 
 RecentProjects.propTypes = {
   isLoading: bool,
-  recentProjectsStats: arrayOf(
+  recentProjects: arrayOf(
     shape({
+      avatar_src: string,
       count: number,
-      project_id: number,
-      projectInfo: shape({
-        avatar_src: string,
-        description: string,
-        display_name: string,
-        id: string,
-        slug: string
-      })
+      description: string,
+      display_name: string,
+      id: string,
+      slug: string
     })
   )
 }
diff --git a/packages/lib-user/src/components/UserHome/components/RecentProjects/RecentProjectsContainer.js b/packages/lib-user/src/components/UserHome/components/RecentProjects/RecentProjectsContainer.js
index 04bc727fa2..a19b75656a 100644
--- a/packages/lib-user/src/components/UserHome/components/RecentProjects/RecentProjectsContainer.js
+++ b/packages/lib-user/src/components/UserHome/components/RecentProjects/RecentProjectsContainer.js
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ function RecentProjectsContainer({ authUser }) {
   } = useStats({ sourceId: authUser?.id, query: recentProjectsQuery })
 
   // limit to 20 projects fetched from panoptes
-  const contributionStats = stats?.project_contributions.slice(0, 20)
-  const projectIds = contributionStats?.map(project => project.project_id)
+  const contributions = stats?.project_contributions.slice(0, 20)
+  const projectIds = contributions?.map(project => project.project_id)
 
   // Get more info about each project
   const {
@@ -29,21 +29,28 @@ function RecentProjectsContainer({ authUser }) {
     id: projectIds?.join(',')
   })
 
-  // Attach project info to each contribution stat
-  if (projects?.length && contributionStats?.length) {
-    contributionStats.forEach(stat => {
-      const projectObj = projects.find(
-        project => parseInt(project.id) === stat.project_id
-      )
-      stat.projectInfo = projectObj
-    })
+  // Attach project info to each contribution stat (see similar behavior in TopProjects)
+  let recentProjects = []
+
+  if (projects?.length && contributions?.length) {
+    recentProjects = contributions
+      .map(projectContribution => {
+        const projectData = projects?.find(
+          project => project.id === projectContribution.project_id.toString()
+        )
+        return {
+          count: projectContribution.count,
+          ...projectData
+        }
+      })
+      .filter(project => project?.id) // exclude private or deleted projects
   }
 
   return (
     <RecentProjects
       error={statsError || projectsError}
       isLoading={statsLoading || projectsLoading}
-      recentProjectsStats={contributionStats}
+      recentProjects={recentProjects}
     />
   )
 }