diff --git a/src/git/gitService.ts b/src/git/gitService.ts
index 4e726e2..f3c2602 100644
--- a/src/git/gitService.ts
+++ b/src/git/gitService.ts
@@ -1773,7 +1773,9 @@ export class GitService implements Disposable {
         const repositories = [...(await this.getRepositories())];
         if (repositories.length === 0) return repositories;
 
-        return repositories.sort((a, b) => (a.starred ? -1 : 1) - (b.starred ? -1 : 1) || a.index - b.index);
+        return repositories
+            .filter(r => !r.closed)
+            .sort((a, b) => (a.starred ? -1 : 1) - (b.starred ? -1 : 1) || a.index - b.index);
     }
 
     private async getRepositoryTree(): Promise<TernarySearchTree<Repository>> {
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/repositoriesNode.ts b/src/views/nodes/repositoriesNode.ts
index 06448cc..706b88f 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/repositoriesNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/nodes/repositoriesNode.ts
@@ -39,14 +39,7 @@ export class RepositoriesNode extends SubscribeableViewNode<RepositoriesView> {
             const repositories = await Container.git.getOrderedRepositories();
             if (repositories.length === 0) return [new MessageNode(this.view, this, 'No repositories could be found.')];
 
-            const children = [];
-            for (const repo of repositories) {
-                if (repo.closed) continue;
-
-                children.push(new RepositoryNode(GitUri.fromRepoPath(repo.path), this.view, this, repo));
-            }
-
-            this._children = children;
+            this._children = repositories.map(r => new RepositoryNode(GitUri.fromRepoPath(r.path), this.view, this, r));
         }
 
         return this._children;
@@ -84,8 +77,6 @@ export class RepositoriesNode extends SubscribeableViewNode<RepositoriesView> {
 
         const children = [];
         for (const repo of repositories) {
-            if (repo.closed) continue;
-
             const normalizedPath = repo.normalizedPath;
             const child = (this._children as RepositoryNode[]).find(c => c.repo.normalizedPath === normalizedPath);
             if (child !== undefined) {