diff --git a/administrator/components/com_content/src/Model/ArticleModel.php b/administrator/components/com_content/src/Model/ArticleModel.php
index 46f4bca0be414..d1afb7c2a141f 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_content/src/Model/ArticleModel.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_content/src/Model/ArticleModel.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use Joomla\CMS\Event\AbstractEvent;
 use Joomla\CMS\Factory;
 use Joomla\CMS\Filter\InputFilter;
+use Joomla\CMS\Form\Field\ListField;
 use Joomla\CMS\Form\Form;
 use Joomla\CMS\Form\FormFactoryInterface;
 use Joomla\CMS\Helper\TagsHelper;
@@ -483,6 +484,15 @@ public function getForm($data = [], $loadData = true)
 
         $record->id = $id;
 
+        // Remove trashed option from state field for new article form
+        if ($id == 0) {
+            $field = $form->getField('state');
+
+            if ($field instanceof ListField) {
+                $field->removeOption(-2);
+            }
+        }
+
         // For new articles we load the potential state + associations
         if ($id == 0 && $formField = $form->getField('catid')) {
             $assignedCatids = $data['catid'] ?? $form->getValue('catid');
diff --git a/libraries/src/Form/Field/ListField.php b/libraries/src/Form/Field/ListField.php
index 138d89f4005bb..09d51ac18dad7 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Form/Field/ListField.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Form/Field/ListField.php
@@ -234,6 +234,27 @@ public function addOption($text, $attributes = [])
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Method to remove an option from list field.
+     *
+     * @param   string  $value  The value of the option to remove
+     *
+     * @return  static  For chaining.
+     *
+     * @since   __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+     */
+    public function removeOption(string $value): static
+    {
+        foreach ($this->element->option as $option) {
+            if ((string) $option['value'] === $value) {
+                $dom = dom_import_simplexml($option);
+                $dom->parentNode->removeChild($dom);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Method to get certain otherwise inaccessible properties from the form field object.
      *