diff --git a/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionRepositoryEditMainController.php b/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionRepositoryEditMainController.php
--- a/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionRepositoryEditMainController.php
+++ b/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionRepositoryEditMainController.php
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
       $repository);
 
     $view_parts = array();
-    if (PhabricatorSpacesNamespaceQuery::getViewerSpacesExist($viewer)) {
+    if (PhabricatorSpacesNamespaceQuery::getViewerActiveSpacesExist($viewer)) {
       $space_phid = PhabricatorSpacesNamespaceQuery::getObjectSpacePHID(
         $repository);
       $view_parts[] = $viewer->renderHandle($space_phid);
diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/controller/ManiphestBatchEditController.php b/src/applications/maniphest/controller/ManiphestBatchEditController.php
--- a/src/applications/maniphest/controller/ManiphestBatchEditController.php
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/controller/ManiphestBatchEditController.php
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@
     $owner_source->setViewer($viewer);
     $spaces_source = id(new PhabricatorSpacesNamespaceDatasource())
       ->setViewer($viewer);
+    $spaces_active_spaces_exist = id(new PhabricatorSpacesNamespaceQuery())
+      ->getViewerActiveSpacesExist($viewer);
 
     require_celerity_resource('maniphest-batch-editor');
     Javelin::initBehavior(
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@
           ),
         ),
         'input' => 'batch-form-actions',
+        'showSpaceSelect' => $spaces_active_spaces_exist,
         'priorityMap' => ManiphestTaskPriority::getTaskPriorityMap(),
         'statusMap'   => ManiphestTaskStatus::getTaskStatusMap(),
       ));
diff --git a/src/applications/metamta/applicationpanel/PhabricatorMetaMTAApplicationEmailPanel.php b/src/applications/metamta/applicationpanel/PhabricatorMetaMTAApplicationEmailPanel.php
--- a/src/applications/metamta/applicationpanel/PhabricatorMetaMTAApplicationEmailPanel.php
+++ b/src/applications/metamta/applicationpanel/PhabricatorMetaMTAApplicationEmailPanel.php
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
           ->setValue($v_email)
           ->setError($e_email));
 
-    if (PhabricatorSpacesNamespaceQuery::getViewerSpacesExist($viewer)) {
+    if (PhabricatorSpacesNamespaceQuery::getViewerActiveSpacesExist($viewer)) {
       $form->appendControl(
         id(new AphrontFormSelectControl())
           ->setLabel(pht('Space'))
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@
     $table->setRowClasses($rowc);
     $table->setColumnVisibility(
       array(
-        PhabricatorSpacesNamespaceQuery::getViewerSpacesExist($viewer),
+        PhabricatorSpacesNamespaceQuery::getViewerActiveSpacesExist($viewer),
         true,
         $is_edit,
         $is_edit,
diff --git a/src/applications/spaces/query/PhabricatorSpacesNamespaceQuery.php b/src/applications/spaces/query/PhabricatorSpacesNamespaceQuery.php
--- a/src/applications/spaces/query/PhabricatorSpacesNamespaceQuery.php
+++ b/src/applications/spaces/query/PhabricatorSpacesNamespaceQuery.php
@@ -103,6 +103,17 @@
     return (count($spaces) > 1);
   }
 
+  public static function getViewerActiveSpacesExist(PhabricatorUser $viewer) {
+    if (!self::getSpacesExist()) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    // If the viewer has access to only one active space, pretend active spaces
+    // simply don't exist.
+    $spaces = self::getViewerActiveSpaces($viewer);
+    return (count($spaces) > 1);
+  }
+
   public static function getAllSpaces() {
     $cache = PhabricatorCaches::getRequestCache();
     $cache_key = self::KEY_ALL;
diff --git a/src/view/form/control/AphrontFormPolicyControl.php b/src/view/form/control/AphrontFormPolicyControl.php
--- a/src/view/form/control/AphrontFormPolicyControl.php
+++ b/src/view/form/control/AphrontFormPolicyControl.php
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
     }
 
     $viewer = $this->getUser();
-    if (!PhabricatorSpacesNamespaceQuery::getViewerSpacesExist($viewer)) {
+    if (!PhabricatorSpacesNamespaceQuery::getViewerActiveSpacesExist($viewer)) {
       return null;
     }
 
diff --git a/webroot/rsrc/js/application/maniphest/behavior-batch-editor.js b/webroot/rsrc/js/application/maniphest/behavior-batch-editor.js
--- a/webroot/rsrc/js/application/maniphest/behavior-batch-editor.js
+++ b/webroot/rsrc/js/application/maniphest/behavior-batch-editor.js
@@ -15,23 +15,28 @@
   var action_rows = [];
 
   function renderRow() {
-    var action_select = JX.Prefab.renderSelect(
-      {
-        'add_project': 'Add Projects',
-        'remove_project' : 'Remove Projects',
-        'priority': 'Change Priority',
-        'status': 'Change Status',
-        'add_comment': 'Comment',
-        'assign': 'Assign',
-        'add_ccs' : 'Add CCs',
-        'remove_ccs' : 'Remove CCs',
-        'space': 'Shift to Space'
-      });
+    var select_item = {
+      'add_project': 'Add Projects',
+      'remove_project' : 'Remove Projects',
+      'priority': 'Change Priority',
+      'status': 'Change Status',
+      'add_comment': 'Comment',
+      'assign': 'Assign',
+      'add_ccs' : 'Add CCs',
+      'remove_ccs' : 'Remove CCs'
+    };
+    if (config.showSpaceSelect) {
+      select_item['space'] = 'Shift to Space';
+    }
+    var action_select = JX.Prefab.renderSelect(select_item);
 
     var proj_tokenizer = build_tokenizer(config.sources.project);
     var owner_tokenizer = build_tokenizer(config.sources.owner);
     var cc_tokenizer = build_tokenizer(config.sources.cc);
-    var space_tokenizer = build_tokenizer(config.sources.spaces);
+
+    if (config.showSpaceSelect) {
+      var space_tokenizer = build_tokenizer(config.sources.spaces);
+    }
 
     var priority_select = JX.Prefab.renderSelect(config.priorityMap);
     var status_select = JX.Prefab.renderSelect(config.statusMap);