diff --git a/backend/onyx/db/auth.py b/backend/onyx/db/auth.py
index 974d1b83ee46..c9e5c57f7971 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/db/auth.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/db/auth.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from collections.abc import AsyncGenerator
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from typing import Any
 from typing import Dict
+from typing import TypeVar
 
 from fastapi import Depends
 from fastapi_users.models import ID
@@ -9,11 +10,11 @@ from fastapi_users.models import UP
 from fastapi_users_db_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemyUserDatabase
 from fastapi_users_db_sqlalchemy.access_token import SQLAlchemyAccessTokenDatabase
 from sqlalchemy import func
+from sqlalchemy import Select
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 from sqlalchemy.future import select
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
-from onyx.auth.invited_users import get_invited_users
 from onyx.auth.schemas import UserRole
 from onyx.db.api_key import get_api_key_email_pattern
 from onyx.db.engine import get_async_session
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ from onyx.utils.variable_functionality import (
     fetch_versioned_implementation_with_fallback,
 )
 
+T = TypeVar("T", bound=tuple[Any, ...])
+
 
 def get_default_admin_user_emails() -> list[str]:
     """Returns a list of emails who should default to Admin role.
@@ -37,31 +40,44 @@ def get_default_admin_user_emails() -> list[str]:
     return get_default_admin_user_emails_fn()
 
 
-def get_total_users_count(db_session: Session) -> int:
+def _add_live_user_count_where_clause(
+    select_stmt: Select[T],
+    only_admin_users: bool,
+) -> Select[T]:
     """
-    Returns the total number of users in the system.
-    This is the sum of users and invited users.
+    Builds a SQL column expression that can be used to filter out
+    users who should not be included in the live user count.
     """
-    user_count = (
-        db_session.query(User)
-        .filter(
-            ~User.email.endswith(get_api_key_email_pattern()),  # type: ignore
-            User.role != UserRole.EXT_PERM_USER,
-        )
-        .count()
+    select_stmt = select_stmt.where(~User.email.endswith(get_api_key_email_pattern()))  # type: ignore
+    if only_admin_users:
+        return select_stmt.where(User.role == UserRole.ADMIN)
+
+    return select_stmt.where(
+        User.role != UserRole.EXT_PERM_USER,
     )
-    invited_users = len(get_invited_users())
-    return user_count + invited_users
+
+
+def get_live_users_count(db_session: Session) -> int:
+    """
+    Returns the number of users in the system.
+    This does NOT include invited users, "users" pulled in
+    from external connectors, or API keys.
+    """
+    count_stmt = func.count(User.id)  # type: ignore
+    select_stmt = select(count_stmt)
+    select_stmt_w_filters = _add_live_user_count_where_clause(select_stmt, False)
+    user_count = db_session.scalar(select_stmt_w_filters)
+    if user_count is None:
+        raise RuntimeError("Was not able to fetch the user count.")
+    return user_count
 
 
 async def get_user_count(only_admin_users: bool = False) -> int:
     async with get_async_session_context_manager() as session:
         count_stmt = func.count(User.id)  # type: ignore
         stmt = select(count_stmt)
-        if only_admin_users:
-            stmt = stmt.where(User.role == UserRole.ADMIN)
-        result = await session.execute(stmt)
-        user_count = result.scalar()
+        stmt_w_filters = _add_live_user_count_where_clause(stmt, only_admin_users)
+        user_count = await session.scalar(stmt_w_filters)
         if user_count is None:
             raise RuntimeError("Was not able to fetch the user count.")
         return user_count
diff --git a/backend/onyx/server/manage/users.py b/backend/onyx/server/manage/users.py
index a179128dc6a1..9c93b4e93cef 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/server/manage/users.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/server/manage/users.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ from onyx.configs.app_configs import VALID_EMAIL_DOMAINS
 from onyx.configs.constants import AuthType
 from onyx.configs.constants import FASTAPI_USERS_AUTH_COOKIE_NAME
 from onyx.db.api_key import is_api_key_email_address
-from onyx.db.auth import get_total_users_count
+from onyx.db.auth import get_live_users_count
 from onyx.db.engine import get_session
 from onyx.db.models import AccessToken
 from onyx.db.models import User
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ def bulk_invite_users(
         logger.info("Registering tenant users")
         fetch_ee_implementation_or_noop(
             "onyx.server.tenants.billing", "register_tenant_users", None
-        )(tenant_id, get_total_users_count(db_session))
+        )(tenant_id, get_live_users_count(db_session))
 
         return number_of_invited_users
     except Exception as e:
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ def remove_invited_user(
         if MULTI_TENANT and not DEV_MODE:
             fetch_ee_implementation_or_noop(
                 "onyx.server.tenants.billing", "register_tenant_users", None
-            )(tenant_id, get_total_users_count(db_session))
+            )(tenant_id, get_live_users_count(db_session))
     except Exception:
         logger.error(
             "Request to update number of seats taken in control plane failed. "