diff --git a/src/schema-helpers/middleware-setters.ts b/src/schema-helpers/middleware-setters.ts
index 8a599f1..80da8af 100644
--- a/src/schema-helpers/middleware-setters.ts
+++ b/src/schema-helpers/middleware-setters.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ export const addQueryMiddleware = (
             schema.pre(middleware, findHandlerFunc as any);
         },
     );
-    schema.pre('aggregate', preAggregate);
+    if (!mongoConfiguration || !mongoConfiguration.softDeleteReturnEntities) {
+        schema.pre('aggregate', preAggregate);
+    }
     if (
         !mongoConfiguration ||
         (mongoConfiguration && mongoConfiguration.allowSoftDelete !== false)