If you can disable all the components on an object, do that instead (Cameras, Renderers, Scripts...). You can't do this for colliders, but you can make them into triggers, if they hadn't been. If there's some component/logic combination that actually requires you to deactivate the game object, then there's nothing you can do about it. Try to code around that; I find that the disabling and trigger switching method is usually suitable, but it obviously depends on what components you're using.