diff --git a/lib/commands/profile.js b/lib/commands/profile.js
index 2e11f93788f99..fc5b1963596c9 100644
--- a/lib/commands/profile.js
+++ b/lib/commands/profile.js
@@ -198,17 +198,7 @@ class Profile extends BaseCommand {
       value = { old: current, new: newpassword }
     }
 
-    // FIXME: Work around to not clear everything other than what we're setting
-    const user = await get(conf)
-    const newUser = {}
-
-    for (const key of writableProfileKeys) {
-      newUser[key] = user[key]
-    }
-
-    newUser[prop] = value
-
-    const result = await otplease(this.npm, conf, c => set(newUser, c))
+    const result = await otplease(this.npm, conf, c => set({ [prop]: value }, c))
 
     if (this.npm.config.get('json')) {
       output.buffer({ [prop]: result[prop] })