diff --git a/lisp/doom-lib.el b/lisp/doom-lib.el
index 58853495e..261cdf17a 100644
--- a/lisp/doom-lib.el
+++ b/lisp/doom-lib.el
@@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@ If DEFAULT? is non-nil, an unspecified CAR/CDR will fall bakc to (_default .
                    (list "Expected PROFILE to be a string, cons cell, or `doom-profile'"
                          (type-of profile) profile))))))
 
-(defun doom-profile-init-file (profile &optional el?)
+(defun doom-profile-init-file (profile)
   "Return the init file for PROFILE."
   (declare (side-effect-free t))
   (cl-destructuring-bind (name . ref)
@@ -1721,10 +1721,9 @@ If DEFAULT? is non-nil, an unspecified CAR/CDR will fall bakc to (_default .
           (doom-profile-key profile t)
         (cons nil nil))
     (file-name-concat doom-data-dir name "@" ref
-                      (format "init.%d.%d.%s"
+                      (format "init.%d.%d.el"
                               emacs-major-version
-                              emacs-minor-version
-                              (if el? "el" "elc")))))
+                              emacs-minor-version))))
 
 (defun doom-profile-get (profile-name &optional property null-value)
   "Return PROFILE-NAME's PROFILE, otherwise its PROPERTY, otherwise NULL-VALUE."
diff --git a/lisp/doom-start.el b/lisp/doom-start.el
index 55e495453..e478a73ae 100644
--- a/lisp/doom-start.el
+++ b/lisp/doom-start.el
@@ -308,9 +308,7 @@ If RETURN-P, return the message as a string instead of displaying it."
                    (doom-profile-init-file doom-profile)))
               ;; If we loaded a compiled file, set `user-init-file' to the
               ;; source version if that exists.
-              (setq user-init-file
-                    (concat (string-remove-suffix ".elc" init-file-name)
-                            ".el"))
+              (setq user-init-file init-file-name)
               ;; HACK: if `init-file-name' happens to be higher in
               ;;   `load-history' than a symbol's actual definition,
               ;;   `symbol-file' (and help/helpful buffers) will report the
diff --git a/lisp/lib/profiles.el b/lisp/lib/profiles.el
index 19b699b3f..3076cd50a 100644
--- a/lisp/lib/profiles.el
+++ b/lisp/lib/profiles.el
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ caches them in `doom--profiles'. If RELOAD? is non-nil, refresh the cache."
   (doom-initialize-packages)
   (let* ((default-directory doom-profile-dir)
          (init-dir  doom-profile-init-dir-name)
-         (init-file (doom-profile-init-file doom-profile t)))
+         (init-file (doom-profile-init-file doom-profile)))
     (print! (start "(Re)building profile in %s/...") (path default-directory))
     (condition-case-unless-debug e
       (with-file-modes #o750
@@ -302,14 +302,8 @@ caches them in `doom--profiles'. If RELOAD? is non-nil, refresh the cache."
                                    if (fboundp genfn)
                                    collect (list initfn))))
                    (current-buffer)))
-          (print! (start "Byte-compiling %s...") (relpath init-file))
-          (print-group!
-            (let ((byte-compile-debug t)
-                  (byte-compile-warnings (if init-file-debug '(suspicious make-local callargs))))
-              (byte-compile-file init-file)))
-          (print! (success "Built %s") (byte-compile-dest-file init-file))))
+          (print! (success "Built %s") (filename init-file))))
       (error (delete-file init-file)
-             (delete-file (byte-compile-dest-file init-file))
              (signal 'doom-autoload-error (list init-file e))))))
 
 (defun doom-profile--generate-vars ()