diff --git a/src/bin/bombadil.rs b/src/bin/bombadil.rs
index 2197fdae..c8e00b5c 100644
--- a/src/bin/bombadil.rs
+++ b/src/bin/bombadil.rs
@@ -131,11 +131,9 @@ fn main() {
             let mut bombadil =
                 Bombadil::from_settings(Mode::Gpg).unwrap_or_else(|err| fatal!("{}", err));
 
-            if !profiles.is_empty() {
-                bombadil
-                    .enable_profiles(profiles.iter().map(String::as_str).collect())
-                    .unwrap_or_else(|err| fatal!("{}", err));
-            }
+            bombadil
+                .enable_profiles(profiles.iter().map(String::as_str).collect())
+                .unwrap_or_else(|err| fatal!("{}", err));
 
             bombadil.install().unwrap_or_else(|err| fatal!("{}", err));
         }
@@ -196,11 +194,9 @@ fn main() {
             }
             .unwrap_or_else(|err| fatal!("{}", err));
 
-            if !profiles.is_empty() {
-                bombadil
-                    .enable_profiles(profiles.iter().map(String::as_str).collect())
-                    .unwrap_or_else(|err| fatal!("{}", err));
-            }
+            bombadil
+                .enable_profiles(profiles.iter().map(String::as_str).collect())
+                .unwrap_or_else(|err| fatal!("{}", err));
 
             bombadil.print_metadata(metadata_type);
         }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d289dadc..029f0638 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@ impl Bombadil {
 
     /// Enable a dotfile profile by merging its config with the default profile
     pub fn enable_profiles(&mut self, profile_keys: Vec<&str>) -> Result<()> {
+        if profile_keys.is_empty() {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
         let mut profiles: Vec<Profile> = profile_keys
             .iter()
             // unwrap here is safe cause allowed profile keys are checked by clap