diff --git a/app/models/profile.rb b/app/models/profile.rb
index e3e543f29..64b059bb9 100644
--- a/app/models/profile.rb
+++ b/app/models/profile.rb
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class Profile < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   private
   def clearable_fields
-    self.attributes.keys - Profile.protected_attributes.to_a - ["created_at", "updated_at", "person_id"]
+    self.attributes.keys - ["id", "created_at", "updated_at", "person_id"]
   end
 
   def absolutify_local_url url