diff --git a/src/driver-etekcity.c b/src/driver-etekcity.c
index eca68c3e..dbbe378c 100644
--- a/src/driver-etekcity.c
+++ b/src/driver-etekcity.c
@@ -744,7 +744,6 @@ struct ratbag_driver etekcity_driver = {
 	.remove = etekcity_remove,
 	.read_profile = etekcity_read_profile,
 	.write_profile = etekcity_write_profile,
-	.get_active_profile = etekcity_current_profile,
 	.set_active_profile = etekcity_set_current_profile,
 	.has_capability = etekcity_has_capability,
 	.read_button = etekcity_read_button,
diff --git a/src/driver-hidpp10.c b/src/driver-hidpp10.c
index 3ae71786..288bc10e 100644
--- a/src/driver-hidpp10.c
+++ b/src/driver-hidpp10.c
@@ -104,22 +104,6 @@ hidpp10drv_has_capability(const struct ratbag_device *device, enum ratbag_capabi
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int
-hidpp10drv_current_profile(struct ratbag_device *device)
-{
-	struct hidpp10drv_data *drv_data;
-	struct hidpp10_device *hidpp10;
-	int8_t profile;
-	int rc;
-
-	drv_data = ratbag_get_drv_data(device);
-	hidpp10 = drv_data->dev;
-
-	rc = hidpp10_get_current_profile(hidpp10, &profile);
-
-	return rc >= 0 ? profile : rc;
-}
-
 static int
 hidpp10drv_set_current_profile(struct ratbag_device *device, unsigned int index)
 {
@@ -284,7 +268,6 @@ struct ratbag_driver hidpp10_driver = {
 	.remove = hidpp10drv_remove,
 	.read_profile = hidpp10drv_read_profile,
 	.write_profile = hidpp10drv_write_profile,
-	.get_active_profile = hidpp10drv_current_profile,
 	.set_active_profile = hidpp10drv_set_current_profile,
 	.has_capability = hidpp10drv_has_capability,
 	.read_button = hidpp10drv_read_button,
diff --git a/src/driver-hidpp20.c b/src/driver-hidpp20.c
index c3a3eada..357cccb4 100644
--- a/src/driver-hidpp20.c
+++ b/src/driver-hidpp20.c
@@ -313,6 +313,10 @@ hidpp20drv_read_profile(struct ratbag_profile *profile, unsigned int index)
 
 	hidpp20drv_read_resolution_dpi(profile);
 	hidpp20drv_read_special_key_mouse(device);
+
+	profile->is_active = false;
+	if ((int)index == hidpp20drv_current_profile(device))
+		profile->is_active = true;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -496,7 +500,6 @@ struct ratbag_driver hidpp20_driver = {
 	.remove = hidpp20drv_remove,
 	.read_profile = hidpp20drv_read_profile,
 	.write_profile = hidpp20drv_write_profile,
-	.get_active_profile = hidpp20drv_current_profile,
 	.set_active_profile = hidpp20drv_set_current_profile,
 	.has_capability = hidpp20drv_has_capability,
 	.read_button = hidpp20drv_read_button,
diff --git a/src/libratbag-private.h b/src/libratbag-private.h
index 3aa0699d..f14a02f9 100644
--- a/src/libratbag-private.h
+++ b/src/libratbag-private.h
@@ -119,13 +119,6 @@ struct ratbag_driver {
 	 */
 	int (*write_profile)(struct ratbag_profile *profile);
 
-	/** called when the user of libratbag wants to know which
-	 * current profile is in use.
-	 *
-	 * It is fundamentally racy.
-	 */
-	int (*get_active_profile)(struct ratbag_device *device);
-
 	/** called to mark a previously writen profile as active.
 	 *
 	 * There should be no need to write the profile here, a