diff --git a/lib/npm.js b/lib/npm.js
index d7561e0cd03ac..df2297b215da7 100644
--- a/lib/npm.js
+++ b/lib/npm.js
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ class Npm {
   updateNotification = null
   argv = []
 
-  #commandName = null
   #command = null
   #runId = new Date().toISOString().replace(/[.:]/g, '_')
   #title = 'npm'
@@ -94,14 +93,7 @@ class Npm {
   }
 
   async load () {
-    return time.start('npm:load', async () => {
-      const { exec, command, args } = await this.#load()
-      return {
-        exec,
-        command,
-        args,
-      }
-    })
+    return time.start('npm:load', () => this.#load())
   }
 
   get loaded () {
@@ -225,21 +217,21 @@ class Npm {
     // We time this because setting process.title is slow sometimes but we
     // have to do it for security reasons. But still helpful to know how slow it is.
     time.start('npm:load:setTitle', () => {
+      const { parsedArgv: { cooked, remain } } = this.config
       // Secrets are mostly in configs, so title is set using only the positional args
       // to keep those from being leaked.  We still do a best effort replaceInfo.
-      this.#title = ['npm'].concat(replaceInfo(this.config.parsedArgv.remain)).join(' ').trim()
+      this.#title = ['npm'].concat(replaceInfo(remain)).join(' ').trim()
       process.title = this.#title
+      // The cooked argv is also logged separately for debugging purposes. It is
+      // cleaned as a best effort by replacing known secrets like basic auth
+      // password and strings that look like npm tokens. XXX: for this to be
+      // safer the config should create a sanitized version of the argv as it
+      // has the full context of what each option contains.
+      this.#argvClean = replaceInfo(cooked)
+      log.verbose('title', this.title)
+      log.verbose('argv', this.#argvClean.map(JSON.stringify).join(' '))
     })
 
-    // The cooked argv is also logged separately for debugging purposes. It is
-    // cleaned as a best effort by replacing known secrets like basic auth
-    // password and strings that look like npm tokens. XXX: for this to be
-    // safer the config should create a sanitized version of the argv as it
-    // has the full context of what each option contains.
-    this.#argvClean = replaceInfo(this.config.parsedArgv.cooked)
-    log.verbose('title', this.title)
-    log.verbose('argv', this.#argvClean.map(JSON.stringify).join(' '))
-
     // logFile.load returns a promise that resolves when old logs are done being cleaned.
     // We save this promise to an array so that we can await it in tests to ensure more
     // deterministic logging behavior. The process will also hang open if this were to