diff --git a/src/swtpm/capabilities.c b/src/swtpm/capabilities.c
index 74ef770bb..40157e877 100644
--- a/src/swtpm/capabilities.c
+++ b/src/swtpm/capabilities.c
@@ -245,9 +245,7 @@ int capabilities_print_json(bool cusetpm, TPMLIB_TPMVersion tpmversion)
     char *keysizecaps = NULL;
     const char *nvram_backend_dir = "\"nvram-backend-dir\", ";
     const char *nvram_backend_file = "\"nvram-backend-file\"";
-    const char *cmdarg_profile = "\"cmdarg-profile\"";
     g_autofree gchar *profiles = NULL;
-    bool comma1;
 
     /* ignore errors */
     TPMLIB_ChooseTPMVersion(tpmversion);
@@ -267,13 +265,11 @@ int capabilities_print_json(bool cusetpm, TPMLIB_TPMVersion tpmversion)
     if (TPMLIB_ChooseTPMVersion(TPMLIB_TPM_VERSION_2) == TPM_SUCCESS)
         with_tpm2 = "\"tpm-2.0\", ";
 
-    comma1 = cmdarg_profile || profiles;
-
     n =  asprintf(&string,
          "{ "
          "\"type\": \"swtpm\", "
          "\"features\": [ "
-             "%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s"
+             "%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s"
           " ], "
          "\"profiles\": { %s}, "
          "\"version\": \"" VERSION "\" "
@@ -293,8 +289,7 @@ int capabilities_print_json(bool cusetpm, TPMLIB_TPMVersion tpmversion)
          nvram_backend_dir,
          nvram_backend_file,
          keysizecaps  ? keysizecaps                    : "",
-         comma1       ? ", "                           : "",
-         cmdarg_profile ? cmdarg_profile               : "",
+         true         ? ", \"cmdarg-profile\""         : "",
          profiles     ? profiles                       : ""
     );