diff --git a/hc/accounts/backends.py b/hc/accounts/backends.py
index f9c74d6c..a279b56a 100644
--- a/hc/accounts/backends.py
+++ b/hc/accounts/backends.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from hc.accounts.models import Profile
 class BasicBackend(object):
     def get_user(self, user_id):
         try:
-            q = User.objects.select_related("profile", "profile__current_project")
+            q = User.objects.select_related("profile")
 
             return q.get(pk=user_id)
         except User.DoesNotExist:
diff --git a/hc/accounts/middleware.py b/hc/accounts/middleware.py
index 87f98cd4..353d492f 100644
--- a/hc/accounts/middleware.py
+++ b/hc/accounts/middleware.py
@@ -9,9 +9,5 @@ class TeamAccessMiddleware(object):
         if not request.user.is_authenticated:
             return self.get_response(request)
 
-        profile = Profile.objects.for_user(request.user)
-
-        request.profile = profile
-        request.project = profile.current_project
-
+        request.profile = Profile.objects.for_user(request.user)
         return self.get_response(request)
diff --git a/hc/accounts/views.py b/hc/accounts/views.py
index d463a95f..ae242583 100644
--- a/hc/accounts/views.py
+++ b/hc/accounts/views.py
@@ -346,9 +346,6 @@ def project(request, code):
                 project.name = form.cleaned_data["name"]
                 project.save()
 
-                if request.profile.current_project == project:
-                    request.profile.current_project.name = project.name
-
                 ctx["project_name_updated"] = True
                 ctx["project_name_status"] = "success"