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title: "Why is the acquia_cms_minimal profile not present in Site Factory?"
date: "2025-06-30T11:09:19+00:00"
summary: "Troubleshoot missing acquia_cms_minimal profile in Site Factory and learn how to restore it for Drupal Starter Kit installation."
image:
type: "article"
url: "/drupal-starter-kits/help/69756-why-acquiacmsminimal-profile-not-present-site-factory"
id: "afa8bb2a-2e12-4b1a-83f7-0d8d9497ea73"
---

This issue occurs when the `acquia_cms_minimal` profile is removed from the codebase. Therefore, it is unavailable for installing the Drupal Starter Kits in Site Factory. For example, the following image does not display `acquia_cms_minimal` as an installation profile:

![cms_installation-profile-management.png](https://acquia.widen.net/content/9uwfzqq8q5/web/cms_installation-profile-management.png?w=480&v=940bb3bb-3e51-41ec-bc06-bc39222f01c8&itok=-qvmj3D8)

_Workaround_:

If you remove the `acquia_cms_minimal` profile from your codebase, you can add it again. To get the profile, [contact Acquia Support](/service-offerings/support "Support").