diff --git a/ts/RemoteConfig.ts b/ts/RemoteConfig.ts
index dad585e54..cc2e0ab35 100644
--- a/ts/RemoteConfig.ts
+++ b/ts/RemoteConfig.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export type ConfigKeyType =
   | 'desktop.messageCleanup'
   | 'desktop.messageRequests'
   | 'desktop.pnp'
+  | 'desktop.pnp.accountE164Deprecation'
   | 'desktop.retryRespondMaxAge'
   | 'desktop.safetyNumberAci'
   | 'desktop.safetyNumberAci.beta'
diff --git a/ts/services/storageRecordOps.ts b/ts/services/storageRecordOps.ts
index 42c12d07d..53a19145d 100644
--- a/ts/services/storageRecordOps.ts
+++ b/ts/services/storageRecordOps.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
   PhoneNumberDiscoverability,
   parsePhoneNumberDiscoverability,
 } from '../util/phoneNumberDiscoverability';
+import { isPnpEnabled } from '../util/isPnpEnabled';
 import { arePinnedConversationsEqual } from '../util/arePinnedConversationsEqual';
 import type { ConversationModel } from '../models/conversations';
 import {
@@ -1219,9 +1220,13 @@ export async function mergeAccountRecord(
     await window.storage.put('primarySendsSms', primarySendsSms);
   }
 
-  if (typeof accountE164 === 'string' && accountE164) {
+  if (typeof accountE164 === 'string') {
     await window.storage.put('accountE164', accountE164);
-    if (!RemoteConfig.isEnabled('desktop.pnp')) {
+    if (
+      !RemoteConfig.isEnabled('desktop.pnp') &&
+      !RemoteConfig.isEnabled('desktop.pnp.accountE164Deprecation') &&
+      !isPnpEnabled()
+    ) {
       await window.storage.user.setNumber(accountE164);
     }
   }