diff --git a/src/target/arm_adi_v5.c b/src/target/arm_adi_v5.c
index dc5c80393..302ea7891 100644
--- a/src/target/arm_adi_v5.c
+++ b/src/target/arm_adi_v5.c
@@ -1616,13 +1616,12 @@ COMMAND_HANDLER(dap_memaccess_command)
 COMMAND_HANDLER(dap_apsel_command)
 {
 	struct adiv5_dap *dap = adiv5_get_dap(CMD_DATA);
-	uint32_t apsel, apid;
-	int retval;
+	uint32_t apsel;
 
 	switch (CMD_ARGC) {
 	case 0:
-		apsel = dap->apsel;
-		break;
+		command_print(CMD_CTX, "%" PRIi32, dap->apsel);
+		return ERROR_OK;
 	case 1:
 		COMMAND_PARSE_NUMBER(u32, CMD_ARGV[0], apsel);
 		/* AP address is in bits 31:24 of DP_SELECT */
@@ -1634,18 +1633,7 @@ COMMAND_HANDLER(dap_apsel_command)
 	}
 
 	dap->apsel = apsel;
-
-	retval = dap_queue_ap_read(dap_ap(dap, apsel), AP_REG_IDR, &apid);
-	if (retval != ERROR_OK)
-		return retval;
-	retval = dap_run(dap);
-	if (retval != ERROR_OK)
-		return retval;
-
-	command_print(CMD_CTX, "ap %" PRIi32 " selected, identification register 0x%8.8" PRIx32,
-			apsel, apid);
-
-	return retval;
+	return ERROR_OK;
 }
 
 COMMAND_HANDLER(dap_apcsw_command)
@@ -1838,7 +1826,7 @@ const struct command_registration dap_instance_commands[] = {
 	{
 		.name = "apsel",
 		.handler = dap_apsel_command,
-		.mode = COMMAND_EXEC,
+		.mode = COMMAND_ANY,
 		.help = "Set the currently selected AP (default 0) "
 			"and display the result",
 		.usage = "[ap_num]",
@@ -1846,7 +1834,7 @@ const struct command_registration dap_instance_commands[] = {
 	{
 		.name = "apcsw",
 		.handler = dap_apcsw_command,
-		.mode = COMMAND_EXEC,
+		.mode = COMMAND_ANY,
 		.help = "Set CSW default bits",
 		.usage = "[value [mask]]",
 	},