diff --git a/src/target/adi_v5_swd.c b/src/target/adi_v5_swd.c
index 82c2b5ab6..f83214229 100644
--- a/src/target/adi_v5_swd.c
+++ b/src/target/adi_v5_swd.c
@@ -259,8 +259,6 @@ static int swd_run(struct adiv5_dap *dap)
 }
 
 const struct dap_ops swd_dap_ops = {
-	.is_swd = true,
-
 	.queue_dp_read = swd_queue_dp_read,
 	.queue_dp_write = swd_queue_dp_write,
 	.queue_ap_read = swd_queue_ap_read,
diff --git a/src/target/arm_adi_v5.h b/src/target/arm_adi_v5.h
index 7f98d509b..186397e89 100644
--- a/src/target/arm_adi_v5.h
+++ b/src/target/arm_adi_v5.h
@@ -244,11 +244,6 @@ struct adiv5_dap {
  * available until run().
  */
 struct dap_ops {
-	/** If the DAP transport isn't SWD, it must be JTAG.  Upper level
-	 * code may need to care about the difference in some cases.
-	 */
-	bool	is_swd;
-
 	/** DP register read. */
 	int (*queue_dp_read)(struct adiv5_dap *dap, unsigned reg,
 			uint32_t *data);