diff --git a/tcl/board/ti_am437x_idk.cfg b/tcl/board/ti_am437x_idk.cfg
index ce9c9a737..65e2094e8 100644
--- a/tcl/board/ti_am437x_idk.cfg
+++ b/tcl/board/ti_am437x_idk.cfg
@@ -4,13 +4,9 @@
 source [find interface/ftdi/xds100v2.cfg]
 
 transport select jtag
-adapter_khz 1000
+adapter_khz 30000
 
 source [find target/am437x.cfg]
 $_TARGETNAME configure -event reset-init { init_platform 0x61a11b32 }
 
 reset_config trst_and_srst
-
-init
-ftdi_set_signal PWR_RST 1
-jtag arp_init
diff --git a/tcl/target/am437x.cfg b/tcl/target/am437x.cfg
index 507d51e23..4f97f812e 100644
--- a/tcl/target/am437x.cfg
+++ b/tcl/target/am437x.cfg
@@ -993,11 +993,7 @@ proc config_ddr3 { SDRAM_CONFIG } {
 proc init_platform { SDRAM_CONFIG } {
 	config_opp100
 	config_ddr3 $SDRAM_CONFIG
-
-	# now that PLLs are configured, we can run JTAG at full speed
-	adapter_khz 16000
 }
 
-$_TARGETNAME configure -event reset-start { adapter_khz 1000 }
 $_TARGETNAME configure -event reset-init { init_platform 0x61a013b2 }
 $_TARGETNAME configure -event reset-end { disable_watchdog }