diff --git a/src/plugins/boot2qt/deviceapplicationobserver.cpp b/src/plugins/boot2qt/deviceapplicationobserver.cpp
index 2faf717b5c2..1cbda35cf0d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/boot2qt/deviceapplicationobserver.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/boot2qt/deviceapplicationobserver.cpp
@@ -51,29 +51,18 @@ DeviceApplicationObserver::DeviceApplicationObserver(QObject *parent)
 }
 
 void DeviceApplicationObserver::start(const IDevice::ConstPtr &device,
-        const QList<Command> &commands)
+        const Command &command)
 {
     QTC_ASSERT(device, return);
     m_device = device;
-    m_commandsToRun = commands;
-    runNext();
-}
+    m_command = command;
 
-void DeviceApplicationObserver::runNext()
-{
-    if (m_commandsToRun.isEmpty()) {
-        showMessage(tr("Commands on device '%1' finished successfully.")
-                    .arg(m_device->displayName()));
-        deleteLater();
-        return;
-    }
-    const Command c = m_commandsToRun.takeFirst();
     m_stdout.clear();
     m_stderr.clear();
 
     Runnable r;
-    r.executable = c.binary;
-    r.commandLineArguments = Utils::QtcProcess::joinArgs(c.arguments);
+    r.executable = m_command.binary;
+    r.commandLineArguments = Utils::QtcProcess::joinArgs(m_command.arguments);
     m_appRunner->start(r, m_device);
     showMessage(tr("Starting command '%1 %2' on device '%3'.")
                 .arg(r.executable, r.commandLineArguments, m_device->displayName()));
@@ -113,10 +102,11 @@ void DeviceApplicationObserver::handleFinished(bool success)
             showMessage(tr("stdout was: '%1'").arg(m_stdout));
         if (!m_stderr.isEmpty())
             showMessage(tr("stderr was: '%1'").arg(m_stderr));
-        deleteLater();
-        return;
+    } else {
+        showMessage(tr("Commands on device '%1' finished successfully.")
+                    .arg(m_device->displayName()));
     }
-    runNext();
+    deleteLater();
 }
 
 } // namespace Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/boot2qt/deviceapplicationobserver.h b/src/plugins/boot2qt/deviceapplicationobserver.h
index f82abbb3b49..f67a6989787 100644
--- a/src/plugins/boot2qt/deviceapplicationobserver.h
+++ b/src/plugins/boot2qt/deviceapplicationobserver.h
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ namespace Internal {
 
 class Command {
 public:
-    Command(const QString &bin, const QStringList &args = QStringList())
-        : binary(bin), arguments(args) {}
-
     QString binary;
     QStringList arguments;
 };
@@ -50,18 +47,17 @@ public:
     explicit DeviceApplicationObserver(QObject *parent = 0);
 
     // Once all commands have finished, this object will delete itself.
-    void start(const ProjectExplorer::IDevice::ConstPtr &device, const QList<Command> &commands);
+    void start(const ProjectExplorer::IDevice::ConstPtr &device, const Command &command);
 
 private:
     void handleStdout(const QString &data);
     void handleStderr(const QString &data);
     void handleError(const QString &message);
     void handleFinished(bool success);
-    void runNext();
 
     QString m_stdout;
     QString m_stderr;
-    QList<Command> m_commandsToRun;
+    Command m_command;
     ProjectExplorer::ApplicationLauncher * const m_appRunner;
     ProjectExplorer::IDevice::ConstPtr m_device;
     QString m_error;
diff --git a/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevice.cpp
index 9fd55955936..1185e04e5d3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevice.cpp
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ namespace Internal {
 QdbDevice::QdbDevice()
 {
     addDeviceAction({tr("Reboot Device"), [](const IDevice::Ptr &device, QWidget *) {
-        QList<Command> commands{Command("reboot")};
-        (new DeviceApplicationObserver)->start(device, commands);
+        Command cmd{"reboot", {}};
+        (new DeviceApplicationObserver)->start(device, cmd);
     }});
 
     addDeviceAction({tr("Restore Default App"), [](const IDevice::Ptr &device, QWidget *) {
-        QList<Command> commands{Command(appControllerFilePath(), QStringList{"--remove-default"})};
-        (new DeviceApplicationObserver)->start(device, commands);
+        Command cmd{appControllerFilePath(), {"--remove-default"}};
+        (new DeviceApplicationObserver)->start(device, cmd);
     }});
 }