diff --git a/modem/msm-modem/APKBUILD b/modem/msm-modem/APKBUILD
index b601b2f35..0b0af877b 100644
--- a/modem/msm-modem/APKBUILD
+++ b/modem/msm-modem/APKBUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgname=msm-modem
-pkgver=5
-pkgrel=1
+pkgver=6
+pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Common support for Qualcomm MSM modems"
 url="https://postmarketos.org/"
 arch="armhf armv7 aarch64"
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ downstream() {
 
 sha512sums="
 3172f8c409f552f13d1da29f14ab6c79072cd6da4acab151a1a0ea1858a416974456852609f14fe29cf97a6a45e60b99d0a57ddcde751da243ee5ac6fa8b672c  msm-modem-downstream.initd
-9ce373d668a4324ef4d2f465b2524e45b46dc2b93a718ec6bd0c681a99a6506c707083dc9295f30a704526f7b2c508af8bef873fd2ef7ee4638f573677ac79e4  msm-modem-uim-selection.initd
+177cf671a12a9b1de24d1223043fb9fe6dd15f3675112123f2fa080c074cc7c6e7024ed1542ae824bb036cc51a020b8e3ab146106cecd1315649073fd2118db8  msm-modem-uim-selection.initd
 2a511c2e249d0ec5a52f04ffe1ef3d29cf3c4813143b103e54879ff89176ea45b1a5ffe21cb7dc2f1cdd84c3102ba45ef9926ed37e00b1ae12a36d01de35ea5a  udev-downstream.rules
 "
diff --git a/modem/msm-modem/msm-modem-uim-selection.initd b/modem/msm-modem/msm-modem-uim-selection.initd
index 07df67c15..0f1a17320 100644
--- a/modem/msm-modem/msm-modem-uim-selection.initd
+++ b/modem/msm-modem/msm-modem-uim-selection.initd
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ depend() {
 # All of the logic is placed in the service start method as we want to block
 # other services while the modem isn't ready yet.
 start() {
+	case "$(cat /sys/devices/soc0/machine)" in
+	APQ*)
+		eend 0 'Skipping SIM configuration on APQ SoC.'
+		return 0
+	esac
+
 	# libqmi must be present to use this script.
 	if ! [ -x "$(command -v qmicli)" ]
 	then