diff --git a/src/osmo-bsc/neighbor_ident_vty.c b/src/osmo-bsc/neighbor_ident_vty.c
index d0c23a8c5..409153b3a 100644
--- a/src/osmo-bsc/neighbor_ident_vty.c
+++ b/src/osmo-bsc/neighbor_ident_vty.c
@@ -495,9 +495,7 @@ void neighbor_ident_vty_write_local_neighbors(struct vty *vty, const char *inden
 	struct gsm_bts_ref *neigh;
 
 	llist_for_each_entry(neigh, &bts->local_neighbors, entry) {
-		vty_out(vty, "%sneighbor lac-ci %u %u%s",
-			indent, neigh->bts->location_area_code, neigh->bts->cell_identity,
-			VTY_NEWLINE);
+		vty_out(vty, "%sneighbor bts %u%s", indent, neigh->bts->nr, VTY_NEWLINE);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/neighbor_ident.vty b/tests/neighbor_ident.vty
index 02b0f5004..4f8638391 100644
--- a/tests/neighbor_ident.vty
+++ b/tests/neighbor_ident.vty
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ network
 ... !neighbor 
  bts 0
 ... !neighbor 
-  neighbor lac-ci 21 31
-  neighbor lac-ci 22 65535
+  neighbor bts 1
+  neighbor bts 2
   neighbor cgi 023 42 423 5 arfcn 23 bsic 42
   neighbor cgi 023 042 423 6 arfcn 23 bsic 42
   neighbor cgi 023 042 234 56 arfcn 23 bsic 42
@@ -272,8 +272,8 @@ OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# no neighbor arfcn 23 bsic 42
 
 OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# show running-config
 ... !neighbor 
-  neighbor lac-ci 21 31
-  neighbor lac-ci 22 65535
+  neighbor bts 1
+  neighbor bts 2
   neighbor lac 456 arfcn 123 bsic 45
   neighbor lac-ci 789 10 arfcn 423 bsic any
   neighbor lac-ci 789 10 arfcn 423 bsic 63
@@ -285,8 +285,8 @@ OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# no neighbor arfcn 123 bsic 45
 
 OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# show running-config
 ... !neighbor 
-  neighbor lac-ci 21 31
-  neighbor lac-ci 22 65535
+  neighbor bts 1
+  neighbor bts 2
   neighbor lac-ci 789 10 arfcn 423 bsic any
   neighbor lac-ci 789 10 arfcn 423 bsic 63
   neighbor lac-ci 789 10 arfcn 423 bsic 1
@@ -297,8 +297,8 @@ OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# no neighbor arfcn 423 bsic any
 
 OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# show running-config
 ... !neighbor 
-  neighbor lac-ci 21 31
-  neighbor lac-ci 22 65535
+  neighbor bts 1
+  neighbor bts 2
   neighbor lac-ci 789 10 arfcn 423 bsic 63
   neighbor lac-ci 789 10 arfcn 423 bsic 1
 ... !neighbor 
@@ -308,8 +308,8 @@ OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# no neighbor arfcn 423 bsic 63
 
 OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# show running-config
 ... !neighbor 
-  neighbor lac-ci 21 31
-  neighbor lac-ci 22 65535
+  neighbor bts 1
+  neighbor bts 2
   neighbor lac-ci 789 10 arfcn 423 bsic 1
 ... !neighbor 
 
@@ -318,8 +318,8 @@ OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# no neighbor arfcn 423 bsic 1
 
 OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# show running-config
 ... !neighbor 
-  neighbor lac-ci 21 31
-  neighbor lac-ci 22 65535
+  neighbor bts 1
+  neighbor bts 2
 ... !neighbor 
 
 OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# no neighbor arfcn 41 bsic any
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# no neighbor arfcn 41 bsic any
 
 OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# show running-config
 ... !neighbor 
-  neighbor lac-ci 22 65535
+  neighbor bts 2
 ... !neighbor 
 
 OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# no neighbor arfcn 41 bsic any
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# no neighbor arfcn 41 bsic any
 
 OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# show running-config
 ... !neighbor 
-  neighbor lac-ci 22 65535
+  neighbor bts 2
 ... !neighbor 
 
 OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# no neighbor arfcn 42 bsic 12