diff --git a/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/faces/facelets/tag/composite/RetargetedAjaxBehavior.java b/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/faces/facelets/tag/composite/RetargetedAjaxBehavior.java
index fd5a4b53db..eae9561328 100644
--- a/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/faces/facelets/tag/composite/RetargetedAjaxBehavior.java
+++ b/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/faces/facelets/tag/composite/RetargetedAjaxBehavior.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package com.sun.faces.facelets.tag.composite;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import jakarta.el.ValueExpression;
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
 
 /**
  * Basically represents {@code <f:ajax>} which is retargeted by {@code <cc:clientBehavior>} in {@code AjaxHandler} and checked in {@code AjaxBehaviorRenderer}.
- * 
+ *
  * We should probably introduce {@code AjaxBehaviorWrapper} in Faces.next to reduce boilerplate like this.
  *
  * - https://github.com/jakartaee/faces/issues/1567
@@ -41,9 +42,15 @@
 public class RetargetedAjaxBehavior extends AjaxBehavior {
 
     private AjaxBehavior retargeted;
+    private List<String> targetClientIds;
 
-    public RetargetedAjaxBehavior(AjaxBehavior retargeted) {
+    public RetargetedAjaxBehavior(AjaxBehavior retargeted, List<String> targetClientIds) {
         this.retargeted = retargeted;
+        this.targetClientIds = targetClientIds;
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getTargetClientIds() {
+        return targetClientIds;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/faces/facelets/tag/faces/core/AjaxHandler.java b/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/faces/facelets/tag/faces/core/AjaxHandler.java
index dda42ad98d..a7d3422f37 100644
--- a/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/faces/facelets/tag/faces/core/AjaxHandler.java
+++ b/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/faces/facelets/tag/faces/core/AjaxHandler.java
@@ -16,26 +16,17 @@
 
 package com.sun.faces.facelets.tag.faces.core;
 
-import static jakarta.faces.component.UINamingContainer.getSeparatorChar;
-import static java.util.Arrays.stream;
+import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
 
 import java.beans.BeanDescriptor;
 import java.beans.BeanInfo;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
 
-import com.sun.faces.component.behavior.AjaxBehaviors;
-import com.sun.faces.facelets.tag.TagHandlerImpl;
-import com.sun.faces.facelets.tag.composite.BehaviorHolderWrapper;
-import com.sun.faces.facelets.tag.composite.RetargetedAjaxBehavior;
-import com.sun.faces.facelets.tag.faces.CompositeComponentTagHandler;
-import com.sun.faces.renderkit.RenderKitUtils;
-
 import jakarta.el.ELContext;
 import jakarta.el.MethodExpression;
 import jakarta.el.MethodNotFoundException;
@@ -60,6 +51,13 @@
 import jakarta.faces.view.facelets.TagException;
 import jakarta.faces.view.facelets.TagHandler;
 
+import com.sun.faces.component.behavior.AjaxBehaviors;
+import com.sun.faces.facelets.tag.TagHandlerImpl;
+import com.sun.faces.facelets.tag.composite.BehaviorHolderWrapper;
+import com.sun.faces.facelets.tag.composite.RetargetedAjaxBehavior;
+import com.sun.faces.facelets.tag.faces.CompositeComponentTagHandler;
+import com.sun.faces.renderkit.RenderKitUtils;
+
 /**
  * <p class="changed_added_2_0">
  * <span class="changed_modified_2_2">Enable</span> one or more components in the view to perform Ajax operations. This
@@ -67,7 +65,7 @@
  * values. <div class="changed_modified_2_2">The <code>events</code> attribute for this tag that can be a
  * <code>ValueExpression</code> must be evaluated at tag execution time since the event name is used in the process of
  * <code>Behavior</code> creation.</div> If this tag is nested within a single {@link ClientBehaviorHolder} component:
- * 
+ *
  * <ul>
  * <li>If the <code>events</code> attribute value is not specified, obtain the default event name by calling
  * {@link ClientBehaviorHolder#getDefaultEventName}. If that returns <code>null</code> throw an
@@ -302,20 +300,12 @@ private AjaxBehavior createAjaxBehavior(FaceletContext ctx, UIComponent parent,
 
         if (parent instanceof BehaviorHolderWrapper) {
             ValueExpression targets = ((BehaviorHolderWrapper) parent).getTargets();
-            
+
             if (targets != null) {
                 String targetClientIds = (String) targets.getValue(ctx);
-                
+
                 if (targetClientIds != null) {
-                    Collection<String> executeClientIds = new ArrayList<>(behavior.getExecute());
-
-                    if (executeClientIds.isEmpty() || executeClientIds.contains("@this")) {
-                        String separatorChar = String.valueOf(getSeparatorChar(ctx.getFacesContext()));
-                        executeClientIds.remove("@this");
-                        stream(targetClientIds.trim().split(" +")).map(id -> "@this" + separatorChar + id).forEach(executeClientIds::add);
-                        behavior.setExecute(executeClientIds);
-                        behavior = new RetargetedAjaxBehavior(behavior);
-                    }
+                    behavior = new RetargetedAjaxBehavior(behavior, asList(targetClientIds.trim().split(" +")));
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/faces/renderkit/html_basic/AjaxBehaviorRenderer.java b/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/faces/renderkit/html_basic/AjaxBehaviorRenderer.java
index 31842eff93..2c98537872 100644
--- a/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/faces/renderkit/html_basic/AjaxBehaviorRenderer.java
+++ b/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/faces/renderkit/html_basic/AjaxBehaviorRenderer.java
@@ -18,18 +18,16 @@
 
 import static jakarta.faces.component.UINamingContainer.getSeparatorChar;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
-import com.sun.faces.facelets.tag.composite.RetargetedAjaxBehavior;
-import com.sun.faces.renderkit.RenderKitUtils;
-import com.sun.faces.util.FacesLogger;
-
 import jakarta.faces.component.ActionSource;
 import jakarta.faces.component.EditableValueHolder;
 import jakarta.faces.component.UIComponent;
@@ -47,6 +45,10 @@
 import jakarta.faces.event.PhaseId;
 import jakarta.faces.render.ClientBehaviorRenderer;
 
+import com.sun.faces.facelets.tag.composite.RetargetedAjaxBehavior;
+import com.sun.faces.renderkit.RenderKitUtils;
+import com.sun.faces.util.FacesLogger;
+
 /*
  *<b>AjaxBehaviorRenderer</b> renders Ajax behavior for a component.
  * It also
@@ -280,9 +282,24 @@ private static String buildAjaxCommand(ClientBehaviorContext behaviorContext, Aj
             SearchExpressionHint.RESOLVE_SINGLE_COMPONENT);
 
     // Appends an ids argument to the ajax command
-    private static void appendIds(FacesContext facesContext, UIComponent component, AjaxBehavior ajaxBehavior, StringBuilder builder, Collection<String> ids) {
+    private static void appendIds(FacesContext facesContext, UIComponent component, AjaxBehavior ajaxBehavior, StringBuilder builder, Collection<String> idsOrNull) {
+
+        if (idsOrNull == null) {
+            builder.append('0');
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Collection<String> ids = new ArrayList<>(idsOrNull);
+        UIComponent composite = UIComponent.getCompositeComponentParent(component);
+        String separatorChar = String.valueOf(getSeparatorChar(facesContext));
 
-        if (null == ids || ids.isEmpty()) {
+        if (composite != null && (ajaxBehavior instanceof RetargetedAjaxBehavior) && (ids.isEmpty() || ids.contains("@this"))) {
+            List<String> targetClientIds = ((RetargetedAjaxBehavior) ajaxBehavior).getTargetClientIds();
+            ids.remove("@this");
+            targetClientIds.stream().map(id -> "@this" + separatorChar + id).forEach(ids::add);
+        }
+
+        if (ids.isEmpty()) {
             builder.append('0');
             return;
         }
@@ -294,9 +311,6 @@ private static void appendIds(FacesContext facesContext, UIComponent component,
 
         boolean first = true;
 
-        UIComponent composite = UIComponent.getCompositeComponentParent(component);
-        String separatorChar = String.valueOf(getSeparatorChar(facesContext));
-
         for (String id : ids) {
             String expression = id.trim();