diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
index 44764e86c5acff7893f6241d75fed7b8e7c141dd..3f2ce59168fdffe6b0ad5a6e6baa3263d06fdebf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
@@ -1545,19 +1545,24 @@ void GdbEngine::handleHasPython(const GdbResponse &response)
         const GdbMi hasInferiorThreadList = data.findChild("hasInferiorThreadList");
         m_hasInferiorThreadList = (hasInferiorThreadList.data().toInt() != 0);
     } else {
-        m_hasPython = false;
-        if (m_gdbAdapter->dumperHandling()
-                    == AbstractGdbAdapter::DumperLoadedByGdbPreload
-                && checkDebuggingHelpersClassic()) {
-            QByteArray cmd = "set environment ";
-            cmd += Debugger::Constants::Internal::LD_PRELOAD_ENV_VAR;
-            cmd += ' ';
-            cmd += startParameters().startMode == StartRemoteGdb
-               ? startParameters().remoteDumperLib
-               : qtDumperLibraryName().toLocal8Bit();
-            postCommand(cmd);
-            m_debuggingHelperState = DebuggingHelperLoadTried;
-        }
+        pythonDumpersFailed();
+    }
+}
+
+void GdbEngine::pythonDumpersFailed()
+{
+    m_hasPython = false;
+    if (m_gdbAdapter->dumperHandling()
+                == AbstractGdbAdapter::DumperLoadedByGdbPreload
+            && checkDebuggingHelpersClassic()) {
+        QByteArray cmd = "set environment ";
+        cmd += Debugger::Constants::Internal::LD_PRELOAD_ENV_VAR;
+        cmd += ' ';
+        cmd += startParameters().startMode == StartRemoteGdb
+           ? startParameters().remoteDumperLib
+           : qtDumperLibraryName().toLocal8Bit();
+        postCommand(cmd);
+        m_debuggingHelperState = DebuggingHelperLoadTried;
     }
 }
 
@@ -4156,10 +4161,12 @@ bool GdbEngine::startGdb(const QStringList &args, const QString &gdb, const QStr
             "dyld \".*CFDataFormatters.*\" all "
             "dyld \".*libobjc.*\" all "
             "dyld \".*CarbonDataFormatters.*\" all");
+        // We know that we don't have Python on Mac.
+        pythonDumpersFailed();
+    } else {
+        loadPythonDumpers();
     }
 
-    loadPythonDumpers();
-
     QString scriptFileName = theDebuggerStringSetting(GdbScriptFile);
     if (!scriptFileName.isEmpty()) {
         if (QFileInfo(scriptFileName).isReadable()) {
@@ -4190,11 +4197,6 @@ void GdbEngine::loadPythonDumpers()
         ConsoleCommand, CB(handleHasPython));
 }
 
-bool GdbEngine::checkDebuggingHelpers()
-{
-    return !hasPython() && checkDebuggingHelpersClassic();
-}
-
 void GdbEngine::handleGdbError(QProcess::ProcessError error)
 {
     const QString msg = errorMessage(error);
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.h b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.h
index 2def4f25bdf095f7e7b3d786d8caa43bf5540583..c4b90b80da87bb69ad4693efa7c1b69242d38355 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.h
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.h
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ private: ////////// Gdb Process Management //////////
     void handleAdapterStarted();
     void defaultInferiorShutdown(const char *cmd);
     void loadPythonDumpers();
+    void pythonDumpersFailed();
 
     // Something went wrong with the adapter *before* adapterStarted() was emitted.
     // Make sure to clean up everything before emitting this signal.
@@ -511,8 +512,7 @@ private: ////////// View & Data Stuff //////////
     //
     // Dumper Management
     //
-    bool checkDebuggingHelpers();
-        bool checkDebuggingHelpersClassic();
+    bool checkDebuggingHelpersClassic();
     void setDebuggingHelperStateClassic(DebuggingHelperState);
     void tryLoadDebuggingHelpersClassic();
     void tryQueryDebuggingHelpersClassic();