diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/remotegdbprocess.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/remotegdbprocess.cpp
index c88c0ba2d3f450cfff711a90ca9a28184331b1de..36c5df7b586d4d48a23a26e118277cfe35892759 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/remotegdbprocess.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/remotegdbprocess.cpp
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ void RemoteGdbProcess::handleAppOutputReaderStarted()
 
     connect(m_appOutputReader.data(), SIGNAL(outputAvailable(QByteArray)),
         this, SLOT(handleAppOutput(QByteArray)));
-    QByteArray cmdLine = "DISPLAY=:0.0 " + Utils::QtcProcess::quoteArgUnix(m_command).toUtf8() + ' '
+    QByteArray cmdLine = "DISPLAY=:0.0 " + m_command.toUtf8() + ' '
         + Utils::QtcProcess::joinArgsUnix(m_cmdArgs).toUtf8()
         + " -tty=" + m_appOutputFileName;
     if (!m_wd.isEmpty())