diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.cpp
index 12f1edaf55eee850c30b770b2762e521188113fe..d5c49623b1bc555bebae6136f98f719a3d6c0c78 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.cpp
@@ -134,9 +134,6 @@ AndroidSettingsWidget::AndroidSettingsWidget(QWidget *parent)
 {
     m_ui->setupUi(this);
 
-    connect(&m_checkGdbWatcher, &QFutureWatcherBase::finished,
-            this, &AndroidSettingsWidget::checkGdbFinished);
-
     m_ui->SDKLocationPathChooser->setFileName(m_androidConfig.sdkLocation());
     m_ui->SDKLocationPathChooser->setPromptDialogTitle(tr("Select Android SDK folder"));
     m_ui->NDKLocationPathChooser->setFileName(m_androidConfig.ndkLocation());
@@ -158,12 +155,8 @@ AndroidSettingsWidget::AndroidSettingsWidget(QWidget *parent)
 
     const QPixmap errorPixmap = Utils::Icons::CRITICAL.pixmap();
     m_ui->sdkWarningIconLabel->setPixmap(errorPixmap);
-    m_ui->gdbWarningIconLabel->setPixmap(errorPixmap);
     m_ui->ndkWarningIconLabel->setPixmap(errorPixmap);
 
-    connect(m_ui->gdbWarningLabel, &QLabel::linkActivated,
-            this, &AndroidSettingsWidget::showGdbWarningDialog);
-
     connect(&m_virtualDevicesWatcher, &QFutureWatcherBase::finished,
             this, &AndroidSettingsWidget::updateAvds);
 
@@ -209,50 +202,6 @@ AndroidSettingsWidget::~AndroidSettingsWidget()
     m_futureWatcher.waitForFinished();
 }
 
-// NOTE: Will be run via QFuture
-static QPair<QStringList, bool> checkGdbForBrokenPython(const QStringList &paths)
-{
-    foreach (const QString &path, paths) {
-        QTime timer;
-        timer.start();
-        QProcess proc;
-        proc.setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::MergedChannels);
-        proc.start(path);
-        proc.waitForStarted();
-
-        QByteArray output;
-        while (proc.waitForReadyRead(300)) {
-            output += proc.readAll();
-            if (output.contains("(gdb)"))
-                break;
-            if (timer.elapsed() > 7 * 1000)
-                return qMakePair(paths, true); // Took too long, abort
-        }
-
-        output.clear();
-
-        proc.write("python import string\n");
-        proc.write("python print(string.ascii_uppercase)\n");
-        proc.write("python import struct\n");
-        proc.write("quit\n");
-        while (proc.waitForFinished(300)) {
-            if (timer.elapsed() > 9 * 1000)
-                return qMakePair(paths, true); // Took too long, abort
-        }
-        proc.waitForFinished();
-
-        output = proc.readAll();
-
-        bool error = output.contains("_PyObject_Free")
-                || output.contains("_PyExc_IOError")
-                || output.contains("_sysconfigdata_nd ")
-                || !output.contains("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ");
-        if (error)
-            return qMakePair(paths, error);
-    }
-    return qMakePair(paths, false);
-}
-
 void AndroidSettingsWidget::check(AndroidSettingsWidget::Mode mode)
 {
     if (mode & Sdk) {
@@ -264,8 +213,6 @@ void AndroidSettingsWidget::check(AndroidSettingsWidget::Mode mode)
         Utils::FileName platformPath = m_androidConfig.ndkLocation();
         Utils::FileName toolChainPath = m_androidConfig.ndkLocation();
         Utils::FileName sourcesPath = m_androidConfig.ndkLocation();
-        m_ui->gdbWarningIconLabel->setVisible(false);
-        m_ui->gdbWarningLabel->setVisible(false);
         if (m_androidConfig.ndkLocation().isEmpty()) {
             m_ndkState = NotSet;
         } else if (!platformPath.appendPath(QLatin1String("platforms")).exists()
@@ -282,24 +229,6 @@ void AndroidSettingsWidget::check(AndroidSettingsWidget::Mode mode)
                     = AndroidToolChainFactory::toolchainPathsForNdk(m_androidConfig.ndkLocation());
             m_ndkCompilerCount = compilerPaths.count();
 
-            // Check for a gdb with a broken python
-            QStringList gdbPaths;
-            foreach (const AndroidToolChainFactory::AndroidToolChainInformation &ati, compilerPaths) {
-                if (ati.language == Core::Id(ProjectExplorer::Constants::C_LANGUAGE_ID))
-                    continue;
-                // we only check the arm gdbs, that's indicative enough
-                if (ati.abi.architecture() != ProjectExplorer::Abi::ArmArchitecture)
-                    continue;
-                Utils::FileName gdbPath = m_androidConfig.gdbPath(ati.abi, ati.version);
-                if (gdbPath.exists())
-                    gdbPaths << gdbPath.toString();
-            }
-
-            if (!gdbPaths.isEmpty()) {
-                m_checkGdbWatcher.setFuture(Utils::runAsync(&checkGdbForBrokenPython, gdbPaths));
-                m_gdbCheckPaths = gdbPaths;
-            }
-
             // See if we have qt versions for those toolchains
             QSet<ProjectExplorer::Abi> toolchainsForAbi;
             foreach (const AndroidToolChainFactory::AndroidToolChainInformation &ati, compilerPaths) {
@@ -591,25 +520,6 @@ void AndroidSettingsWidget::createKitToggled()
     m_androidConfig.setAutomaticKitCreation(m_ui->CreateKitCheckBox->isChecked());
 }
 
-void AndroidSettingsWidget::checkGdbFinished()
-{
-    QPair<QStringList, bool> result = m_checkGdbWatcher.future().result();
-    if (result.first != m_gdbCheckPaths) // no longer relevant
-        return;
-    m_ui->gdbWarningIconLabel->setVisible(result.second);
-    m_ui->gdbWarningLabel->setVisible(result.second);
-}
-
-void AndroidSettingsWidget::showGdbWarningDialog()
-{
-    QMessageBox::warning(this,
-                         tr("Unsupported GDB"),
-                         tr("The GDB inside this NDK seems to not support Python. "
-                            "The Qt Project offers fixed GDB builds at: "
-                            "<a href=\"http://download.qt.io/official_releases/gdb/\">"
-                            "http://download.qt.io/official_releases/gdb/</a>"));
-}
-
 void AndroidSettingsWidget::manageAVD()
 {
     if (m_avdManager->avdManagerUiToolAvailable()) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.h b/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.h
index becc6e0e8fe5f061eae7875b9c77210e97645518..321275436574f73a44e50e47888be96be9389192 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.h
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ private:
     void manageAVD();
     void createKitToggled();
 
-    void checkGdbFinished();
-    void showGdbWarningDialog();
     void updateAvds();
 
 private:
@@ -114,8 +112,6 @@ private:
     AndroidConfig m_androidConfig;
     AvdModel m_AVDModel;
     QFutureWatcher<AndroidConfig::CreateAvdInfo> m_futureWatcher;
-    QFutureWatcher<QPair<QStringList, bool>> m_checkGdbWatcher;
-    QStringList m_gdbCheckPaths;
 
     QFutureWatcher<AndroidDeviceInfoList> m_virtualDevicesWatcher;
     QString m_lastAddedAvd;
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.ui b/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.ui
index cf0972c4eaee85c95eda935aaa5d014471ae7f5e..0d8bcb774d54287768b4e4201ae20f4e5fe554f3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.ui
@@ -14,16 +14,7 @@
    <string>Android Configuration</string>
   </property>
   <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
-   <item row="4" column="1">
-    <widget class="Utils::PathChooser" name="NDKLocationPathChooser" native="true"/>
-   </item>
-   <item row="2" column="1">
-    <widget class="Utils::PathChooser" name="SDKLocationPathChooser" native="true"/>
-   </item>
-   <item row="0" column="1">
-    <widget class="Utils::PathChooser" name="OpenJDKLocationPathChooser" native="true"/>
-   </item>
-   <item row="10" column="0" colspan="2">
+   <item row="9" column="0" colspan="2">
     <widget class="QFrame" name="AVDManagerFrame">
      <property name="frameShape">
       <enum>QFrame::StyledPanel</enum>
@@ -142,6 +133,15 @@
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
+   <item row="0" column="1">
+    <widget class="Utils::PathChooser" name="OpenJDKLocationPathChooser" native="true"/>
+   </item>
+   <item row="2" column="1">
+    <widget class="Utils::PathChooser" name="SDKLocationPathChooser" native="true"/>
+   </item>
+   <item row="4" column="1">
+    <widget class="Utils::PathChooser" name="NDKLocationPathChooser" native="true"/>
+   </item>
    <item row="1" column="1">
     <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_5">
      <item>
@@ -186,62 +186,51 @@
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="3" column="1">
-    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_4">
-     <item>
-      <widget class="QLabel" name="sdkWarningIconLabel">
-       <property name="sizePolicy">
-        <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Fixed">
-         <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-         <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-        </sizepolicy>
-       </property>
-       <property name="text">
-        <string/>
-       </property>
-      </widget>
-     </item>
-     <item>
-      <widget class="QLabel" name="sdkWarningLabel">
-       <property name="sizePolicy">
-        <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
-         <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-         <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-        </sizepolicy>
-       </property>
-       <property name="text">
-        <string/>
-       </property>
-       <property name="wordWrap">
-        <bool>true</bool>
-       </property>
-      </widget>
-     </item>
-    </layout>
-   </item>
-   <item row="0" column="0">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="OpenJDKLocationLabel">
+   <item row="2" column="0">
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="SDKLocationLabel">
      <property name="sizePolicy">
-      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Fixed">
        <horstretch>0</horstretch>
        <verstretch>0</verstretch>
       </sizepolicy>
      </property>
      <property name="text">
-      <string>JDK location:</string>
+      <string>Android SDK location:</string>
      </property>
      <property name="alignment">
       <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="6" column="1">
-    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3">
+   <item row="0" column="2">
+    <widget class="QToolButton" name="downloadOpenJDKToolButton">
+     <property name="toolTip">
+      <string>Download JDK</string>
+     </property>
+     <property name="icon">
+      <iconset resource="android.qrc">
+       <normaloff>:/android/images/download.png</normaloff>:/android/images/download.png</iconset>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item row="2" column="2">
+    <widget class="QToolButton" name="downloadSDKToolButton">
+     <property name="toolTip">
+      <string>Download Android SDK</string>
+     </property>
+     <property name="icon">
+      <iconset resource="android.qrc">
+       <normaloff>:/android/images/download.png</normaloff>:/android/images/download.png</iconset>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item row="8" column="1">
+    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
      <property name="spacing">
       <number>2</number>
      </property>
      <item>
-      <widget class="QLabel" name="ndkWarningIconLabel">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="kitWarningIconLabel">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Fixed">
          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
@@ -254,9 +243,9 @@
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item>
-      <widget class="QLabel" name="toolchainFoundLabel">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="kitWarningLabel">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
-        <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Preferred">
+        <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
          <verstretch>0</verstretch>
         </sizepolicy>
@@ -264,38 +253,14 @@
        <property name="text">
         <string/>
        </property>
+       <property name="wordWrap">
+        <bool>true</bool>
+       </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
-   <item row="4" column="0">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="NDKLocationLabel">
-     <property name="sizePolicy">
-      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
-       <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-       <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-      </sizepolicy>
-     </property>
-     <property name="text">
-      <string>Android NDK location:</string>
-     </property>
-     <property name="alignment">
-      <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="2" column="2">
-    <widget class="QToolButton" name="downloadSDKToolButton">
-     <property name="toolTip">
-      <string>Download Android SDK</string>
-     </property>
-     <property name="icon">
-      <iconset resource="android.qrc">
-       <normaloff>:/android/images/download.png</normaloff>:/android/images/download.png</iconset>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="8" column="1">
+   <item row="7" column="1">
     <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_8">
      <property name="spacing">
       <number>2</number>
@@ -321,13 +286,29 @@
      </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
-   <item row="9" column="1">
-    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
+   <item row="4" column="0">
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="NDKLocationLabel">
+     <property name="sizePolicy">
+      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+       <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+       <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+      </sizepolicy>
+     </property>
+     <property name="text">
+      <string>Android NDK location:</string>
+     </property>
+     <property name="alignment">
+      <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item row="5" column="1">
+    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3">
      <property name="spacing">
       <number>2</number>
      </property>
      <item>
-      <widget class="QLabel" name="kitWarningIconLabel">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="ndkWarningIconLabel">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Fixed">
          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
@@ -340,9 +321,9 @@
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item>
-      <widget class="QLabel" name="kitWarningLabel">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="toolchainFoundLabel">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
-        <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+        <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Preferred">
          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
          <verstretch>0</verstretch>
         </sizepolicy>
@@ -350,20 +331,14 @@
        <property name="text">
         <string/>
        </property>
-       <property name="wordWrap">
-        <bool>true</bool>
-       </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
-   <item row="5" column="1">
-    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_6">
-     <property name="spacing">
-      <number>2</number>
-     </property>
+   <item row="3" column="1">
+    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_4">
      <item>
-      <widget class="QLabel" name="gdbWarningIconLabel">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="sdkWarningIconLabel">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Fixed">
          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
@@ -376,41 +351,33 @@
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item>
-      <widget class="QLabel" name="gdbWarningLabel">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="sdkWarningLabel">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
-        <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Preferred">
+        <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
          <verstretch>0</verstretch>
         </sizepolicy>
        </property>
        <property name="text">
-        <string>&lt;a href=&quot;xx&quot;&gt;The GDB in the NDK appears to have broken python support.&lt;/a&gt;</string>
+        <string/>
+       </property>
+       <property name="wordWrap">
+        <bool>true</bool>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
-   <item row="0" column="2">
-    <widget class="QToolButton" name="downloadOpenJDKToolButton">
-     <property name="toolTip">
-      <string>Download JDK</string>
-     </property>
-     <property name="icon">
-      <iconset resource="android.qrc">
-       <normaloff>:/android/images/download.png</normaloff>:/android/images/download.png</iconset>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="2" column="0">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="SDKLocationLabel">
+   <item row="0" column="0">
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="OpenJDKLocationLabel">
      <property name="sizePolicy">
-      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Fixed">
+      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
        <horstretch>0</horstretch>
        <verstretch>0</verstretch>
       </sizepolicy>
      </property>
      <property name="text">
-      <string>Android SDK location:</string>
+      <string>JDK location:</string>
      </property>
      <property name="alignment">
       <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>