diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeritem.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeritem.cpp
index 6eb1b3e6808..a9617fc8e7f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeritem.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeritem.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ void DebuggerItem::createId()
     m_id = QUuid::createUuid().toString();
 }
 
-void DebuggerItem::reinitializeFromFile(const Environment &sysEnv, QString *error)
+void DebuggerItem::reinitializeFromFile(QString *error, Utils::Environment *customEnv)
 {
     // CDB only understands the single-dash -version, whereas GDB and LLDB are
     // happy with both -version and --version. So use the "working" -version
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ void DebuggerItem::reinitializeFromFile(const Environment &sysEnv, QString *erro
         return;
     }
 
-    Environment env = sysEnv.isValid() ? sysEnv : Environment::systemEnvironment();
+    Environment env = customEnv ? *customEnv : m_command.deviceEnvironment();
+
     // Prevent calling lldb on Windows because the lldb from the llvm package is linked against
     // python but does not contain a python dll.
     const bool isAndroidNdkLldb = DebuggerItem::addAndroidLldbPythonEnv(m_command, env);
@@ -186,18 +187,8 @@ void DebuggerItem::reinitializeFromFile(const Environment &sysEnv, QString *erro
         const bool unableToFindAVersion = (0 == version);
         const bool gdbSupportsConfigurationFlag = (version >= 70700);
         if (gdbSupportsConfigurationFlag || unableToFindAVersion) {
-
-            auto gdbConfiguration = [this, &output, &sysEnv]() {
-                if (!output.contains("qnx"))
-                    return getGdbConfiguration(m_command, sysEnv);
-
-                Environment env = sysEnv;
-                env.set("QNX_TARGET", QString());
-                return getGdbConfiguration(m_command, env);
-            };
-
-            const QString gdbTargetAbiString =
-                    extractGdbTargetAbiStringFromGdbOutput(gdbConfiguration());
+            const QString gdbTargetAbiString = extractGdbTargetAbiStringFromGdbOutput(
+                getGdbConfiguration(m_command, env));
             if (!gdbTargetAbiString.isEmpty()) {
                 m_abis.append(Abi::abiFromTargetTriplet(gdbTargetAbiString));
                 return;
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeritem.h b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeritem.h
index 7f865a507b9..223f953197a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeritem.h
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeritem.h
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ public:
     bool operator==(const DebuggerItem &other) const;
     bool operator!=(const DebuggerItem &other) const { return !operator==(other); }
 
-    void reinitializeFromFile(const Utils::Environment &sysEnv = Utils::Environment::systemEnvironment(),
-                              QString *error = nullptr);
+    void reinitializeFromFile(QString *error = nullptr, Utils::Environment *env = nullptr);
 
     Utils::FilePath workingDirectory() const { return m_workingDirectory; }
     void setWorkingDirectory(const Utils::FilePath &workingPath) { m_workingDirectory = workingPath; }
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeritemmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeritemmanager.cpp
index 8602f031fdf..48eb54d72a6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeritemmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggeritemmanager.cpp
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ DebuggerItemConfigWidget::DebuggerItemConfigWidget()
         DebuggerItem item;
         item.setCommand(m_binaryChooser->filePath());
         errorMessage->clear();
-        item.reinitializeFromFile({}, errorMessage);
+        item.reinitializeFromFile(errorMessage);
         return errorMessage->isEmpty();
     });
     m_binaryChooser->setAllowPathFromDevice(true);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxconfiguration.cpp
index 84ba0baa488..8c9bdf8347d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxconfiguration.cpp
@@ -236,9 +236,10 @@ QVariant QnxConfiguration::createDebugger(const Target &target)
 {
     Utils::Environment sysEnv = Utils::Environment::systemEnvironment();
     sysEnv.modify(qnxEnvironmentItems());
+
     Debugger::DebuggerItem debugger;
     debugger.setCommand(target.m_debuggerPath);
-    debugger.reinitializeFromFile(sysEnv);
+    debugger.reinitializeFromFile(nullptr, &sysEnv);
     debugger.setAutoDetected(true);
     debugger.setUnexpandedDisplayName(Tr::tr("Debugger for %1 (%2)")
                 .arg(displayName())
@@ -416,10 +417,11 @@ void QnxConfiguration::assignDebuggersToTargets()
                 {{HostOsInfo::withExecutableSuffix("nto*-gdb")}, QDir::Files});
     Environment sysEnv = Environment::systemEnvironment();
     sysEnv.modify(qnxEnvironmentItems());
+
     for (const FilePath &debuggerPath : debuggerNames) {
         DebuggerItem item;
         item.setCommand(debuggerPath);
-        item.reinitializeFromFile(sysEnv);
+        item.reinitializeFromFile(nullptr, &sysEnv);
         bool found = false;
         for (const Abi &abi : item.abis()) {
             for (Target &target : m_targets) {