diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androiddebugsupport.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androiddebugsupport.cpp
index b6bcfde1344..a8b26ac6455 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androiddebugsupport.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androiddebugsupport.cpp
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ public:
         setProducer([](RunControl *runControl) {
             DebuggerRunTool *debugger = new DebuggerRunTool(runControl);
             debugger->setId("AndroidDebugger");
-            debugger->setupPortsGatherer();
             DebuggerRunParameters &rp = debugger->runParameters();
+            rp.setupPortsGatherer(runControl);
             rp.setSkipDebugServer(true);
             rp.setLldbPlatform("remote-android");
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevicedebugsupport.cpp b/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevicedebugsupport.cpp
index 4b6b5aa57bd..bfed74acc93 100644
--- a/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevicedebugsupport.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevicedebugsupport.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public:
             worker->setId("QdbDeviceDebugSupport");
 
             DebuggerRunParameters &rp = worker->runParameters();
-            worker->setupPortsGatherer();
+            rp.setupPortsGatherer(runControl);
             rp.setStartMode(Debugger::AttachToRemoteServer);
             rp.setCloseMode(KillAndExitMonitorAtClose);
             rp.setUseContinueInsteadOfRun(true);
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerengine.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerengine.cpp
index 538f50739bf..2723943640a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerengine.cpp
@@ -210,6 +210,14 @@ void DebuggerRunParameters::setBreakOnMainNextTime()
     breakOnMainNextTime = true;
 }
 
+void DebuggerRunParameters::setupPortsGatherer(ProjectExplorer::RunControl *runControl) const
+{
+    if (isCppDebugging())
+        runControl->requestDebugChannel();
+    if (isQmlDebugging())
+        runControl->requestQmlChannel();
+}
+
 Result<> DebuggerRunParameters::fixupParameters(ProjectExplorer::RunControl *runControl)
 {
     if (m_symbolFile.isEmpty())
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerengine.h b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerengine.h
index ac259bbdc33..c38b66fc00c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerengine.h
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerengine.h
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ public:
 
     static void setBreakOnMainNextTime();
 
+    void setupPortsGatherer(ProjectExplorer::RunControl *runControl) const;
+
     Utils::Result<> fixupParameters(ProjectExplorer::RunControl *runControl);
 
     void setStartMode(DebuggerStartMode startMode);
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerruncontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerruncontrol.cpp
index 2588c1c8481..71cbe824e26 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerruncontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerruncontrol.cpp
@@ -791,15 +791,6 @@ void DebuggerRunTool::stop()
     emit canceled();
 }
 
-void DebuggerRunTool::setupPortsGatherer()
-{
-    if (d->m_runParameters.isCppDebugging())
-        runControl()->requestDebugChannel();
-
-    if (d->m_runParameters.isQmlDebugging())
-        runControl()->requestQmlChannel();
-}
-
 DebuggerRunParameters &DebuggerRunTool::runParameters()
 {
     return d->m_runParameters;
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerruncontrol.h b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerruncontrol.h
index 2d09ff6734a..137e7fdb889 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerruncontrol.h
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerruncontrol.h
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ public:
     void start() final;
     void stop() final;
 
-    void setupPortsGatherer();
-
     DebuggerRunParameters &runParameters();
 
 signals:
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdebugsupport.cpp b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdebugsupport.cpp
index 5ed5dbb67b5..040d2d2c5da 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdebugsupport.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdebugsupport.cpp
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ void showAttachToProcessDialog()
     auto debugger = new DebuggerRunTool(runControl);
     DebuggerRunParameters &rp = debugger->runParameters();
     debugger->setId("QnxAttachDebugSupport");
-    debugger->setupPortsGatherer();
+    rp.setupPortsGatherer(runControl);
     rp.setUseCtrlCStub(true);
     if (rp.isCppDebugging()) {
         const auto modifier = [runControl](Process &process) {
@@ -173,8 +173,6 @@ public:
             debugger->setId("QnxDebugSupport");
             runControl->postMessage(Tr::tr("Preparing remote side..."), LogMessageFormat);
 
-            debugger->setupPortsGatherer();
-
             const auto modifier = [runControl](Process &process) {
                 CommandLine cmd = runControl->commandLine();
                 QStringList arguments;
@@ -199,6 +197,7 @@ public:
             Kit *k = runControl->kit();
 
             DebuggerRunParameters &rp = debugger->runParameters();
+            rp.setupPortsGatherer(runControl);
             rp.setStartMode(AttachToRemoteServer);
             rp.setCloseMode(KillAtClose);
             rp.setUseCtrlCStub(true);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qtapplicationmanager/appmanagerruncontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/qtapplicationmanager/appmanagerruncontrol.cpp
index f7e6f04f340..1be757b9bf0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtapplicationmanager/appmanagerruncontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qtapplicationmanager/appmanagerruncontrol.cpp
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ public:
         setProducer([](RunControl *runControl) {
             DebuggerRunTool *debugger = new DebuggerRunTool(runControl);
             debugger->setId("ApplicationManagerPlugin.Debug.Support");
-            debugger->setupPortsGatherer();
 
             auto debuggee = createInferiorRunner(runControl, QmlDebuggerServices);
             debugger->addStartDependency(debuggee);
@@ -195,6 +194,7 @@ public:
             }
 
             Debugger::DebuggerRunParameters &rp = debugger->runParameters();
+            rp.setupPortsGatherer(runControl);
             rp.setStartMode(Debugger::AttachToRemoteServer);
             rp.setCloseMode(Debugger::KillAndExitMonitorAtClose);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdebugsupport.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdebugsupport.cpp
index 0cd33b696e8..61646929058 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdebugsupport.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdebugsupport.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public:
             auto debugger = new DebuggerRunTool(rc);
             DebuggerRunParameters &rp = debugger->runParameters();
             debugger->setId("RemoteLinuxDebugWorker");
-            debugger->setupPortsGatherer();
+            rp.setupPortsGatherer(rc);
             rp.setUseTerminal(false);
             rp.setAddQmlServerInferiorCmdArgIfNeeded(true);