diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androiddebugsupport.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androiddebugsupport.cpp
index 11fabdccfdb..84ed1bf52db 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androiddebugsupport.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androiddebugsupport.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include <utils/hostosinfo.h>
 
 #include <QDirIterator>
+#include <QHostAddress>
 
 using namespace Debugger;
 using namespace ProjectExplorer;
@@ -131,7 +132,10 @@ void AndroidDebugSupport::start()
                       + "/app_process");
         setSkipExecutableValidation(true);
         setUseExtendedRemote(true);
-        setRemoteChannel(":" + m_runner->gdbServerPort().toString());
+        QUrl gdbServer;
+        gdbServer.setHost(QHostAddress(QHostAddress::LocalHost).toString());
+        gdbServer.setPort(m_runner->gdbServerPort().number());
+        setRemoteChannel(gdbServer);
         setSysRoot(AndroidConfigurations::currentConfig().ndkLocation().appendPath("platforms")
                    .appendPath(QString("android-%1").arg(AndroidManager::minimumSDK(target)))
                    .appendPath(toNdkArch(AndroidManager::targetArch(target))).toString());
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidrunner.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidrunner.cpp
index 4ea111aeb3b..06475a3118e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidrunner.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidrunner.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "androidavdmanager.h"
 #include "androidrunnerworker.h"
 
+#include <QHostAddress>
 #include <coreplugin/messagemanager.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/projectexplorer.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/projectexplorersettings.h>
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@ void AndroidRunner::qmlServerPortReady(Port port)
     // device side. It only happens to work since we redirect
     // host port n to target port n via adb.
     QUrl serverUrl;
+    serverUrl.setHost(QHostAddress(QHostAddress::LocalHost).toString());
     serverUrl.setPort(port.number());
     serverUrl.setScheme(urlTcpScheme());
     emit qmlServerReady(serverUrl);
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp
index d4bb5cc899c..39239bf6424 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp
@@ -166,8 +166,7 @@ AndroidRunnerWorker::AndroidRunnerWorker(RunWorker *runner, const QString &packa
     QTC_CHECK(m_localGdbServerPort.isValid());
     if (m_qmlDebugServices != QmlDebug::NoQmlDebugServices) {
         QTcpServer server;
-        QTC_ASSERT(server.listen(QHostAddress::LocalHost)
-                   || server.listen(QHostAddress::LocalHostIPv6),
+        QTC_ASSERT(server.listen(QHostAddress::LocalHost),
                    qDebug() << tr("No free ports available on host for QML debugging."));
         m_qmlServer.setScheme(Utils::urlTcpScheme());
         m_qmlServer.setHost(server.serverAddress().toString());