diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdebugsupport.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdebugsupport.cpp
index 1687eb1808e..cf12971ec78 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdebugsupport.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdebugsupport.cpp
@@ -39,12 +39,11 @@ LinuxDeviceDebugSupport::LinuxDeviceDebugSupport(RunControl *runControl)
 {
     setDisplayName("LinuxDeviceDebugSupport");
 
-    m_portsGatherer = new GdbServerPortsGatherer(runControl);
-    m_portsGatherer->setUseGdbServer(isCppDebugging());
-    m_portsGatherer->setUseQmlServer(isQmlDebugging());
+    setUsePortsGatherer(isCppDebugging(), isQmlDebugging());
+    addQmlServerInferiorCommandLineArgumentIfNeeded();
 
-    auto gdbServer = new GdbServerRunner(runControl, m_portsGatherer);
-    gdbServer->addStartDependency(m_portsGatherer);
+    auto gdbServer = new GdbServerRunner(runControl, portsGatherer());
+    gdbServer->addStartDependency(portsGatherer());
 
     addStartDependency(gdbServer);
 
@@ -59,14 +58,5 @@ LinuxDeviceDebugSupport::LinuxDeviceDebugSupport(RunControl *runControl)
         setSymbolFile(rlrc->localExecutableFilePath());
 }
 
-void LinuxDeviceDebugSupport::start()
-{
-    setRemoteChannel(m_portsGatherer->gdbServerChannel());
-    setQmlServer(m_portsGatherer->qmlServer());
-    addQmlServerInferiorCommandLineArgumentIfNeeded();
-
-    DebuggerRunTool::start();
-}
-
 } // namespace Internal
 } // namespace RemoteLinux
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdebugsupport.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdebugsupport.h
index 1b7a0ee3ac2..34df20d2daf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdebugsupport.h
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdebugsupport.h
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ class LinuxDeviceDebugSupport : public Debugger::DebuggerRunTool
 {
 public:
     LinuxDeviceDebugSupport(ProjectExplorer::RunControl *runControl);
-
-private:
-    void start() override;
-
-    Debugger::GdbServerPortsGatherer *m_portsGatherer = nullptr;
 };
 
 } // namespace Internal