diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBProcesses.java b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBProcesses.java
index 07f6120ad03..d6b40ea618b 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBProcesses.java
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBProcesses.java
@@ -505,6 +505,13 @@ public class GDBProcesses extends MIProcesses implements IGDBProcesses {
 	 * @since 4.0
 	 */
 	protected void createConsole(final IContainerDMContext containerDmc, final boolean restart, final RequestMonitor rm) {
+    	if (fBackend.getSessionType() == SessionType.REMOTE || fBackend.getIsAttachSession()) {
+    		// Remote or attach sessions shouldn't have a console, since the inferior is not started
+    		// by eclipse but by gdbserver
+    		rm.done();
+    		return;
+    	}
+    	
 		initializeInputOutput(containerDmc, new ImmediateRequestMonitor(rm) {
 			@Override
 			protected void handleSuccess() {
diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/StartOrRestartProcessSequence_7_0.java b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/StartOrRestartProcessSequence_7_0.java
index 7d6b2d065c0..43634a226f9 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/StartOrRestartProcessSequence_7_0.java
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/StartOrRestartProcessSequence_7_0.java
@@ -295,6 +295,15 @@ public class StartOrRestartProcessSequence_7_0 extends ReflectionSequence {
 	 */
 	@Execute
 	public void stepCreateConsole(final RequestMonitor rm) {
+    	if (fBackend.getSessionType() == SessionType.REMOTE && !fBackend.getIsAttachSession()) {
+    		// Remote non-attach sessions don't support multi-process and therefore will not
+    		// start new processes.  Those sessions will only start the one process, which should
+    		// not have a console, because it's output is handled by GDB server.  Therefore,
+    		// no need to create an inferior process and add it to the launch
+    		rm.done();
+    		return;
+    	}
+    	
 		Process inferiorProcess;
 		if (fPty == null) {
 			inferiorProcess = new MIInferiorProcess(fContainerDmc, fBackend.getMIOutputStream());