diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb-guile.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb-guile.exp
index f2307372b8b..50189c8ed90 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb-guile.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb-guile.exp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ set ghex {[0-9a-f]+}
 # Return a 1 for configurations that support Guile scripting.
 
 gdb_caching_proc allow_guile_tests {
-    set output [exec $::GDB --configuration]
+    set output [remote_exec host $::GDB "$::INTERNAL_GDBFLAGS --configuration"]
     return [expr {[string first "--with-guile" $output] != -1}]
 }
 
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
index 5359315667e..68337bd235c 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
@@ -2450,7 +2450,7 @@ proc allow_rust_tests {} {
 # Return a 1 for configurations that support Python scripting.
 
 gdb_caching_proc allow_python_tests {
-    set output [remote_exec host $::GDB --configuration]
+    set output [remote_exec host $::GDB "$::INTERNAL_GDBFLAGS --configuration"]
     return [expr {[string first "--with-python" $output] != -1}]
 }
 
@@ -2575,7 +2575,7 @@ gdb_caching_proc allow_dlmopen_tests {
 # Return 1 if we should allow TUI-related tests.
 
 gdb_caching_proc allow_tui_tests {
-    set output [remote_exec host $::GDB --configuration]
+    set output [remote_exec host $::GDB "$::INTERNAL_GDBFLAGS --configuration"]
     return [expr {[string first "--enable-tui" $output] != -1}]
 }