diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix
index 15b21fcdbeae..3919fbe89f38 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 , cloog # unused; just for compat with gcc4, as we override the parameter on some places
 , buildPackages
 , libxcrypt
+, disableGdbPlugin ? !enablePlugin
 }:
 
 # Make sure we get GNU sed.
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ let majorVersion = "11";
         enableLTO
         enableMultilib
         enablePlugin
+        disableGdbPlugin
         enableShared
         disableBootstrap
         fetchpatch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/12/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/12/default.nix
index 10db2adc4166..562d7113b6a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/12/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/12/default.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 , cloog # unused; just for compat with gcc4, as we override the parameter on some places
 , buildPackages
 , libxcrypt
+, disableGdbPlugin ? !enablePlugin
 }:
 
 # Make sure we get GNU sed.
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ let majorVersion = "12";
         cloog
         crossStageStatic
         disableBootstrap
+        disableGdbPlugin
         enableLTO
         enableMultilib
         enablePlugin
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/configure-flags.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/configure-flags.nix
index e3a4aa7cccdf..e0a713bc3853 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/configure-flags.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/configure-flags.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 , enableLTO
 , enableMultilib
 , enablePlugin
+, disableGdbPlugin ? !enablePlugin
 , enableShared
 
 , langC
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@
 , disableBootstrap ? stdenv.targetPlatform != stdenv.hostPlatform
 }:
 
+assert disableGdbPlugin -> !enablePlugin;
 assert langJava -> lib.versionOlder version "7";
 
 # Note [Windows Exception Handling]
@@ -172,9 +174,9 @@ let
       then ["--enable-multilib" "--disable-libquadmath"]
       else ["--disable-multilib"])
     ++ lib.optional (!enableShared) "--disable-shared"
-    ++ [
-      (lib.enableFeature enablePlugin "plugin")
-    ]
+    ++ lib.singleton (lib.enableFeature enablePlugin "plugin")
+    # Libcc1 is the GCC cc1 plugin for the GDB debugger which is only used by gdb
+    ++ lib.optional disableGdbPlugin "--disable-libcc1"
 
     # Support -m32 on powerpc64le/be
     ++ lib.optional (targetPlatform.system == "powerpc64le-linux")