diff --git a/target/arm/gdbstub.c b/target/arm/gdbstub.c
index 78105b8078..3bd86cee97 100644
--- a/target/arm/gdbstub.c
+++ b/target/arm/gdbstub.c
@@ -520,11 +520,18 @@ void arm_cpu_register_gdb_regs_for_features(ARMCPU *cpu)
                                      aarch64_gdb_set_fpu_reg,
                                      34, "aarch64-fpu.xml", 0);
         }
+#if 0
+        /*
+         * GDB versions 9 through 12 have a bug which means they will
+         * crash if they see this XML from QEMU; disable it for the 8.0
+         * release, pending a better solution.
+         */
         if (isar_feature_aa64_pauth(&cpu->isar)) {
             gdb_register_coprocessor(cs, aarch64_gdb_get_pauth_reg,
                                      aarch64_gdb_set_pauth_reg,
                                      4, "aarch64-pauth.xml", 0);
         }
+#endif
 #endif
     } else {
         if (arm_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_NEON)) {