diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp
index cacd61b482..b2dd6bcbbb 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include "lv2/sys_overlay.h"
 #include "lv2/sys_process.h"
 #include "lv2/sys_memory.h"
-#include "Emu/GDB.h"
 
 #ifdef LLVM_AVAILABLE
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
@@ -454,12 +453,10 @@ extern void ppu_register_function_at(u32 addr, u32 size, ppu_function_t ptr)
 // Breakpoint entry point
 static bool ppu_break(ppu_thread& ppu, ppu_opcode_t op)
 {
-	// Pause and wait if necessary
-	bool status = ppu.state.test_and_set(cpu_flag::dbg_pause);
-
-	g_fxo->get<gdb_server>()->pause_from(&ppu);
-
-	if (!status && ppu.check_state())
+	// Pause
+	ppu.state += cpu_flag::dbg_pause;
+	
+	if (ppu.check_state())
 	{
 		return false;
 	}