diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
index b8a7cf8..a1a131e 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ set BUILD_DATA_DIRECTORY "[pwd]/../data-directory"
 # INTERNAL_GDBFLAGS contains flags that the testsuite requires.
 global INTERNAL_GDBFLAGS
 if ![info exists INTERNAL_GDBFLAGS] {
-    set INTERNAL_GDBFLAGS "-nw -nx -data-directory $BUILD_DATA_DIRECTORY"
+    set INTERNAL_GDBFLAGS "-nw -nx -ex \"set history save off\" -data-directory $BUILD_DATA_DIREC
 }
 
 # The variable gdb_prompt is a regexp which matches the gdb prompt.