diff --git a/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-gdb/src/main/py/src/ghidragdb/util.py b/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-gdb/src/main/py/src/ghidragdb/util.py
index 83b74c728f..515b3dfdd9 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-gdb/src/main/py/src/ghidragdb/util.py
+++ b/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-gdb/src/main/py/src/ghidragdb/util.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def _compute_gdb_ver():
 
 
 GDB_VERSION = _compute_gdb_ver()
-IS_TRACE = gdb.convenience_variable('use_trace').string() == "true"
+IS_TRACE = gdb.convenience_variable('use_trace') == True
 
 MODULES_CMD_V8 = 'maintenance info sections ALLOBJ'
 MODULES_CMD_V11 = 'maintenance info sections -all-objects'