diff --git a/src/debugpy/launcher/handlers.py b/src/debugpy/launcher/handlers.py
index 26aaf39c9..da12ed077 100644
--- a/src/debugpy/launcher/handlers.py
+++ b/src/debugpy/launcher/handlers.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def property_or_debug_option(prop_name, flag_name):
         qt_mode = request(
             "qt",
             json.enum(
-                "auto", "none", "pyside", "pyside2", "pyqt4", "pyqt5", optional=True
+                "none", "auto", "pyside", "pyside2", "pyqt4", "pyqt5", optional=True
             ),
         )
         cmdline += ["--configure-qt", qt_mode]
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def property_or_debug_option(prop_name, flag_name):
         adapter_access_token = request("adapterAccessToken", unicode, optional=True)
         if adapter_access_token != ():
             cmdline += ["--adapter-access-token", compat.filename(adapter_access_token)]
-            
+
         debugpy_args = request("debugpyArgs", json.array(unicode))
         cmdline += debugpy_args
 
diff --git a/src/debugpy/server/api.py b/src/debugpy/server/api.py
index 42ffce33b..d86813281 100644
--- a/src/debugpy/server/api.py
+++ b/src/debugpy/server/api.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 # TODO: "gevent", if possible.
 _config = {
-    "qt": "auto",
+    "qt": "none",
     "subProcess": True,
     "python": sys.executable,
 }
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def debug(address, **kwargs):
         log.debug("{0}({1!r}, **{2!r})", func.__name__, address, kwargs)
         log.info("Initial debug configuration: {0!j}", _config)
 
-        qt_mode = _config.get("qt", "auto")
+        qt_mode = _config.get("qt", "none")
         if qt_mode != "none":
             pydevd.enable_qt_support(qt_mode)
 
diff --git a/src/debugpy/server/cli.py b/src/debugpy/server/cli.py
index 1e1df2102..3b40ff5fd 100644
--- a/src/debugpy/server/cli.py
+++ b/src/debugpy/server/cli.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Options(object):
 
 
 options = Options()
-options.config = {"qt": "auto", "subProcess": True}
+options.config = {"qt": "none", "subProcess": True}
 
 
 def in_range(parser, start, stop):