diff --git a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/dotest.py b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/dotest.py
--- a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/dotest.py
+++ b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/dotest.py
@@ -545,68 +545,33 @@
             configuration.skip_categories.append("lldb-vscode")
 
     lldbPythonDir = None  # The directory that contains 'lldb/__init__.py'
-    if configuration.lldb_framework_path:
-        lldbtest_config.lldb_framework_path = configuration.lldb_framework_path
-        candidatePath = os.path.join(
-            configuration.lldb_framework_path, 'Resources', 'Python')
-        if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(candidatePath, 'lldb/__init__.py')):
-            lldbPythonDir = candidatePath
-        if not lldbPythonDir:
-            print(
-                'Resources/Python/lldb/__init__.py was not found in ' +
-                configuration.lldb_framework_path)
-            sys.exit(-1)
-    else:
-        # If our lldb supports the -P option, use it to find the python path:
-        init_in_python_dir = os.path.join('lldb', '__init__.py')
-
-        lldb_dash_p_result = subprocess.check_output(
-            [lldbtest_config.lldbExec, "-P"], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, universal_newlines=True)
-
-        if lldb_dash_p_result and not lldb_dash_p_result.startswith(
-                ("<", "lldb: invalid option:")) and not lldb_dash_p_result.startswith("Traceback"):
-            lines = lldb_dash_p_result.splitlines()
-
-            # Workaround for readline vs libedit issue on FreeBSD.  If stdout
-            # is not a terminal Python executes
-            #     rl_variable_bind ("enable-meta-key", "off");
-            # This produces a warning with FreeBSD's libedit because the
-            # enable-meta-key variable is unknown.  Not an issue on Apple
-            # because cpython commit f0ab6f9f0603 added a #ifndef __APPLE__
-            # around the call.  See http://bugs.python.org/issue19884 for more
-            # information.  For now we just discard the warning output.
-            if len(lines) >= 1 and lines[0].startswith(
-                    "bind: Invalid command"):
-                lines.pop(0)
-
-            # Taking the last line because lldb outputs
-            # 'Cannot read termcap database;\nusing dumb terminal settings.\n'
-            # before the path
-            if len(lines) >= 1 and os.path.isfile(
-                    os.path.join(lines[-1], init_in_python_dir)):
-                lldbPythonDir = lines[-1]
-                if "freebsd" in sys.platform or "linux" in sys.platform:
-                    os.environ['LLDB_LIB_DIR'] = os.path.join(
-                        lldbPythonDir, '..', '..')
-
-        if not lldbPythonDir:
-            print(
-                "Unable to load lldb extension module.  Possible reasons for this include:")
-            print("  1) LLDB was built with LLDB_ENABLE_PYTHON=0")
-            print(
-                "  2) PYTHONPATH and PYTHONHOME are not set correctly.  PYTHONHOME should refer to")
-            print(
-                "     the version of Python that LLDB built and linked against, and PYTHONPATH")
-            print(
-                "     should contain the Lib directory for the same python distro, as well as the")
-            print("     location of LLDB\'s site-packages folder.")
-            print(
-                "  3) A different version of Python than that which was built against is exported in")
-            print("     the system\'s PATH environment variable, causing conflicts.")
-            print(
-                "  4) The executable '%s' could not be found.  Please check " %
-                lldbtest_config.lldbExec)
-            print("     that it exists and is executable.")
+
+    # If our lldb supports the -P option, use it to find the python path:
+    lldb_dash_p_result = subprocess.check_output([lldbtest_config.lldbExec, "-P"], universal_newlines=True)
+    if lldb_dash_p_result:
+        for line in lldb_dash_p_result.splitlines():
+            if os.path.isdir(line) and os.path.exists(os.path.join(line, 'lldb', '__init__.py')):
+                lldbPythonDir = line
+                break
+
+    if not lldbPythonDir:
+        print(
+            "Unable to load lldb extension module.  Possible reasons for this include:")
+        print("  1) LLDB was built with LLDB_ENABLE_PYTHON=0")
+        print(
+            "  2) PYTHONPATH and PYTHONHOME are not set correctly.  PYTHONHOME should refer to")
+        print(
+            "     the version of Python that LLDB built and linked against, and PYTHONPATH")
+        print(
+            "     should contain the Lib directory for the same python distro, as well as the")
+        print("     location of LLDB\'s site-packages folder.")
+        print(
+            "  3) A different version of Python than that which was built against is exported in")
+        print("     the system\'s PATH environment variable, causing conflicts.")
+        print(
+            "  4) The executable '%s' could not be found.  Please check " %
+            lldbtest_config.lldbExec)
+        print("     that it exists and is executable.")
 
     if lldbPythonDir:
         lldbPythonDir = os.path.normpath(lldbPythonDir)
@@ -620,6 +585,9 @@
 
         lldbPythonDir = os.path.abspath(lldbPythonDir)
 
+        if "freebsd" in sys.platform or "linux" in sys.platform:
+            os.environ['LLDB_LIB_DIR'] = os.path.join(lldbPythonDir, '..', '..')
+
         # If tests need to find LLDB_FRAMEWORK, now they can do it
         os.environ["LLDB_FRAMEWORK"] = os.path.dirname(
             os.path.dirname(lldbPythonDir))