diff --git a/core/debugger/remote_debugger.cpp b/core/debugger/remote_debugger.cpp
index bd30da3047d..e2ed7245a24 100644
--- a/core/debugger/remote_debugger.cpp
+++ b/core/debugger/remote_debugger.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "core/io/resource_loader.h"
 #include "core/object/script_language.h"
 #include "core/os/os.h"
+#include "servers/display_server.h"
 
 class RemoteDebugger::PerformanceProfiler : public EngineProfiler {
 	Object *performance = nullptr;
@@ -539,7 +540,7 @@ void RemoteDebugger::debug(bool p_can_continue, bool p_is_error_breakpoint) {
 			OS::get_singleton()->delay_usec(10000);
 			if (Thread::get_caller_id() == Thread::get_main_id()) {
 				// If this is a busy loop on the main thread, events still need to be processed.
-				OS::get_singleton()->process_and_drop_events();
+				DisplayServer::get_singleton()->force_process_and_drop_events();
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/core/os/os.h b/core/os/os.h
index 63cc6ed50e6..91e0ce93794 100644
--- a/core/os/os.h
+++ b/core/os/os.h
@@ -328,8 +328,6 @@ public:
 	virtual void benchmark_end_measure(const String &p_context, const String &p_what);
 	virtual void benchmark_dump();
 
-	virtual void process_and_drop_events() {}
-
 	virtual Error setup_remote_filesystem(const String &p_server_host, int p_port, const String &p_password, String &r_project_path);
 
 	enum PreferredTextureFormat {