"Cannot start SSH Tunnel error" on MySQL workbench OSX

Recently upgraded from OSX High Sierra to Mojave and MySQL workbench refused to work properly since especially when trying to connect to SSH servers via a SSH tunnel. It just kept complaining of the error Cannot start SSH Tunnel

Tried reinstalling MySQL workbench without any luck and Google wasn't of much help as well.

After much prodding, and looking at MySQL workbench's logs and seeing a heap of python errors.

Turns out that the current version of MySQL workbench doesn't like python2 very much.

As I had used brew to install python before, executing a

brew uninstall python@2

Resolved the issue!