1diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command.dart
2index e4e474ab6e..5548599802 100644
3--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command.dart
4+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command.dart
5@@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@ Run 'flutter -h' (or 'flutter <command> -h') for available flutter commands and
6
7 // Populate the cache. We call this before pub get below so that the
8 // sky_engine package is available in the flutter cache for pub to find.
9- if (shouldUpdateCache) {
10+ if (false) {
11 // First always update universal artifacts, as some of these (e.g.
12 // ios-deploy on macOS) are required to determine `requiredArtifacts`.
13 final bool offline;
14diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command_runner.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command_runner.dart
15index 50783f8435..db94062840 100644
16--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command_runner.dart
17+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command_runner.dart
18@@ -377,11 +377,7 @@ class FlutterCommandRunner extends CommandRunner<void> {
19 globals.analytics.suppressTelemetry();
20 }
21
22- globals.flutterVersion.ensureVersionFile();
23 final bool machineFlag = topLevelResults[FlutterGlobalOptions.kMachineFlag] as bool? ?? false;
24- if (await _shouldCheckForUpdates(topLevelResults, topLevelMachineFlag: machineFlag)) {
25- await globals.flutterVersion.checkFlutterVersionFreshness();
26- }
27
28 // See if the user specified a specific device.
29 final String? specifiedDeviceId = topLevelResults[FlutterGlobalOptions.kDeviceIdOption] as String?;
30