diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/base/build.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/base/build.dart
index 7be3b8c20..8e6012042 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/base/build.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/base/build.dart
@@ -46,13 +46,11 @@ class GenSnapshot {
 
   Future<int> run({
     @required SnapshotType snapshotType,
-    @required String packagesPath,
     IOSArch iosArch,
     Iterable<String> additionalArgs = const <String>[],
   }) {
     final List<String> args = <String>[
       '--causal_async_stacks',
-      '--packages=$packagesPath',
     ]..addAll(additionalArgs);
 
     final String snapshotterPath = getSnapshotterPath(snapshotType);
@@ -193,7 +191,6 @@ class AOTSnapshotter {
     final SnapshotType snapshotType = SnapshotType(platform, buildMode);
     final int genSnapshotExitCode = await genSnapshot.run(
       snapshotType: snapshotType,
-      packagesPath: packageMap.packagesPath,
       additionalArgs: genSnapshotArgs,
       iosArch: iosArch,
     );
@@ -537,7 +534,6 @@ class JITSnapshotter {
     final SnapshotType snapshotType = SnapshotType(platform, buildMode);
     final int genSnapshotExitCode = await genSnapshot.run(
       snapshotType: snapshotType,
-      packagesPath: packagesPath,
       additionalArgs: genSnapshotArgs,
     );
     if (genSnapshotExitCode != 0) {
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/base/build_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/base/build_test.dart
index 81653aded..4d245a33d 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/base/build_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/base/build_test.dart
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ void main() {
       expect(genSnapshot.callCount, 1);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.platform, TargetPlatform.ios);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.mode, BuildMode.profile);
-      expect(genSnapshot.packagesPath, '.packages');
       expect(genSnapshot.additionalArgs, <String>[
         '--deterministic',
         '--snapshot_kind=app-aot-assembly',
@@ -229,7 +228,6 @@ void main() {
       expect(genSnapshot.callCount, 1);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.platform, TargetPlatform.ios);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.mode, BuildMode.profile);
-      expect(genSnapshot.packagesPath, '.packages');
       expect(genSnapshot.additionalArgs, <String>[
         '--deterministic',
         '--snapshot_kind=app-aot-assembly',
@@ -268,7 +266,6 @@ void main() {
       expect(genSnapshot.callCount, 1);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.platform, TargetPlatform.android_arm);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.mode, BuildMode.profile);
-      expect(genSnapshot.packagesPath, '.packages');
       expect(genSnapshot.additionalArgs, <String>[
         '--deterministic',
         '--snapshot_kind=app-aot-blobs',
@@ -312,7 +309,6 @@ void main() {
       expect(genSnapshot.callCount, 1);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.platform, TargetPlatform.android_arm64);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.mode, BuildMode.profile);
-      expect(genSnapshot.packagesPath, '.packages');
       expect(genSnapshot.additionalArgs, <String>[
         '--deterministic',
         '--snapshot_kind=app-aot-blobs',
@@ -352,7 +348,6 @@ void main() {
       expect(genSnapshot.callCount, 1);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.platform, TargetPlatform.ios);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.mode, BuildMode.release);
-      expect(genSnapshot.packagesPath, '.packages');
       expect(genSnapshot.additionalArgs, <String>[
         '--deterministic',
         '--snapshot_kind=app-aot-assembly',
@@ -391,7 +386,6 @@ void main() {
       expect(genSnapshot.callCount, 1);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.platform, TargetPlatform.ios);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.mode, BuildMode.release);
-      expect(genSnapshot.packagesPath, '.packages');
       expect(genSnapshot.additionalArgs, <String>[
         '--deterministic',
         '--snapshot_kind=app-aot-assembly',
@@ -448,7 +442,6 @@ void main() {
       expect(genSnapshot.callCount, 1);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.platform, TargetPlatform.android_arm);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.mode, BuildMode.release);
-      expect(genSnapshot.packagesPath, '.packages');
       expect(genSnapshot.additionalArgs, <String>[
         '--deterministic',
         '--snapshot_kind=app-aot-blobs',
@@ -492,7 +485,6 @@ void main() {
       expect(genSnapshot.callCount, 1);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.platform, TargetPlatform.android_arm64);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.mode, BuildMode.release);
-      expect(genSnapshot.packagesPath, '.packages');
       expect(genSnapshot.additionalArgs, <String>[
         '--deterministic',
         '--snapshot_kind=app-aot-blobs',
@@ -581,7 +573,6 @@ void main() {
       expect(genSnapshot.callCount, 1);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.platform, TargetPlatform.android_arm);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.mode, BuildMode.debug);
-      expect(genSnapshot.packagesPath, '.packages');
       expect(genSnapshot.additionalArgs, <String>[
         '--deterministic',
         '--enable_asserts',
@@ -622,7 +613,6 @@ void main() {
       expect(genSnapshot.callCount, 1);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.platform, TargetPlatform.android_arm64);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.mode, BuildMode.debug);
-      expect(genSnapshot.packagesPath, '.packages');
       expect(genSnapshot.additionalArgs, <String>[
         '--deterministic',
         '--enable_asserts',
@@ -674,7 +664,6 @@ void main() {
       expect(genSnapshot.callCount, 1);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.platform, TargetPlatform.android_arm);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.mode, BuildMode.profile);
-      expect(genSnapshot.packagesPath, '.packages');
       expect(genSnapshot.additionalArgs, <String>[
         '--deterministic',
         '--snapshot_kind=app-jit',
@@ -714,7 +703,6 @@ void main() {
       expect(genSnapshot.callCount, 1);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.platform, TargetPlatform.android_arm64);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.mode, BuildMode.profile);
-      expect(genSnapshot.packagesPath, '.packages');
       expect(genSnapshot.additionalArgs, <String>[
         '--deterministic',
         '--snapshot_kind=app-jit',
@@ -765,7 +753,6 @@ void main() {
       expect(genSnapshot.callCount, 1);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.platform, TargetPlatform.android_arm);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.mode, BuildMode.release);
-      expect(genSnapshot.packagesPath, '.packages');
       expect(genSnapshot.additionalArgs, <String>[
         '--deterministic',
         '--snapshot_kind=app-jit',
@@ -805,7 +792,6 @@ void main() {
       expect(genSnapshot.callCount, 1);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.platform, TargetPlatform.android_arm64);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.mode, BuildMode.release);
-      expect(genSnapshot.packagesPath, '.packages');
       expect(genSnapshot.additionalArgs, <String>[
         '--deterministic',
         '--snapshot_kind=app-jit',
@@ -860,7 +846,6 @@ void main() {
       expect(genSnapshot.callCount, 1);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.platform, TargetPlatform.android_arm);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.mode, BuildMode.release);
-      expect(genSnapshot.packagesPath, '.packages');
       expect(genSnapshot.additionalArgs, <String>[
         '--deterministic',
         '--snapshot_kind=app-jit',
@@ -917,7 +902,6 @@ void main() {
       expect(genSnapshot.callCount, 1);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.platform, TargetPlatform.android_arm);
       expect(genSnapshot.snapshotType.mode, BuildMode.release);
-      expect(genSnapshot.packagesPath, '.packages');
       expect(genSnapshot.additionalArgs, <String>[
         '--deterministic',
         '--snapshot_kind=app-jit',