diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command.dart
index b7e624b4e2..edfdde118b 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command.dart
@@ -1554,7 +1554,7 @@ Run 'flutter -h' (or 'flutter <command> -h') for available flutter commands and
 
     // Populate the cache. We call this before pub get below so that the
     // sky_engine package is available in the flutter cache for pub to find.
-    if (shouldUpdateCache) {
+    if (false) {
       // First always update universal artifacts, as some of these (e.g.
       // ios-deploy on macOS) are required to determine `requiredArtifacts`.
       final bool offline;
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command_runner.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command_runner.dart
index 5d6d78639f..90a4dfa555 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command_runner.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command_runner.dart
@@ -297,7 +297,6 @@ class FlutterCommandRunner extends CommandRunner<void> {
           globals.flutterUsage.suppressAnalytics = true;
         }
 
-        globals.flutterVersion.ensureVersionFile();
         final bool machineFlag = topLevelResults[FlutterGlobalOptions.kMachineFlag] as bool? ?? false;
         final bool ci = await globals.botDetector.isRunningOnBot;
         final bool redirectedCompletion = !globals.stdio.hasTerminal &&
@@ -306,11 +305,6 @@ class FlutterCommandRunner extends CommandRunner<void> {
         final bool versionCheckFlag = topLevelResults[FlutterGlobalOptions.kVersionCheckFlag] as bool? ?? false;
         final bool explicitVersionCheckPassed = topLevelResults.wasParsed(FlutterGlobalOptions.kVersionCheckFlag) && versionCheckFlag;
 
-        if (topLevelResults.command?.name != 'upgrade' &&
-            (explicitVersionCheckPassed || (versionCheckFlag && !isMachine))) {
-          await globals.flutterVersion.checkFlutterVersionFreshness();
-        }
-
         // See if the user specified a specific device.
         final String? specifiedDeviceId = topLevelResults[FlutterGlobalOptions.kDeviceIdOption] as String?;
         if (specifiedDeviceId != null) {