1diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command.dart
2index b7e624b4e2..edfdde118b 100644
3--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command.dart
4+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command.dart
5@@ -1554,7 +1554,7 @@ 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 5d6d78639f..90a4dfa555 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@@ -297,7 +297,6 @@ class FlutterCommandRunner extends CommandRunner<void> {
19 globals.flutterUsage.suppressAnalytics = true;
20 }
21
22- globals.flutterVersion.ensureVersionFile();
23 final bool machineFlag = topLevelResults[FlutterGlobalOptions.kMachineFlag] as bool? ?? false;
24 final bool ci = await globals.botDetector.isRunningOnBot;
25 final bool redirectedCompletion = !globals.stdio.hasTerminal &&
26@@ -306,11 +305,6 @@ class FlutterCommandRunner extends CommandRunner<void> {
27 final bool versionCheckFlag = topLevelResults[FlutterGlobalOptions.kVersionCheckFlag] as bool? ?? false;
28 final bool explicitVersionCheckPassed = topLevelResults.wasParsed(FlutterGlobalOptions.kVersionCheckFlag) && versionCheckFlag;
29
30- if (topLevelResults.command?.name != 'upgrade' &&
31- (explicitVersionCheckPassed || (versionCheckFlag && !isMachine))) {
32- await globals.flutterVersion.checkFlutterVersionFreshness();
33- }
34-
35 // See if the user specified a specific device.
36 final String? specifiedDeviceId = topLevelResults[FlutterGlobalOptions.kDeviceIdOption] as String?;
37 if (specifiedDeviceId != null) {