diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/executable.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/executable.dart
index cce1678af6..b9f052bbc2 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/executable.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/executable.dart
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ Future<void> main(List<String> args) async {
       processManager: globals.processManager,
       logger: globals.logger,
       terminal: globals.terminal,
+      artifacts: globals.artifacts,
     ),
     AssembleCommand(),
     AttachCommand(verboseHelp: verboseHelp),
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/artifacts.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/artifacts.dart
index 9621ddb86f..9196e4374a 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/artifacts.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/artifacts.dart
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import 'base/platform.dart';
 import 'base/utils.dart';
 import 'build_info.dart';
 import 'cache.dart';
-import 'dart/sdk.dart';
 import 'globals.dart' as globals;
 
 enum Artifact {
@@ -339,9 +338,9 @@ class CachedArtifacts extends Artifacts {
         final String platformDirName = getNameForTargetPlatform(platform);
         return _fileSystem.path.join(engineArtifactsPath, platformDirName, _artifactToFileName(artifact, platform, mode));
       case Artifact.engineDartSdkPath:
-        return dartSdkPath;
+        return _dartSdkPath(_fileSystem);
       case Artifact.engineDartBinary:
-        return _fileSystem.path.join(dartSdkPath, 'bin', _artifactToFileName(artifact, platform));
+        return _fileSystem.path.join(_dartSdkPath(_fileSystem), 'bin', _artifactToFileName(artifact, platform));
       case Artifact.platformKernelDill:
         return _fileSystem.path.join(_getFlutterPatchedSdkPath(mode), _artifactToFileName(artifact));
       case Artifact.platformLibrariesJson:
@@ -355,11 +354,11 @@ class CachedArtifacts extends Artifacts {
       case Artifact.webPlatformKernelDill:
         return _fileSystem.path.join(_getFlutterWebSdkPath(), 'kernel', _artifactToFileName(artifact));
       case Artifact.dart2jsSnapshot:
-        return _fileSystem.path.join(dartSdkPath, 'bin', 'snapshots', _artifactToFileName(artifact));
+        return _fileSystem.path.join(_dartSdkPath(_fileSystem), 'bin', 'snapshots', _artifactToFileName(artifact));
       case Artifact.dartdevcSnapshot:
-        return _fileSystem.path.join(dartSdkPath, 'bin', 'snapshots', _artifactToFileName(artifact));
+        return _fileSystem.path.join(_dartSdkPath(_fileSystem), 'bin', 'snapshots', _artifactToFileName(artifact));
       case Artifact.kernelWorkerSnapshot:
-        return _fileSystem.path.join(dartSdkPath, 'bin', 'snapshots', _artifactToFileName(artifact));
+        return _fileSystem.path.join(_dartSdkPath(_fileSystem), 'bin', 'snapshots', _artifactToFileName(artifact));
       case Artifact.flutterMacOSFramework:
       case Artifact.linuxDesktopPath:
       case Artifact.windowsDesktopPath:
@@ -528,7 +527,7 @@ class LocalEngineArtifacts extends Artifacts {
       case Artifact.dart2jsSnapshot:
         return _fileSystem.path.join(_hostEngineOutPath, 'dart-sdk', 'bin', 'snapshots', artifactFileName);
       case Artifact.dartdevcSnapshot:
-        return _fileSystem.path.join(dartSdkPath, 'bin', 'snapshots', artifactFileName);
+        return _fileSystem.path.join(_dartSdkPath(_fileSystem), 'bin', 'snapshots', artifactFileName);
       case Artifact.kernelWorkerSnapshot:
         return _fileSystem.path.join(_hostEngineOutPath, 'dart-sdk', 'bin', 'snapshots', artifactFileName);
       case Artifact.idevicescreenshot:
@@ -661,3 +660,8 @@ class OverrideArtifacts implements Artifacts {
   @override
   bool get isLocalEngine => parent.isLocalEngine;
 }
+
+/// Locate the Dart SDK.
+String _dartSdkPath(FileSystem fileSystem) {
+  return fileSystem.path.join(Cache.flutterRoot, 'bin', 'cache', 'dart-sdk');
+}
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/build_runner/build_runner.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/build_runner/build_runner.dart
index c00ef4f87a..4331ac773f 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/build_runner/build_runner.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/build_runner/build_runner.dart
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import '../base/io.dart';
 import '../base/logger.dart';
 import '../codegen.dart';
 import '../dart/pub.dart';
-import '../dart/sdk.dart';
 import '../globals.dart' as globals;
 import '../project.dart';
 
@@ -111,7 +110,14 @@ class BuildRunner extends CodeGenerator {
       }
       scriptIdFile.writeAsBytesSync(appliedBuilderDigest);
       final ProcessResult generateResult = await globals.processManager.run(<String>[
-        sdkBinaryName('pub'), 'run', 'build_runner', 'generate-build-script',
+        globals.fs.path.join(
+          globals.artifacts.getArtifactPath(Artifact.engineDartSdkPath),
+          'bin',
+          (globals.platform.isWindows) ? 'pub.bat' : 'pub'
+        ),
+        'run',
+        'build_runner',
+        'generate-build-script',
       ], workingDirectory: syntheticPubspec.parent.path);
       if (generateResult.exitCode != 0) {
         throwToolExit('Error generating build_script snapshot: ${generateResult.stderr}');
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/analyze.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/analyze.dart
index 36f314aea5..1080ccdc73 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/analyze.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/analyze.dart
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import 'dart:async';
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
 import 'package:process/process.dart';
 
+import '../artifacts.dart';
 import '../base/file_system.dart';
 import '../base/logger.dart';
 import '../base/platform.dart';
@@ -21,10 +22,12 @@ class AnalyzeCommand extends FlutterCommand {
     this.workingDirectory,
     @required FileSystem fileSystem,
     @required Platform platform,
-    @required AnsiTerminal terminal,
+    @required Terminal terminal,
     @required Logger logger,
     @required ProcessManager processManager,
-  }) : _fileSystem = fileSystem,
+    @required Artifacts artifacts,
+  }) : _artifacts = artifacts,
+       _fileSystem = fileSystem,
        _processManager = processManager,
        _logger = logger,
        _terminal = terminal,
@@ -77,9 +80,10 @@ class AnalyzeCommand extends FlutterCommand {
   /// The working directory for testing analysis using dartanalyzer.
   final Directory workingDirectory;
 
+  final Artifacts _artifacts;
   final FileSystem _fileSystem;
   final Logger _logger;
-  final AnsiTerminal _terminal;
+  final Terminal _terminal;
   final ProcessManager _processManager;
   final Platform _platform;
 
@@ -117,6 +121,7 @@ class AnalyzeCommand extends FlutterCommand {
         processManager: _processManager,
         terminal: _terminal,
         experiments: stringsArg('enable-experiment'),
+        artifacts: _artifacts,
       ).analyze();
     } else {
       await AnalyzeOnce(
@@ -130,6 +135,7 @@ class AnalyzeCommand extends FlutterCommand {
         processManager: _processManager,
         terminal: _terminal,
         experiments: stringsArg('enable-experiment'),
+        artifacts: _artifacts,
       ).analyze();
     }
     return FlutterCommandResult.success();
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/analyze_base.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/analyze_base.dart
index 68bd5981f9..9dedb50e44 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/analyze_base.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/analyze_base.dart
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
 import 'package:process/process.dart';
 import 'package:yaml/yaml.dart' as yaml;
 
+import '../artifacts.dart';
 import '../base/common.dart';
 import '../base/file_system.dart';
 import '../base/logger.dart';
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ abstract class AnalyzeBase {
     @required this.processManager,
     @required this.terminal,
     @required this.experiments,
+    @required this.artifacts,
   });
 
   /// The parsed argument results for execution.
@@ -46,9 +48,11 @@ abstract class AnalyzeBase {
   @protected
   final Platform platform;
   @protected
-  final AnsiTerminal terminal;
+  final Terminal terminal;
   @protected
   final List<String> experiments;
+  @protected
+  final Artifacts artifacts;
 
   /// Called by [AnalyzeCommand] to start the analysis process.
   Future<void> analyze();
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/analyze_continuously.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/analyze_continuously.dart
index 490ffacda0..ce26a971d0 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/analyze_continuously.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/analyze_continuously.dart
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import 'package:args/args.dart';
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
 import 'package:process/process.dart';
 
+import '../artifacts.dart';
 import '../base/common.dart';
 import '../base/file_system.dart';
 import '../base/io.dart';
@@ -16,17 +17,17 @@ import '../base/platform.dart';
 import '../base/terminal.dart';
 import '../base/utils.dart';
 import '../dart/analysis.dart';
-import '../dart/sdk.dart' as sdk;
 import 'analyze_base.dart';
 
 class AnalyzeContinuously extends AnalyzeBase {
   AnalyzeContinuously(ArgResults argResults, List<String> repoRoots, List<Directory> repoPackages, {
     @required FileSystem fileSystem,
     @required Logger logger,
-    @required AnsiTerminal terminal,
+    @required Terminal terminal,
     @required Platform platform,
     @required ProcessManager processManager,
     @required List<String> experiments,
+    @required Artifacts artifacts,
   }) : super(
         argResults,
         repoPackages: repoPackages,
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ class AnalyzeContinuously extends AnalyzeBase {
         terminal: terminal,
         processManager: processManager,
         experiments: experiments,
+        artifacts: artifacts,
       );
 
   String analysisTarget;
@@ -67,7 +69,8 @@ class AnalyzeContinuously extends AnalyzeBase {
       analysisTarget = fileSystem.currentDirectory.path;
     }
 
-    final String sdkPath = argResults['dart-sdk'] as String ?? sdk.dartSdkPath;
+    final String sdkPath = argResults['dart-sdk'] as String ??
+      artifacts.getArtifactPath(Artifact.engineDartSdkPath);
 
     final AnalysisServer server = AnalysisServer(sdkPath, directories,
       fileSystem: fileSystem,
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/analyze_once.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/analyze_once.dart
index a7936e352a..5aed702168 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/analyze_once.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/analyze_once.dart
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import 'package:args/args.dart';
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
 import 'package:process/process.dart';
 
+import '../artifacts.dart';
 import '../base/common.dart';
 import '../base/file_system.dart';
 import '../base/logger.dart';
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ import '../base/platform.dart';
 import '../base/terminal.dart';
 import '../base/utils.dart';
 import '../dart/analysis.dart';
-import '../dart/sdk.dart' as sdk;
 import 'analyze.dart';
 import 'analyze_base.dart';
 
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ class AnalyzeOnce extends AnalyzeBase {
     @required Logger logger,
     @required Platform platform,
     @required ProcessManager processManager,
-    @required AnsiTerminal terminal,
+    @required Terminal terminal,
     @required List<String> experiments,
+    @required Artifacts artifacts,
     this.workingDirectory,
   }) : super(
         argResults,
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ class AnalyzeOnce extends AnalyzeBase {
         processManager: processManager,
         terminal: terminal,
         experiments: experiments,
+        artifacts: artifacts,
       );
 
   /// The working directory for testing analysis using dartanalyzer.
@@ -89,7 +91,8 @@ class AnalyzeOnce extends AnalyzeBase {
     final Completer<void> analysisCompleter = Completer<void>();
     final List<AnalysisError> errors = <AnalysisError>[];
 
-    final String sdkPath = argResults['dart-sdk'] as String ?? sdk.dartSdkPath;
+    final String sdkPath = argResults['dart-sdk'] as String ??
+      artifacts.getArtifactPath(Artifact.engineDartSdkPath);
 
     final AnalysisServer server = AnalysisServer(
       sdkPath,
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/drive.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/drive.dart
index 20c483ed96..abdf34d8ee 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/drive.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/drive.dart
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ import 'package:webdriver/async_io.dart' as async_io;
 
 import '../android/android_device.dart';
 import '../application_package.dart';
+import '../artifacts.dart';
 import '../base/common.dart';
 import '../base/file_system.dart';
 import '../base/process.dart';
 import '../build_info.dart';
 import '../dart/package_map.dart';
-import '../dart/sdk.dart';
 import '../device.dart';
 import '../globals.dart' as globals;
 import '../project.dart';
@@ -505,11 +505,9 @@ Future<void> _runTests(List<String> testArgs, Map<String, String> environment) a
   globals.printTrace('Running driver tests.');
 
   globalPackagesPath = globals.fs.path.normalize(globals.fs.path.absolute(globalPackagesPath));
-  final String dartVmPath = globals.fs.path.join(dartSdkPath, 'bin', 'dart');
   final int result = await processUtils.stream(
     <String>[
-      dartVmPath,
-      ...dartVmFlags,
+      globals.artifacts.getArtifactPath(Artifact.engineDartBinary),
       ...testArgs,
       '--packages=$globalPackagesPath',
       '-rexpanded',
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/dart/sdk.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/dart/sdk.dart
deleted file mode 100644
index 446766fb53..0000000000
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/dart/sdk.dart
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2014 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
-// found in the LICENSE file.
-
-import '../cache.dart';
-import '../globals.dart' as globals;
-
-/// Locate the Dart SDK.
-String get dartSdkPath {
-  return globals.fs.path.join(Cache.flutterRoot, 'bin', 'cache', 'dart-sdk');
-}
-
-/// The required Dart language flags
-const List<String> dartVmFlags = <String>[];
-
-/// Return the platform specific name for the given Dart SDK binary. So, `pub`
-/// ==> `pub.bat`. The default SDK location can be overridden with a specified
-/// [sdkLocation].
-String sdkBinaryName(String name, { String sdkLocation }) {
-  return globals.fs.path.absolute(
-    globals.fs.path.join(sdkLocation ?? dartSdkPath, 'bin', globals.platform.isWindows ? '$name.bat' : name));
-}
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/analyze_continuously_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/analyze_continuously_test.dart
index 0869722965..a8001ccffd 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/analyze_continuously_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/analyze_continuously_test.dart
@@ -4,15 +4,18 @@
 
 import 'dart:async';
 
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/artifacts.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/common.dart';
+import 'package:mockito/mockito.dart';
 import 'package:file/memory.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/file_system.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/io.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/logger.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/platform.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/terminal.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/commands/analyze.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/dart/analysis.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/dart/pub.dart';
-import 'package:flutter_tools/src/dart/sdk.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/globals.dart' as globals;
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/runner/flutter_command_runner.dart';
 import 'package:process/process.dart';
@@ -76,7 +79,9 @@ void main() {
       );
       await pub.get(context: PubContext.flutterTests, directory: tempDir.path);
 
-      server = AnalysisServer(dartSdkPath, <String>[tempDir.path],
+      server = AnalysisServer(
+        globals.artifacts.getArtifactPath(Artifact.engineDartSdkPath),
+        <String>[tempDir.path],
         fileSystem: fileSystem,
         platform: platform,
         processManager: processManager,
@@ -109,14 +114,16 @@ void main() {
     );
     await pub.get(context: PubContext.flutterTests, directory: tempDir.path);
 
-    server = AnalysisServer(dartSdkPath, <String>[tempDir.path],
-      fileSystem: fileSystem,
-      platform: platform,
-      processManager: processManager,
-      logger: logger,
-      terminal: terminal,
-      experiments: <String>[],
-    );
+      server = AnalysisServer(
+        globals.artifacts.getArtifactPath(Artifact.engineDartSdkPath),
+        <String>[tempDir.path],
+        fileSystem: fileSystem,
+        platform: platform,
+        processManager: processManager,
+        logger: logger,
+        terminal: terminal,
+        experiments: <String>[],
+      );
 
     int errorCount = 0;
     final Future<bool> onDone = server.onAnalyzing.where((bool analyzing) => analyzing == false).first;
@@ -133,7 +140,9 @@ void main() {
   testUsingContext('Returns no errors when source is error-free', () async {
     const String contents = "StringBuffer bar = StringBuffer('baz');";
     tempDir.childFile('main.dart').writeAsStringSync(contents);
-    server = AnalysisServer(dartSdkPath, <String>[tempDir.path],
+    server = AnalysisServer(
+      globals.artifacts.getArtifactPath(Artifact.engineDartSdkPath),
+      <String>[tempDir.path],
       fileSystem: fileSystem,
       platform: platform,
       processManager: processManager,
@@ -187,4 +196,88 @@ void main() {
 
     await server.start();
   });
+
+  testUsingContext('Can run AnalysisService with customized cache location', () async {
+    final Completer<void> completer = Completer<void>();
+    final StreamController<List<int>> stdin = StreamController<List<int>>();
+    final FakeProcessManager processManager = FakeProcessManager.list(
+      <FakeCommand>[
+        FakeCommand(
+          command: const <String>[
+            'custom-dart-sdk/bin/dart',
+            '--disable-dart-dev',
+            'custom-dart-sdk/bin/snapshots/analysis_server.dart.snapshot',
+            '--disable-server-feature-completion',
+            '--disable-server-feature-search',
+            '--sdk',
+            'custom-dart-sdk',
+          ],
+          completer: completer,
+          stdin: IOSink(stdin.sink),
+        ),
+      ]);
+
+    final Artifacts artifacts = MockArtifacts();
+    when(artifacts.getArtifactPath(Artifact.engineDartSdkPath))
+      .thenReturn('custom-dart-sdk');
+
+    final AnalyzeCommand command = AnalyzeCommand(
+      terminal: Terminal.test(),
+      artifacts: artifacts,
+      logger: BufferLogger.test(),
+      platform: FakePlatform(operatingSystem: 'linux'),
+      fileSystem: MemoryFileSystem.test(),
+      processManager: processManager,
+    );
+
+    final TestFlutterCommandRunner commandRunner = TestFlutterCommandRunner();
+    commandRunner.addCommand(command);
+    unawaited(commandRunner.run(<String>['analyze', '--watch']));
+    await stdin.stream.first;
+
+    expect(processManager.hasRemainingExpectations, false);
+  });
+
+  testUsingContext('Can run AnalysisService with customized cache location --watch', () async {
+    final Completer<void> completer = Completer<void>();
+    final StreamController<List<int>> stdin = StreamController<List<int>>();
+    final FakeProcessManager processManager = FakeProcessManager.list(
+      <FakeCommand>[
+        FakeCommand(
+          command: const <String>[
+            'custom-dart-sdk/bin/dart',
+            '--disable-dart-dev',
+            'custom-dart-sdk/bin/snapshots/analysis_server.dart.snapshot',
+            '--disable-server-feature-completion',
+            '--disable-server-feature-search',
+            '--sdk',
+            'custom-dart-sdk',
+          ],
+          completer: completer,
+          stdin: IOSink(stdin.sink),
+        ),
+      ]);
+
+    final Artifacts artifacts = MockArtifacts();
+    when(artifacts.getArtifactPath(Artifact.engineDartSdkPath))
+      .thenReturn('custom-dart-sdk');
+
+    final AnalyzeCommand command = AnalyzeCommand(
+      terminal: Terminal.test(),
+      artifacts: artifacts,
+      logger: BufferLogger.test(),
+      platform: FakePlatform(operatingSystem: 'linux'),
+      fileSystem: MemoryFileSystem.test(),
+      processManager: processManager,
+    );
+
+    final TestFlutterCommandRunner commandRunner = TestFlutterCommandRunner();
+    commandRunner.addCommand(command);
+    unawaited(commandRunner.run(<String>['analyze', '--watch']));
+    await stdin.stream.first;
+
+    expect(processManager.hasRemainingExpectations, false);
+  });
 }
+
+class MockArtifacts extends Mock implements Artifacts {}
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/permeable/analyze_once_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/permeable/analyze_once_test.dart
index 861c34a52f..b35bac64b6 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/permeable/analyze_once_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/permeable/analyze_once_test.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 import 'dart:async';
 
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/globals.dart' as globals;
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/artifacts.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/common.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/file_system.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/io.dart';
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ void main() {
   Directory tempDir;
   String projectPath;
   File libMain;
+  Artifacts artifacts;
 
   Future<void> runCommand({
     FlutterCommand command,
@@ -92,6 +95,11 @@ flutter_project:lib/
       terminal: terminal,
     );
     analyzerSeparator = platform.isWindows ? '-' : '•';
+    artifacts = CachedArtifacts(
+      cache: globals.cache,
+      fileSystem: fileSystem,
+      platform: platform,
+    );
   });
 
   setUp(() {
@@ -122,6 +130,7 @@ flutter_project:lib/
         platform: platform,
         processManager: processManager,
         terminal: terminal,
+        artifacts: artifacts,
       ),
       arguments: <String>['analyze', '--no-pub'],
       statusTextContains: <String>['No issues found!'],
@@ -137,6 +146,7 @@ flutter_project:lib/
         logger: logger,
         processManager: processManager,
         terminal: terminal,
+        artifacts: artifacts,
       ),
       arguments: <String>['analyze', '--no-pub', libMain.path],
       toolExit: true,
@@ -175,6 +185,7 @@ flutter_project:lib/
         logger: logger,
         processManager: processManager,
         terminal: terminal,
+        artifacts: artifacts,
       ),
       arguments: <String>['analyze', '--no-pub'],
       statusTextContains: <String>[
@@ -220,6 +231,7 @@ flutter_project:lib/
           logger: logger,
           processManager: processManager,
           terminal: terminal,
+          artifacts: artifacts,
         ),
         arguments: <String>['analyze', '--no-pub'],
         statusTextContains: <String>[
@@ -266,6 +278,7 @@ void bar() {
           logger: logger,
           processManager: processManager,
           terminal: terminal,
+          artifacts: artifacts,
         ),
         arguments: <String>['analyze', '--no-pub'],
         statusTextContains: <String>[
@@ -296,6 +309,7 @@ StringBuffer bar = StringBuffer('baz');
           logger: logger,
           processManager: processManager,
           terminal: terminal,
+          artifacts: artifacts,
         ),
         arguments: <String>['analyze', '--no-pub'],
         statusTextContains: <String>['No issues found!'],
@@ -322,6 +336,7 @@ int? bar;
           logger: logger,
           processManager: processManager,
           terminal: terminal,
+          artifacts: artifacts,
         ),
         arguments: <String>['analyze', '--no-pub', '--enable-experiment=non-nullable'],
         statusTextContains: <String>['No issues found!'],
@@ -349,6 +364,7 @@ StringBuffer bar = StringBuffer('baz');
           processManager: processManager,
           logger: logger,
           fileSystem: fileSystem,
+          artifacts: artifacts,
         ),
         arguments: <String>['analyze', '--no-pub'],
         statusTextContains: <String>['No issues found!'],
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/permeable/create_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/permeable/create_test.dart
index db5f090521..779fa65989 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/permeable/create_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/permeable/create_test.dart
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import 'dart:convert';
 import 'dart:typed_data';
 
 import 'package:args/command_runner.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/artifacts.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/file_system.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/io.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/net.dart';
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ import 'package:flutter_tools/src/build_info.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/cache.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/commands/create.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/dart/pub.dart';
-import 'package:flutter_tools/src/dart/sdk.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/features.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/globals.dart' as globals;
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/project.dart';
@@ -830,7 +830,11 @@ void main() {
         final String original = file.readAsStringSync();
 
         final Process process = await Process.start(
-          sdkBinaryName('dartfmt'),
+          globals.fs.path.join(
+            globals.artifacts.getArtifactPath(Artifact.engineDartSdkPath),
+            'bin',
+            globals.platform.isWindows ? 'dartfmt.bat' : 'dartfmt',
+          ),
           <String>[file.path],
           workingDirectory: projectDir.path,
         );
@@ -928,7 +932,11 @@ void main() {
         final String original = file.readAsStringSync();
 
         final Process process = await Process.start(
-          sdkBinaryName('dartfmt'),
+          globals.fs.path.join(
+            globals.artifacts.getArtifactPath(Artifact.engineDartSdkPath),
+            'bin',
+            globals.platform.isWindows ? 'dartfmt.bat' : 'dartfmt',
+          ),
           <String>[file.path],
           workingDirectory: projectDir.path,
         );
@@ -1532,7 +1540,6 @@ Future<void> _ensureFlutterToolsSnapshot() async {
   }
 
   final List<String> snapshotArgs = <String>[
-    ...dartVmFlags,
     '--snapshot=$flutterToolsSnapshotPath',
     '--packages=$dotPackages',
     flutterToolsPath,
@@ -1576,13 +1583,12 @@ Future<void> _analyzeProject(String workingDir) async {
   ));
 
   final List<String> args = <String>[
-    ...dartVmFlags,
     flutterToolsSnapshotPath,
     'analyze',
   ];
 
   final ProcessResult exec = await Process.run(
-    '$dartSdkPath/bin/dart',
+    globals.artifacts.getArtifactPath(Artifact.engineDartBinary),
     args,
     workingDirectory: workingDir,
   );
@@ -1605,9 +1611,8 @@ Future<void> _runFlutterTest(Directory workingDir, { String target }) async {
   // While flutter test does get packages, it doesn't write version
   // files anymore.
   await Process.run(
-    '$dartSdkPath/bin/dart',
+    globals.artifacts.getArtifactPath(Artifact.engineDartBinary),
     <String>[
-      ...dartVmFlags,
       flutterToolsSnapshotPath,
       'packages',
       'get',
@@ -1616,7 +1621,6 @@ Future<void> _runFlutterTest(Directory workingDir, { String target }) async {
   );
 
   final List<String> args = <String>[
-    ...dartVmFlags,
     flutterToolsSnapshotPath,
     'test',
     '--no-color',
@@ -1624,7 +1628,7 @@ Future<void> _runFlutterTest(Directory workingDir, { String target }) async {
   ];
 
   final ProcessResult exec = await Process.run(
-    '$dartSdkPath/bin/dart',
+    globals.artifacts.getArtifactPath(Artifact.engineDartBinary),
     args,
     workingDirectory: workingDir.path,
   );
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/permeable/test_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/permeable/test_test.dart
index 1c9f74aeb9..2ff279a066 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/permeable/test_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/permeable/test_test.dart
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:convert';
 
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/artifacts.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/file_system.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/io.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/cache.dart';
-import 'package:flutter_tools/src/dart/sdk.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/globals.dart' as globals;
 
 import '../../src/common.dart';
@@ -302,7 +302,6 @@ Future<ProcessResult> _runFlutterTest(
   }
 
   final List<String> args = <String>[
-    ...dartVmFlags,
     globals.fs.path.absolute(globals.fs.path.join('bin', 'flutter_tools.dart')),
     'test',
     '--no-color',
@@ -319,7 +318,7 @@ Future<ProcessResult> _runFlutterTest(
   _testExclusionLock = testExclusionCompleter.future;
   try {
     return await Process.run(
-      globals.fs.path.join(dartSdkPath, 'bin', 'dart'),
+      globals.artifacts.getArtifactPath(Artifact.engineDartBinary),
       args,
       workingDirectory: workingDirectory,
       stdoutEncoding: utf8,