diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/templates/app_shared/.gitignore.tmpl b/packages/flutter_tools/templates/app_shared/.gitignore.tmpl
index 24476c5d1e..29a3a5017f 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/templates/app_shared/.gitignore.tmpl
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/templates/app_shared/.gitignore.tmpl
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ migrate_working_dir/
 .dart_tool/
 .flutter-plugins
 .flutter-plugins-dependencies
-.packages
 .pub-cache/
 .pub/
 /build/
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/templates/module/common/.gitignore.tmpl b/packages/flutter_tools/templates/module/common/.gitignore.tmpl
index 9141595fb9..525e05cfba 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/templates/module/common/.gitignore.tmpl
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/templates/module/common/.gitignore.tmpl
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 .DS_Store
 .dart_tool/
 
-.packages
 .pub/
 
 .idea/
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/templates/package/.gitignore.tmpl b/packages/flutter_tools/templates/package/.gitignore.tmpl
index 96486fd930..ac5aa9893e 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/templates/package/.gitignore.tmpl
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/templates/package/.gitignore.tmpl
@@ -26,5 +26,4 @@ migrate_working_dir/
 /pubspec.lock
 **/doc/api/
 .dart_tool/
-.packages
 build/
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/templates/plugin_shared/.gitignore.tmpl b/packages/flutter_tools/templates/plugin_shared/.gitignore.tmpl
index 96486fd930..ac5aa9893e 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/templates/plugin_shared/.gitignore.tmpl
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/templates/plugin_shared/.gitignore.tmpl
@@ -26,5 +26,4 @@ migrate_working_dir/
 /pubspec.lock
 **/doc/api/
 .dart_tool/
-.packages
 build/