diff --git a/dev/devicelab/bin/tasks/flavors_test.dart b/dev/devicelab/bin/tasks/flavors_test.dart
index 3286b1e944..8da0ea0f58 100644
--- a/dev/devicelab/bin/tasks/flavors_test.dart
+++ b/dev/devicelab/bin/tasks/flavors_test.dart
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
-import 'dart:io' show File;
+import 'dart:io' show File, Platform;
 import 'dart:typed_data';
 
 import 'package:collection/collection.dart';
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ Future<void> main() async {
       return firstInstallFailure ?? TaskResult.success(null);
     });
 
+    await _testFlavorsWhenBuildStartsWithGradle(projectPath);
+
     return installTestsResult;
   });
 }
@@ -106,3 +108,40 @@ Future<TaskResult> _testInstallBogusFlavor() async {
 
   return TaskResult.success(null);
 }
+
+Future<TaskResult> _testFlavorsWhenBuildStartsWithGradle(String projectDir) async {
+  final String gradlew = Platform.isWindows ? 'gradlew.bat' : 'gradlew';
+  final String gradlewExecutable = Platform.isWindows ? '.\\$gradlew' : './$gradlew';
+
+  final String androidDirPath = '$projectDir/android';
+  final StringBuffer stdout = StringBuffer();
+
+  // Prebuild the project to generate the Android gradle wrapper files.
+  await inDirectory(projectDir, () async {
+    await flutter('build', options: <String>['apk', '--config-only']);
+  });
+
+  await inDirectory(androidDirPath, () async {
+    await exec(gradlewExecutable, <String>['clean']);
+    await exec(gradlewExecutable, <String>[':app:assemblePaidDebug', '--info'], output: stdout);
+  });
+
+  final String stdoutString = stdout.toString();
+
+  if (!stdoutString.contains('-dFlavor=paid')) {
+    return TaskResult.failure('Expected to see -dFlavor=paid in the gradle verbose output');
+  }
+
+  final String appPath = path.join(
+    projectDir,
+    'build',
+    'app',
+    'outputs',
+    'flutter-apk',
+    'app-paid-debug.apk',
+  );
+
+  return createFlavorsTest(
+    extraOptions: <String>['--flavor', 'paid', '--use-application-binary=$appPath'],
+  ).call();
+}
diff --git a/dev/integration_tests/flavors/android/app/src/main/java/com/yourcompany/flavors/MainActivity.java b/dev/integration_tests/flavors/android/app/src/main/java/com/yourcompany/flavors/MainActivity.java
index 57566001ce..488c7fb7e6 100644
--- a/dev/integration_tests/flavors/android/app/src/main/java/com/yourcompany/flavors/MainActivity.java
+++ b/dev/integration_tests/flavors/android/app/src/main/java/com/yourcompany/flavors/MainActivity.java
@@ -4,24 +4,6 @@
 
 package com.yourcompany.flavors;
 
-import android.os.Bundle;
-
-import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity;
-import io.flutter.embedding.engine.FlutterEngine;
-import io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodCall;
-import io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodChannel;
-import io.flutter.plugins.GeneratedPluginRegistrant;
 
-public class MainActivity extends FlutterActivity {
-  @Override
-  public void configureFlutterEngine(@NonNull FlutterEngine flutterEngine) {
-    GeneratedPluginRegistrant.registerWith(flutterEngine);
-    new MethodChannel(flutterEngine.getDartExecutor().getBinaryMessenger(), "flavor")
-        .setMethodCallHandler(
-            (call, result) -> {
-                result.success(BuildConfig.FLAVOR);
-        }
-    );
-  }
-}
+public class MainActivity extends FlutterActivity {}
diff --git a/dev/integration_tests/flavors/lib/main.dart b/dev/integration_tests/flavors/lib/main.dart
index a3a4e0b2dd..6441bee1a4 100644
--- a/dev/integration_tests/flavors/lib/main.dart
+++ b/dev/integration_tests/flavors/lib/main.dart
@@ -23,26 +23,11 @@ class Flavor extends StatefulWidget {
 }
 
 class _FlavorState extends State<Flavor> {
-  String? _flavor;
-
-  @override
-  void initState() {
-    super.initState();
-    const MethodChannel('flavor').invokeMethod<String>('getFlavor').then((String? flavor) {
-      setState(() {
-        _flavor = flavor;
-      });
-    });
-  }
-
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    return Directionality(
+    return const Directionality(
       textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
-      child:
-          _flavor == null
-              ? const Text('Awaiting flavor...')
-              : Text(_flavor!, key: const ValueKey<String>('flavor')),
+      child: Text(appFlavor ?? 'null', key: ValueKey<String>('flavor')),
     );
   }
 }