diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index b7af574743..5ebdf998f6 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -438,6 +438,8 @@ task:
         - dart --enable-asserts dev\customer_testing\run_tests.dart --skip-on-fetch-failure --skip-template bin/cache/pkg/tests/registry/*.test
 
 # MACOS SHARDS
+# Mac doesn't use caches because they apparently take longer to populate and save
+# than just fetching the data in the first place.
 task:
   osx_instance:
     image: catalina-flutter # see https://cirrus-ci.org/guide/macOS/ for list of images (we should update regularly)
@@ -450,21 +452,6 @@ task:
     COCOAPODS_DISABLE_STATS: true
     CPU: 2
     MEMORY: 8G
-  all_flutter_cache:
-    folder: bin/cache/
-    fingerprint_script: echo $OS; cat bin/internal/*.version
-    populate_script:
-      - git fetch origin
-      - git fetch origin master # To set FETCH_HEAD, so that "git merge-base" works.
-      - flutter precache
-      - flutter doctor -v
-  pub_cache:
-    folder: $HOME/.pub-cache
-    fingerprint_script: echo $OS; grep -r --include=pubspec.yaml 'PUBSPEC CHECKSUM' "$CIRRUS_WORKING_DIR"
-    populate_script:
-      - git fetch origin
-      - git fetch origin master # To set FETCH_HEAD, so that "git merge-base" works.
-      - flutter update-packages
   setup_script:
     - date
     - which flutter
@@ -476,7 +463,7 @@ task:
     - git fetch origin master # To set FETCH_HEAD, so that "git merge-base" works.
     - flutter config --no-analytics
     - flutter doctor -v
-    - flutter update-packages --offline
+    - flutter update-packages
     - date
     - which flutter
   on_failure:
@@ -588,9 +575,7 @@ task:
       script:
         - ulimit -S -n 2048 # https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/2976
         - dart --enable-asserts ./dev/bots/codesign.dart
-  cleanup_before_cache_upload_script:
-     # Remove volatile file to avoid unnecessary Cirrus cache invalidation.
-    - rm -f bin/cache/flutter_version_check.stamp
+
 docker_builder:
   # Only build a new docker image when we tag a release (for dev, beta, or
   # stable). Note: tagging a commit and pushing to a release branch are