diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/runner.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/runner.dart
index 71b68585c4..536e434bda 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/runner.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/runner.dart
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import 'src/base/file_system.dart';
 import 'src/base/io.dart';
 import 'src/base/logger.dart';
 import 'src/base/process.dart';
-import 'src/base/terminal.dart';
 import 'src/context_runner.dart';
 import 'src/doctor.dart';
 import 'src/globals.dart' as globals;
@@ -234,7 +233,7 @@ Future<String> _doctorText() async {
   try {
     final BufferLogger logger = BufferLogger(
       terminal: globals.terminal,
-      outputPreferences: outputPreferences,
+      outputPreferences: globals.outputPreferences,
     );
 
     await context.run<bool>(
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/base/terminal.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/base/terminal.dart
index e931cf80f9..55bc9c7525 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/base/terminal.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/base/terminal.dart
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import 'package:platform/platform.dart';
 
 import '../convert.dart';
 import '../globals.dart' as globals;
-import 'context.dart';
 import 'io.dart' as io;
 import 'logger.dart';
 
@@ -33,11 +32,6 @@ String get successMark {
   return globals.terminal.bolden(globals.terminal.color('✓', TerminalColor.green));
 }
 
-OutputPreferences get outputPreferences {
-  return context?.get<OutputPreferences>() ?? _defaultOutputPreferences;
-}
-final OutputPreferences _defaultOutputPreferences = OutputPreferences();
-
 /// A class that contains the context settings for command text output to the
 /// console.
 class OutputPreferences {
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/base/utils.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/base/utils.dart
index a05e211be0..6b5ad06418 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/base/utils.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/base/utils.dart
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import 'package:intl/intl.dart';
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
 
 import '../convert.dart';
+import '../globals.dart' as globals;
 import 'file_system.dart';
-import 'terminal.dart';
 
 /// Convert `foo_bar` to `fooBar`.
 String camelCase(String str) {
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ String wrapText(String text, { int columnWidth, int hangingIndent, int indent, b
     return '';
   }
   indent ??= 0;
-  columnWidth ??= outputPreferences.wrapColumn;
+  columnWidth ??= globals.outputPreferences.wrapColumn;
   columnWidth -= indent;
   assert(columnWidth >= 0);
 
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ List<String> _wrapTextAsLines(String text, { int start = 0, int columnWidth, @re
   assert(columnWidth != null);
   assert(columnWidth >= 0);
   assert(start >= 0);
-  shouldWrap ??= outputPreferences.wrapText;
+  shouldWrap ??= globals.outputPreferences.wrapText;
 
   /// Returns true if the code unit at [index] in [text] is a whitespace
   /// character.
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/context_runner.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/context_runner.dart
index 54badb5791..4611bf7d75 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/context_runner.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/context_runner.dart
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import 'base/logger.dart';
 import 'base/os.dart';
 import 'base/process.dart';
 import 'base/signals.dart';
-import 'base/terminal.dart';
 import 'base/time.dart';
 import 'base/user_messages.dart';
 import 'build_system/build_system.dart';
@@ -147,13 +146,13 @@ Future<T> runInContext<T>(
         ? WindowsStdoutLogger(
             terminal: globals.terminal,
             stdio: globals.stdio,
-            outputPreferences: outputPreferences,
+            outputPreferences: globals.outputPreferences,
             timeoutConfiguration: timeoutConfiguration,
           )
         : StdoutLogger(
             terminal: globals.terminal,
             stdio: globals.stdio,
-            outputPreferences: outputPreferences,
+            outputPreferences: globals.outputPreferences,
             timeoutConfiguration: timeoutConfiguration,
           ),
       MacOSWorkflow: () => const MacOSWorkflow(),
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/doctor.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/doctor.dart
index 539bb9207c..5a84f5e7ad 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/doctor.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/doctor.dart
@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ class Doctor {
       buffer.write(wrapText(
         lineBuffer.toString(),
         hangingIndent: result.leadingBox.length + 1,
-        columnWidth: outputPreferences.wrapColumn,
-        shouldWrap: outputPreferences.wrapText,
+        columnWidth: globals.outputPreferences.wrapColumn,
+        shouldWrap: globals.outputPreferences.wrapText,
       ));
       buffer.writeln();
 
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/globals.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/globals.dart
index 8ab4be0ff7..2c8f3edeb3 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/globals.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/globals.dart
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ Xcode get xcode => context.get<Xcode>();
 
 XCDevice get xcdevice => context.get<XCDevice>();
 
+final OutputPreferences _defaultOutputPreferences = OutputPreferences();
+OutputPreferences get outputPreferences => context.get<OutputPreferences>() ?? _defaultOutputPreferences;
+
 final BotDetector _defaultBotDetector = BotDetector(
   httpClientFactory: context.get<HttpClientFactory>() ?? () => HttpClient(),
   platform: platform,
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/resident_runner.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/resident_runner.dart
index 0b9f2f6ab7..9ec0d8d8fa 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/resident_runner.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/resident_runner.dart
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import 'base/file_system.dart';
 import 'base/io.dart' as io;
 import 'base/logger.dart';
 import 'base/signals.dart';
-import 'base/terminal.dart' show outputPreferences;
 import 'base/utils.dart';
 import 'build_info.dart';
 import 'codegen.dart';
@@ -628,7 +627,7 @@ abstract class ResidentRunner {
          logger: globals.logger,
          terminal: globals.terminal,
          platform: globals.platform,
-         outputPreferences: outputPreferences,
+         outputPreferences: globals.outputPreferences,
        ) {
     if (!artifactDirectory.existsSync()) {
       artifactDirectory.createSync(recursive: true);
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command.dart
index 67ffd2dea7..c417200e46 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command.dart
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import '../base/common.dart';
 import '../base/context.dart';
 import '../base/io.dart' as io;
 import '../base/signals.dart';
-import '../base/terminal.dart';
 import '../base/time.dart';
 import '../base/user_messages.dart';
 import '../base/utils.dart';
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ abstract class FlutterCommand extends Command<void> {
   ArgParser get argParser => _argParser;
   final ArgParser _argParser = ArgParser(
     allowTrailingOptions: false,
-    usageLineLength: outputPreferences.wrapText ? outputPreferences.wrapColumn : null,
+    usageLineLength: globals.outputPreferences.wrapText ? globals.outputPreferences.wrapColumn : null,
   );
 
   @override
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command_runner.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command_runner.dart
index 970e40285b..ac37ea0571 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command_runner.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command_runner.dart
@@ -139,14 +139,14 @@ class FlutterCommandRunner extends CommandRunner<void> {
   ArgParser get argParser => _argParser;
   final ArgParser _argParser = ArgParser(
     allowTrailingOptions: false,
-    usageLineLength: outputPreferences.wrapText ? outputPreferences.wrapColumn : null,
+    usageLineLength: globals.outputPreferences.wrapText ? globals.outputPreferences.wrapColumn : null,
   );
 
   @override
   String get usageFooter {
     return wrapText('Run "flutter help -v" for verbose help output, including less commonly used options.',
-      columnWidth: outputPreferences.wrapColumn,
-      shouldWrap: outputPreferences.wrapText,
+      columnWidth: globals.outputPreferences.wrapColumn,
+      shouldWrap: globals.outputPreferences.wrapText,
     );
   }
 
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ class FlutterCommandRunner extends CommandRunner<void> {
   String get usage {
     final String usageWithoutDescription = super.usage.substring(description.length + 2);
     final String prefix = wrapText(description,
-      shouldWrap: outputPreferences.wrapText,
-      columnWidth: outputPreferences.wrapColumn,
+      shouldWrap: globals.outputPreferences.wrapText,
+      columnWidth: globals.outputPreferences.wrapColumn,
     );
     return '$prefix\n\n$usageWithoutDescription';
   }
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/runner/flutter_command_runner_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/runner/flutter_command_runner_test.dart
index e78fa0fad4..476f245b58 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/runner/flutter_command_runner_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/runner/flutter_command_runner_test.dart
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class FakeFlutterCommand extends FlutterCommand {
 
   @override
   Future<FlutterCommandResult> runCommand() {
-    preferences = outputPreferences;
+    preferences = globals.outputPreferences;
     return Future<FlutterCommandResult>.value(const FlutterCommandResult(ExitStatus.success));
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/vmservice_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/vmservice_test.dart
index 646fdf10d5..3af20ff3e7 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/vmservice_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/vmservice_test.dart
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/io.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/logger.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/terminal.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/device.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/globals.dart' as globals;
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/version.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/vmservice.dart';
 import 'package:json_rpc_2/json_rpc_2.dart' as rpc;
@@ -291,7 +292,7 @@ void main() {
       });
     }, overrides: <Type, Generator>{
       Logger: () => StdoutLogger(
-        outputPreferences: outputPreferences,
+        outputPreferences: globals.outputPreferences,
         terminal: AnsiTerminal(
           stdio: mockStdio,
           platform: const LocalPlatform(),
@@ -311,7 +312,7 @@ void main() {
       });
     }, overrides: <Type, Generator>{
       Logger: () => StdoutLogger(
-        outputPreferences: outputPreferences,
+        outputPreferences: globals.outputPreferences,
         terminal: AnsiTerminal(
           stdio: mockStdio,
           platform: const LocalPlatform(),
@@ -332,7 +333,7 @@ void main() {
       });
     }, overrides: <Type, Generator>{
       Logger: () => StdoutLogger(
-        outputPreferences: outputPreferences,
+        outputPreferences: globals.outputPreferences,
         terminal: AnsiTerminal(
           stdio: mockStdio,
           platform: const LocalPlatform(),
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/src/context.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/src/context.dart
index 235ea72b38..ab61de9ea5 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/src/context.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/src/context.dart
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ void testUsingContext(
           OutputPreferences: () => OutputPreferences.test(),
           Logger: () => BufferLogger(
             terminal: globals.terminal,
-            outputPreferences: outputPreferences,
+            outputPreferences: globals.outputPreferences,
           ),
           OperatingSystemUtils: () => FakeOperatingSystemUtils(),
           PersistentToolState: () => buildPersistentToolState(globals.fs),