diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/packages.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/packages.dart
index 510e9bf2a0c..cbcdd61b317 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/packages.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/packages.dart
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ class PackagesForwardCommand extends FlutterCommand {
   @override
   Future<FlutterCommandResult> runCommand() async {
     Cache.releaseLockEarly();
-    await pub(<String>[_commandName, ...argResults.rest], context: PubContext.pubForward, retry: false);
+    await pubInteractively(<String>[_commandName, ...argResults.rest]);
     return null;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/commands/packages_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/commands/packages_test.dart
index e92e9a756d0..426bc615099 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/commands/packages_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/commands/packages_test.dart
@@ -396,10 +396,9 @@ void main() {
     testUsingContext('deps', () async {
       await createTestCommandRunner(PackagesCommand()).run(<String>['packages', 'deps']);
       final List<String> commands = mockProcessManager.commands;
-      expect(commands, hasLength(3));
+      expect(commands, hasLength(2));
       expect(commands[0], matches(r'dart-sdk[\\/]bin[\\/]pub'));
-      expect(commands[1], '--trace');
-      expect(commands[2], 'deps');
+      expect(commands[1], 'deps');
     }, overrides: <Type, Generator>{
       ProcessManager: () => mockProcessManager,
       Stdio: () => mockStdio,
@@ -409,10 +408,9 @@ void main() {
     testUsingContext('cache', () async {
       await createTestCommandRunner(PackagesCommand()).run(<String>['packages', 'cache']);
       final List<String> commands = mockProcessManager.commands;
-      expect(commands, hasLength(3));
+      expect(commands, hasLength(2));
       expect(commands[0], matches(r'dart-sdk[\\/]bin[\\/]pub'));
-      expect(commands[1], '--trace');
-      expect(commands[2], 'cache');
+      expect(commands[1], 'cache');
     }, overrides: <Type, Generator>{
       ProcessManager: () => mockProcessManager,
       Stdio: () => mockStdio,
@@ -422,10 +420,9 @@ void main() {
     testUsingContext('version', () async {
       await createTestCommandRunner(PackagesCommand()).run(<String>['packages', 'version']);
       final List<String> commands = mockProcessManager.commands;
-      expect(commands, hasLength(3));
+      expect(commands, hasLength(2));
       expect(commands[0], matches(r'dart-sdk[\\/]bin[\\/]pub'));
-      expect(commands[1], '--trace');
-      expect(commands[2], 'version');
+      expect(commands[1], 'version');
     }, overrides: <Type, Generator>{
       ProcessManager: () => mockProcessManager,
       Stdio: () => mockStdio,
@@ -435,10 +432,9 @@ void main() {
     testUsingContext('uploader', () async {
       await createTestCommandRunner(PackagesCommand()).run(<String>['packages', 'uploader']);
       final List<String> commands = mockProcessManager.commands;
-      expect(commands, hasLength(3));
+      expect(commands, hasLength(2));
       expect(commands[0], matches(r'dart-sdk[\\/]bin[\\/]pub'));
-      expect(commands[1], '--trace');
-      expect(commands[2], 'uploader');
+      expect(commands[1], 'uploader');
     }, overrides: <Type, Generator>{
       ProcessManager: () => mockProcessManager,
       Stdio: () => mockStdio,
@@ -448,11 +444,10 @@ void main() {
     testUsingContext('global', () async {
       await createTestCommandRunner(PackagesCommand()).run(<String>['packages', 'global', 'list']);
       final List<String> commands = mockProcessManager.commands;
-      expect(commands, hasLength(4));
+      expect(commands, hasLength(3));
       expect(commands[0], matches(r'dart-sdk[\\/]bin[\\/]pub'));
-      expect(commands[1], '--trace');
-      expect(commands[2], 'global');
-      expect(commands[3], 'list');
+      expect(commands[1], 'global');
+      expect(commands[2], 'list');
     }, overrides: <Type, Generator>{
       ProcessManager: () => mockProcessManager,
       Stdio: () => mockStdio,