diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/build_system/targets/native_assets.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/build_system/targets/native_assets.dart
index 87c58721259..792e4e066e9 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/build_system/targets/native_assets.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/build_system/targets/native_assets.dart
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import '../../isolated/native_assets/native_assets.dart';
 import '../build_system.dart';
 import '../depfile.dart';
 import '../exceptions.dart';
-import 'common.dart';
 
 /// Runs the dart build of the app.
 abstract class DartBuild extends Target {
@@ -121,8 +120,9 @@ abstract class DartBuild extends Target {
 class DartBuildForNative extends DartBuild {
   const DartBuildForNative({@visibleForTesting super.buildRunner});
 
+  // TODO(dcharkes): Add `KernelSnapshot()` for AOT builds only when adding tree-shaking information. https://github.com/dart-lang/native/issues/153
   @override
-  List<Target> get dependencies => const <Target>[KernelSnapshot()];
+  List<Target> get dependencies => const <Target>[];
 }
 
 /// Installs the code assets from a [DartBuild] Flutter app.
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/isolated/build_system/targets/native_assets_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/isolated/build_system/targets/native_assets_test.dart
index d187182f5ec..9ed8f9d7c51 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/isolated/build_system/targets/native_assets_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/isolated/build_system/targets/native_assets_test.dart
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/logger.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/build_info.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/build_system/build_system.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/build_system/exceptions.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/build_system/targets/common.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/build_system/targets/native_assets.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/features.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/isolated/native_assets/native_assets.dart';
@@ -64,6 +65,11 @@ void main() {
     androidEnvironment.buildDir.createSync(recursive: true);
   });
 
+  testWithoutContext('no dependency on KernelSnapshot', () async {
+    const DartBuildForNative target = DartBuildForNative();
+    expect(target.dependencies, isNot(isA<KernelSnapshot>()));
+  });
+
   testWithoutContext('NativeAssets throws error if missing target platform', () async {
     iosEnvironment.defines.remove(kTargetPlatform);
     expect(