diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_sdk.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_sdk.dart
index 3039a01aee6..e2104f9f8db 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_sdk.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_sdk.dart
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ class AndroidSdk {
     // See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14292698/how-do-i-check-if-the-java-jdk-is-installed-on-mac.
     if (platform.isMacOS) {
       try {
-        final String javaHomeOutput = processUtils.runSync(
+        final String javaHomeOutput = globals.processUtils.runSync(
           <String>['/usr/libexec/java_home', '-v', '1.8'],
           throwOnError: true,
           hideStdout: true,
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ class AndroidSdk {
     if (!globals.processManager.canRun(sdkManagerPath)) {
       throwToolExit('Android sdkmanager not found. Update to the latest Android SDK to resolve this.');
     }
-    final RunResult result = processUtils.runSync(
+    final RunResult result = globals.processUtils.runSync(
       <String>[sdkManagerPath, '--version'],
       environment: sdkManagerEnv,
     );
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_studio.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_studio.dart
index a7f65403b3a..19370c19b5d 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_studio.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_studio.dart
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ class AndroidStudio implements Comparable<AndroidStudio> {
     } else {
       RunResult result;
       try {
-        result = processUtils.runSync(<String>[javaExecutable, '-version']);
+        result = globals.processUtils.runSync(<String>[javaExecutable, '-version']);
       } on ProcessException catch (e) {
         _validationMessages.add('Failed to run Java: $e');
       }
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_workflow.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_workflow.dart
index 0b46e47a64a..4c881ec38b7 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_workflow.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_workflow.dart
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import '../base/io.dart';
 import '../base/logger.dart';
 import '../base/os.dart';
 import '../base/platform.dart';
-import '../base/process.dart';
 import '../base/user_messages.dart';
 import '../base/utils.dart';
 import '../base/version.dart';
@@ -346,7 +345,7 @@ class AndroidLicenseValidator extends DoctorValidator {
     }
 
     try {
-      final Process process = await processUtils.start(
+      final Process process = await globals.processUtils.start(
         <String>[globals.androidSdk.sdkManagerPath, '--licenses'],
         environment: globals.androidSdk.sdkManagerEnv,
       );
@@ -383,7 +382,7 @@ class AndroidLicenseValidator extends DoctorValidator {
     }
 
     try {
-      final Process process = await processUtils.start(
+      final Process process = await globals.processUtils.start(
         <String>[globals.androidSdk.sdkManagerPath, '--licenses'],
         environment: globals.androidSdk.sdkManagerEnv,
       );
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/gradle.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/gradle.dart
index bde418d17ae..9645a4eb2c9 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/gradle.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/gradle.dart
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Future<void> checkGradleDependencies() async {
     'Ensuring gradle dependencies are up to date...',
   );
   final FlutterProject flutterProject = FlutterProject.current();
-  await processUtils.run(<String>[
+  await globals.processUtils.run(<String>[
       gradleUtils.getExecutable(flutterProject),
       'dependencies',
     ],
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ Future<void> buildGradleApp({
   final Stopwatch sw = Stopwatch()..start();
   int exitCode = 1;
   try {
-    exitCode = await processUtils.stream(
+    exitCode = await globals.processUtils.stream(
       command,
       workingDirectory: project.android.hostAppGradleRoot.path,
       allowReentrantFlutter: true,
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ Future<void> buildGradleAar({
   final Stopwatch sw = Stopwatch()..start();
   RunResult result;
   try {
-    result = await processUtils.run(
+    result = await globals.processUtils.run(
       command,
       workingDirectory: project.android.hostAppGradleRoot.path,
       allowReentrantFlutter: true,
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/gradle_errors.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/gradle_errors.dart
index 142655ad2d7..e19caf94fde 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/gradle_errors.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/gradle_errors.dart
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ final GradleHandledError flavorUndefinedHandler = GradleHandledError(
     bool usesAndroidX,
     bool shouldBuildPluginAsAar,
   }) async {
-    final RunResult tasksRunResult = await processUtils.run(
+    final RunResult tasksRunResult = await globals.processUtils.run(
       <String>[
         gradleUtils.getExecutable(project),
         'app:tasks' ,
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/application_package.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/application_package.dart
index 04513af7f0d..2423edfa6b1 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/application_package.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/application_package.dart
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class AndroidApk extends ApplicationPackage {
 
     String apptStdout;
     try {
-      apptStdout = processUtils.runSync(
+      apptStdout = globals.processUtils.runSync(
         <String>[
           aaptPath,
           'dump',
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/base/process.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/base/process.dart
index d7691849cc5..e72d9846eb1 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/base/process.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/base/process.dart
@@ -180,8 +180,6 @@ class RunResult {
 
 typedef RunResultChecker = bool Function(int);
 
-ProcessUtils get processUtils => ProcessUtils.instance;
-
 abstract class ProcessUtils {
   factory ProcessUtils({
     @required ProcessManager processManager,
@@ -191,8 +189,6 @@ abstract class ProcessUtils {
     logger: logger,
   );
 
-  static ProcessUtils get instance => context.get<ProcessUtils>();
-
   /// Spawns a child process to run the command [cmd].
   ///
   /// When [throwOnError] is `true`, if the child process finishes with a non-zero
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/build_system/targets/ios.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/build_system/targets/ios.dart
index d92568d22ff..518de121462 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/build_system/targets/ios.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/build_system/targets/ios.dart
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class DebugUniversalFramework extends Target {
       '-output',
       lipoOutputFile.path
     ];
-    final RunResult lipoResult = await processUtils.run(
+    final RunResult lipoResult = await globals.processUtils.run(
       lipoCommand,
     );
 
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/cache.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/cache.dart
index 834c97fe7d1..e31acad3c61 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/cache.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/cache.dart
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ class AndroidMavenArtifacts extends ArtifactSet {
     try {
       final String gradleExecutable = gradle.absolute.path;
       final String flutterSdk = globals.fsUtils.escapePath(Cache.flutterRoot);
-      final RunResult processResult = await processUtils.run(
+      final RunResult processResult = await globals.processUtils.run(
         <String>[
           gradleExecutable,
           '-b', globals.fs.path.join(flutterSdk, 'packages', 'flutter_tools', 'gradle', 'resolve_dependencies.gradle'),
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/build_ios_framework.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/build_ios_framework.dart
index e68901bcf14..3230021d46d 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/build_ios_framework.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/build_ios_framework.dart
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ end
           '-output',
           fatFlutterFrameworkBinary.path
         ];
-        final RunResult lipoResult = await processUtils.run(
+        final RunResult lipoResult = await globals.processUtils.run(
           lipoCommand,
           allowReentrantFlutter: false,
         );
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ end
         'BUILD_LIBRARY_FOR_DISTRIBUTION=YES',
       ];
 
-      RunResult buildPluginsResult = await processUtils.run(
+      RunResult buildPluginsResult = await globals.processUtils.run(
         pluginsBuildCommand,
         workingDirectory: _project.ios.hostAppRoot.childDirectory('Pods').path,
         allowReentrantFlutter: false,
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ end
           'BUILD_LIBRARY_FOR_DISTRIBUTION=YES',
         ];
 
-        buildPluginsResult = await processUtils.run(
+        buildPluginsResult = await globals.processUtils.run(
           pluginsBuildCommand,
           workingDirectory: _project.ios.hostAppRoot
             .childDirectory('Pods')
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ end
               modeDirectory.childDirectory(podFrameworkName).childFile(binaryName).path
             ];
 
-            final RunResult pluginsLipoResult = await processUtils.run(
+            final RunResult pluginsLipoResult = await globals.processUtils.run(
               lipoCommand,
               workingDirectory: outputDirectory.path,
               allowReentrantFlutter: false,
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ end
               modeDirectory.childFile('$binaryName.xcframework').path
             ];
 
-            final RunResult xcframeworkResult = await processUtils.run(
+            final RunResult xcframeworkResult = await globals.processUtils.run(
               xcframeworkCommand,
               workingDirectory: outputDirectory.path,
               allowReentrantFlutter: false,
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ end
         armFlutterFrameworkBinary.path
       ];
 
-      RunResult lipoResult = await processUtils.run(
+      RunResult lipoResult = await globals.processUtils.run(
         lipoCommand,
         allowReentrantFlutter: false,
       );
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ end
         simulatorFlutterFrameworkBinary.path
       ];
 
-      lipoResult = await processUtils.run(
+      lipoResult = await globals.processUtils.run(
         lipoCommand,
         allowReentrantFlutter: false,
       );
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ end
             .path
       ];
 
-      final RunResult xcframeworkResult = await processUtils.run(
+      final RunResult xcframeworkResult = await globals.processUtils.run(
         xcframeworkCommand,
         allowReentrantFlutter: false,
       );
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ end
           .path
     ];
 
-    final RunResult xcframeworkResult = await processUtils.run(
+    final RunResult xcframeworkResult = await globals.processUtils.run(
       xcframeworkCommand,
       allowReentrantFlutter: false,
     );
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/channel.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/channel.dart
index 431c8f95126..7ab0d5f4b21 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/channel.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/channel.dart
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 import '../base/common.dart';
-import '../base/process.dart';
 import '../cache.dart';
 import '../globals.dart' as globals;
 import '../runner/flutter_command.dart';
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ class ChannelCommand extends FlutterCommand {
     showAll = showAll || currentChannel != currentBranch;
 
     globals.printStatus('Flutter channels:');
-    final int result = await processUtils.stream(
+    final int result = await globals.processUtils.stream(
       <String>['git', 'branch', '-r'],
       workingDirectory: Cache.flutterRoot,
       mapFunction: (String line) {
@@ -138,28 +137,28 @@ class ChannelCommand extends FlutterCommand {
 
   static Future<void> _checkout(String branchName) async {
     // Get latest refs from upstream.
-    int result = await processUtils.stream(
+    int result = await globals.processUtils.stream(
       <String>['git', 'fetch'],
       workingDirectory: Cache.flutterRoot,
       prefix: 'git: ',
     );
 
     if (result == 0) {
-      result = await processUtils.stream(
+      result = await globals.processUtils.stream(
         <String>['git', 'show-ref', '--verify', '--quiet', 'refs/heads/$branchName'],
         workingDirectory: Cache.flutterRoot,
         prefix: 'git: ',
       );
       if (result == 0) {
         // branch already exists, try just switching to it
-        result = await processUtils.stream(
+        result = await globals.processUtils.stream(
           <String>['git', 'checkout', branchName, '--'],
           workingDirectory: Cache.flutterRoot,
           prefix: 'git: ',
         );
       } else {
         // branch does not exist, we have to create it
-        result = await processUtils.stream(
+        result = await globals.processUtils.stream(
           <String>['git', 'checkout', '--track', '-b', branchName, 'origin/$branchName'],
           workingDirectory: Cache.flutterRoot,
           prefix: 'git: ',
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/drive.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/drive.dart
index a81c07c5ac4..bcc6fc896e2 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/drive.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/drive.dart
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import '../application_package.dart';
 import '../artifacts.dart';
 import '../base/common.dart';
 import '../base/file_system.dart';
-import '../base/process.dart';
 import '../build_info.dart';
 import '../convert.dart';
 import '../dart/package_map.dart';
@@ -536,7 +535,7 @@ Future<void> _runTests(List<String> testArgs, Map<String, String> environment) a
   globals.printTrace('Running driver tests.');
 
   globalPackagesPath = globals.fs.path.normalize(globals.fs.path.absolute(globalPackagesPath));
-  final int result = await processUtils.stream(
+  final int result = await globals.processUtils.stream(
     <String>[
       globals.artifacts.getArtifactPath(Artifact.engineDartBinary),
       ...testArgs,
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/format.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/format.dart
index da92d72ab47..4ec89311ce4 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/format.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/format.dart
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 import '../artifacts.dart';
 import '../base/common.dart';
-import '../base/process.dart';
 import '../globals.dart' as globals;
 import '../runner/flutter_command.dart';
 
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ class FormatCommand extends FlutterCommand {
       ...argResults.rest,
     ];
 
-    final int result = await processUtils.stream(command);
+    final int result = await globals.processUtils.stream(command);
     if (result != 0) {
       throwToolExit('Formatting failed: $result', exitCode: result);
     }
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/upgrade.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/upgrade.dart
index 0253d49a150..4b2b364c26c 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/upgrade.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/upgrade.dart
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class UpgradeCommand extends FlutterCommand {
       force: boolArg('force'),
       continueFlow: boolArg('continue'),
       testFlow: stringArg('working-directory') != null,
-      gitTagVersion: GitTagVersion.determine(processUtils),
+      gitTagVersion: GitTagVersion.determine(globals.processUtils),
       flutterVersion: stringArg('working-directory') == null
         ? globals.flutterVersion
         : FlutterVersion(const SystemClock(), _commandRunner.workingDirectory),
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class UpgradeCommandRunner {
   }
 
   Future<void> flutterUpgradeContinue() async {
-    final int code = await processUtils.stream(
+    final int code = await globals.processUtils.stream(
       <String>[
         globals.fs.path.join('bin', 'flutter'),
         'upgrade',
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class UpgradeCommandRunner {
 
   Future<bool> hasUncommittedChanges() async {
     try {
-      final RunResult result = await processUtils.run(
+      final RunResult result = await globals.processUtils.run(
         <String>['git', 'status', '-s'],
         throwOnError: true,
         workingDirectory: workingDirectory,
@@ -205,13 +205,13 @@ class UpgradeCommandRunner {
     String revision;
     try {
       // Fetch upstream branch's commits and tags
-      await processUtils.run(
+      await globals.processUtils.run(
         <String>['git', 'fetch', '--tags'],
         throwOnError: true,
         workingDirectory: workingDirectory,
       );
       // '@{u}' means upstream HEAD
-      final RunResult result = await processUtils.run(
+      final RunResult result = await globals.processUtils.run(
           <String>[ 'git', 'rev-parse', '--verify', '@{u}'],
           throwOnError: true,
           workingDirectory: workingDirectory,
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ class UpgradeCommandRunner {
   /// to the next release.
   Future<void> attemptReset(String newRevision) async {
     try {
-      await processUtils.run(
+      await globals.processUtils.run(
         <String>['git', 'reset', '--hard', newRevision],
         throwOnError: true,
         workingDirectory: workingDirectory,
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ class UpgradeCommandRunner {
   Future<void> precacheArtifacts() async {
     globals.printStatus('');
     globals.printStatus('Upgrading engine...');
-    final int code = await processUtils.stream(
+    final int code = await globals.processUtils.stream(
       <String>[
         globals.fs.path.join('bin', 'flutter'), '--no-color', '--no-version-check', 'precache',
       ],
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ class UpgradeCommandRunner {
   Future<void> runDoctor() async {
     globals.printStatus('');
     globals.printStatus('Running flutter doctor...');
-    await processUtils.stream(
+    await globals.processUtils.stream(
       <String>[
         globals.fs.path.join('bin', 'flutter'), '--no-version-check', 'doctor',
       ],
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/fuchsia/fuchsia_build.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/fuchsia/fuchsia_build.dart
index e01c6783f6d..68dca655cbc 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/fuchsia/fuchsia_build.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/fuchsia/fuchsia_build.dart
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import '../base/common.dart';
 import '../base/file_system.dart';
 import '../base/io.dart';
 import '../base/logger.dart';
-import '../base/process.dart';
 import '../base/utils.dart';
 import '../build_info.dart';
 import '../bundle.dart';
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ Future<void> _genSnapshot(
     'Compiling Fuchsia application to native code...',
   );
   try {
-    result = await processUtils.stream(command, trace: true);
+    result = await globals.processUtils.stream(command, trace: true);
   } finally {
     status.cancel();
   }
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/fuchsia/fuchsia_device.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/fuchsia/fuchsia_device.dart
index ed1864116ac..6d16d7a5618 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/fuchsia/fuchsia_device.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/fuchsia/fuchsia_device.dart
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ class FuchsiaDevice extends Device {
       throwToolExit('Cannot interact with device. No ssh config.\n'
                     'Try setting FUCHSIA_SSH_CONFIG or FUCHSIA_BUILD_DIR.');
     }
-    return await processUtils.run(<String>[
+    return await globals.processUtils.run(<String>[
       'ssh',
       '-F',
       globals.fuchsiaArtifacts.sshConfig.absolute.path,
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ class FuchsiaDevice extends Device {
       throwToolExit('Cannot interact with device. No ssh config.\n'
                     'Try setting FUCHSIA_SSH_CONFIG or FUCHSIA_BUILD_DIR.');
     }
-    return await processUtils.run(<String>[
+    return await globals.processUtils.run(<String>[
       'scp',
       '-F',
       globals.fuchsiaArtifacts.sshConfig.absolute.path,
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/fuchsia/fuchsia_kernel_compiler.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/fuchsia/fuchsia_kernel_compiler.dart
index 8e3ce77943e..21338135979 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/fuchsia/fuchsia_kernel_compiler.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/fuchsia/fuchsia_kernel_compiler.dart
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
 import '../artifacts.dart';
 import '../base/common.dart';
 import '../base/logger.dart';
-import '../base/process.dart';
 import '../build_info.dart';
 import '../globals.dart' as globals;
 import '../project.dart';
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ class FuchsiaKernelCompiler {
     );
     int result;
     try {
-      result = await processUtils.stream(command, trace: true);
+      result = await globals.processUtils.stream(command, trace: true);
     } finally {
       status.cancel();
     }
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/fuchsia/fuchsia_pm.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/fuchsia/fuchsia_pm.dart
index f8e7bd0332b..65fd72f7d67 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/fuchsia/fuchsia_pm.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/fuchsia/fuchsia_pm.dart
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class FuchsiaPM {
       '-l',
       '$host:$port',
     ];
-    final Process process = await processUtils.start(command);
+    final Process process = await globals.processUtils.start(command);
     process.stdout
         .transform(utf8.decoder)
         .transform(const LineSplitter())
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class FuchsiaPM {
       throwToolExit('Fuchsia pm tool not found');
     }
     final List<String> command = <String>[globals.fuchsiaArtifacts.pm.path, ...args];
-    final RunResult result = await processUtils.run(command);
+    final RunResult result = await globals.processUtils.run(command);
     return result.exitCode == 0;
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/globals.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/globals.dart
index 329f6d981d9..755f23d67eb 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/globals.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/globals.dart
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import 'base/logger.dart';
 import 'base/net.dart';
 import 'base/os.dart';
 import 'base/platform.dart';
+import 'base/process.dart';
 import 'base/signals.dart';
 import 'base/template.dart';
 import 'base/terminal.dart';
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ const ProcessManager _kLocalProcessManager = LocalProcessManager();
 
 /// The active process manager.
 ProcessManager get processManager => context.get<ProcessManager>() ?? _kLocalProcessManager;
+ProcessUtils get processUtils => context.get<ProcessUtils>();
 
 const Platform _kLocalPlatform = LocalPlatform();
 
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/ios/ios_emulators.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/ios/ios_emulators.dart
index 8edbab1ec01..f54748b1b66 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/ios/ios_emulators.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/ios/ios_emulators.dart
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class IOSEmulator extends Emulator {
         globals.xcode.getSimulatorPath(),
       ];
 
-      final RunResult launchResult = await processUtils.run(args);
+      final RunResult launchResult = await globals.processUtils.run(args);
       if (launchResult.exitCode != 0) {
         globals.printError('$launchResult');
         return false;
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/ios/mac.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/ios/mac.dart
index d54aa766daf..9c01e29d59e 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/ios/mac.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/ios/mac.dart
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Future<XcodeBuildResult> buildXcodeProject({
     return XcodeBuildResult(success: false);
   }
 
-  await removeFinderExtendedAttributes(app.project.hostAppRoot, processUtils, globals.logger);
+  await removeFinderExtendedAttributes(app.project.hostAppRoot, globals.processUtils, globals.logger);
 
   final XcodeProjectInfo projectInfo = await app.project.projectInfo();
   final String scheme = projectInfo.schemeFor(buildInfo);
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ Future<XcodeBuildResult> buildXcodeProject({
   const Duration showBuildSettingsTimeout = Duration(minutes: 1);
   Map<String, String> buildSettings;
   try {
-    final RunResult showBuildSettingsResult = await processUtils.run(
+    final RunResult showBuildSettingsResult = await globals.processUtils.run(
       showBuildSettingsCommand,
       throwOnError: true,
       workingDirectory: app.project.hostAppRoot.path,
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ Future<RunResult> _runBuildWithRetries(List<String> buildCommands, BuildableIOSA
     remainingTries--;
     buildRetryDelaySeconds *= 2;
 
-    buildResult = await processUtils.run(
+    buildResult = await globals.processUtils.run(
       buildCommands,
       workingDirectory: app.project.hostAppRoot.path,
       allowReentrantFlutter: true,
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/ios/simulators.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/ios/simulators.dart
index c013ca08c9a..832964be066 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/ios/simulators.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/ios/simulators.dart
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ class IOSSimulator extends Device {
 /// Launches the device log reader process on the host and parses the syslog.
 @visibleForTesting
 Future<Process> launchDeviceSystemLogTool(IOSSimulator device) async {
-  return processUtils.start(<String>['tail', '-n', '0', '-F', device.logFilePath]);
+  return globals.processUtils.start(<String>['tail', '-n', '0', '-F', device.logFilePath]);
 }
 
 /// Launches the device log reader process on the host and parses unified logging.
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ Future<Process> launchDeviceUnifiedLogging (IOSSimulator device, String appName)
     notP('eventMessage CONTAINS " libxpc.dylib "'),
   ]);
 
-  return processUtils.start(<String>[
+  return globals.processUtils.start(<String>[
     _xcrunPath, 'simctl', 'spawn', device.id, 'log', 'stream', '--style', 'json', '--predicate', predicate,
   ]);
 }
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ Future<Process> launchDeviceUnifiedLogging (IOSSimulator device, String appName)
 Future<Process> launchSystemLogTool(IOSSimulator device) async {
   // Versions of iOS prior to 11 tail the simulator syslog file.
   if (await device.sdkMajorVersion < 11) {
-    return processUtils.start(<String>['tail', '-n', '0', '-F', '/private/var/log/system.log']);
+    return globals.processUtils.start(<String>['tail', '-n', '0', '-F', '/private/var/log/system.log']);
   }
 
   // For iOS 11 and later, all relevant detail is in the device log.
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/linux/build_linux.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/linux/build_linux.dart
index b41a7083c24..41c8a87609c 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/linux/build_linux.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/linux/build_linux.dart
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import '../base/analyze_size.dart';
 import '../base/common.dart';
 import '../base/file_system.dart';
 import '../base/logger.dart';
-import '../base/process.dart';
 import '../base/utils.dart';
 import '../build_info.dart';
 import '../cache.dart';
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ Future<void> _runCmake(String buildModeName, Directory sourceDir, Directory buil
   final String buildFlag = toTitleCase(buildModeName);
   int result;
   try {
-    result = await processUtils.stream(
+    result = await globals.processUtils.stream(
       <String>[
         'cmake',
         '-G',
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ Future<void> _runBuild(Directory buildDir) async {
 
   int result;
   try {
-    result = await processUtils.stream(
+    result = await globals.processUtils.stream(
       <String>[
         'ninja',
         '-C',
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/macos/build_macos.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/macos/build_macos.dart
index a68c18f5e21..5c8e8b034a4 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/macos/build_macos.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/macos/build_macos.dart
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import '../base/analyze_size.dart';
 import '../base/common.dart';
 import '../base/file_system.dart';
 import '../base/logger.dart';
-import '../base/process.dart';
 import '../build_info.dart';
 import '../convert.dart';
 import '../globals.dart' as globals;
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ Future<void> buildMacOS({
   );
   int result;
   try {
-    result = await processUtils.stream(<String>[
+    result = await globals.processUtils.stream(<String>[
       '/usr/bin/env',
       'xcrun',
       'xcodebuild',
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/test/coverage_collector.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/test/coverage_collector.dart
index 5b624719b93..48850df5ae9 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/test/coverage_collector.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/test/coverage_collector.dart
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class CoverageCollector extends TestWatcher {
       final Directory tempDir = globals.fs.systemTempDirectory.createTempSync('flutter_tools_test_coverage.');
       try {
         final File sourceFile = coverageFile.copySync(globals.fs.path.join(tempDir.path, 'lcov.source.info'));
-        final RunResult result = processUtils.runSync(<String>[
+        final RunResult result = globals.processUtils.runSync(<String>[
           'lcov',
           '--add-tracefile', baseCoverageData,
           '--add-tracefile', sourceFile.path,
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/version.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/version.dart
index 52ed2fde571..47674cedfcc 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/version.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/version.dart
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ class FlutterVersion {
   FlutterVersion([this._clock = const SystemClock(), this._workingDirectory]) {
     _frameworkRevision = _runGit(
       gitLog(<String>['-n', '1', '--pretty=format:%H']).join(' '),
-      processUtils,
+      globals.processUtils,
       _workingDirectory,
     );
-    _gitTagVersion = GitTagVersion.determine(processUtils, workingDirectory: _workingDirectory, fetchTags: false);
+    _gitTagVersion = GitTagVersion.determine(globals.processUtils, workingDirectory: _workingDirectory, fetchTags: false);
     _frameworkVersion = gitTagVersion.frameworkVersionFor(_frameworkRevision);
   }
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class FlutterVersion {
   /// user explicitly wants to get the version, e.g. for `flutter --version` or
   /// `flutter doctor`.
   void fetchTagsAndUpdate() {
-    _gitTagVersion = GitTagVersion.determine(processUtils, workingDirectory: _workingDirectory, fetchTags: true);
+    _gitTagVersion = GitTagVersion.determine(globals.processUtils, workingDirectory: _workingDirectory, fetchTags: true);
     _frameworkVersion = gitTagVersion.frameworkVersionFor(_frameworkRevision);
   }
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class FlutterVersion {
     if (_channel == null) {
       final String channel = _runGit(
         'git rev-parse --abbrev-ref --symbolic @{u}',
-        processUtils,
+        globals.processUtils,
         _workingDirectory,
       );
       final int slash = channel.indexOf('/');
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class FlutterVersion {
         final String remote = channel.substring(0, slash);
         _repositoryUrl = _runGit(
           'git ls-remote --get-url $remote',
-          processUtils,
+          globals.processUtils,
           _workingDirectory,
         );
         _channel = channel.substring(slash + 1);
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class FlutterVersion {
   String get frameworkAge {
     return _frameworkAge ??= _runGit(
       gitLog(<String>['-n', '1', '--pretty=format:%ar']).join(' '),
-      processUtils,
+      globals.processUtils,
       _workingDirectory,
     );
   }
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ class FlutterVersion {
   /// the branch name will be returned as `'[user-branch]'`.
   String getBranchName({ bool redactUnknownBranches = false }) {
     _branch ??= () {
-      final String branch = _runGit('git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD', processUtils);
+      final String branch = _runGit('git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD', globals.processUtils);
       return branch == 'HEAD' ? channel : branch;
     }();
     if (redactUnknownBranches || _branch.isEmpty) {
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/windows/build_windows.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/windows/build_windows.dart
index 4b132ebe9ba..228a05a2e22 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/windows/build_windows.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/windows/build_windows.dart
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import '../base/analyze_size.dart';
 import '../base/common.dart';
 import '../base/file_system.dart';
 import '../base/logger.dart';
-import '../base/process.dart';
 import '../base/utils.dart';
 import '../build_info.dart';
 import '../cache.dart';
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ Future<void> _runCmakeGeneration(String cmakePath, Directory buildDir, Directory
   await buildDir.create(recursive: true);
   int result;
   try {
-    result = await processUtils.stream(
+    result = await globals.processUtils.stream(
       <String>[
         cmakePath,
         '-S',
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ Future<void> _runBuild(String cmakePath, Directory buildDir, String buildModeNam
 
   int result;
   try {
-    result = await processUtils.stream(
+    result = await globals.processUtils.stream(
       <String>[
         cmakePath,
         '--build',
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/windows/windows_device.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/windows/windows_device.dart
index 70233f0eba5..3b41a4e2e9c 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/windows/windows_device.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/windows/windows_device.dart
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@ import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
 import 'package:process/process.dart';
 
 import '../base/file_system.dart';
-import '../base/io.dart';
 import '../base/logger.dart';
 import '../base/os.dart';
-import '../base/process.dart';
 import '../build_info.dart';
 import '../desktop_device.dart';
 import '../device.dart';
@@ -112,39 +110,3 @@ class WindowsDevices extends PollingDeviceDiscovery {
   @override
   Future<List<String>> getDiagnostics() async => const <String>[];
 }
-
-final RegExp _whitespace = RegExp(r'\s+');
-
-/// Returns the running process matching `process` name.
-///
-/// This list contains the process name and id.
-@visibleForTesting
-List<String> runningProcess(String processName) {
-  // TODO(jonahwilliams): find a way to do this without powershell.
-  final RunResult result = processUtils.runSync(
-    <String>['powershell', '-script="Get-CimInstance Win32_Process"'],
-  );
-  if (result.exitCode != 0) {
-    return null;
-  }
-  for (final String rawProcess in result.stdout.split('\n')) {
-    final String process = rawProcess.trim();
-    if (!process.contains(processName)) {
-      continue;
-    }
-    final List<String> parts = process.split(_whitespace);
-
-    final String processPid = parts[0];
-    final String currentRunningProcessPid = pid.toString();
-    // Don't kill the flutter tool process
-    if (processPid == currentRunningProcessPid) {
-      continue;
-    }
-    final List<String> data = <String>[
-      processPid, // ID
-      parts[1], // Name
-    ];
-    return data;
-  }
-  return null;
-}