diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/test/flutter_platform.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/test/flutter_platform.dart
index 7365bd8f41e..a6127c4e109 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/test/flutter_platform.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/test/flutter_platform.dart
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 import 'dart:async';
 
-import 'package:dds/dds.dart';
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
 import 'package:package_config/package_config.dart';
 import 'package:stream_channel/stream_channel.dart';
@@ -528,7 +527,6 @@ class FlutterPlatform extends PlatformPlugin {
             globals.printTrace('test $ourTestCount: using observatory uri $detectedUri from pid ${process.pid}');
           }
           processObservatoryUri = detectedUri;
-          await DartDevelopmentService.startDartDevelopmentService(processObservatoryUri);
           {
             globals.printTrace('Connecting to service protocol: $processObservatoryUri');
             final Future<vm_service.VmService> localVmService = connectToVmService(processObservatoryUri,