diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/asset.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/asset.dart
index 1cd0d1d750f..09708b02c23 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/asset.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/asset.dart
@@ -909,6 +909,22 @@ class ManifestAssetBundle implements AssetBundle {
         attributedPackage: attributedPackage,
       );
     }
+
+    final Iterable<Directory> nonVariantSubDirectories = entities
+      .whereType<Directory>()
+      .where((Directory directory) => !_assetVariantDirectoryRegExp.hasMatch(directory.basename));
+    for (final Directory dir in nonVariantSubDirectories) {
+      final String relativePath = _fileSystem.path.relative(dir.path, from: assetBase);
+      final Uri relativePathsUri = Uri.directory(relativePath, windows: _platform.isWindows);
+
+      _parseAssetsFromFolder(packageConfig,
+        flutterManifest,
+        assetBase,
+        cache,
+        result,
+        relativePathsUri
+      );
+    }
   }
 
   void _parseAssetFromFile(
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/asset_bundle_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/asset_bundle_test.dart
index 764b959a899..5927c8a5409 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/asset_bundle_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/asset_bundle_test.dart
@@ -9,15 +9,11 @@ import 'package:file/memory.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/artifacts.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/asset.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/file_system.dart';
-import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/logger.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/platform.dart';
-import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/user_messages.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/build_info.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/bundle_builder.dart';
-import 'package:flutter_tools/src/cache.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/devfs.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/globals.dart' as globals;
-import 'package:flutter_tools/src/project.dart';
 import 'package:standard_message_codec/standard_message_codec.dart';
 
 import '../src/common.dart';
@@ -73,59 +69,6 @@ void main() {
       ProcessManager: () => FakeProcessManager.any(),
     });
 
-    testWithoutContext('wildcard directories do not include subdirectories', () async {
-      final Platform platform = FakePlatform();
-      final FileSystem fs = MemoryFileSystem.test();
-      Cache.flutterRoot = Cache.defaultFlutterRoot(platform: platform, fileSystem: fs, userMessages: UserMessages());
-
-      fs.file('.packages').createSync();
-      fs.file('pubspec.yaml').writeAsStringSync(
-'''
-name: test
-dependencies:
-  flutter:
-    sdk: flutter
-flutter:
-  assets:
-    - assets/foo/
-    - assets/bar/lizard.png
-'''
-      );
-
-      final List<String> assets = <String>[
-        'assets/foo/dog.png',
-        'assets/foo/sub/cat.png',
-        'assets/bar/lizard.png',
-        'assets/bar/sheep.png'
-      ];
-
-      for (final String asset in assets) {
-        final File assetFile = fs.file(asset);
-        assetFile.createSync(recursive: true);
-        assetFile.writeAsStringSync(asset);
-      }
-
-      final ManifestAssetBundle bundle = ManifestAssetBundle(
-        logger: BufferLogger.test(),
-        fileSystem: fs,
-        platform: platform,
-      );
-
-      await bundle.build(
-        packagesPath: '.packages',
-        flutterProject:  FlutterProject.fromDirectoryTest(fs.currentDirectory),
-      );
-
-      expect(bundle.entries.keys, unorderedEquals(<String>[
-        'AssetManifest.json',
-        'AssetManifest.bin',
-        'FontManifest.json',
-        'NOTICES.Z',
-        'assets/foo/dog.png',
-        'assets/bar/lizard.png'
-      ]));
-    });
-
     testUsingContext('wildcard directories are updated when filesystem changes', () async {
       final File packageFile = globals.fs.file('.packages')..createSync();
       globals.fs.file(globals.fs.path.join('assets', 'foo', 'bar.txt')).createSync(recursive: true);
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/asset_bundle_variant_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/asset_bundle_variant_test.dart
index 46c7caef6ca..9bec3b76707 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/asset_bundle_variant_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/asset_bundle_variant_test.dart
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ dependencies:
 flutter:
   assets:
     - assets/
-    - assets/notAVariant/
-    - assets/folder/
-    - assets/normalFolder/
 '''
       );
     });
@@ -187,7 +184,6 @@ dependencies:
 flutter:
   assets:
     - assets/
-    - assets/somewhereElse/
 '''
       );
     });