diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/init.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/init.dart
index 3c705315e46..f11d6efc85e 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/init.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/init.dart
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import 'dart:io';
 import 'package:args/command_runner.dart';
 import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
 import 'package:mustache4dart/mustache4dart.dart' as mustache;
-import 'package:path/path.dart' as p;
+import 'package:path/path.dart' as path;
 
 import '../artifacts.dart';
 import '../process.dart';
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ class InitCommand extends Command {
       stderr.writeln('variable was specified. Unable to find package:flutter.');
       return 2;
     }
-    String flutterRoot = p.absolute(ArtifactStore.flutterRoot);
+    String flutterRoot = path.absolute(ArtifactStore.flutterRoot);
 
-    String flutterPackagePath = p.join(flutterRoot, 'packages', 'flutter');
-    if (!FileSystemEntity.isFileSync(p.join(flutterPackagePath, 'pubspec.yaml'))) {
+    String flutterPackagePath = path.join(flutterRoot, 'packages', 'flutter');
+    if (!FileSystemEntity.isFileSync(path.join(flutterPackagePath, 'pubspec.yaml'))) {
       print('Unable to find package:flutter in $flutterPackagePath');
       return 2;
     }
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ class InitCommand extends Command {
     bool skipIfAbsent: false,
     bool verbose: true
   }) async {
-    File pubSpecYaml = new File(p.join(directory, 'pubspec.yaml'));
-    File pubSpecLock = new File(p.join(directory, 'pubspec.lock'));
-    File dotPackages = new File(p.join(directory, '.packages'));
+    File pubSpecYaml = new File(path.join(directory, 'pubspec.yaml'));
+    File pubSpecLock = new File(path.join(directory, 'pubspec.lock'));
+    File dotPackages = new File(path.join(directory, '.packages'));
 
     if (!pubSpecYaml.existsSync()) {
       if (skipIfAbsent)
@@ -115,18 +115,18 @@ abstract class Template {
   Template(this.name, this.description);
 
   void generateInto(Directory dir, String flutterPackagePath) {
-    String dirPath = p.normalize(dir.absolute.path);
-    String projectName = _normalizeProjectName(p.basename(dirPath));
-    print('Creating ${p.basename(projectName)}...');
+    String dirPath = path.normalize(dir.absolute.path);
+    String projectName = _normalizeProjectName(path.basename(dirPath));
+    print('Creating ${path.basename(projectName)}...');
     dir.createSync(recursive: true);
 
-    String relativeFlutterPackagePath = p.relative(flutterPackagePath, from: dirPath);
+    String relativeFlutterPackagePath = path.relative(flutterPackagePath, from: dirPath);
 
-    files.forEach((String path, String contents) {
+    files.forEach((String filePath, String contents) {
       Map m = {'projectName': projectName, 'description': description, 'flutterPackagePath': relativeFlutterPackagePath};
       contents = mustache.render(contents, m);
-      path = path.replaceAll('/', Platform.pathSeparator);
-      File file = new File(p.join(dir.path, path));
+      filePath = filePath.replaceAll('/', Platform.pathSeparator);
+      File file = new File(path.join(dir.path, filePath));
       file.parent.createSync();
       file.writeAsStringSync(contents);
       print(file.path);
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/test/loader.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/test/loader.dart
index 1a5d6122def..1da21ba888a 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/test/loader.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/test/loader.dart
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:convert';
 import 'dart:io';
 
-import 'package:path/path.dart' as p;
+import 'package:path/path.dart' as path;
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/test/json_socket.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/test/remote_test.dart';
 import 'package:stack_trace/stack_trace.dart';
@@ -55,17 +55,17 @@ Future<_ServerInfo> _createServer() async {
   return new _ServerInfo(server, 'ws://$_kHost:${server.port}$_kPath', socket.future);
 }
 
-Future<Process> _startProcess(String path, { String packageRoot }) {
+Future<Process> _startProcess(String mainPath, { String packageRoot }) {
   assert(shellPath != null || _kSkyShell != null); // Please provide the path to the shell in the SKY_SHELL environment variable.
   return Process.start(shellPath ?? _kSkyShell, [
     '--enable-checked-mode',
     '--non-interactive',
     '--package-root=$packageRoot',
-    path,
+    mainPath,
   ]);
 }
 
-Future<RunnerSuite> _loadVMFile(String path,
+Future<RunnerSuite> _loadVMFile(String mainPath,
                                 Metadata metadata,
                                 Configuration config) async {
   String encodedMetadata = Uri.encodeComponent(JSON.encode(
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ import 'dart:convert';
 import 'package:test/src/backend/metadata.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/test/remote_listener.dart';
 
-import '${p.toUri(p.absolute(path))}' as test;
+import '${path.toUri(path.absolute(mainPath))}' as test;
 
 void main() {
   String server = Uri.decodeComponent('${Uri.encodeComponent(info.url)}');
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ void main() {
 
   Process process = await _startProcess(
     listenerFile.path,
-    packageRoot: p.absolute(config.packageRoot)
+    packageRoot: path.absolute(config.packageRoot)
   );
 
   Future cleanupTempDirectory() async {
@@ -118,13 +118,13 @@ void main() {
           case -0x0f: // ProcessSignal.SIGTERM
             break; // we probably killed it ourselves
           case -0x0b: // ProcessSignal.SIGSEGV
-            output += 'Segmentation fault in subprocess for: $path\n';
+            output += 'Segmentation fault in subprocess for: $mainPath\n';
             break;
           case -0x06: // ProcessSignal.SIGABRT
-            output += 'Aborted while running: $path\n';
+            output += 'Aborted while running: $mainPath\n';
             break;
           default:
-            output += 'Unexpected exit code $exitCode from subprocess for: $path\n';
+            output += 'Unexpected exit code $exitCode from subprocess for: $mainPath\n';
         }
       }
       String stdout = await process.stdout.transform(UTF8.decoder).join('\n');
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ void main() {
         if (output == '')
           output = 'No output.';
         completer.completeError(
-          new LoadException(path, output),
+          new LoadException(mainPath, output),
           new Trace.current()
         );
       } else {
@@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ void main() {
     } else if (response["type"] == "loadException") {
       process.kill(ProcessSignal.SIGTERM);
       completer.completeError(
-          new LoadException(path, response["message"]),
+          new LoadException(mainPath, response["message"]),
           new Trace.current());
     } else if (response["type"] == "error") {
       process.kill(ProcessSignal.SIGTERM);
       AsyncError asyncError = RemoteException.deserialize(response["error"]);
       completer.completeError(
-          new LoadException(path, asyncError.error),
+          new LoadException(mainPath, asyncError.error),
           asyncError.stackTrace);
     } else {
       assert(response["type"] == "success");
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ void main() {
   return new RunnerSuite(
     const VMEnvironment(),
     new Group.root(entries, metadata: metadata),
-    path: path,
+    path: mainPath,
     platform: TestPlatform.vm,
     os: currentOS,
     onClose: () { process.kill(ProcessSignal.SIGTERM); }
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/init_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/init_test.dart
index a2b5365c302..d9bb623cc75 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/init_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/init_test.dart
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import 'dart:io';
 
 import 'package:args/command_runner.dart';
-import 'package:path/path.dart' as p;
+import 'package:path/path.dart' as path;
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/artifacts.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/commands/init.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/process.dart';
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ defineTests() {
         await runner.run(['init', '--out', temp.path])
             .then((int code) => expect(code, equals(0)));
 
-        String path = p.join(temp.path, 'lib', 'main.dart');
-        expect(new File(path).existsSync(), true);
+        String mainPath = path.join(temp.path, 'lib', 'main.dart');
+        expect(new File(mainPath).existsSync(), true);
         ProcessResult exec = Process.runSync(
-            sdkBinaryName('dartanalyzer'), ['--fatal-warnings', path],
+            sdkBinaryName('dartanalyzer'), ['--fatal-warnings', mainPath],
             workingDirectory: temp.path);
         if (exec.exitCode != 0) {
           print(exec.stdout);
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/os_utils_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/os_utils_test.dart
index 647970e893d..250931878bb 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/os_utils_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/os_utils_test.dart
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import 'dart:io';
 
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/os_utils.dart';
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
-import 'package:path/path.dart' as p;
+import 'package:path/path.dart' as path;
 
 main() => defineTests();
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ defineTests() {
     });
 
     test('makeExecutable', () {
-      File file = new File(p.join(temp.path, 'foo.script'));
+      File file = new File(path.join(temp.path, 'foo.script'));
       file.writeAsStringSync('hello world');
       osUtils.makeExecutable(file);