diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 2ba66095b5b77..1ea2000e06786 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -196,8 +196,6 @@ flutter/tools/gn --android --runtime-mode=release
 
 cd out
 find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | xargs -n 1 sh -c 'ninja -C $0 || exit 255'
-
-flutter update-packages --upgrade
 ```