diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1d60eacf89..ea2567ba14 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -43,3 +43,6 @@ lib/kotlin*
 gradle
 gradlew
 gradlew.bat
+# User specific configuration based on current Intellij SDKs.
+gradle.properties
+.idea/misc.xml
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d7c04ef94..0000000000
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="ClientPropertiesManager">
-    <properties class="javax.swing.JPanel">
-      <property name="BorderFactoryClass" class="java.lang.String" />
-    </properties>
-  </component>
-  <component name="ExternalStorageConfigurationManager" enabled="true" />
-  <component name="FrameworkDetectionExcludesConfiguration">
-    <file type="web" url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$" />
-  </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_17" project-jdk-name="17" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
-    <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/out" />
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fca522b46..0000000000
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-name=flutter-intellij
-buildSpec=2024.3
-flutterPluginVersion=SNAPSHOT
-ideaProduct=android-studio
-ideaVersion=2024.3.1.2
-baseVersion=243.21565.23
-dartPluginVersion= 243.21565.120
-androidPluginVersion=
-sinceBuild=243
-untilBuild=253.*
-testing=false
-kotlin.stdlib.default.dependency=false
-org.gradle.parallel=true
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xms1024m -Xmx4048m
diff --git a/tool/plugin/lib/runner.dart b/tool/plugin/lib/runner.dart
index 54ac194fd6..cab6538b20 100644
--- a/tool/plugin/lib/runner.dart
+++ b/tool/plugin/lib/runner.dart
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ org.gradle.parallel=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xms1024m -Xmx4048m
 ''';
     final propertiesFile = File("$rootPath/gradle.properties");
-    final source = propertiesFile.readAsStringSync();
+    final source = propertiesFile.existsSync()
+        ? propertiesFile.readAsStringSync()
+        : null;
     propertiesFile.writeAsStringSync(contents);
     int result;
     // Using the Gradle daemon causes a strange problem.
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xms1024m -Xmx4048m
         }
       }
     } finally {
-      propertiesFile.writeAsStringSync(source);
+      if (source != null) propertiesFile.writeAsStringSync(source);
     }
     return result;
   }