diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/resident_runner.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/resident_runner.dart
index 636f52b882a6f6..da4a7de3a99555 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/resident_runner.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/resident_runner.dart
@@ -74,12 +74,6 @@ class FlutterDevice {
     if (device.platformType == PlatformType.fuchsia) {
       targetModel = TargetModel.flutterRunner;
     }
-    // For both web and non-web platforms we initialize dill to/from
-    // a shared location for faster bootstrapping. If the compiler fails
-    // due to a kernel target or version mismatch, no error is reported
-    // and the compiler starts up as normal. Unexpected errors will print
-    // a warning message and dump some debug information which can be
-    // used to file a bug, but the compiler will still start up correctly.
     if (targetPlatform == TargetPlatform.web_javascript) {
       generator = ResidentCompiler(
         globals.artifacts.getArtifactPath(Artifact.flutterWebSdk, mode: buildInfo.mode),
@@ -89,7 +83,6 @@ class FlutterDevice {
         // Override the filesystem scheme so that the frontend_server can find
         // the generated entrypoint code.
         fileSystemScheme: 'org-dartlang-app',
-        initializeFromDill: globals.fs.path.join(getBuildDirectory(), 'cache.dill'),
         targetModel: TargetModel.dartdevc,
         experimentalFlags: experimentalFlags,
         platformDill: globals.fs.file(globals.artifacts
@@ -113,7 +106,6 @@ class FlutterDevice {
         targetModel: targetModel,
         experimentalFlags: experimentalFlags,
         dartDefines: buildInfo.dartDefines,
-        initializeFromDill: globals.fs.path.join(getBuildDirectory(), 'cache.dill'),
       );
     }
 
@@ -642,6 +634,7 @@ abstract class ResidentRunner {
   final bool ipv6;
   final String _dillOutputPath;
   /// The parent location of the incremental artifacts.
+  @visibleForTesting
   final Directory artifactDirectory;
   final String packagesFilePath;
   final String projectRootPath;
@@ -1029,11 +1022,6 @@ abstract class ResidentRunner {
   Future<void> preExit() async {
     // If _dillOutputPath is null, we created a temporary directory for the dill.
     if (_dillOutputPath == null && artifactDirectory.existsSync()) {
-      final File outputDill = artifactDirectory.childFile('app.dill');
-      if (outputDill.existsSync()) {
-        artifactDirectory.childFile('app.dill')
-          .copySync(globals.fs.path.join(getBuildDirectory(), 'cache.dill'));
-      }
       artifactDirectory.deleteSync(recursive: true);
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/resident_runner_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/resident_runner_test.dart
index fe93619ed37ccb..7ebb79682cff2f 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/resident_runner_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/resident_runner_test.dart
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 
 import 'package:file/memory.dart';
-import 'package:file_testing/file_testing.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/artifacts.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/command_help.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/common.dart';
@@ -358,22 +357,6 @@ void main() {
     expect(otherRunner.artifactDirectory.path, contains('foobar'));
   }));
 
-  test('ResidentRunner copies output dill to cache location during preExit', () => testbed.run(() async {
-    residentRunner.artifactDirectory.childFile('app.dill').writeAsStringSync('hello');
-    await residentRunner.preExit();
-    final File cacheDill = globals.fs.file(globals.fs.path.join(getBuildDirectory(), 'cache.dill'));
-
-    expect(cacheDill, exists);
-    expect(cacheDill.readAsStringSync(), 'hello');
-  }));
-
-  test('ResidentRunner handles output dill missing during preExit', () => testbed.run(() async {
-    await residentRunner.preExit();
-    final File cacheDill = globals.fs.file(globals.fs.path.join(getBuildDirectory(), 'cache.dill'));
-
-    expect(cacheDill, isNot(exists));
-  }));
-
   test('ResidentRunner printHelpDetails', () => testbed.run(() {
     when(mockDevice.supportsHotRestart).thenReturn(true);
     when(mockDevice.supportsScreenshot).thenReturn(true);
@@ -715,8 +698,6 @@ void main() {
       target: null,
     )).generator as DefaultResidentCompiler;
 
-    expect(residentCompiler.initializeFromDill,
-      globals.fs.path.join(getBuildDirectory(), 'cache.dill'));
     expect(residentCompiler.librariesSpec,
       globals.fs.file(globals.artifacts.getArtifactPath(Artifact.flutterWebLibrariesJson))
         .uri.toString());