diff --git a/pkg/front_end/lib/src/base/incremental_compiler.dart b/pkg/front_end/lib/src/base/incremental_compiler.dart
index 3588a98ad91..d995a1e4b01 100644
--- a/pkg/front_end/lib/src/base/incremental_compiler.dart
+++ b/pkg/front_end/lib/src/base/incremental_compiler.dart
@@ -441,10 +441,6 @@ class IncrementalCompiler implements IncrementalKernelGenerator {
         );
         componentWithDill = buildResult.component;
       }
-      // Coverage-ignore(suite): Not run.
-      else if (componentWithDill != null) {
-        context.options.target.performOutlineTransformations(componentWithDill);
-      }
 
       _benchmarker
       // Coverage-ignore(suite): Not run.
@@ -582,11 +578,6 @@ class IncrementalCompiler implements IncrementalKernelGenerator {
       // about other libraries.
       result.metadata.addAll(componentWithDill.metadata);
 
-      if (outlineOnly) {
-        // Coverage-ignore-block(suite): Not run.
-        context.options.target.performOutlineComponentOperations(result);
-      }
-
       // We're now done. Allow any waiting compile to start.
       Completer<dynamic> currentlyCompilingLocal = _currentlyCompiling!;
       _currentlyCompiling = null;
diff --git a/pkg/front_end/lib/src/kernel_generator_impl.dart b/pkg/front_end/lib/src/kernel_generator_impl.dart
index 4ee685413fe..394619f7015 100644
--- a/pkg/front_end/lib/src/kernel_generator_impl.dart
+++ b/pkg/front_end/lib/src/kernel_generator_impl.dart
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ Future<InternalCompilerResult> _buildInternal(
     // the only need we have for these transformations).
     if (!buildComponent) {
       options.target.performOutlineTransformations(trimmedSummaryComponent);
-      options.target.performOutlineComponentOperations(trimmedSummaryComponent);
       options.ticker.logMs("Transformed outline");
     }
     if (serializeIfBuildingSummary) {
diff --git a/pkg/frontend_server/lib/compute_kernel.dart b/pkg/frontend_server/lib/compute_kernel.dart
index e0a7972dcbc..8aca0e1d9b5 100644
--- a/pkg/frontend_server/lib/compute_kernel.dart
+++ b/pkg/frontend_server/lib/compute_kernel.dart
@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@ Future<ComputeKernelResult> computeKernel(
         incrementalComponent.uriToSource.clear();
         incrementalComponent.problemsAsJson = null;
         incrementalComponent.setMainMethodAndMode(null, true);
+        target.performOutlineTransformations(incrementalComponent);
         makeStable(incrementalComponent);
         return new Future.value(
           fe.serializeComponent(
diff --git a/pkg/kernel/lib/target/targets.dart b/pkg/kernel/lib/target/targets.dart
index 62ba79613fd..ce2b72727cc 100644
--- a/pkg/kernel/lib/target/targets.dart
+++ b/pkg/kernel/lib/target/targets.dart
@@ -334,24 +334,13 @@ abstract class Target {
   /// Perform target-specific transformations on the outlines stored in
   /// [Component] when generating summaries.
   ///
-  /// This is used to transforming the libraries, but not for instance
-  /// filtering the output libraries or adding metadata. Do this in
-  /// [performOutlineComponentOperations] instead.
-  /// This transformation is not applied when compiling full kernel programs to
+  /// This transformation is used to add metadata on outlines and to filter
+  /// unnecessary information before generating program summaries. This
+  /// transformation is not applied when compiling full kernel programs to
   /// prevent affecting the internal invariants of the compiler and accidentally
   /// slowing down compilation.
   void performOutlineTransformations(Component component) {}
 
-  /// Perform target-specific operations on the [Component] storing the outlines
-  /// when generating summaries.
-  ///
-  /// This is not for transforming the libraries, but can be used to add
-  /// metadata and filter libraries.
-  /// This is not applied when compiling full kernel programs to prevent
-  /// affecting the internal invariants of the compiler and accidentally
-  /// slowing down compilation.
-  void performOutlineComponentOperations(Component component) {}
-
   /// Perform target-specific transformations on the given libraries that must
   /// run before constant evaluation.
   void performPreConstantEvaluationTransformations(
@@ -1033,11 +1022,6 @@ class TargetWrapper extends Target {
     _target.performOutlineTransformations(component);
   }
 
-  @override
-  void performOutlineComponentOperations(Component component) {
-    _target.performOutlineComponentOperations(component);
-  }
-
   @override
   void performPreConstantEvaluationTransformations(
     Component component,
@@ -1116,8 +1100,8 @@ mixin SummaryMixin on Target {
   bool get excludeNonSources;
 
   @override
-  void performOutlineComponentOperations(Component component) {
-    super.performOutlineComponentOperations(component);
+  void performOutlineTransformations(Component component) {
+    super.performOutlineTransformations(component);
     if (!excludeNonSources) return;
 
     List<Library> libraries = new List.of(component.libraries);