diff --git a/DEPS b/DEPS
index d2a60f8ff7d..f52d27f209f 100644
--- a/DEPS
+++ b/DEPS
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ vars = {
   # EOL comment after a dependency to instead pin at the current revision.
   "ai_rev": "2a5eb30492c4231624ae954e93aa1491e4aca84f",
   "core_rev": "635dfa32c261ba078438b74de397f2207904ca78",
-  "dartdoc_rev": "8e6a95c4aba8def4ef01ccc600b3a3cfb8f3cb9e",
+  "dartdoc_rev": "4ceea6b8240bf1dd9694a170368264e40c67d66b",
   "ecosystem_rev": "8cebaf083e9107995811f1f0d2b40b570a0bbb66",
   "flute_rev": "e4ea0459a7debae5e9592c85141707b01fac86c9",
   "http_rev": "e70a41b8b841ada9ba124b3b9e1a4d3c525b8bf9",
diff --git a/pkg/dartdev/lib/src/commands/doc.dart b/pkg/dartdev/lib/src/commands/doc.dart
index 863bdb282f9..81c44f269f5 100644
--- a/pkg/dartdev/lib/src/commands/doc.dart
+++ b/pkg/dartdev/lib/src/commands/doc.dart
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ For additional documentation generation options, see the 'dartdoc_options.yaml'
     final packageBuilder = PubPackageBuilder(
         config, pubPackageMetaProvider, packageConfigProvider);
     final dartdoc = config.generateDocs
-        ? await Dartdoc.fromContext(config, packageBuilder)
+        ? Dartdoc.fromContext(config, packageBuilder)
         : Dartdoc.withEmptyGenerator(config, packageBuilder);
     dartdoc.executeGuarded();
     return 0;