diff --git a/pkg/analysis_server/lib/src/plugin/notification_manager.dart b/pkg/analysis_server/lib/src/plugin/notification_manager.dart
index de13837690f..26e94c8d239 100644
--- a/pkg/analysis_server/lib/src/plugin/notification_manager.dart
+++ b/pkg/analysis_server/lib/src/plugin/notification_manager.dart
@@ -352,31 +352,30 @@ abstract class AbstractNotificationManager {
     _currentSubscriptions = newSubscriptions;
   }
 
-  /// Return `true` if errors should be collected for the file with the given
+  /// Returns whether errors should be collected for the file with the given
   /// [path] (because it is being analyzed).
   bool _isIncluded(String path) {
-    bool isIncluded() {
-      for (var includedPath in _includedPaths) {
-        if (_pathContext.isWithin(includedPath, path) ||
-            _pathContext.equals(includedPath, path)) {
-          return true;
-        }
-      }
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    bool isExcluded() {
-      for (var excludedPath in _excludedPaths) {
-        if (_pathContext.isWithin(excludedPath, path)) {
-          return true;
-        }
-      }
-      return false;
-    }
-
     // TODO(brianwilkerson): Return false if error notifications are globally
     // disabled.
-    return isIncluded() && !isExcluded();
+    var isIncluded = false;
+    for (var includedPath in _includedPaths) {
+      if (_pathContext.isWithin(includedPath, path) ||
+          _pathContext.equals(includedPath, path)) {
+        isIncluded = true;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    if (!isIncluded) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    for (var excludedPath in _excludedPaths) {
+      if (_pathContext.isWithin(excludedPath, path)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return true;
   }
 
   /// Records a print notification from the analyzer plugin.