diff --git a/pkg/dev_compiler/test/modular_suite.dart b/pkg/dev_compiler/test/modular_suite.dart
index 9f2bb08ae4e..e449e263991 100644
--- a/pkg/dev_compiler/test/modular_suite.dart
+++ b/pkg/dev_compiler/test/modular_suite.dart
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ class DDCStep implements IOModularStep {
     var args = [
       '--packages=${sdkRoot.toFilePath()}/.dart_tool/package_config.json',
       _dartdevcScript,
-      '--kernel',
       '--modules=es6',
       '--no-summarize',
       '--no-source-map',
diff --git a/pkg/dev_compiler/test/modular_suite_nnbd.dart b/pkg/dev_compiler/test/modular_suite_nnbd.dart
index 5b3b5f7af00..6ae026a6246 100644
--- a/pkg/dev_compiler/test/modular_suite_nnbd.dart
+++ b/pkg/dev_compiler/test/modular_suite_nnbd.dart
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ class DDCStep implements IOModularStep {
     var args = [
       '--packages=${sdkRoot.toFilePath()}/.dart_tool/package_config.json',
       _dartdevcScript,
-      '--kernel',
       '--modules=es6',
       '--no-summarize',
       '--no-source-map',
diff --git a/tools/bots/test_matrix.json b/tools/bots/test_matrix.json
index 7ed4cdadb12..e7610e849d2 100644
--- a/tools/bots/test_matrix.json
+++ b/tools/bots/test_matrix.json
@@ -2417,7 +2417,6 @@
           "arguments": [
             "--enable-asserts",
             "pkg/dev_compiler/bin/dartdevc.dart",
-            "-k",
             "--sound-null-safety",
             "-o",
             "out/ReleaseX64/dartdevk.js",
@@ -2673,7 +2672,6 @@
           "arguments": [
             "--enable-asserts",
             "pkg/dev_compiler/bin/dartdevc.dart",
-            "-k",
             "--sound-null-safety",
             "-o",
             "xcodebuild/ReleaseX64/dartdevk.js",
diff --git a/utils/dartdevc/BUILD.gn b/utils/dartdevc/BUILD.gn
index 341ef140c01..745437f134e 100644
--- a/utils/dartdevc/BUILD.gn
+++ b/utils/dartdevc/BUILD.gn
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ application_snapshot("dartdevc") {
   main_dart = "../../pkg/dev_compiler/bin/dartdevc.dart"
 
   training_args = [
-    "--dart-sdk",
-    rebase_path("../../sdk"),
     "--dart-sdk-summary",
     rebase_path(sdk_outline_dill),
     "--no-sound-null-safety",
@@ -189,7 +187,6 @@ template("dartdevc_kernel_compile") {
     vm_args = [ "-Dsdk_hash=$sdk_hash" ]
 
     args = [
-      "-k",
       "--dart-sdk-summary=$sdk_path",
       "-o$out_dir/$module.js",
       "package:$module/$module.dart",