diff --git a/packages/shorebird_cli/lib/src/commands/run_command.dart b/packages/shorebird_cli/lib/src/commands/run_command.dart
index ba633faa..099d58e5 100644
--- a/packages/shorebird_cli/lib/src/commands/run_command.dart
+++ b/packages/shorebird_cli/lib/src/commands/run_command.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import 'dart:convert';
 import 'dart:io';
+import 'dart:isolate';
 
 import 'package:archive/archive_io.dart';
 import 'package:args/command_runner.dart';
@@ -7,7 +8,6 @@ import 'package:mason_logger/mason_logger.dart';
 import 'package:path/path.dart' as p;
 import 'package:shorebird_cli/src/auth/auth.dart';
 import 'package:shorebird_cli/src/command_runner.dart';
-import 'package:shorebird_cli/src/compute.dart';
 import 'package:shorebird_code_push_api_client/shorebird_code_push_api_client.dart';
 
 typedef StartProcess = Future<Process> Function(
@@ -157,12 +157,11 @@ Future<void> _extractShorebirdEngine(
 
   targetDirectory.createSync(recursive: true);
 
-  await compute(
-    (path) async {
-      final inputStream = InputFileStream(path);
+  await Isolate.run(
+    () async {
+      final inputStream = InputFileStream(archivePath);
       final archive = ZipDecoder().decodeBuffer(inputStream);
       extractArchiveToDisk(archive, targetPath);
     },
-    archivePath,
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/shorebird_cli/lib/src/compute.dart b/packages/shorebird_cli/lib/src/compute.dart
deleted file mode 100644
index 8395c02a..00000000
--- a/packages/shorebird_cli/lib/src/compute.dart
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-import 'dart:async';
-import 'dart:isolate';
-
-/// Perform [computation] with [input] in an [Isolate].
-Future<R> compute<R, M>(FutureOr<R> Function(M) computation, M input) async {
-  final resultPort = ReceivePort();
-  final errorPort = ReceivePort();
-
-  await Isolate.spawn<_IsolateConfig<M, FutureOr<R>>>(
-    _spawn,
-    _IsolateConfig<M, FutureOr<R>>(computation, input, resultPort.sendPort),
-    onError: errorPort.sendPort,
-  );
-
-  final result = Completer<R>();
-  errorPort.listen((dynamic errorData) {
-    final data = errorData as List;
-    final exception = Exception(data[0]);
-    final stack = StackTrace.fromString(data[1] as String);
-    result.completeError(exception, stack);
-  });
-  resultPort.listen((dynamic resultData) => result.complete(resultData as R));
-  await result.future;
-  resultPort.close();
-  errorPort.close();
-  return result.future;
-}
-
-class _IsolateConfig<M, R> {
-  const _IsolateConfig(this.callback, this.message, this.resultPort);
-
-  final R Function(M message) callback;
-  final M message;
-  final SendPort resultPort;
-
-  FutureOr<R> compute() => callback(message);
-}
-
-Future<void> _spawn<R, M>(_IsolateConfig<R, FutureOr<M>> configuration) async {
-  Isolate.exit(configuration.resultPort, await configuration.compute());
-}
diff --git a/packages/shorebird_cli/test/src/compute_test.dart b/packages/shorebird_cli/test/src/compute_test.dart
deleted file mode 100644
index 458e555f..00000000
--- a/packages/shorebird_cli/test/src/compute_test.dart
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-import 'package:shorebird_cli/src/compute.dart';
-import 'package:test/test.dart';
-
-int test1(int value) => value + 1;
-int test2(int value) => throw Exception();
-Future<int> test1Async(int value) async => value + 1;
-Future<int> test2Async(int value) async => throw Exception();
-
-void main() {
-  test('compute()', () async {
-    expect(await compute(test1, 0), 1);
-    expect(compute(test2, 0), throwsException);
-
-    expect(await compute(test1Async, 0), 1);
-    expect(compute(test2Async, 0), throwsException);
-  });
-}