diff --git a/dev/bots/service_worker_test.dart b/dev/bots/service_worker_test.dart
index 1dbef88ba65..0b30533ff71 100644
--- a/dev/bots/service_worker_test.dart
+++ b/dev/bots/service_worker_test.dart
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ Future<void> runWebServiceWorkerTest({
     });
 
     expectRequestCounts(<String, int>{
-      '': 1,
       // Even though the server is caching index.html is downloaded twice,
       // once by the initial page load, and once by the service worker.
       // Other resources are loaded once only by the service worker.
@@ -183,7 +182,6 @@ Future<void> runWebServiceWorkerTest({
     expectRequestCounts(<String, int>{
       'index.html': 2,
       'flutter_service_worker.js': 2,
-      '': 1,
       'main.dart.js': 1,
       'assets/NOTICES': 1,
       'assets/AssetManifest.json': 1,
@@ -210,7 +208,6 @@ Future<void> runWebServiceWorkerTest({
     });
 
     expectRequestCounts(<String, int>{
-      '': 1,
       'index.html': 2,
       // We still download some resources multiple times if the server is non-caching.
       'main.dart.js': 2,
@@ -260,7 +257,6 @@ Future<void> runWebServiceWorkerTest({
       'flutter_service_worker.js': 1,
     });
     expectRequestCounts(<String, int>{
-      '': 1,
       'index.html': 2,
       'flutter_service_worker.js': 2,
       'main.dart.js': 2,
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/build_system/targets/web.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/build_system/targets/web.dart
index 462c22febbe..e26b0b40395 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/build_system/targets/web.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/build_system/targets/web.dart
@@ -518,7 +518,6 @@ class WebServiceWorker extends Target {
     final String serviceWorker = generateServiceWorker(
       urlToHash,
       <String>[
-        '/',
         'main.dart.js',
         'index.html',
         'assets/NOTICES',