diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/gradle.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/gradle.dart
index b0426c95519..ef5d5f121a7 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/gradle.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/gradle.dart
@@ -550,8 +550,7 @@ class AndroidGradleBuilder implements AndroidBuilder {
         .trim();
     _logger.printStatus(
         '\nTo analyze your app size in Dart DevTools, run the following command:\n'
-            'flutter pub global activate devtools; flutter pub global run devtools '
-            '--appSizeBase=$relativeAppSizePath'
+            'dart devtools --appSizeBase=$relativeAppSizePath'
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/build_ios.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/build_ios.dart
index 2f86d0bf2ed..9b8c2c266fe 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/build_ios.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/build_ios.dart
@@ -716,8 +716,7 @@ abstract class _BuildIOSSubCommand extends BuildSubCommand {
       final String relativeAppSizePath = outputFile.path.split('.flutter-devtools/').last.trim();
       globals.printStatus(
         '\nTo analyze your app size in Dart DevTools, run the following command:\n'
-        'flutter pub global activate devtools; flutter pub global run devtools '
-        '--appSizeBase=$relativeAppSizePath'
+        'dart devtools --appSizeBase=$relativeAppSizePath'
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/linux/build_linux.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/linux/build_linux.dart
index 9b4c7a38f5e..735415e4a49 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/linux/build_linux.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/linux/build_linux.dart
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ Future<void> buildLinux(
     final String relativeAppSizePath = outputFile.path.split('.flutter-devtools/').last.trim();
     globals.printStatus(
       '\nTo analyze your app size in Dart DevTools, run the following command:\n'
-      'flutter pub global activate devtools; flutter pub global run devtools '
-      '--appSizeBase=$relativeAppSizePath'
+      'dart devtools --appSizeBase=$relativeAppSizePath'
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/macos/build_macos.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/macos/build_macos.dart
index d28c775601f..6b9c39eb862 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/macos/build_macos.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/macos/build_macos.dart
@@ -176,8 +176,7 @@ Future<void> buildMacOS({
     final String relativeAppSizePath = outputFile.path.split('.flutter-devtools/').last.trim();
     globals.printStatus(
       '\nTo analyze your app size in Dart DevTools, run the following command:\n'
-      'flutter pub global activate devtools; flutter pub global run devtools '
-      '--appSizeBase=$relativeAppSizePath'
+      'dart devtools --appSizeBase=$relativeAppSizePath'
     );
   }
   globals.flutterUsage.sendTiming('build', 'xcode-macos', Duration(milliseconds: sw.elapsedMilliseconds));
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/windows/build_windows.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/windows/build_windows.dart
index e2ebb70ddaf..c0a01b4b115 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/windows/build_windows.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/windows/build_windows.dart
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ Future<void> buildWindows(WindowsProject windowsProject, BuildInfo buildInfo, {
     final String relativeAppSizePath = outputFile.path.split('.flutter-devtools/').last.trim();
     globals.printStatus(
       '\nTo analyze your app size in Dart DevTools, run the following command:\n'
-      'flutter pub global activate devtools; flutter pub global run devtools '
-      '--appSizeBase=$relativeAppSizePath'
+      'dart devtools --appSizeBase=$relativeAppSizePath'
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_ios_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_ios_test.dart
index 0fa7e330739..3774a330504 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_ios_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_ios_test.dart
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ void main() {
     );
 
     expect(testLogger.statusText, contains('A summary of your iOS bundle analysis can be found at'));
-    expect(testLogger.statusText, contains('flutter pub global activate devtools; flutter pub global run devtools --appSizeBase='));
+    expect(testLogger.statusText, contains('dart devtools --appSizeBase='));
     expect(usage.events, contains(
       const TestUsageEvent('code-size-analysis', 'ios'),
     ));
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_ipa_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_ipa_test.dart
index 707e1365027..3d061105ee9 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_ipa_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_ipa_test.dart
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ void main() {
     );
 
     expect(testLogger.statusText, contains('A summary of your iOS bundle analysis can be found at'));
-    expect(testLogger.statusText, contains('flutter pub global activate devtools; flutter pub global run devtools --appSizeBase='));
+    expect(testLogger.statusText, contains('dart devtools --appSizeBase='));
     expect(usage.events, contains(
       const TestUsageEvent('code-size-analysis', 'ios'),
     ));
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_linux_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_linux_test.dart
index 5c3eaee7326..d5f533465e6 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_linux_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_linux_test.dart
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ set(BINARY_NAME "fizz_bar")
     );
 
     expect(testLogger.statusText, contains('A summary of your Linux bundle analysis can be found at'));
-    expect(testLogger.statusText, contains('flutter pub global activate devtools; flutter pub global run devtools --appSizeBase='));
+    expect(testLogger.statusText, contains('dart devtools --appSizeBase='));
     expect(usage.events, contains(
       const TestUsageEvent('code-size-analysis', 'linux'),
     ));
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_macos_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_macos_test.dart
index 4db438acd23..92a34a55187 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_macos_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_macos_test.dart
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ STDERR STUFF
     );
 
     expect(testLogger.statusText, contains('A summary of your macOS bundle analysis can be found at'));
-    expect(testLogger.statusText, contains('flutter pub global activate devtools; flutter pub global run devtools --appSizeBase='));
+    expect(testLogger.statusText, contains('dart devtools --appSizeBase='));
     expect(usage.events, contains(
       const TestUsageEvent('code-size-analysis', 'macos'),
     ));
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_windows_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_windows_test.dart
index 1fff401bdd1..921b14ecfa3 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_windows_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_windows_test.dart
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto :VCEnd</Command>
     );
 
     expect(testLogger.statusText, contains('A summary of your Windows bundle analysis can be found at'));
-    expect(testLogger.statusText, contains('flutter pub global activate devtools; flutter pub global run devtools --appSizeBase='));
+    expect(testLogger.statusText, contains('dart devtools --appSizeBase='));
     expect(usage.events, contains(
         const TestUsageEvent('code-size-analysis', 'windows'),
     ));
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/analyze_size_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/analyze_size_test.dart
index c6b08fa22dc..d041f171a89 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/analyze_size_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/analyze_size_test.dart
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import 'test_utils.dart';
 const String apkDebugMessage = 'A summary of your APK analysis can be found at: ';
 const String iosDebugMessage = 'A summary of your iOS bundle analysis can be found at: ';
 const String macOSDebugMessage = 'A summary of your macOS bundle analysis can be found at: ';
-const String runDevToolsMessage = 'flutter pub global activate devtools; flutter pub global run devtools ';
+const String runDevToolsMessage = 'dart devtools ';
 
 void main() {
   testWithoutContext('--analyze-size flag produces expected output on hello_world for Android', () async {