diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/cache.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/cache.dart
index 9a39f803118..9a79ba51164 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/cache.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/cache.dart
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 import 'dart:async';
 
-import 'package:archive/archive.dart';
 import 'package:crypto/crypto.dart';
 import 'package:file/memory.dart';
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ import 'android/gradle_utils.dart';
 import 'base/common.dart';
 import 'base/error_handling_io.dart';
 import 'base/file_system.dart';
-import 'base/io.dart' show HttpClient, HttpClientRequest, HttpClientResponse, HttpHeaders, HttpStatus, ProcessException, SocketException;
+import 'base/io.dart' show HttpClient, HttpClientRequest, HttpClientResponse, HttpHeaders, HttpStatus, SocketException;
 import 'base/logger.dart';
 import 'base/net.dart';
 import 'base/os.dart' show OperatingSystemUtils;
@@ -1792,14 +1791,7 @@ class ArtifactUpdater {
 
       try {
         extractor(tempFile, location);
-      } on ProcessException {
-        retries -= 1;
-        if (retries == 0) {
-          rethrow;
-        }
-        _deleteIgnoringErrors(tempFile);
-        continue;
-      } on ArchiveException {
+      } on Exception {
         retries -= 1;
         if (retries == 0) {
           rethrow;
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/artifact_updater_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/artifact_updater_test.dart
index 6069a998b1e..77ee314e659 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/artifact_updater_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/artifact_updater_test.dart
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
-import 'package:archive/archive.dart';
 import 'package:file/memory.dart';
 import 'package:file/src/interface/file.dart';
 import 'package:file_testing/file_testing.dart';
@@ -314,7 +313,7 @@ void main() {
       'test message',
       Uri.parse('http:///test.zip'),
       fileSystem.currentDirectory.childDirectory('out'),
-    ), throwsA(isA<ProcessException>()));
+    ), throwsA(isA<Exception>()));
     expect(fileSystem.file('te,[/test'), isNot(exists));
     expect(fileSystem.file('out/test'), isNot(exists));
   });
@@ -338,7 +337,7 @@ void main() {
       'test message',
       Uri.parse('http:///test.zip'),
       fileSystem.currentDirectory.childDirectory('out'),
-    ), throwsA(isA<ArchiveException>()));
+    ), throwsA(isA<Exception>()));
     expect(fileSystem.file('te,[/test'), isNot(exists));
     expect(fileSystem.file('out/test'), isNot(exists));
   });
@@ -401,10 +400,7 @@ class MockOperatingSystemUtils extends Mock implements OperatingSystemUtils {
   void unzip(File file, Directory targetDirectory) {
     if (failures > 0) {
       failures -= 1;
-      if (windows) {
-        throw ArchiveException('zip');
-      }
-      throw const ProcessException('zip', <String>[], 'Failed to unzip');
+      throw Exception();
     }
     targetDirectory.childFile(file.fileSystem.path.basenameWithoutExtension(file.path))
       .createSync();
@@ -414,10 +410,7 @@ class MockOperatingSystemUtils extends Mock implements OperatingSystemUtils {
   void unpack(File gzippedTarFile, Directory targetDirectory) {
     if (failures > 0) {
       failures -= 1;
-      if (windows) {
-        throw ArchiveException('zip');
-      }
-      throw const ProcessException('zip', <String>[], 'Failed to unzip');
+      throw Exception();
     }
     targetDirectory.childFile(gzippedTarFile.fileSystem.path.basenameWithoutExtension(gzippedTarFile.path))
       .createSync();