diff --git a/dev/bots/prepare_package.dart b/dev/bots/prepare_package.dart
index e38e39098bc..8885ed6ac5a 100644
--- a/dev/bots/prepare_package.dart
+++ b/dev/bots/prepare_package.dart
@@ -332,6 +332,9 @@ class ArchiveCreator {
       final String createName = path.join(tempDir.path, 'create_$template');
       await _runFlutter(
         <String>['create', '--template=$template', createName],
+        // Run it outside the cloned Flutter repo to not nest git repos, since
+        // they'll be git repos themselves too.
+        workingDirectory: tempDir,
       );
     }