diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/create.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/create.dart
index e102823a359..c9f1de34688 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/create.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/create.dart
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ Host platform code is in the android/ and ios/ directories under $relativePlugin
       String projectDescription, String dirPath, String flutterRoot,
       { bool renderDriverTest: false, bool withPluginHook: false }) {
     flutterRoot = fs.path.normalize(flutterRoot);
-    flutterRoot = _relativePath(from: dirPath, to: flutterRoot);
 
     final String pluginDartClass = _createPluginClassName(projectName);
     final String pluginClass = pluginDartClass.endsWith('Plugin')
@@ -205,7 +204,6 @@ Host platform code is in the android/ and ios/ directories under $relativePlugin
       'iosIdentifier': _createUTIIdentifier(projectName),
       'description': projectDescription,
       'dartSdk': '$flutterRoot/bin/cache/dart-sdk',
-      'flutterPackagesDirectory': fs.path.join(flutterRoot, 'packages'),
       'androidMinApiLevel': android.minApiLevel,
       'androidSdkVersion': android_sdk.minimumAndroidSdkVersion,
       'androidFlutterJar': "$flutterRoot/bin/cache/artifacts/engine/android-arm/flutter.jar",
@@ -300,11 +298,3 @@ String _validateProjectDir(String dirPath, { String flutterRoot }) {
 
   return null;
 }
-
-String _relativePath({ String from, String to }) {
-  final String result = fs.path.relative(to, from: from);
-  // `fs.path.relative()` doesn't always return a correct result: dart-lang/path#12.
-  if (fs.isDirectorySync(fs.path.join(from, result)))
-    return result;
-  return to;
-}