diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/bundle.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/bundle.dart
index 83153e2065a..45f6b758a5b 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/bundle.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/bundle.dart
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ class BundleBuilder {
     String applicationKernelFilePath,
     String depfilePath,
     String assetDirPath,
-    bool precompiledSnapshot = false,
-    bool reportLicensedPackages = false,
     bool trackWidgetCreation = false,
     List<String> extraFrontEndOptions = const <String>[],
     List<String> extraGenSnapshotOptions = const <String>[],
@@ -102,7 +100,6 @@ class BundleBuilder {
       flutterProject: flutterProject,
       outputDir: assetDirPath,
       depfilePath: depfilePath,
-      precompiled: precompiledSnapshot,
       trackWidgetCreation: trackWidgetCreation,
       treeShakeIcons: treeShakeIcons,
       dartDefines: buildInfo.dartDefines,
@@ -128,13 +125,11 @@ Future<void> buildWithAssemble({
   @required String mainPath,
   @required String outputDir,
   @required String depfilePath,
-  @required bool precompiled,
   bool trackWidgetCreation,
   @required bool treeShakeIcons,
   List<String> dartDefines,
 }) async {
   // If the precompiled flag was not passed, force us into debug mode.
-  buildMode = precompiled ? buildMode : BuildMode.debug;
   final Environment environment = Environment(
     projectDir: flutterProject.directory,
     outputDir: globals.fs.directory(outputDir),
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/build_bundle.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/build_bundle.dart
index ef4d8fbf242..bc6c15f12fe 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/build_bundle.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/build_bundle.dart
@@ -18,22 +18,9 @@ class BuildBundleCommand extends BuildSubCommand {
     usesTargetOption();
     usesFilesystemOptions(hide: !verboseHelp);
     usesBuildNumberOption();
-    addBuildModeFlags(verboseHelp: verboseHelp);
+    addBuildModeFlags(verboseHelp: verboseHelp, defaultToRelease: false);
     usesExtraDartFlagOptions();
     argParser
-      ..addFlag(
-        'precompiled',
-        negatable: false,
-        help:
-          'If not provided, then '
-          'a debug build is always provided, regardless of build mode. If provided '
-          'then release is the default mode.',
-      )
-      // This option is still referenced by the iOS build scripts. We should
-      // remove it once we've updated those build scripts.
-      ..addOption('asset-base', help: 'Ignored. Will be removed.', hide: !verboseHelp)
-      ..addOption('manifest', defaultsTo: defaultManifestPath)
-      ..addOption('private-key', defaultsTo: defaultPrivateKeyPath)
       ..addOption('depfile', defaultsTo: defaultDepfilePath)
       ..addOption('target-platform',
         defaultsTo: 'android-arm',
@@ -48,11 +35,7 @@ class BuildBundleCommand extends BuildSubCommand {
           'windows-x64',
         ],
       )
-      ..addOption('asset-dir', defaultsTo: getAssetBuildDirectory())
-      ..addFlag('report-licensed-packages',
-        help: 'Whether to report the names of all the packages that are included '
-              "in the application's LICENSE file.",
-        defaultsTo: false);
+      ..addOption('asset-dir', defaultsTo: getAssetBuildDirectory());
     usesPubOption();
     usesTrackWidgetCreation(verboseHelp: verboseHelp);
 
@@ -119,11 +102,9 @@ class BuildBundleCommand extends BuildSubCommand {
       platform: platform,
       buildInfo: buildInfo,
       mainPath: targetFile,
-      manifestPath: stringArg('manifest'),
+      manifestPath: defaultManifestPath,
       depfilePath: stringArg('depfile'),
       assetDirPath: stringArg('asset-dir'),
-      precompiledSnapshot: boolArg('precompiled'),
-      reportLicensedPackages: boolArg('report-licensed-packages'),
       trackWidgetCreation: boolArg('track-widget-creation'),
       extraFrontEndOptions: buildInfo.extraFrontEndOptions,
       extraGenSnapshotOptions: buildInfo.extraGenSnapshotOptions,
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/tester/flutter_tester.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/tester/flutter_tester.dart
index 974d4c11012..6f138bfb319 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/tester/flutter_tester.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/tester/flutter_tester.dart
@@ -158,9 +158,7 @@ class FlutterTesterDevice extends Device {
     await BundleBuilder().build(
       buildInfo: buildInfo,
       mainPath: mainPath,
-      assetDirPath: assetDirPath,
       applicationKernelFilePath: applicationKernelFilePath,
-      precompiledSnapshot: false,
       trackWidgetCreation: buildInfo.trackWidgetCreation,
       platform: getTargetPlatformForName(getNameForHostPlatform(getCurrentHostPlatform())),
       treeShakeIcons: buildInfo.treeShakeIcons,
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/permeable/build_bundle_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/permeable/build_bundle_test.dart
index c307699369d..ca0cc305ace 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/permeable/build_bundle_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/permeable/build_bundle_test.dart
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ void main() {
         applicationKernelFilePath: anyNamed('applicationKernelFilePath'),
         depfilePath: anyNamed('depfilePath'),
         assetDirPath: anyNamed('assetDirPath'),
-        precompiledSnapshot: anyNamed('precompiledSnapshot'),
-        reportLicensedPackages: anyNamed('reportLicensedPackages'),
         trackWidgetCreation: anyNamed('trackWidgetCreation'),
         extraFrontEndOptions: anyNamed('extraFrontEndOptions'),
         extraGenSnapshotOptions: anyNamed('extraGenSnapshotOptions'),
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/bundle_shim_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/bundle_shim_test.dart
index ae7a302d0fb..e8634c92a32 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/bundle_shim_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/bundle_shim_test.dart
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ void main() {
       outputDir: 'example',
       targetPlatform: TargetPlatform.ios,
       depfilePath: 'example.d',
-      precompiled: false,
       treeShakeIcons: false,
     );
     expect(globals.fs.file(globals.fs.path.join('example', 'kernel_blob.bin')).existsSync(), true);
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ void main() {
       outputDir: 'example',
       targetPlatform: TargetPlatform.linux_x64,
       depfilePath: 'example.d',
-      precompiled: false,
       treeShakeIcons: false,
     ), throwsToolExit());
   }));