diff --git a/lib/src/model/package_builder.dart b/lib/src/model/package_builder.dart
index 3ab5799709..964c86f203 100644
--- a/lib/src/model/package_builder.dart
+++ b/lib/src/model/package_builder.dart
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ class PubPackageBuilder implements PackageBuilder {
   @override
   Future<PackageGraph> buildPackageGraph() async {
     if (!config.sdkDocs) {
-      if (config.topLevelPackageMeta.needsPubGet &&
-          config.topLevelPackageMeta.requiresFlutter &&
+      if (config.topLevelPackageMeta.requiresFlutter &&
           config.flutterRoot == null) {
         throw DartdocOptionError(
             'Top level package requires Flutter but FLUTTER_ROOT environment variable not set');