diff --git i/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/asset.dart w/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/asset.dart
index ed42baea29..e7308372e7 100644
--- i/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/asset.dart
+++ w/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/asset.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
 import 'package:package_config/package_config.dart';
 
+import 'base/common.dart';
 import 'base/context.dart';
 import 'base/deferred_component.dart';
 import 'base/file_system.dart';
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import 'convert.dart';
 import 'dart/package_map.dart';
 import 'devfs.dart';
 import 'flutter_manifest.dart';
+import 'globals.dart' as globals;
 import 'license_collector.dart';
 import 'project.dart';
 
@@ -504,7 +506,7 @@ class ManifestAssetBundle implements AssetBundle {
         }
         final Uri entryUri = _fileSystem.path.toUri(asset);
         result.add(_Asset(
-          baseDir: _fileSystem.path.join(Cache.flutterRoot!, 'bin', 'cache', 'artifacts', 'material_fonts'),
+          baseDir: _fileSystem.path.join(globals.fsUtils.homeDirPath!, '.cache', 'flutter', 'artifacts', 'material_fonts'),
           relativeUri: Uri(path: entryUri.pathSegments.last),
           entryUri: entryUri,
           package: null,
diff --git i/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/cache.dart w/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/cache.dart
index defc86cc20..5078375f02 100644
--- i/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/cache.dart
+++ w/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/cache.dart
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import 'base/user_messages.dart';
 import 'build_info.dart';
 import 'convert.dart';
 import 'features.dart';
+import 'globals.dart' as globals;
 
 const String kFlutterRootEnvironmentVariableName = 'FLUTTER_ROOT'; // should point to //flutter/ (root of flutter/flutter repo)
 const String kFlutterEngineEnvironmentVariableName = 'FLUTTER_ENGINE'; // should point to //engine/src/ (root of flutter/engine repo)
@@ -322,8 +323,15 @@ class Cache {
       return;
     }
     assert(_lock == null);
+
+    final Directory dir = _fileSystem.directory(_fileSystem.path.join(globals.fsUtils.homeDirPath!, '.cache', 'flutter'));
+    if (!dir.existsSync()) {
+      dir.createSync(recursive: true);
+      globals.os.chmod(dir, '755');
+    }
+
     final File lockFile =
-      _fileSystem.file(_fileSystem.path.join(flutterRoot!, 'bin', 'cache', 'lockfile'));
+      _fileSystem.file(_fileSystem.path.join(globals.fsUtils.homeDirPath!, '.cache', 'flutter', 'lockfile'));
     try {
       _lock = lockFile.openSync(mode: FileMode.write);
     } on FileSystemException catch (e) {
@@ -383,7 +391,8 @@ class Cache {
   String get devToolsVersion {
     if (_devToolsVersion == null) {
       const String devToolsDirPath = 'dart-sdk/bin/resources/devtools';
-      final Directory devToolsDir = getCacheDir(devToolsDirPath, shouldCreate: false);
+      final Directory devToolsDir =
+        _fileSystem.directory(_fileSystem.path.join(flutterRoot!, 'bin', 'cache', devToolsDirPath));
       if (!devToolsDir.existsSync()) {
         throw Exception('Could not find directory at ${devToolsDir.path}');
       }
@@ -536,7 +545,7 @@ class Cache {
     if (_rootOverride != null) {
       return _fileSystem.directory(_fileSystem.path.join(_rootOverride!.path, 'bin', 'cache'));
     } else {
-      return _fileSystem.directory(_fileSystem.path.join(flutterRoot!, 'bin', 'cache'));
+      return _fileSystem.directory(_fileSystem.path.join(globals.fsUtils.homeDirPath!, '.cache', 'flutter'));
     }
   }