diff --git a/pkgs/dart_services/tool/grind.dart b/pkgs/dart_services/tool/grind.dart
index 05bbec33f..a9ac2392c 100644
--- a/pkgs/dart_services/tool/grind.dart
+++ b/pkgs/dart_services/tool/grind.dart
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ Future<void> serve() async {
   ]);
 }
 
-/// Creates an SDK.
-Sdk _getSdk() => Sdk();
-
 final List<String> compilationArtifacts = [
   'dart_sdk.js',
   'flutter_web.js',
@@ -44,7 +41,7 @@ final List<String> compilationArtifacts = [
     'google storage')
 void validateStorageArtifacts() async {
   final args = context.invocation.arguments;
-  final sdk = _getSdk();
+  final sdk = Sdk();
   final version = sdk.dartVersion;
   final bucket = switch (args.hasOption('bucket')) {
     true => args.getOption('bucket'),
@@ -85,7 +82,7 @@ void buildProjectTemplates() async {
     await templatesDirectory.delete(recursive: true);
   }
 
-  final sdk = _getSdk();
+  final sdk = Sdk();
   final projectCreator = ProjectCreator(
     sdk,
     templatesPath,
@@ -103,7 +100,7 @@ void buildProjectTemplates() async {
 @Task('build the sdk compilation artifacts for upload to google storage')
 @Depends(updatePubDependencies)
 void buildStorageArtifacts() async {
-  final sdk = _getSdk();
+  final sdk = Sdk();
   delete(getDir('artifacts'));
   final instructions = <String>[];
 
@@ -303,7 +300,7 @@ Future<void> _run(
 @Task('Update pubspec dependency versions')
 @Depends(buildProjectTemplates)
 void updatePubDependencies() async {
-  final sdk = _getSdk();
+  final sdk = Sdk();
   await _updateDependenciesFile(
       flutterToolPath: sdk.flutterToolPath, channel: sdk.channel, sdk: sdk);
 }