diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/macos/cocoapods.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/macos/cocoapods.dart
index db7cc7da69b..5a78d0bd096 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/macos/cocoapods.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/macos/cocoapods.dart
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ class CocoaPods {
     if (!xcodeProject.podfile.existsSync()) {
       throwToolExit('Podfile missing');
     }
+    _warnIfPodfileOutOfDate(xcodeProject);
     bool podsProcessed = false;
     if (_shouldRunPodInstall(xcodeProject, dependenciesChanged)) {
       if (!await _checkPodCondition()) {
@@ -170,7 +171,6 @@ class CocoaPods {
       await _runPodInstall(xcodeProject, buildMode);
       podsProcessed = true;
     }
-    _warnIfPodfileOutOfDate(xcodeProject);
     return podsProcessed;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/macos/cocoapods_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/macos/cocoapods_test.dart
index 22b9e3da5c5..5b3fda7c68a 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/macos/cocoapods_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/macos/cocoapods_test.dart
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import 'package:test/fake.dart';
 
 import '../../src/common.dart';
 import '../../src/context.dart';
+import '../../src/fake_process_manager.dart';
 
 typedef InvokeProcess = Future<ProcessResult> Function();
 
@@ -322,6 +323,7 @@ void main() {
         buildMode: BuildMode.debug,
       ), throwsToolExit(message: 'CocoaPods not installed or not in valid state'));
       expect(fakeProcessManager.hasRemainingExpectations, isFalse);
+      expect(fakeProcessManager, hasNoRemainingExpectations);
     });
 
     testWithoutContext('throwsToolExit if CocoaPods install is broken', () async {
@@ -332,17 +334,10 @@ void main() {
         buildMode: BuildMode.debug,
       ), throwsToolExit(message: 'CocoaPods not installed or not in valid state'));
       expect(fakeProcessManager.hasRemainingExpectations, isFalse);
+      expect(fakeProcessManager, hasNoRemainingExpectations);
     });
 
     testWithoutContext('exits if Podfile creates the Flutter engine symlink', () async {
-      pretendPodIsInstalled();
-      pretendPodVersionIs('1.10.0');
-      fakeProcessManager.addCommand(
-        const FakeCommand(
-          command: <String>['pod', 'install', '--verbose'],
-        ),
-      );
-
       fileSystem.file(fileSystem.path.join('project', 'ios', 'Podfile'))
         ..createSync()
         ..writeAsStringSync('Existing Podfile');
@@ -355,17 +350,10 @@ void main() {
         xcodeProject: projectUnderTest.ios,
         buildMode: BuildMode.debug,
       ), throwsToolExit(message: 'Podfile is out of date'));
+      expect(fakeProcessManager, hasNoRemainingExpectations);
     });
 
     testWithoutContext('exits if iOS Podfile parses .flutter-plugins', () async {
-      pretendPodIsInstalled();
-      pretendPodVersionIs('1.10.0');
-      fakeProcessManager.addCommand(
-        const FakeCommand(
-          command: <String>['pod', 'install', '--verbose'],
-        ),
-      );
-
       fileSystem.file(fileSystem.path.join('project', 'ios', 'Podfile'))
         ..createSync()
         ..writeAsStringSync('plugin_pods = parse_KV_file(\'../.flutter-plugins\')');
@@ -374,6 +362,7 @@ void main() {
         xcodeProject: projectUnderTest.ios,
         buildMode: BuildMode.debug,
       ), throwsToolExit(message: 'Podfile is out of date'));
+      expect(fakeProcessManager, hasNoRemainingExpectations);
     });
 
     testWithoutContext('prints warning if macOS Podfile parses .flutter-plugins', () async {
@@ -396,6 +385,7 @@ void main() {
 
       expect(logger.errorText, contains('Warning: Podfile is out of date'));
       expect(logger.errorText, contains('rm macos/Podfile'));
+      expect(fakeProcessManager, hasNoRemainingExpectations);
     });
 
     testWithoutContext('throws, if Podfile is missing.', () async {