diff --git a/dart.gyp b/dart.gyp
index f3e6e8206ad..c24fbc7ca6f 100644
--- a/dart.gyp
+++ b/dart.gyp
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
         'dart2js',
         'dartanalyzer',
         'dartdevc',
-        'packages',
         'runtime',
         'samples',
       ],
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@
         'runtime/dart-runtime.gyp:dart_bootstrap#host',
         'runtime/dart-runtime.gyp:run_vm_tests',
         'runtime/dart-runtime.gyp:process_test',
-        'packages',
         'runtime/dart-runtime.gyp:test_extension',
         'runtime/dart-runtime.gyp:sample_extension',
       ],
@@ -43,7 +41,6 @@
       'dependencies': [
         'runtime/dart-runtime.gyp:dart_precompiled_runtime',
         'runtime/dart-runtime.gyp:dart_bootstrap#host',
-        'packages',
       ],
     },
     {
@@ -58,7 +55,6 @@
         'runtime/dart-runtime.gyp:dart_bootstrap#host',
         'runtime/dart-runtime.gyp:run_vm_tests',
         'runtime/dart-runtime.gyp:process_test',
-        'packages',
         'runtime/dart-runtime.gyp:test_extension',
         'runtime/dart-runtime.gyp:sample_extension',
       ],
@@ -113,7 +109,6 @@
       'type': 'none',
       'dependencies': [
         'create_sdk',
-        'packages',
       ],
     },
     {
@@ -129,12 +124,5 @@
         ],
       ]
     },
-    {
-      'target_name': 'packages',
-      'type': 'none',
-      'dependencies': [
-        'pkg/pkg.gyp:pkg_packages',
-      ],
-    },
   ],
 }
diff --git a/pkg/BUILD.gn b/pkg/BUILD.gn
deleted file mode 100644
index 7df856e9e78..00000000000
--- a/pkg/BUILD.gn
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2016, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
-# for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
-# BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-action("pkg") {
-  # TODO(zra): Add third_party/pkg, third_party/pkg_tested, and
-  # third_party/observatory_pub_packages/packages/charted/lib.
-  list_script = "../tools/list_pkg_directories.py"
-  pkg_list = exec_script(list_script, [rebase_path(".")], "list lines")
-  runtime_list = exec_script(
-      list_script, [rebase_path("../runtime")], "list lines")
-
-  inputs = pkg_list +
-           runtime_list +
-           [rebase_path("../sdk/lib/_internal/js_runtime/lib"),
-            rebase_path("../sdk/lib/_internal/sdk_library_metadata/lib"),]
-
-  timestamp_file = "$target_gen_dir/packages.stamp"
-  outputs = [
-    timestamp_file,
-    "$root_out_dir/.packages",
-  ]
-
-  script = "../tools/make_links.py"
-  args = [
-    "--create-links",
-    "--create-package-file",
-    "--quiet",
-    "--timestamp_file",
-    rebase_path(timestamp_file),
-  ] + inputs +
-    # Pub imports dart2js as compiler_unsupported so it can work outside
-    # the SDK. Map that to the compiler package.
-    [rebase_path("compiler/lib") + ":compiler_unsupported",]
-}
diff --git a/pkg/pkg.gyp b/pkg/pkg.gyp
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a7ae9a4fa7..00000000000
--- a/pkg/pkg.gyp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2012, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
-# for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
-# BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-{
-  'targets': [
-    {
-      'target_name': 'pkg_packages',
-      'type': 'none',
-      'actions': [
-        {
-          'action_name': 'make_pkg_packages',
-          'inputs': [
-            '../tools/make_links.py',
-            '<!@(["python", "../tools/list_pkg_directories.py", "."])',
-            # Exclude DDC's old location in case folks didn't remove it.
-            '<!@(["python", "../tools/list_pkg_directories.py", '
-                '"../third_party/pkg", "--exclude=dev_compiler"])',
-            '<!@(["python", "../tools/list_pkg_directories.py", '
-                '"../third_party/pkg_tested"])',
-            '<!@(["python", "../tools/list_pkg_directories.py", '
-                '"../runtime"])',
-            '../sdk/lib/_internal/js_runtime/lib',
-            '../sdk/lib/_internal/sdk_library_metadata/lib',
-            '../third_party/observatory_pub_packages/packages/charted/lib',
-          ],
-          'outputs': [
-            '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/packages.stamp',
-            '<(PRODUCT_DIR)/.packages',
-          ],
-          'action': [
-            'python', '../tools/make_links.py', '--create-links',
-            '--create-package-file',
-            '--timestamp_file=<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/packages.stamp',
-            '<(PRODUCT_DIR)',
-            '<@(_inputs)',
-            # Pub imports dart2js as compiler_unsupported so it can work outside
-            # the SDK. Map that to the compiler package.
-            'compiler/lib:compiler_unsupported'
-          ],
-        },
-      ],
-    }
-  ],
-}
diff --git a/runtime/bin/BUILD.gn b/runtime/bin/BUILD.gn
index 50db7e92c2b..15b3a3e26d6 100644
--- a/runtime/bin/BUILD.gn
+++ b/runtime/bin/BUILD.gn
@@ -467,7 +467,6 @@ if (defined(is_fuchsia) && is_fuchsia) {
       "../vm:libdart_platform",
       "..:libdart",
       ":dart_snapshot_cc",
-      "../../pkg:pkg",  # Pull this out to top-level for a real SDK build.
       "//third_party/zlib",
     ]
 
diff --git a/tools/bots/run_android_tests.sh b/tools/bots/run_android_tests.sh
index 4b0509495ea..2d37474b55d 100755
--- a/tools/bots/run_android_tests.sh
+++ b/tools/bots/run_android_tests.sh
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ set -v
 set -x
 cd src
 ninja -C out/Release forwarder2
-ninja -C out/Release pkg_packages
-cp -R out/Release/packages out/ReleaseARM
 export PATH=$PATH:third_party/android_tools/sdk/platform-tools/\
 :third_party/android_tools/sdk/tools/
 
diff --git a/tools/dartium/build.py b/tools/dartium/build.py
index df511b0010c..fe82c5db98f 100755
--- a/tools/dartium/build.py
+++ b/tools/dartium/build.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ ALL_TARGETS = [
     'content_shell',
     'chrome',
     'blink_tests',
-    'pkg_packages',
 ]
 
 def main():
diff --git a/tools/list_pkg_directories.py b/tools/list_pkg_directories.py
deleted file mode 100755
index c05b63a09b5..00000000000
--- a/tools/list_pkg_directories.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# Copyright (c) 2012, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
-# for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
-# BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-"""Tool for listing the directories under pkg, with their lib directories.
-Used in pkg.gyp. Lists all of the directories in the directory passed in as an
-argument to this script which have a lib subdirectory.
-
-Usage:
-  python tools/list_pkg_directories.py OPTIONS DIRECTORY
-"""
-
-import optparse
-import os
-import sys
-
-def get_options():
-  result = optparse.OptionParser()
-  result.add_option("--exclude",
-      help='A comma-separated list of directory names to exclude.')
-  return result.parse_args()
-
-def main(argv):
-  (options, args) = get_options()
-  directory = args[0]
-  exclude = options.exclude.split(',') if options.exclude else []
-
-  paths = [
-    path + '/lib' for path in os.listdir(directory)
-    if path not in exclude and os.path.isdir(os.path.join(directory, path))
-  ]
-
-  for lib in filter(lambda x: os.path.exists(os.path.join(directory, x)),
-      paths):
-    print '%s/%s' % (directory, lib)
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-  sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
diff --git a/tools/make_links.py b/tools/make_links.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 294c9c94ae5..00000000000
--- a/tools/make_links.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,161 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# Copyright (c) 2012, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
-# for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
-# BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-
-"""Tool for creating symlinks from SOURCES to TARGET.
-
-For each SOURCE in SOURCES create a link from SOURCE to TARGET.  If a
-SOURCE ends with .../lib, the lib suffix is ignored when determining
-the name of the target link.
-
-If a SOURCE contains ":", the left side is the path and the right side is the
-name of the package symlink.
-
-Before creating any links, the old entries of the TARGET directory will be
-removed.
-
-Usage:
-  python tools/make_links.py OPTIONS TARGET SOURCES...
-
-"""
-
-import optparse
-import os
-import shutil
-import subprocess
-import sys
-import urllib
-import urlparse
-import utils
-
-# Useful messages when we find orphaned checkouts.
-old_directories = {
-    'package_config': 'Please remove third_party/pkg/package_config.',
-    'analyzer_cli': 'Please remove third_party/pkg/analyzer_cli.'}
-
-def get_options():
-  result = optparse.OptionParser()
-  result.add_option("--timestamp_file", "",
-      help='Create a timestamp file when done creating the links.',
-      default='')
-  result.add_option("-q", "--quiet",
-      help="Don't print any messages",
-      action="store_true",
-      dest="quiet",
-      default=False)
-  result.add_option("--create-links",
-      help='Create links to the package lib directories in "packages/".',
-      action='store_false',
-      default=True)
-  result.add_option("--create-package-file",
-      help='Create a ".packages" file pointing to the packages.',
-      action='store_false',
-      default=True)
-
-  return result.parse_args()
-
-def make_link(quiet, source, target, orig_source):
-  if os.path.islink(target):
-    if not quiet:
-      print 'Removing %s' % target
-    sys.stdout.flush()
-    os.unlink(target)
-
-  if os.path.isdir(target):
-    if not quiet:
-      print 'Removing %s' % target
-    sys.stdout.flush()
-    os.rmdir(target)
-
-  if os.path.isfile(orig_source):
-    if not quiet:
-      print 'Copying file from %s to %s' % (orig_source, target)
-    sys.stdout.flush()
-    shutil.copyfile(orig_source, target)
-    return 0
-  else:
-    if not quiet:
-      print 'Creating link from %s to %s' % (source, target)
-    sys.stdout.flush()
-
-    if utils.GuessOS() == 'win32':
-      return subprocess.call(['mklink', '/j', target, source], shell=True)
-    else:
-      return subprocess.call(['ln', '-s', source, target])
-
-def create_timestamp_file(options):
-  if options.timestamp_file != '':
-    dir_name = os.path.dirname(options.timestamp_file)
-    if not os.path.exists(dir_name):
-      os.mkdir(dir_name)
-    open(options.timestamp_file, 'w').close()
-
-def main(argv):
-  (options, args) = get_options()
-  target_dir = os.path.relpath(args[0])
-  target = os.path.join(target_dir, 'packages')
-  if os.path.exists(target):
-    # If the packages directory already exists, delete the current links in
-    # it. This is necessary, otherwise we can end up having links in there
-    # pointing to directories which no longer exist (on incremental builds).
-    for link in os.listdir(target):
-      full_link = os.path.join(target, link)
-      if os.path.isdir(full_link) and utils.IsWindows():
-        # It seems like python on Windows is treating pseudo symlinks to
-        # directories as directories.
-        os.rmdir(full_link)
-      else:
-        os.remove(full_link)
-  else:
-    os.makedirs(target)
-  target = os.path.join(target_dir, '.packages')
-  if os.path.exists(target):
-    os.remove(target)
-
-  linked_names = {};
-  package_file_contents = '# .package file created by tools/make_links.py\n'
-  for source in args[1:]:
-    # Assume the source directory is named ".../NAME/lib".
-    split = source.split(':')
-    name = None
-    if len(split) == 2: (source, name) = split
-
-    (path, lib) = os.path.split(source)
-    if lib != 'lib':
-      path = source
-    # Remove any additional path components preceding NAME, if one wasn't
-    # specified explicitly.
-    if not name: (_, name) = os.path.split(path)
-    # We have an issue with left-behind checkouts in third_party/pkg and
-    # third_party/pkg_tested when we move entries in DEPS. This reports them.
-    if name in linked_names:
-      print 'Duplicate directory %s is linked to both %s and %s.' % (
-          name, linked_names[name], path)
-      if name in old_directories:
-        print old_directories[name]
-      return 1
-    linked_names[name] = path
-    orig_source = source
-    if options.create_links:
-      if utils.GuessOS() == 'win32':
-        source = os.path.relpath(source)
-      else:
-        source = os.path.relpath(source, start=target)
-        exit_code = make_link(options.quiet,
-                              source, os.path.join(target, name), orig_source)
-        if exit_code != 0:
-          return exit_code
-    abs_source = os.path.abspath(orig_source)
-    source_url = urlparse.urljoin('file:', urllib.pathname2url(abs_source))
-    package_file_contents += '%s:%s\n' % (name, source_url)
-  if options.create_package_file:
-    with open(os.path.join(target_dir, '.packages'), 'w') as package_file:
-      package_file.write(package_file_contents)
-  create_timestamp_file(options)
-  return 0
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-  sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
diff --git a/utils/analysis_server/analysis_server.gyp b/utils/analysis_server/analysis_server.gyp
index 45251b599b8..8126e95a752 100644
--- a/utils/analysis_server/analysis_server.gyp
+++ b/utils/analysis_server/analysis_server.gyp
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
           'inputs': [
             '<(PRODUCT_DIR)/<(EXECUTABLE_PREFIX)dart<(EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)',
             '../../sdk/lib/_internal/sdk_library_metadata/lib/libraries.dart',
-            '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/packages.stamp',
             '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/pkg_files.stamp',
           ],
           'outputs': [
diff --git a/utils/compiler/compiler.gyp b/utils/compiler/compiler.gyp
index 23fa4054833..201a4bb2c02 100644
--- a/utils/compiler/compiler.gyp
+++ b/utils/compiler/compiler.gyp
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
             '<!@(["python", "../../tools/list_files.py", "\\.dart$", "../../runtime/lib", "../../sdk/lib/_internal/dartdoc"])',
             'create_snapshot.dart',
             '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/dart2js_files.stamp',
-            '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/packages.stamp',
             '../../tools/VERSION',
           ],
           'outputs': [
diff --git a/utils/dartanalyzer/dartanalyzer.gyp b/utils/dartanalyzer/dartanalyzer.gyp
index 0b7e8a051c4..3b65740aadd 100644
--- a/utils/dartanalyzer/dartanalyzer.gyp
+++ b/utils/dartanalyzer/dartanalyzer.gyp
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
           'inputs': [
             '<(PRODUCT_DIR)/<(EXECUTABLE_PREFIX)dart<(EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)',
             '../../sdk/lib/_internal/sdk_library_metadata/lib/libraries.dart',
-            '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/packages.stamp',
             '<!@(["python", "../../tools/list_files.py", "\\.dart$", "../../pkg/analyzer_cli"])',
             '<!@(["python", "../../tools/list_files.py", "\\.dart$", "../../pkg/analyzer"])',
           ],
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@
           'action_name': 'generate_summary_spec',
           'inputs': [
             '<(PRODUCT_DIR)/<(EXECUTABLE_PREFIX)dart<(EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)',
-            '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/packages.stamp',
             '<!@(["python", "../../tools/list_files.py", "\\.dart$", "../../sdk/lib"])',
             '<!@(["python", "../../tools/list_files.py", "\\.dart$", "../../pkg/analyzer"])',
           ],
@@ -51,7 +49,6 @@
           'action_name': 'generate_summary_strong',
           'inputs': [
             '<(PRODUCT_DIR)/<(EXECUTABLE_PREFIX)dart<(EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)',
-            '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/packages.stamp',
             '<!@(["python", "../../tools/list_files.py", "\\.dart$", "../../sdk/lib"])',
             '<!@(["python", "../../tools/list_files.py", "\\.dart$", "../../pkg/analyzer"])',
           ],
diff --git a/utils/dartdevc/dartdevc.gyp b/utils/dartdevc/dartdevc.gyp
index b511c651b86..4bf98f04d83 100644
--- a/utils/dartdevc/dartdevc.gyp
+++ b/utils/dartdevc/dartdevc.gyp
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
             '<(PRODUCT_DIR)/<(EXECUTABLE_PREFIX)dart<(EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)',
             '../../sdk/lib/_internal/sdk_library_metadata/lib/libraries.dart',
             '<!@(["python", "../../tools/list_files.py", "\\.dart$", "../../pkg/dev_compiler/bin"])',
-            '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/packages.stamp',
             '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/pkg_files.stamp',
           ],
           'outputs': [
diff --git a/utils/dartdoc/dartdoc.gyp b/utils/dartdoc/dartdoc.gyp
index ae1a48d00a7..d855cfea5e5 100644
--- a/utils/dartdoc/dartdoc.gyp
+++ b/utils/dartdoc/dartdoc.gyp
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
           'inputs': [
             '<(PRODUCT_DIR)/<(EXECUTABLE_PREFIX)dart<(EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)',
             '../../sdk/lib/_internal/sdk_library_metadata/lib/libraries.dart',
-            '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/packages.stamp',
             '<!@(["python", "../../tools/list_files.py", "\\.dart$", "../../third_party/pkg/dartdoc"])',
           ],
           'outputs': [
diff --git a/utils/dartfmt/dartfmt.gyp b/utils/dartfmt/dartfmt.gyp
index 76c83f158bf..826d31a3527 100644
--- a/utils/dartfmt/dartfmt.gyp
+++ b/utils/dartfmt/dartfmt.gyp
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
           'inputs': [
             '<(PRODUCT_DIR)/<(EXECUTABLE_PREFIX)dart<(EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)',
             '../../sdk/lib/_internal/sdk_library_metadata/lib/libraries.dart',
-            '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/packages.stamp',
             '<!@(["python", "../../tools/list_files.py", "\\.dart$", "../../third_party/pkg_tested/dart_style"])',
           ],
           'outputs': [
diff --git a/utils/pub/pub.gyp b/utils/pub/pub.gyp
index e472be999b4..13f2f5e3a72 100644
--- a/utils/pub/pub.gyp
+++ b/utils/pub/pub.gyp
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
             '../../sdk/lib/_internal/sdk_library_metadata/lib/libraries.dart',
             '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/dart2js_files.stamp',
             '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/pkg_files.stamp',
-            '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/packages.stamp',
           ],
           'outputs': [
             '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/pub.dart.snapshot',