diff --git a/pkg/dartdev/lib/src/commands/devtools.dart b/pkg/dartdev/lib/src/commands/devtools.dart
index ecf788423a4..194836ef003 100644
--- a/pkg/dartdev/lib/src/commands/devtools.dart
+++ b/pkg/dartdev/lib/src/commands/devtools.dart
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 import 'package:args/args.dart';
 import 'package:dds/devtools_server.dart';
-import 'package:dds/src/devtools/utils.dart';
 import 'package:path/path.dart' as path;
 
 import '../core.dart';
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ class DevToolsCommand extends DartdevCommand {
   DevToolsCommand({
     this.customDevToolsPath,
     bool verbose = false,
-  })  : _argParser = DevToolsServer.buildArgParser(
+  })  : argParser = DevToolsServer.buildArgParser(
           verbose: verbose,
           includeHelpOption: false,
           usageLineLength: dartdevUsageLineLength,
@@ -29,8 +28,7 @@ class DevToolsCommand extends DartdevCommand {
   final String? customDevToolsPath;
 
   @override
-  ArgParser get argParser => _argParser;
-  late final ArgParser _argParser;
+  final ArgParser argParser;
 
   @override
   String get name => 'devtools';
@@ -44,87 +42,16 @@ class DevToolsCommand extends DartdevCommand {
   @override
   Future<int> run() async {
     final args = argResults!;
-    final bool version = args[DevToolsServer.argVersion];
-    final bool machineMode = args[DevToolsServer.argMachine];
-    // launchBrowser defaults based on machine-mode if not explicitly supplied.
-    final bool launchBrowser = args.wasParsed(DevToolsServer.argLaunchBrowser)
-        ? args[DevToolsServer.argLaunchBrowser]
-        : !machineMode;
-    final bool enableNotifications =
-        args[DevToolsServer.argEnableNotifications];
-    final bool allowEmbedding = args.wasParsed(DevToolsServer.argAllowEmbedding)
-        ? args[DevToolsServer.argAllowEmbedding]
-        : true;
-
-    final port = args[DevToolsServer.argPort] != null
-        ? int.tryParse(args[DevToolsServer.argPort]) ?? 0
-        : 0;
-
-    final bool headlessMode = args[DevToolsServer.argHeadlessMode];
-    final bool debugMode = args[DevToolsServer.argDebugMode];
-
-    final numPortsToTry = args[DevToolsServer.argTryPorts] != null
-        ? int.tryParse(args[DevToolsServer.argTryPorts]) ?? 0
-        : DevToolsServer.defaultTryPorts;
-
-    final bool verboseMode = args[DevToolsServer.argVerbose];
-    final String? hostname = args[DevToolsServer.argHost];
-    final String? appSizeBase = args[DevToolsServer.argAppSizeBase];
-    final String? appSizeTest = args[DevToolsServer.argAppSizeTest];
 
     final sdkDir = path.dirname(sdk.dart);
     final fullSdk = sdkDir.endsWith('bin');
     final devToolsBinaries =
         fullSdk ? sdk.devToolsBinaries : path.absolute(sdkDir, 'devtools');
 
-    if (version) {
-      final versionStr = await DevToolsUtils.getVersion(devToolsBinaries);
-      DevToolsUtils.printOutput(
-        'Dart DevTools version $versionStr',
-        {
-          'version': versionStr,
-        },
-        machineMode: machineMode,
-      );
-      return 0;
-    }
-
-    // Prefer getting the VM URI from the rest args; fall back on the 'vm-url'
-    // option otherwise.
-    String? serviceProtocolUri;
-    if (args.rest.isNotEmpty) {
-      serviceProtocolUri = args.rest.first;
-    } else if (args.wasParsed(DevToolsServer.argVmUri)) {
-      serviceProtocolUri = args[DevToolsServer.argVmUri];
-    }
-
-    // Support collecting profile data.
-    String? profileFilename;
-    if (args.wasParsed(DevToolsServer.argProfileMemory)) {
-      profileFilename = args[DevToolsServer.argProfileMemory];
-    }
-    if (profileFilename != null && !path.isAbsolute(profileFilename)) {
-      profileFilename = path.absolute(profileFilename);
-    }
-
-    final server = await DevToolsServer().serveDevTools(
-      machineMode: machineMode,
-      debugMode: debugMode,
-      launchBrowser: launchBrowser,
-      enableNotifications: enableNotifications,
-      allowEmbedding: allowEmbedding,
-      port: port,
-      headlessMode: headlessMode,
-      numPortsToTry: numPortsToTry,
-      customDevToolsPath: customDevToolsPath ?? devToolsBinaries,
-      serviceProtocolUri: serviceProtocolUri,
-      profileFilename: profileFilename,
-      verboseMode: verboseMode,
-      hostname: hostname,
-      appSizeBase: appSizeBase,
-      appSizeTest: appSizeTest,
+    final server = await DevToolsServer().serveDevToolsWithArgs(
+      args.arguments,
+      customDevToolsPath: devToolsBinaries,
     );
-
     return server == null ? -1 : 0;
   }
 }
diff --git a/pkg/dds/tool/devtools_server/serve_local.dart b/pkg/dds/tool/devtools_server/serve_local.dart
index db893fe4246..86ac23ab15a 100644
--- a/pkg/dds/tool/devtools_server/serve_local.dart
+++ b/pkg/dds/tool/devtools_server/serve_local.dart
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import 'package:dds/devtools_server.dart';
 const argDevToolsBuild = 'devtools-build';
 
 void main(List<String> args) {
-  final argParser = ArgParser()
+  final argParser = DevToolsServer.buildArgParser()
     ..addOption(
       argDevToolsBuild,
       help: 'The location of the DevTools build to serve from DevTools server '
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ void main(List<String> args) {
   try {
     final ArgResults argResults = argParser.parse(args);
     unawaited(
-      DevToolsServer().serveDevTools(
+      DevToolsServer().serveDevToolsWithArgs(
+        _removeDevToolsBuildOption(args),
         customDevToolsPath: argResults[argDevToolsBuild],
       ),
     );
@@ -31,3 +32,23 @@ void main(List<String> args) {
     print(argParser.usage);
   }
 }
+
+/// Removes the --devtools-build option from [args].
+List<String> _removeDevToolsBuildOption(List<String> args) {
+  // Create a new list to mutate as the args list is fixed.
+  args = args.toList();
+
+  final option = '--$argDevToolsBuild';
+
+  // serve_local.dart --devtools-build foo
+  final index = args.indexOf(option);
+  if (index != -1) {
+    args.removeRange(index, index + 2);
+  }
+
+  // serve_local.dart --devtools-build=foo
+  // serve_local.dart --devtools-build="foo"
+  args.removeWhere((arg) => arg.startsWith('${option}='));
+
+  return args;
+}