diff --git a/pkg/analysis_server/lib/src/server/driver.dart b/pkg/analysis_server/lib/src/server/driver.dart
index dc971b89deb..3095df81c36 100644
--- a/pkg/analysis_server/lib/src/server/driver.dart
+++ b/pkg/analysis_server/lib/src/server/driver.dart
@@ -422,19 +422,10 @@ class Driver implements ServerStarter {
           .path;
     }
     bool useSummaries = analysisServerOptions.fileReadMode == 'as-is';
-    SdkCreator defaultSdkCreator = (AnalysisOptions options) {
-      PhysicalResourceProvider resourceProvider =
-          PhysicalResourceProvider.INSTANCE;
-      FolderBasedDartSdk sdk = new FolderBasedDartSdk(
-          resourceProvider, resourceProvider.getFolder(defaultSdkPath));
-      sdk.analysisOptions = options;
-      sdk.useSummary = useSummaries;
-      return sdk;
-    };
     // TODO(brianwilkerson) It would be nice to avoid creating an SDK that
     // cannot be re-used, but the SDK is needed to create a package map provider
     // in the case where we need to run `pub` in order to get the package map.
-    DartSdk defaultSdk = defaultSdkCreator(null);
+    DartSdk defaultSdk = _createDefaultSdk(defaultSdkPath, useSummaries);
     //
     // Initialize the instrumentation service.
     //
@@ -458,7 +449,7 @@ class Driver implements ServerStarter {
     //
     socketServer = new SocketServer(
         analysisServerOptions,
-        new DartSdkManager(defaultSdkPath, useSummaries, defaultSdkCreator),
+        new DartSdkManager(defaultSdkPath, useSummaries),
         defaultSdk,
         service,
         serverPlugin,
@@ -586,6 +577,15 @@ class Driver implements ServerStarter {
     return parser;
   }
 
+  DartSdk _createDefaultSdk(String defaultSdkPath, bool useSummaries) {
+    PhysicalResourceProvider resourceProvider =
+        PhysicalResourceProvider.INSTANCE;
+    FolderBasedDartSdk sdk = new FolderBasedDartSdk(
+        resourceProvider, resourceProvider.getFolder(defaultSdkPath));
+    sdk.useSummary = useSummaries;
+    return sdk;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Print information about how to use the server.
    */
diff --git a/pkg/analysis_server/test/analysis_abstract.dart b/pkg/analysis_server/test/analysis_abstract.dart
index 40446a9009c..d9f89842f4d 100644
--- a/pkg/analysis_server/test/analysis_abstract.dart
+++ b/pkg/analysis_server/test/analysis_abstract.dart
@@ -124,9 +124,12 @@ class AbstractAnalysisTest {
     ExtensionManager manager = new ExtensionManager();
     manager.processPlugins(plugins);
     //
+    // Create an SDK in the mock file system.
+    //
+    new MockSdk(resourceProvider: resourceProvider);
+    //
     // Create server
     //
-    MockSdk sdk = new MockSdk(resourceProvider: resourceProvider);
     return new AnalysisServer(
         serverChannel,
         resourceProvider,
@@ -134,8 +137,7 @@ class AbstractAnalysisTest {
         index,
         serverPlugin,
         new AnalysisServerOptions(),
-        new DartSdkManager(
-            resourceProvider.convertPath('/'), false, (_) => sdk),
+        new DartSdkManager(resourceProvider.convertPath('/'), false),
         InstrumentationService.NULL_SERVICE);
   }
 
diff --git a/pkg/analysis_server/test/analysis_server_test.dart b/pkg/analysis_server/test/analysis_server_test.dart
index 9c632f9f8ae..a76d57bc6a1 100644
--- a/pkg/analysis_server/test/analysis_server_test.dart
+++ b/pkg/analysis_server/test/analysis_server_test.dart
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ import "../foo/foo.dart";
     manager.processPlugins([plugin]);
     channel = new MockServerChannel();
     resourceProvider = new MemoryResourceProvider();
-    MockSdk sdk = new MockSdk(resourceProvider: resourceProvider);
+    // Create an SDK in the mock file system.
+    new MockSdk(resourceProvider: resourceProvider);
     packageMapProvider = new MockPackageMapProvider();
     server = new AnalysisServer(
         channel,
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ import "../foo/foo.dart";
         null,
         plugin,
         new AnalysisServerOptions(),
-        new DartSdkManager('/', false, (_) => sdk),
+        new DartSdkManager('/', false),
         InstrumentationService.NULL_SERVICE,
         rethrowExceptions: true);
     processRequiredPlugins();
diff --git a/pkg/analysis_server/test/context_manager_test.dart b/pkg/analysis_server/test/context_manager_test.dart
index 178db278fc6..46414f6cc3e 100644
--- a/pkg/analysis_server/test/context_manager_test.dart
+++ b/pkg/analysis_server/test/context_manager_test.dart
@@ -1791,8 +1791,9 @@ abstract class ContextManagerTest {
     processRequiredPlugins();
     resourceProvider = new MemoryResourceProvider();
     packageMapProvider = new MockPackageMapProvider();
-    DartSdk sdk = new MockSdk(resourceProvider: resourceProvider);
-    DartSdkManager sdkManager = new DartSdkManager('/', false, (_) => sdk);
+    // Create an SDK in the mock file system.
+    new MockSdk(resourceProvider: resourceProvider);
+    DartSdkManager sdkManager = new DartSdkManager('/', false);
     manager = new ContextManagerImpl(
         resourceProvider,
         sdkManager,
@@ -2705,7 +2706,7 @@ class TestContextManagerCallbacks extends ContextManagerCallbacks {
 
   @override
   ContextBuilder createContextBuilder(Folder folder, AnalysisOptions options) {
-    DartSdkManager sdkManager = new DartSdkManager('/', false, null);
+    DartSdkManager sdkManager = new DartSdkManager('/', false);
     ContextBuilder builder =
         new ContextBuilder(resourceProvider, sdkManager, new ContentCache());
     builder.defaultOptions = options;
diff --git a/pkg/analysis_server/test/domain_analysis_test.dart b/pkg/analysis_server/test/domain_analysis_test.dart
index 1f760df0ca3..76d12c8586b 100644
--- a/pkg/analysis_server/test/domain_analysis_test.dart
+++ b/pkg/analysis_server/test/domain_analysis_test.dart
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import 'mock_sdk.dart';
 import 'mocks.dart';
 
 main() {
-
   defineReflectiveSuite(() {
     defineReflectiveTests(AnalysisDomainTest);
     defineReflectiveTests(SetSubscriptionsTest);
@@ -40,7 +39,8 @@ main() {
     ExtensionManager manager = new ExtensionManager();
     ServerPlugin serverPlugin = new ServerPlugin();
     manager.processPlugins([serverPlugin]);
-    MockSdk sdk = new MockSdk(resourceProvider: resourceProvider);
+    // Create an SDK in the mock file system.
+    new MockSdk(resourceProvider: resourceProvider);
     server = new AnalysisServer(
         serverChannel,
         resourceProvider,
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ main() {
         null,
         serverPlugin,
         new AnalysisServerOptions(),
-        new DartSdkManager('/', false, (_) => sdk),
+        new DartSdkManager('/', false),
         InstrumentationService.NULL_SERVICE);
     handler = new AnalysisDomainHandler(server);
   });
@@ -435,7 +435,8 @@ class AnalysisTestHelper {
     ExtensionManager manager = new ExtensionManager();
     ServerPlugin serverPlugin = new ServerPlugin();
     manager.processPlugins([serverPlugin]);
-    MockSdk sdk = new MockSdk(resourceProvider: resourceProvider);
+    // Create an SDK in the mock file system.
+    new MockSdk(resourceProvider: resourceProvider);
     server = new AnalysisServer(
         serverChannel,
         resourceProvider,
@@ -443,7 +444,7 @@ class AnalysisTestHelper {
         null,
         serverPlugin,
         new AnalysisServerOptions(),
-        new DartSdkManager('/', false, (_) => sdk),
+        new DartSdkManager('/', false),
         InstrumentationService.NULL_SERVICE);
     handler = new AnalysisDomainHandler(server);
     // listen for notifications
diff --git a/pkg/analysis_server/test/domain_diagnostic_test.dart b/pkg/analysis_server/test/domain_diagnostic_test.dart
index 67f0999ffe6..78080e86369 100644
--- a/pkg/analysis_server/test/domain_diagnostic_test.dart
+++ b/pkg/analysis_server/test/domain_diagnostic_test.dart
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ main() {
   DiagnosticDomainHandler handler;
   MemoryResourceProvider resourceProvider;
 
-
   setUp(() {
     //
     // Collect plugins
@@ -45,7 +44,8 @@ main() {
     //
     var serverChannel = new MockServerChannel();
     resourceProvider = new MemoryResourceProvider();
-    MockSdk sdk = new MockSdk(resourceProvider: resourceProvider);
+    // Create an SDK in the mock file system.
+    new MockSdk(resourceProvider: resourceProvider);
     server = new AnalysisServer(
         serverChannel,
         resourceProvider,
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ main() {
         null,
         serverPlugin,
         new AnalysisServerOptions(),
-        new DartSdkManager('/', false, (_) => sdk),
+        new DartSdkManager('/', false),
         InstrumentationService.NULL_SERVICE);
     handler = new DiagnosticDomainHandler(server);
   });
diff --git a/pkg/analysis_server/test/domain_execution_test.dart b/pkg/analysis_server/test/domain_execution_test.dart
index 69cff5d3a38..3ed91bd0d1b 100644
--- a/pkg/analysis_server/test/domain_execution_test.dart
+++ b/pkg/analysis_server/test/domain_execution_test.dart
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import 'package:test_reflective_loader/test_reflective_loader.dart';
 import 'package:typed_mock/typed_mock.dart';
 
 import 'analysis_abstract.dart';
-import 'mock_sdk.dart';
 import 'mocks.dart';
 import 'operation/operation_queue_test.dart';
 
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ main() {
           null,
           serverPlugin,
           new AnalysisServerOptions(),
-          new DartSdkManager('', false, (_) => new MockSdk()),
+          new DartSdkManager('', false),
           InstrumentationService.NULL_SERVICE);
       handler = new ExecutionDomainHandler(server);
     });
diff --git a/pkg/analysis_server/test/domain_server_test.dart b/pkg/analysis_server/test/domain_server_test.dart
index b6091e15300..4fbb2b0e978 100644
--- a/pkg/analysis_server/test/domain_server_test.dart
+++ b/pkg/analysis_server/test/domain_server_test.dart
@@ -15,14 +15,12 @@ import 'package:analyzer/src/generated/sdk.dart';
 import 'package:plugin/manager.dart';
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
 
-import 'mock_sdk.dart';
 import 'mocks.dart';
 
 main() {
   AnalysisServer server;
   ServerDomainHandler handler;
 
-
   setUp(() {
     var serverChannel = new MockServerChannel();
     var resourceProvider = new MemoryResourceProvider();
@@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ main() {
         null,
         serverPlugin,
         new AnalysisServerOptions(),
-        new DartSdkManager('', false, (_) => new MockSdk()),
+        new DartSdkManager('', false),
         InstrumentationService.NULL_SERVICE);
     handler = new ServerDomainHandler(server);
   });
diff --git a/pkg/analysis_server/test/single_context_manager_test.dart b/pkg/analysis_server/test/single_context_manager_test.dart
index 7ce1e8cc484..97b4ec6f2b8 100644
--- a/pkg/analysis_server/test/single_context_manager_test.dart
+++ b/pkg/analysis_server/test/single_context_manager_test.dart
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import 'package:test/test.dart';
 import 'package:test_reflective_loader/test_reflective_loader.dart';
 
 import 'context_manager_test.dart' show TestContextManagerCallbacks;
-import 'mock_sdk.dart';
 import 'mocks.dart';
 
 main() {
@@ -64,8 +63,7 @@ class SingleContextManagerTest {
     packageResolver = new TestUriResolver();
 
     _processRequiredPlugins();
-    DartSdkManager sdkManager =
-        new DartSdkManager('', false, (_) => new MockSdk());
+    DartSdkManager sdkManager = new DartSdkManager('', false);
     manager = new SingleContextManager(resourceProvider, sdkManager,
         (_) => packageResolver, analysisFilesGlobs, new AnalysisOptionsImpl());
     callbacks = new TestContextManagerCallbacks(resourceProvider);
diff --git a/pkg/analysis_server/test/socket_server_test.dart b/pkg/analysis_server/test/socket_server_test.dart
index 43938dd7a0e..a6ea8b17624 100644
--- a/pkg/analysis_server/test/socket_server_test.dart
+++ b/pkg/analysis_server/test/socket_server_test.dart
@@ -113,12 +113,11 @@ class SocketServerTest {
     ServerPlugin serverPlugin = new ServerPlugin();
     ExtensionManager manager = new ExtensionManager();
     manager.processPlugins([serverPlugin]);
-    SdkCreator sdkCreator = (_) => new FolderBasedDartSdk(resourceProvider,
-        FolderBasedDartSdk.defaultSdkDirectory(resourceProvider));
     return new SocketServer(
         new AnalysisServerOptions(),
-        new DartSdkManager('', false, sdkCreator),
-        sdkCreator(null),
+        new DartSdkManager('', false),
+        new FolderBasedDartSdk(resourceProvider,
+            FolderBasedDartSdk.defaultSdkDirectory(resourceProvider)),
         InstrumentationService.NULL_SERVICE,
         serverPlugin,
         null,
diff --git a/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/generated/sdk.dart b/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/generated/sdk.dart
index a6284e1e03d..c3e8e655eb6 100644
--- a/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/generated/sdk.dart
+++ b/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/generated/sdk.dart
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@ import 'package:analyzer/src/generated/source.dart' show Source;
 import 'package:analyzer/src/generated/utilities_general.dart';
 import 'package:analyzer/src/summary/idl.dart' show PackageBundle;
 
-/**
- * A function used to create a new DartSdk with the given [options]. If the
- * passed [options] are `null`, then default options are used.
- */
-typedef DartSdk SdkCreator(AnalysisOptions options);
-
 /**
  * A Dart SDK installed in a specified location.
  */
@@ -117,11 +111,6 @@ class DartSdkManager {
    */
   final bool canUseSummaries;
 
-  /**
-   * The function used to create new SDK's.
-   */
-  final SdkCreator sdkCreator;
-
   /**
    * A table mapping (an encoding of) analysis options and SDK locations to the
    * DartSdk from that location that has been configured with those options.
@@ -131,8 +120,7 @@ class DartSdkManager {
   /**
    * Initialize a newly created manager.
    */
-  DartSdkManager(
-      this.defaultSdkDirectory, this.canUseSummaries, this.sdkCreator);
+  DartSdkManager(this.defaultSdkDirectory, this.canUseSummaries);
 
   /**
    * Return any SDK that has been created, or `null` if no SDKs have been
@@ -152,25 +140,13 @@ class DartSdkManager {
   List<SdkDescription> get sdkDescriptors => sdkMap.keys.toList();
 
   /**
-   * Return the Dart SDK that is appropriate for the given analysis [options].
-   * If such an SDK has not yet been created, then the [sdkCreator] will be
-   * invoked to create it.
+   * Return the Dart SDK that is appropriate for the given SDK [description].
+   * If such an SDK has not yet been created, then the [ifAbsent] function will
+   * be invoked to create it.
    */
   DartSdk getSdk(SdkDescription description, DartSdk ifAbsent()) {
     return sdkMap.putIfAbsent(description, ifAbsent);
   }
-
-  /**
-   * Return the Dart SDK that is appropriate for the given analysis [options].
-   * If such an SDK has not yet been created, then the [sdkCreator] will be
-   * invoked to create it.
-   */
-  DartSdk getSdkForOptions(AnalysisOptions options) {
-    // TODO(brianwilkerson) Remove this method and the field sdkCreator.
-    SdkDescription description =
-        new SdkDescription(<String>[defaultSdkDirectory], options);
-    return getSdk(description, () => sdkCreator(options));
-  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/pkg/analyzer/test/generated/sdk_test.dart b/pkg/analyzer/test/generated/sdk_test.dart
index 7c75a153164..69c774e27ae 100644
--- a/pkg/analyzer/test/generated/sdk_test.dart
+++ b/pkg/analyzer/test/generated/sdk_test.dart
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ main() {
 @reflectiveTest
 class DartSdkManagerTest extends EngineTestCase {
   void test_anySdk() {
-    DartSdkManager manager =
-        new DartSdkManager('/a/b/c', false, _failIfCreated);
+    DartSdkManager manager = new DartSdkManager('/a/b/c', false);
     expect(manager.anySdk, isNull);
 
     AnalysisOptions options = new AnalysisOptionsImpl();
@@ -34,8 +33,7 @@ class DartSdkManagerTest extends EngineTestCase {
   }
 
   void test_getSdk_differentDescriptors() {
-    DartSdkManager manager =
-        new DartSdkManager('/a/b/c', false, _failIfCreated);
+    DartSdkManager manager = new DartSdkManager('/a/b/c', false);
     AnalysisOptions options = new AnalysisOptionsImpl();
     SdkDescription description1 = new SdkDescription(<String>['/c/d'], options);
     DartSdk sdk1 = new MockSdk();
@@ -51,8 +49,7 @@ class DartSdkManagerTest extends EngineTestCase {
   }
 
   void test_getSdk_sameDescriptor() {
-    DartSdkManager manager =
-        new DartSdkManager('/a/b/c', false, _failIfCreated);
+    DartSdkManager manager = new DartSdkManager('/a/b/c', false);
     AnalysisOptions options = new AnalysisOptionsImpl();
     SdkDescription description = new SdkDescription(<String>['/c/d'], options);
     DartSdk sdk = new MockSdk();
@@ -65,11 +62,6 @@ class DartSdkManagerTest extends EngineTestCase {
     fail('Use of ifAbsent function');
     return null;
   }
-
-  DartSdk _failIfCreated(AnalysisOptions _) {
-    fail('Use of sdkCreator');
-    return null;
-  }
 }
 
 @reflectiveTest
diff --git a/pkg/analyzer/test/src/context/builder_test.dart b/pkg/analyzer/test/src/context/builder_test.dart
index 895a7f1619f..fe5031cca9d 100644
--- a/pkg/analyzer/test/src/context/builder_test.dart
+++ b/pkg/analyzer/test/src/context/builder_test.dart
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ const Map<String, LibraryInfo> libraries = const {
   "core": const LibraryInfo("core/core.dart"),
 };
 ''');
-    sdkManager =
-        new DartSdkManager(defaultSdkPath, false, (_) => new MockSdk());
+    sdkManager = new DartSdkManager(defaultSdkPath, false);
     builder = new ContextBuilder(resourceProvider, sdkManager, contentCache);
   }
 
@@ -97,9 +96,7 @@ const Map<String, LibraryInfo> libraries = const {
     pathContext = resourceProvider.pathContext;
     new MockSdk(resourceProvider: resourceProvider);
     sdkManager =
-        new DartSdkManager(resourceProvider.convertPath('/sdk'), false, (_) {
-      fail('Should not be used to create an SDK');
-    });
+        new DartSdkManager(resourceProvider.convertPath('/sdk'), false);
     contentCache = new ContentCache();
     builder = new ContextBuilder(resourceProvider, sdkManager, contentCache);
   }
diff --git a/pkg/analyzer/test/stress/for_git_repository.dart b/pkg/analyzer/test/stress/for_git_repository.dart
index 445dd4b9a0c..0fe14f3d9a9 100644
--- a/pkg/analyzer/test/stress/for_git_repository.dart
+++ b/pkg/analyzer/test/stress/for_git_repository.dart
@@ -244,8 +244,7 @@ class StressTest {
     pathContext = resourceProvider.pathContext;
     fs.Folder sdkDirectory =
         FolderBasedDartSdk.defaultSdkDirectory(resourceProvider);
-    sdkManager = new DartSdkManager(sdkDirectory.path, false,
-        (_) => new FolderBasedDartSdk(resourceProvider, sdkDirectory));
+    sdkManager = new DartSdkManager(sdkDirectory.path, false);
     contentCache = new ContentCache();
     ContextBuilder builder =
         new ContextBuilder(resourceProvider, sdkManager, contentCache);