diff --git a/pkg/frontend_server/lib/frontend_server.dart b/pkg/frontend_server/lib/frontend_server.dart
index 2e3cb6a5f8f..3aef3802c0f 100644
--- a/pkg/frontend_server/lib/frontend_server.dart
+++ b/pkg/frontend_server/lib/frontend_server.dart
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import 'package:dev_compiler/dev_compiler.dart'
 // are a temporary state of things until frontend team builds better api
 // that would replace api used below. This api was made private in
 // an effort to discourage further use.
-// ignore_for_file: implementation_imports
 import 'package:front_end/src/api_unstable/vm.dart';
 import 'package:front_end/src/api_unstable/ddc.dart' as ddc
     show IncrementalCompiler;
diff --git a/pkg/frontend_server/lib/src/resident_frontend_server.dart b/pkg/frontend_server/lib/src/resident_frontend_server.dart
index 3fd4cba86f1..389278ba92c 100644
--- a/pkg/frontend_server/lib/src/resident_frontend_server.dart
+++ b/pkg/frontend_server/lib/src/resident_frontend_server.dart
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import 'package:args/args.dart';
 // are a temporary state of things until frontend team builds better api
 // that would replace api used below. This api was made private in
 // an effort to discourage further use.
-// ignore_for_file: implementation_imports
 import 'package:front_end/src/api_unstable/vm.dart';
 
 import '../frontend_server.dart';