diff --git a/sky/build/sky_init.py b/sky/build/sky_init.py
deleted file mode 100644
index aa1da5ecd6d5249ee4a6e71a429b5363320a1268..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/sky/build/sky_init.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# Copyright 2015 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
-# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
-# found in the LICENSE file.
-
-import argparse
-import os
-import subprocess
-import sys
-
-SKY_BUILD_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-SRC_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(SKY_BUILD_DIR))
-WORKBENCH = os.path.join(SRC_ROOT, 'sky', 'packages', 'workbench')
-DART_SDK = os.path.join(SRC_ROOT, 'third_party', 'dart-sdk', 'dart-sdk', 'bin')
-PUB = os.path.join(DART_SDK, 'pub')
-PUB_CACHE = os.path.join(SRC_ROOT, "dart-pub-cache")
-
-def main():
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Packaging tool for Sky apps')
-    parser.add_argument('--touch', type=str)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-
-    env = os.environ.copy()
-    env["PUB_CACHE"] = PUB_CACHE
-    subprocess.check_call([PUB, 'run', 'sky:init'], cwd=WORKBENCH, env=env)
-
-    if args.touch:
-        with open(os.path.abspath(args.touch), 'w') as f:
-            pass
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/sky/build/skyx.gni b/sky/build/skyx.gni
index c5e5e5e3226cfcf35c05311ec3aad2a517eb76ac..15c1ea36f92bad2d11274896cd1200aef1a72186 100644
--- a/sky/build/skyx.gni
+++ b/sky/build/skyx.gni
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ template("skyx") {
     ]
 
     deps = [
-      "//sky/packages/workbench:init",
       "//sky/tools/sky_snapshot($host_toolchain)",
     ]
 
diff --git a/sky/packages/workbench/BUILD.gn b/sky/packages/workbench/BUILD.gn
deleted file mode 100644
index be852bdbc3f6e81a7f4802f65319fe40d84f38e4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/sky/packages/workbench/BUILD.gn
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2015 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
-# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
-# found in the LICENSE file.
-
-action("init") {
-  stamp = "$target_gen_dir/sky_init.stamp"
-
-  script = "//sky/build/sky_init.py"
-  sources = [ "//sky/packages/sky/pubspec.yaml" ]
-  outputs = [ stamp ]
-
-  args = [
-    "--touch",
-    rebase_path(stamp, root_build_dir),
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/sky/tools/skypy/skyserver.py b/sky/tools/skypy/skyserver.py
index bf6608b9a179b0364b5c8848fb29e2d3f2934ebd..4db563d5e25150d06efe98ca2d0e0d25c9f65b55 100644
--- a/sky/tools/skypy/skyserver.py
+++ b/sky/tools/skypy/skyserver.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ class SkyServer(object):
 
         env = os.environ.copy()
         env["PUB_CACHE"] = PUB_CACHE
-        subprocess.check_call([PUB, 'run', 'sky:init'], cwd=WORKBENCH_ROOT, env=env)
         args = [PUB, 'run', 'sky_tools:sky_server', str(self.port)]
         self.server = subprocess.Popen(args, cwd=WORKBENCH_ROOT, env=env)
         return self.server.pid