diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command.dart
index 130cc3741d..868e8fe225 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/runner/flutter_command.dart
@@ -1963,17 +1963,9 @@ Run 'flutter -h' (or 'flutter <command> -h') for available flutter commands and
       return;
     }
 
+    releaseMode ??= getBuildMode().isRelease;
     await project.regeneratePlatformSpecificTooling(
-      // TODO(matanlurey): Move this up, i.e. releaseMode ??= getBuildMode().release.
-      //
-      // As it stands, this is a breaking change until https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/162704 is
-      // implemented, as the build_ios_framework command (and similar) will start querying
-      // for getBuildMode(), causing an error (meta-build commands like build ios-framework do not have
-      // a single build mode). Once ios-framework and macos-framework are migrated, then this can be
-      // cleaned up.
-      releaseMode:
-          featureFlags.isExplicitPackageDependenciesEnabled &&
-          (releaseMode ?? getBuildMode().isRelease),
+      releaseMode: featureFlags.isExplicitPackageDependenciesEnabled && releaseMode,
     );
   }