diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/build_ios.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/build_ios.dart
index 5d8f434d14..98fb199d39 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/build_ios.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/build_ios.dart
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import 'package:unified_analytics/unified_analytics.dart';
 
 import '../base/analyze_size.dart';
 import '../base/common.dart';
+import '../base/error_handling_io.dart';
 import '../base/logger.dart';
 import '../base/process.dart';
 import '../base/utils.dart';
@@ -492,7 +493,9 @@ class BuildIOSArchiveCommand extends _BuildIOSSubCommand {
         ],
       );
     } finally {
-      generatedExportPlist?.deleteSync();
+      if (generatedExportPlist != null) {
+        ErrorHandlingFileSystem.deleteIfExists(generatedExportPlist);
+      }
       status?.stop();
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_ipa_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_ipa_test.dart
index 802226b510..9c71896457 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_ipa_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/hermetic/build_ipa_test.dart
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ void main() {
   FakeCommand exportArchiveCommand({
     String exportOptionsPlist =  '/ExportOptions.plist',
     File? cachePlist,
+    bool deleteExportOptionsPlist = false,
   }) {
     return FakeCommand(
       command: <String>[
@@ -201,6 +202,9 @@ void main() {
         if (cachePlist != null) {
           cachePlist.writeAsStringSync(fileSystem.file(_exportOptionsPlist).readAsStringSync());
         }
+        if (deleteExportOptionsPlist) {
+          fileSystem.file(_exportOptionsPlist).deleteSync();
+        }
       }
     );
   }
@@ -419,6 +423,40 @@ void main() {
     XcodeProjectInterpreter: () => FakeXcodeProjectInterpreterWithBuildSettings(),
   });
 
+  testUsingContext('ipa build ignores deletion failure if generatedExportPlist does not exist', () async {
+    final File cachedExportOptionsPlist = fileSystem.file('/CachedExportOptions.plist');
+    final BuildCommand command = BuildCommand(
+      artifacts: artifacts,
+      androidSdk: FakeAndroidSdk(),
+      buildSystem: TestBuildSystem.all(BuildResult(success: true)),
+      logger: logger,
+      fileSystem: fileSystem,
+      processUtils: processUtils,
+      osUtils: FakeOperatingSystemUtils(),
+    );
+    fakeProcessManager.addCommands(<FakeCommand>[
+      xattrCommand,
+      setUpFakeXcodeBuildHandler(),
+      exportArchiveCommand(
+        exportOptionsPlist: _exportOptionsPlist,
+        cachePlist: cachedExportOptionsPlist,
+        deleteExportOptionsPlist: true,
+      ),
+    ]);
+    createMinimalMockProjectFiles();
+
+    await createTestCommandRunner(command).run(
+      const <String>['build', 'ipa', '--no-pub']
+    );
+    expect(fakeProcessManager, hasNoRemainingExpectations);
+  }, overrides: <Type, Generator>{
+    FileSystem: () => fileSystem,
+    Logger: () => logger,
+    ProcessManager: () => fakeProcessManager,
+    Platform: () => macosPlatform,
+    XcodeProjectInterpreter: () => FakeXcodeProjectInterpreterWithBuildSettings(),
+  });
+
   testUsingContext('ipa build invokes xcodebuild and archives for app store', () async {
     final File cachedExportOptionsPlist = fileSystem.file('/CachedExportOptions.plist');
     final BuildCommand command = BuildCommand(