diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/src/main/groovy/flutter.groovy b/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/src/main/groovy/flutter.groovy
index 4949b597fc..f1661ec0da 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/src/main/groovy/flutter.groovy
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/src/main/groovy/flutter.groovy
@@ -677,7 +677,12 @@ class FlutterPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
      */
     private void configureLegacyPluginEachProjects(Project project) {
         try {
-            if (!settingsGradleFile(project).text.contains("'.flutter-plugins'")) {
+            // Read the contents of the settings.gradle file.
+            // Remove block/line comments
+            String settingsText = settingsGradleFile(project).text
+            settingsText = settingsText.replaceAll(/(?s)\/\*.*?\*\//, '').replaceAll(/(?m)\/\/.*$/, '')
+
+            if (!settingsText.contains("'.flutter-plugins'")) {
                 return
             }
         } catch (FileNotFoundException ignored) {
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/android_gradle_legacy_flutter_plugins_strings_in_comments_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/android_gradle_legacy_flutter_plugins_strings_in_comments_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5d7a46d7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/android_gradle_legacy_flutter_plugins_strings_in_comments_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// This test can be removed once https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/155484 is resolved.
+
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/file_system.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/io.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/cache.dart';
+
+import '../src/common.dart';
+import 'test_utils.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  late Directory tempDir;
+
+  setUp(() {
+    Cache.flutterRoot = getFlutterRoot();
+    tempDir = createResolvedTempDirectorySync('flutter_plugin_test.');
+  });
+
+  tearDown(() async {
+    tryToDelete(tempDir);
+  });
+
+  test('should build Android app with commented-out ".flutter-plugins" in settings.gradle', () async {
+    final String flutterBin = fileSystem.path.join(
+      getFlutterRoot(),
+      'bin',
+      'flutter',
+    );
+
+    // Create Android app project instead of plugin
+    processManager.runSync(<String>[
+      flutterBin,
+      ...getLocalEngineArguments(),
+      'create',
+      '--template=app',
+      'test_android_app',
+    ], workingDirectory: tempDir.path);
+
+    final Directory appDir = tempDir.childDirectory('test_android_app');
+    final Directory androidDir = appDir.childDirectory('android');
+
+    // Create settings.gradle with commented .flutter-plugins
+    final File settingsGradle = androidDir.childFile('settings.gradle');
+    settingsGradle.writeAsStringSync(r'''
+// The following block uses '.flutter-plugins' but is commented out.
+/*
+def plugins = new Properties()
+def pluginsFile = new File(flutterProjectRoot.toFile(), '.flutter-plugins')
+if (pluginsFile.exists()) {
+    pluginsFile.withReader('UTF-8') { reader -> plugins.load(reader) }
+}
+*/
+
+pluginManagement {
+    def flutterSdkPath = {
+        def properties = new Properties()
+        file("local.properties").withInputStream { properties.load(it) }
+        def flutterSdkPath = properties.getProperty("flutter.sdk")
+        assert flutterSdkPath != null, "flutter.sdk not set in local.properties"
+        return flutterSdkPath
+    }()
+
+    includeBuild("$flutterSdkPath/packages/flutter_tools/gradle")
+
+    repositories {
+        google()
+        mavenCentral()
+        gradlePluginPortal()
+    }
+}
+
+plugins {
+    id "dev.flutter.flutter-plugin-loader" version "1.0.0"
+    id "com.android.application" version "8.1.0" apply false
+    id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.android" version "1.8.22" apply false
+}
+
+include ":app"
+''');
+
+    // Run flutter build apk with release mode
+    final ProcessResult buildApkResult = await processManager.run(<String>[
+      flutterBin,
+      ...getLocalEngineArguments(),
+      'build',
+      'apk',
+      '--release',
+    ], workingDirectory: appDir.path);
+
+    // Build should succeed and not throw any errors about settings.gradle
+    expect(buildApkResult.stderr.toString(),
+        isNot(contains('Please fix your settings.gradle')));
+    expect(buildApkResult, const ProcessResultMatcher());
+  });
+}