diff --git a/dev/tools/localization/localizations_utils.dart b/dev/tools/localization/localizations_utils.dart
index 3cde523f29..63ea14e804 100644
--- a/dev/tools/localization/localizations_utils.dart
+++ b/dev/tools/localization/localizations_utils.dart
@@ -378,9 +378,9 @@ class $classNamePrefix$camelCaseName extends $superClass {''';
 ///
 /// This function is used by tools that take in a JSON-formatted file to
 /// generate Dart code. For this reason, characters with special meaning
-/// in JSON files. For example, the backspace character (\b) have to be
-/// properly escaped by this function so that the generated Dart code
-/// correctly represents this character:
+/// in JSON files are escaped. For example, the backspace character (\b)
+/// has to be properly escaped by this function so that the generated
+/// Dart code correctly represents this character:
 /// ```
 /// foo\bar => 'foo\\bar'
 /// foo\nbar => 'foo\\nbar'
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/localizations/localizations_utils.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/localizations/localizations_utils.dart
index 1971c34517..57cd916c1e 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/localizations/localizations_utils.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/localizations/localizations_utils.dart
@@ -249,9 +249,9 @@ String describeLocale(String tag) {
 ///
 /// This function is used by tools that take in a JSON-formatted file to
 /// generate Dart code. For this reason, characters with special meaning
-/// in JSON files. For example, the backspace character (\b) have to be
-/// properly escaped by this function so that the generated Dart code
-/// correctly represents this character:
+/// in JSON files are escaped. For example, the backspace character (\b)
+/// has to be properly escaped by this function so that the generated
+/// Dart code correctly represents this character:
 /// ```
 /// foo\bar => 'foo\\bar'
 /// foo\nbar => 'foo\\nbar'
@@ -261,19 +261,6 @@ String describeLocale(String tag) {
 /// foo$bar = 'foo\$bar'
 /// ```
 String generateString(String value) {
-  if (<String>['\n', '\f', '\t', '\r', '\b'].every((String pattern) => !value.contains(pattern))) {
-    final bool hasDollar = value.contains(r'$');
-    final bool hasBackslash = value.contains(r'\');
-    final bool hasQuote = value.contains("'");
-    final bool hasDoubleQuote = value.contains('"');
-    if (!hasQuote) {
-      return hasBackslash || hasDollar ? "r'$value'" : "'$value'";
-    }
-    if (!hasDoubleQuote) {
-      return hasBackslash || hasDollar ? 'r"$value"' : '"$value"';
-    }
-  }
-
   const String backslash = '__BACKSLASH__';
   assert(
     !value.contains(backslash),
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/generate_localizations_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/generate_localizations_test.dart
index 91ff3cb3fc..d0407fc73c 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/generate_localizations_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/generate_localizations_test.dart
@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ void main() {
       expect(baseLocalizationsFileContents, contains(r'''
   /// In en, this message translates to:
   /// **'The price of this item is: \${price}'**'''));
-    }, skip: true);
+    });
 
     test('should generate a file per language', () {
       const String singleEnCaMessageArbFileString = '''
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/gen_l10n_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/gen_l10n_test.dart
index f6616e9bdb..997d5a957b 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/gen_l10n_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/gen_l10n_test.dart
@@ -72,77 +72,77 @@ void main() {
       '#l10n 19 (你好世界)\n'
       '#l10n 20 (你好2个其他世界)\n'
       '#l10n 21 (Hello 世界)\n'
-      '#l10n 22 (--- scriptCode: zh_Hans ---)\n'
-      '#l10n 23 (简体你好世界)\n'
-      '#l10n 24 (--- scriptCode - zh_Hant ---)\n'
-      '#l10n 25 (繁體你好世界)\n'
-      '#l10n 26 (--- scriptCode - zh_Hant_TW ---)\n'
-      '#l10n 27 (台灣繁體你好世界)\n'
-      '#l10n 28 (--- General formatting tests ---)\n'
-      '#l10n 29 (Hello World)\n'
-      '#l10n 30 (Hello _NEWLINE_ World)\n'
-      '#l10n 31 (Hello World)\n'
-      '#l10n 32 (Hello World)\n'
-      '#l10n 33 (Hello World on Friday, January 1, 1960)\n'
-      '#l10n 34 (Hello world argument on 1/1/1960 at 00:00)\n'
-      '#l10n 35 (Hello World from 1960 to 2020)\n'
-      '#l10n 36 (Hello for 123)\n'
-      '#l10n 37 (Hello for price USD123.00)\n'
-      '#l10n 38 (Hello)\n'
-      '#l10n 39 (Hello World)\n'
-      '#l10n 40 (Hello two worlds)\n'
-      '#l10n 41 (Hello)\n'
-      '#l10n 42 (Hello new World)\n'
-      '#l10n 43 (Hello two new worlds)\n'
-      '#l10n 44 (Hello on Friday, January 1, 1960)\n'
-      '#l10n 45 (Hello World, on Friday, January 1, 1960)\n'
-      '#l10n 46 (Hello two worlds, on Friday, January 1, 1960)\n'
-      '#l10n 47 (Hello other 0 worlds, with a total of 100 citizens)\n'
-      '#l10n 48 (Hello World of 101 citizens)\n'
-      '#l10n 49 (Hello two worlds with 102 total citizens)\n'
-      '#l10n 50 ([Hello] -World- #123#)\n'
-      '#l10n 51 (\$!)\n'
-      '#l10n 52 (One \$)\n'
-      '#l10n 53 (Flutter\'s amazing!)\n'
-      '#l10n 54 (Flutter\'s amazing, times 2!)\n'
-      '#l10n 55 (Flutter is "amazing"!)\n'
-      '#l10n 56 (Flutter is "amazing", times 2!)\n'
-      '#l10n 57 (--- es ---)\n'
-      '#l10n 58 (ES - Hello world)\n'
-      '#l10n 59 (ES - Hello _NEWLINE_ World)\n'
-      '#l10n 60 (ES - Hello Mundo)\n'
-      '#l10n 61 (ES - Hola Mundo)\n'
-      '#l10n 62 (ES - Hello World on viernes, 1 de enero de 1960)\n'
-      '#l10n 63 (ES - Hello world argument on 1/1/1960 at 0:00)\n'
-      '#l10n 64 (ES - Hello World from 1960 to 2020)\n'
-      '#l10n 65 (ES - Hello for 123)\n'
-      // Note that the space between "123.00" and "EUR" is a
-      // non-breaking space (U+00A0) and not a regular space(U+0020)
-      '#l10n 66 (ES - Hello for el precio 123,00 EUR)\n'
-      '#l10n 67 (ES - Hello)\n'
-      '#l10n 68 (ES - Hello World)\n'
-      '#l10n 69 (ES - Hello two worlds)\n'
-      '#l10n 70 (ES - Hello)\n'
-      '#l10n 71 (ES - Hello nuevo World)\n'
-      '#l10n 72 (ES - Hello two nuevo worlds)\n'
-      '#l10n 73 (ES - Hello on viernes, 1 de enero de 1960)\n'
-      '#l10n 74 (ES - Hello World, on viernes, 1 de enero de 1960)\n'
-      '#l10n 75 (ES - Hello two worlds, on viernes, 1 de enero de 1960)\n'
-      '#l10n 76 (ES - Hello other 0 worlds, with a total of 100 citizens)\n'
-      '#l10n 77 (ES - Hello World of 101 citizens)\n'
-      '#l10n 78 (ES - Hello two worlds with 102 total citizens)\n'
-      '#l10n 79 (ES - [Hola] -Mundo- #123#)\n'
-      '#l10n 80 (ES - \$!)\n'
-      '#l10n 81 (ES - One \$)\n'
-      '#l10n 82 (ES - Flutter\'s amazing!)\n'
-      '#l10n 83 (ES - Flutter\'s amazing, times 2!)\n'
-      '#l10n 84 (ES - Flutter is "amazing"!)\n'
-      '#l10n 85 (ES - Flutter is "amazing", times 2!)\n'
-      '#l10n 86 (--- es_419 ---)\n'
-      '#l10n 87 (ES 419 - Hello World)\n'
-      '#l10n 88 (ES 419 - Hello)\n'
+      '#l10n 22 (zh - Hello for 价钱 CNY123.00)\n'
+      '#l10n 23 (--- scriptCode: zh_Hans ---)\n'
+      '#l10n 24 (简体你好世界)\n'
+      '#l10n 25 (--- scriptCode - zh_Hant ---)\n'
+      '#l10n 26 (繁體你好世界)\n'
+      '#l10n 27 (--- scriptCode - zh_Hant_TW ---)\n'
+      '#l10n 28 (台灣繁體你好世界)\n'
+      '#l10n 29 (--- General formatting tests ---)\n'
+      '#l10n 30 (Hello World)\n'
+      '#l10n 31 (Hello _NEWLINE_ World)\n'
+      '#l10n 32 (Hello \$ World)\n'
+      '#l10n 33 (Hello World)\n'
+      '#l10n 34 (Hello World)\n'
+      '#l10n 35 (Hello World on Friday, January 1, 1960)\n'
+      '#l10n 36 (Hello world argument on 1/1/1960 at 00:00)\n'
+      '#l10n 37 (Hello World from 1960 to 2020)\n'
+      '#l10n 38 (Hello for 123)\n'
+      '#l10n 39 (Hello for price USD123.00)\n'
+      '#l10n 40 (Hello)\n'
+      '#l10n 41 (Hello World)\n'
+      '#l10n 42 (Hello two worlds)\n'
+      '#l10n 43 (Hello)\n'
+      '#l10n 44 (Hello new World)\n'
+      '#l10n 45 (Hello two new worlds)\n'
+      '#l10n 46 (Hello on Friday, January 1, 1960)\n'
+      '#l10n 47 (Hello World, on Friday, January 1, 1960)\n'
+      '#l10n 48 (Hello two worlds, on Friday, January 1, 1960)\n'
+      '#l10n 49 (Hello other 0 worlds, with a total of 100 citizens)\n'
+      '#l10n 50 (Hello World of 101 citizens)\n'
+      '#l10n 51 (Hello two worlds with 102 total citizens)\n'
+      '#l10n 52 ([Hello] -World- #123#)\n'
+      '#l10n 53 (\$!)\n'
+      '#l10n 54 (One \$)\n'
+      '#l10n 55 (Flutter\'s amazing!)\n'
+      '#l10n 56 (Flutter\'s amazing, times 2!)\n'
+      '#l10n 57 (Flutter is "amazing"!)\n'
+      '#l10n 58 (Flutter is "amazing", times 2!)\n'
+      '#l10n 59 (--- es ---)\n'
+      '#l10n 60 (ES - Hello world)\n'
+      '#l10n 61 (ES - Hello _NEWLINE_ World)\n'
+      '#l10n 62 (ES - Hola \$ Mundo)\n'
+      '#l10n 63 (ES - Hello Mundo)\n'
+      '#l10n 64 (ES - Hola Mundo)\n'
+      '#l10n 65 (ES - Hello World on viernes, 1 de enero de 1960)\n'
+      '#l10n 66 (ES - Hello world argument on 1/1/1960 at 0:00)\n'
+      '#l10n 67 (ES - Hello World from 1960 to 2020)\n'
+      '#l10n 68 (ES - Hello for 123)\n'
+      '#l10n 69 (ES - Hello)\n'
+      '#l10n 70 (ES - Hello World)\n'
+      '#l10n 71 (ES - Hello two worlds)\n'
+      '#l10n 72 (ES - Hello)\n'
+      '#l10n 73 (ES - Hello nuevo World)\n'
+      '#l10n 74 (ES - Hello two nuevo worlds)\n'
+      '#l10n 75 (ES - Hello on viernes, 1 de enero de 1960)\n'
+      '#l10n 76 (ES - Hello World, on viernes, 1 de enero de 1960)\n'
+      '#l10n 77 (ES - Hello two worlds, on viernes, 1 de enero de 1960)\n'
+      '#l10n 78 (ES - Hello other 0 worlds, with a total of 100 citizens)\n'
+      '#l10n 79 (ES - Hello World of 101 citizens)\n'
+      '#l10n 80 (ES - Hello two worlds with 102 total citizens)\n'
+      '#l10n 81 (ES - [Hola] -Mundo- #123#)\n'
+      '#l10n 82 (ES - \$!)\n'
+      '#l10n 83 (ES - One \$)\n'
+      '#l10n 84 (ES - Flutter\'s amazing!)\n'
+      '#l10n 85 (ES - Flutter\'s amazing, times 2!)\n'
+      '#l10n 86 (ES - Flutter is "amazing"!)\n'
+      '#l10n 87 (ES - Flutter is "amazing", times 2!)\n'
+      '#l10n 88 (--- es_419 ---)\n'
       '#l10n 89 (ES 419 - Hello World)\n'
-      '#l10n 90 (ES 419 - Hello two worlds)\n'
+      '#l10n 90 (ES 419 - Hello)\n'
+      '#l10n 91 (ES 419 - Hello World)\n'
+      '#l10n 92 (ES 419 - Hello two worlds)\n'
       '#l10n END\n'
     );
   }
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/test_data/gen_l10n_project.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/test_data/gen_l10n_project.dart
index f693b85295..1b5f01b93a 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/test_data/gen_l10n_project.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/test_data/gen_l10n_project.dart
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ class Home extends StatelessWidget {
             // Should use the fallback language, in this case,
             // "Hello 世界" should be displayed.
             results.add(AppLocalizations.of(context).hello("世界"));
+            // helloCost is tested in 'zh' because 'es' currency format contains a
+            // non-breaking space character (U+00A0), which if removed,
+            // makes it hard to decipher why the test is failing.
+            results.add(AppLocalizations.of(context).helloCost("价钱", 123));
           },
         ),
         LocaleBuilder(
@@ -172,6 +176,7 @@ class Home extends StatelessWidget {
             results.addAll(<String>[
               '${localizations.helloWorld}',
               '${localizations.helloNewlineWorld}',
+              '${localizations.testDollarSign}',
               '${localizations.hello("World")}',
               '${localizations.greeting("Hello", "World")}',
               '${localizations.helloWorldOn(DateTime(1960))}',
@@ -210,13 +215,16 @@ class Home extends StatelessWidget {
             results.addAll(<String>[
               '${localizations.helloWorld}',
               '${localizations.helloNewlineWorld}',
+              '${localizations.testDollarSign}',
               '${localizations.hello("Mundo")}',
               '${localizations.greeting("Hola", "Mundo")}',
               '${localizations.helloWorldOn(DateTime(1960))}',
               '${localizations.helloOn("world argument", DateTime(1960), DateTime(1960))}',
               '${localizations.helloWorldDuring(DateTime(1960), DateTime(2020))}',
               '${localizations.helloFor(123)}',
-              '${localizations.helloCost("el precio", 123)}',
+              // helloCost is tested in 'zh' because 'es' currency format contains a
+              // non-breaking space character (U+00A0), which if removed,
+              // makes it hard to decipher why the test is failing.
               '${localizations.helloWorlds(0)}',
               '${localizations.helloWorlds(1)}',
               '${localizations.helloWorlds(2)}',
@@ -299,6 +307,11 @@ void main() {
     "description": "The JSON decoder should convert backslash-n to a newline character in the generated Dart string."
   },
 
+  "testDollarSign": "Hello $ World",
+  "@testDollarSign": {
+    "description": "The generated Dart String should handle the dollar sign correctly."
+  },
+
   "hello": "Hello {world}",
   "@hello": {
     "description": "A message with a single parameter",
@@ -507,13 +520,13 @@ void main() {
   "helloWorld": "ES - Hello world",
   "helloWorlds": "{count,plural, =0{ES - Hello} =1{ES - Hello World} =2{ES - Hello two worlds} few{ES - Hello {count} worlds} many{ES - Hello all {count} worlds} other{ES - Hello other {count} worlds}}",
   "helloNewlineWorld": "ES - Hello \n World",
+  "testDollarSign": "ES - Hola $ Mundo",
   "hello": "ES - Hello {world}",
   "greeting": "ES - {hello} {world}",
   "helloWorldOn": "ES - Hello World on {date}",
   "helloWorldDuring": "ES - Hello World from {startDate} to {endDate}",
   "helloOn": "ES - Hello {world} on {date} at {time}",
   "helloFor": "ES - Hello for {value}",
-  "helloCost": "ES - Hello for {price} {value}",
   "helloAdjectiveWorlds": "{count,plural, =0{ES - Hello} =1{ES - Hello {adjective} World} =2{ES - Hello two {adjective} worlds} other{ES - Hello other {count} {adjective} worlds}}",
   "helloWorldsOn": "{count,plural, =0{ES - Hello on {date}} =1{ES - Hello World, on {date}} =2{ES - Hello two worlds, on {date}} other{ES - Hello other {count} worlds, on {date}}}",
   "helloWorldPopulation": "{ES - count,plural, =1{ES - Hello World of {population} citizens} =2{ES - Hello two worlds with {population} total citizens} many{ES - Hello all {count} worlds, with a total of {population} citizens} other{ES - Hello other {count} worlds, with a total of {population} citizens}}",
@@ -540,7 +553,8 @@ void main() {
 {
   "@@locale": "zh",
   "helloWorld": "你好世界",
-  "helloWorlds": "{count,plural, =0{你好} =1{你好世界} other{你好{count}个其他世界}}"
+  "helloWorlds": "{count,plural, =0{你好} =1{你好世界} other{你好{count}个其他世界}}",
+  "helloCost": "zh - Hello for {price} {value}"
 }
 ''';