@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Logger, Sdks, SdkSearchResults, WorkspaceConfig, WritableWorkspaceConfi
 import { flatMap, isDartSdkFromFlutter, notUndefined } from "../../shared/utils";
 import { extractFlutterSdkPathFromPackagesFile, fsPath, getSdkVersion, hasPubspec, projectReferencesFlutterSdk } from "../../shared/utils/fs";
 import { resolvedPromise } from "../../shared/utils/promises";
-import { processBazelWorkspace, processFuchsiaWorkspace, processKnownGitRepositories } from "../../shared/utils/workspace";
+import { processBazelWorkspace, processDartSdkRepository, processFuchsiaWorkspace } from "../../shared/utils/workspace";
 import { envUtils, getAllProjectFolders, getDartWorkspaceFolders } from "../../shared/vscode/utils";
 import { WorkspaceContext } from "../../shared/workspace";
 import { Analytics } from "../analytics";
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ export class SdkUtils {
 			return undefined;
 		};
 
-		await processWorkspaceType(findGitRoot, processKnownGitRepositories);
+		await processWorkspaceType(findDartSdkRoot, processDartSdkRepository);
 		// TODO: Remove this lambda when the preview flag is removed.
 		await processWorkspaceType(findBazelWorkspaceRoot, (l, c, b) => processBazelWorkspace(l, c, b, config.previewBazelWorkspaceCustomScripts));
 		const fuchsiaRoot = await processWorkspaceType(findFuchsiaRoot, processFuchsiaWorkspace);
@@ -467,6 +467,14 @@ async function findGitRoot(logger: Logger, folder: string): Promise<string | und
 	return findRootContaining(folder, ".git");
 }
 
+async function findDartSdkRoot(logger: Logger, folder: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
+	const gitRoot = await findGitRoot(logger, folder);
+	if (gitRoot && fs.existsSync(path.join(gitRoot, "README.dart-sdk")) && fs.existsSync(path.join(gitRoot, "DEPS")))
+		return gitRoot;
+	else
+		return undefined;
+}
+
 function findRootContaining(folder: string, childName: string, expectFile = false): string | undefined {
 	if (folder) {
 		// Walk up the directories from the workspace root, and see if there
 
@@ -3,13 +3,10 @@ import * as path from "path";
 import { isWin, MAX_VERSION } from "../constants";
 import { CustomScript, Logger, WritableWorkspaceConfig } from "../interfaces";
 
-export function processKnownGitRepositories(logger: Logger, config: WritableWorkspaceConfig, gitRoot: string) {
-	const isDartSdkRepo = fs.existsSync(path.join(gitRoot, "README.dart-sdk")) && fs.existsSync(path.join(gitRoot, "DEPS"));
-	if (isDartSdkRepo) {
-		config.disableAutomaticPackageGet = true;
-		// The Dart SDKs tests cannot run using pub, so also force them to use the VM.
-		config.useVmForTests = true;
-	}
+export function processDartSdkRepository(logger: Logger, config: WritableWorkspaceConfig, dartSdkRoot: string) {
+	config.disableAutomaticPackageGet = true;
+	// The Dart SDKs tests cannot run using pub, so also force them to use the VM.
+	config.useVmForTests = true;
 }
 
 export function processFuchsiaWorkspace(logger: Logger, config: WritableWorkspaceConfig, fuchsiaRoot: string) {