diff --git a/example/.gitignore b/example/.gitignore
index 44440fa7..1023ce82 100644
--- a/example/.gitignore
+++ b/example/.gitignore
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 .pub-cache/
 .pub/
 /build/
+.flutter-plugins-dependencies
 
 # Android related
 **/android/**/gradle-wrapper.jar
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@
 **/ios/ServiceDefinitions.json
 **/ios/Runner/GeneratedPluginRegistrant.*
 **/ios/Flutter/flutter_export_environment.sh
+**/ios/Podfile
 
 # Exceptions to above rules.
 !**/ios/**/default.mode1v3
diff --git a/example/ios/Podfile b/example/ios/Podfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 64ba7492..00000000
--- a/example/ios/Podfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-# Uncomment this line to define a global platform for your project
-# platform :ios, '9.0'
-
-# CocoaPods analytics sends network stats synchronously affecting flutter build latency.
-ENV['COCOAPODS_DISABLE_STATS'] = 'true'
-
-project 'Runner', {
-  'Debug' => :debug,
-  'Profile' => :release,
-  'Release' => :release,
-}
-
-def parse_KV_file(file, separator='=')
-  file_abs_path = File.expand_path(file)
-  if !File.exists? file_abs_path
-    return [];
-  end
-  pods_ary = []
-  skip_line_start_symbols = ["#", "/"]
-  File.foreach(file_abs_path) { |line|
-      next if skip_line_start_symbols.any? { |symbol| line =~ /^\s*#{symbol}/ }
-      plugin = line.split(pattern=separator)
-      if plugin.length == 2
-        podname = plugin[0].strip()
-        path = plugin[1].strip()
-        podpath = File.expand_path("#{path}", file_abs_path)
-        pods_ary.push({:name => podname, :path => podpath});
-      else
-        puts "Invalid plugin specification: #{line}"
-      end
-  }
-  return pods_ary
-end
-
-target 'Runner' do
-  # Prepare symlinks folder. We use symlinks to avoid having Podfile.lock
-  # referring to absolute paths on developers' machines.
-  system('rm -rf .symlinks')
-  system('mkdir -p .symlinks/plugins')
-
-  # Flutter Pods
-  generated_xcode_build_settings = parse_KV_file('./Flutter/Generated.xcconfig')
-  if generated_xcode_build_settings.empty?
-    puts "Generated.xcconfig must exist. If you're running pod install manually, make sure flutter pub get is executed first."
-  end
-  generated_xcode_build_settings.map { |p|
-    if p[:name] == 'FLUTTER_FRAMEWORK_DIR'
-      symlink = File.join('.symlinks', 'flutter')
-      File.symlink(File.dirname(p[:path]), symlink)
-      pod 'Flutter', :path => File.join(symlink, File.basename(p[:path]))
-    end
-  }
-
-  # Plugin Pods
-  plugin_pods = parse_KV_file('../.flutter-plugins')
-  plugin_pods.map { |p|
-    symlink = File.join('.symlinks', 'plugins', p[:name])
-    File.symlink(p[:path], symlink)
-    pod p[:name], :path => File.join(symlink, 'ios')
-  }
-end
-
-# Prevent Cocoapods from embedding a second Flutter framework and causing an error with the new Xcode build system.
-install! 'cocoapods', :disable_input_output_paths => true
-
-post_install do |installer|
-  installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
-    target.build_configurations.each do |config|
-      config.build_settings['ENABLE_BITCODE'] = 'NO'
-    end
-  end
-end