diff --git a/lib/ui/compositing/scene.cc b/lib/ui/compositing/scene.cc
index b5d3e51b2492e..f5403ecae9a61 100644
--- a/lib/ui/compositing/scene.cc
+++ b/lib/ui/compositing/scene.cc
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ void Scene::create(Dart_Handle scene_handle,
   auto scene = fml::MakeRefCounted<Scene>(
       std::move(rootLayer), rasterizerTracingThreshold,
       checkerboardRasterCacheImages, checkerboardOffscreenLayers);
-  scene->ClaimDartHandle(scene_handle);
+  scene->AssociateWithDartWrapper(scene_handle);
 }
 
 Scene::Scene(std::shared_ptr<flutter::Layer> rootLayer,
diff --git a/lib/ui/painting/engine_layer.h b/lib/ui/painting/engine_layer.h
index 29dc42844b636..8e402ba9150f5 100644
--- a/lib/ui/painting/engine_layer.h
+++ b/lib/ui/painting/engine_layer.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class EngineLayer : public RefCountedDartWrappable<EngineLayer> {
   static void MakeRetained(Dart_Handle dart_handle,
                            std::shared_ptr<flutter::ContainerLayer> layer) {
     auto engine_layer = fml::MakeRefCounted<EngineLayer>(layer);
-    engine_layer->ClaimDartHandle(dart_handle);
+    engine_layer->AssociateWithDartWrapper(dart_handle);
   }
 
   static void RegisterNatives(tonic::DartLibraryNatives* natives);
diff --git a/lib/ui/painting/picture.cc b/lib/ui/painting/picture.cc
index b030f634322f6..8527b83ec139b 100644
--- a/lib/ui/painting/picture.cc
+++ b/lib/ui/painting/picture.cc
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ fml::RefPtr<Picture> Picture::Create(
     flutter::SkiaGPUObject<SkPicture> picture) {
   auto canvas_picture = fml::MakeRefCounted<Picture>(std::move(picture));
 
-  canvas_picture->ClaimDartHandle(dart_handle);
+  canvas_picture->AssociateWithDartWrapper(dart_handle);
   return canvas_picture;
 }
 
diff --git a/third_party/tonic/dart_args.h b/third_party/tonic/dart_args.h
index 3d6f9ddd5908a..96a5b2c5b0f17 100644
--- a/third_party/tonic/dart_args.h
+++ b/third_party/tonic/dart_args.h
@@ -226,7 +226,17 @@ void DartCallConstructor(Sig func, Dart_NativeArguments args) {
       return;
     wrappable = decoder.DispatchCtor(func);
   }
-  wrappable->AssociateWithDartWrapper(args);
+
+  Dart_Handle wrapper = Dart_GetNativeArgument(args, 0);
+  TONIC_CHECK(!LogIfError(wrapper));
+
+  intptr_t native_fields[DartWrappable::kNumberOfNativeFields];
+  TONIC_CHECK(!LogIfError(Dart_GetNativeFieldsOfArgument(
+      args, 0, DartWrappable::kNumberOfNativeFields, native_fields)));
+  TONIC_CHECK(!native_fields[DartWrappable::kPeerIndex]);
+  TONIC_CHECK(!native_fields[DartWrappable::kWrapperInfoIndex]);
+
+  wrappable->AssociateWithDartWrapper(wrapper);
 }
 
 }  // namespace tonic
diff --git a/third_party/tonic/dart_wrappable.cc b/third_party/tonic/dart_wrappable.cc
index 72d264a62fb54..4ebfda7e1a362 100644
--- a/third_party/tonic/dart_wrappable.cc
+++ b/third_party/tonic/dart_wrappable.cc
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Dart_Handle DartWrappable::CreateDartWrapper(DartState* dart_state) {
   return wrapper;
 }
 
-void DartWrappable::ClaimDartHandle(Dart_Handle wrapper) {
+void DartWrappable::AssociateWithDartWrapper(Dart_Handle wrapper) {
   TONIC_DCHECK(!dart_wrapper_);
   TONIC_CHECK(!LogIfError(wrapper));
 
@@ -58,29 +58,6 @@ void DartWrappable::ClaimDartHandle(Dart_Handle wrapper) {
       wrapper, this, GetAllocationSize(), &FinalizeDartWrapper);
 }
 
-void DartWrappable::AssociateWithDartWrapper(Dart_NativeArguments args) {
-  TONIC_DCHECK(!dart_wrapper_);
-
-  Dart_Handle wrapper = Dart_GetNativeArgument(args, 0);
-  TONIC_CHECK(!LogIfError(wrapper));
-
-  intptr_t native_fields[kNumberOfNativeFields];
-  TONIC_CHECK(!LogIfError(Dart_GetNativeFieldsOfArgument(
-      args, 0, kNumberOfNativeFields, native_fields)));
-  TONIC_CHECK(!native_fields[kPeerIndex]);
-  TONIC_CHECK(!native_fields[kWrapperInfoIndex]);
-
-  const DartWrapperInfo& info = GetDartWrapperInfo();
-  TONIC_CHECK(!LogIfError(Dart_SetNativeInstanceField(
-      wrapper, kPeerIndex, reinterpret_cast<intptr_t>(this))));
-  TONIC_CHECK(!LogIfError(Dart_SetNativeInstanceField(
-      wrapper, kWrapperInfoIndex, reinterpret_cast<intptr_t>(&info))));
-
-  this->RetainDartWrappableReference();  // Balanced in FinalizeDartWrapper.
-  dart_wrapper_ = Dart_NewWeakPersistentHandle(
-      wrapper, this, GetAllocationSize(), &FinalizeDartWrapper);
-}
-
 void DartWrappable::ClearDartWrapper() {
   TONIC_DCHECK(dart_wrapper_);
   Dart_Handle wrapper = Dart_HandleFromWeakPersistent(dart_wrapper_);
diff --git a/third_party/tonic/dart_wrappable.h b/third_party/tonic/dart_wrappable.h
index 8d9fb569916b7..1d2e5e75bacb2 100644
--- a/third_party/tonic/dart_wrappable.h
+++ b/third_party/tonic/dart_wrappable.h
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ class DartWrappable {
   virtual void ReleaseDartWrappableReference() const = 0;
 
   // Use this method sparingly. It follows a slower path using Dart_New.
-  // Prefer constructing the object in Dart code and using ClaimDartHandle.
+  // Prefer constructing the object in Dart code and using
+  // AssociateWithDartWrapper.
   Dart_Handle CreateDartWrapper(DartState* dart_state);
-  void ClaimDartHandle(Dart_Handle wrappable);
-  void AssociateWithDartWrapper(Dart_NativeArguments args);
+  void AssociateWithDartWrapper(Dart_Handle wrappable);
   void ClearDartWrapper();  // Warning: Might delete this.
   Dart_WeakPersistentHandle dart_wrapper() const { return dart_wrapper_; }