diff --git a/ci/ban_generated_plugin_registrant_java.sh b/ci/ban_generated_plugin_registrant_java.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..ac154b3b53f4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/ban_generated_plugin_registrant_java.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2013 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.
+
+set -e
+
+# Needed because if it is set, cd may print the path it changed to.
+unset CDPATH
+
+# On Mac OS, readlink -f doesn't work, so follow_links traverses the path one
+# link at a time, and then cds into the link destination and find out where it
+# ends up.
+#
+# The function is enclosed in a subshell to avoid changing the working directory
+# of the caller.
+function follow_links() (
+  cd -P "$(dirname -- "$1")"
+  file="$PWD/$(basename -- "$1")"
+  while [[ -L "$file" ]]; do
+    cd -P "$(dirname -- "$file")"
+    file="$(readlink -- "$file")"
+    cd -P "$(dirname -- "$file")"
+    file="$PWD/$(basename -- "$file")"
+  done
+  echo "$file"
+)
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(follow_links "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")
+SRC_DIR="$(
+  cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/../.."
+  pwd -P
+)"
+
+# Check if a file named **/GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java exists in the project.
+# If it does, fail the build and print a message to the user pointing them to
+# the file and instructing them to remove it.
+#
+# See: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/143782.
+
+# The expected path to the file. Any *other* path is unexpected.
+EXPECTED_PATHS=("./shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/plugins/GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java")
+
+# Temporarily change the working directory to the root of the Flutter project.
+pushd "$SRC_DIR/flutter" >/dev/null
+
+# Change back to the original working directory.
+function cleanup() {
+  popd >/dev/null
+}
+
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+# Find all files named GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java in the project.
+echo "Finding all files named GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java in the project..."
+GENERATED_PLUGIN_REGISTRANT_PATHS=$(find . -name "GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java")
+
+# Iterate over the found paths and check if they are expected.
+for path in $GENERATED_PLUGIN_REGISTRANT_PATHS; do
+  if [[ ! " ${EXPECTED_PATHS[@]} " =~ " ${path} " ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Found unexpected file named GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java at $path."
+    echo "Please remove this file from the project."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
+
+echo "Done."
diff --git a/ci/builders/linux_unopt.json b/ci/builders/linux_unopt.json
index 62cba879cebe0..0dfd43c8305c2 100644
--- a/ci/builders/linux_unopt.json
+++ b/ci/builders/linux_unopt.json
@@ -46,8 +46,12 @@
                     ]
                 },
                 {
-                    "nane": "test:GeneratedPluginRegistant.java omitted",
-                    "script": "flutter/ci/test/format_no_generated_java_test.sh"
+                    "name": "ban GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java",
+                    "script": "flutter/ci/ban_generated_plugin_registrant_java.sh"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "ban_test GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java",
+                    "script": "flutter/ci/test/ban_generated_plugin_registrant_java_test.sh"
                 },
                 {
                     "language": "python3",
diff --git a/ci/format.sh b/ci/format.sh
index bcde4aedcff0d..0425eb380eb7c 100755
--- a/ci/format.sh
+++ b/ci/format.sh
@@ -32,29 +32,6 @@ SRC_DIR="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/../.."; pwd -P)"
 DART_SDK_DIR="${SRC_DIR}/third_party/dart/tools/sdks/dart-sdk"
 DART="${DART_SDK_DIR}/bin/dart"
 
-# Check if a file named **/GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java exists in the project.
-# If it does, fail the build and print a message to the user pointing them to
-# the file and instructing them to remove it.
-#
-# See: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/143782.
-
-# The expected path to the file. Any *other* path is unexpected.
-EXPECTED_PATHS=("./shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/plugins/GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java")
-
-# Find all files named GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java in the project.
-GENERATED_PLUGIN_REGISTRANT_PATHS=$(find "$SRC_DIR/flutter" -name "GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java")
-
-# Check for GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java in unexpected locations
-for expected_path in "${EXPECTED_PATHS[@]}"; do
-    found_files=$(find . -name "GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java" -not -path "$expected_path")
-
-    for file in $found_files; do
-        echo "Error: Unexpected GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java found: $file"
-        echo "Please remove the unexpected file and see: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/143782"
-        exit 1
-    done
-done
-
 cd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
 "$DART" \
   --disable-dart-dev \
diff --git a/ci/test/format_no_generated_java_test.sh b/ci/test/ban_generated_plugin_registrant_java_test.sh
similarity index 50%
rename from ci/test/format_no_generated_java_test.sh
rename to ci/test/ban_generated_plugin_registrant_java_test.sh
index 4d9c7ce4f4a6d..3f6d4e415a85e 100755
--- a/ci/test/format_no_generated_java_test.sh
+++ b/ci/test/ban_generated_plugin_registrant_java_test.sh
@@ -39,20 +39,39 @@ FLUTTER_DIR="$SRC_DIR/flutter"
 # name and location is required to get loaded).
 #
 # This file is typically generated by Flutter tooling and should not exist.
+echo "Creating file ./src/flutter/GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java"
 touch "$FLUTTER_DIR/GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java"
 
-# Create a trap that, on exit, removes the file.
+# Create a trap that, on exit, removes the temp files.
 function cleanup() {
+  rm -f "$SRC_DIR/third_party/GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java"
   rm -f "$FLUTTER_DIR/GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java"
+  rm -f "$FLUTTER_DIR/third_party/GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java"
 }
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
-# Runs ../format.sh and verifies that it fails with the expected error message.
-# If it fails, the script prints an error message and exits with a non-zero status.
-"$FLUTTER_DIR/ci/format.sh" || {
-  echo "PASS: analyze.sh failed as expected"
-  exit 0
+# Run the ban script, expecting it to fail.
+# Intercept the output, only check the exit code.
+"$FLUTTER_DIR/ci/ban_generated_plugin_registrant_java.sh" > /dev/null 2>&1 && {
+  echo "FAIL: ban_generated_plugin_registrant_java did not fail as expected"
+  exit 1
 }
+echo "PASS: ban_generated_plugin_registrant_java failed as expected"
 
-echo "FAIL: format.sh did not fail as expected"
-exit 1
+# Create a file in SRC_DIR/third_party, that should be OK.
+echo "Creating file ./src/third_party/GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java"
+touch "$SRC_DIR/third_party/GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java"
+
+# Run the ban script, expecting it to succeed.
+"$FLUTTER_DIR/ci/ban_generated_plugin_registrant_java.sh" > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
+  echo "PASS: ban_generated_plugin_registrant_java ignored third_party"
+}
+
+# Create a file in SRC_DIR/flutter/third_party, that should be OK too.
+echo "Creating file ./src/flutter/third_party/GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java"
+touch "$FLUTTER_DIR/third_party/GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java"
+
+# Run the ban script, expecting it to succeed.
+"$FLUTTER_DIR/ci/ban_generated_plugin_registrant_java.sh" > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
+  echo "PASS: ban_generated_plugin_registrant_java ignored flutter/third_party"
+}