diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d3ace55ee5..70418375f9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ env:
   matrix:
     # Order: a slower build first, so that we don't occupy an idle travis worker waiting for others to complete.
     - MODE=dart DART_CHANNEL=stable DART_VERSION=$DART_STABLE_VERSION
-    # Disable dart dev build, which is timing out after 2h. #6823
-    # - MODE=dart DART_CHANNEL=dev DART_VERSION=$DART_DEV_VERSION
+    - MODE=dart DART_CHANNEL=dev DART_VERSION=$DART_DEV_VERSION
     - MODE=saucelabs_required DART_CHANNEL=dev DART_VERSION=$DART_DEV_VERSION
     - MODE=browserstack_required DART_CHANNEL=dev DART_VERSION=$DART_DEV_VERSION
     - MODE=saucelabs_optional DART_CHANNEL=dev DART_VERSION=$DART_DEV_VERSION
@@ -57,8 +56,6 @@ matrix:
   allow_failures:
   - env: "MODE=saucelabs_optional DART_CHANNEL=dev DART_VERSION=$DART_DEV_VERSION"
   - env: "MODE=browserstack_optional DART_CHANNEL=dev DART_VERSION=$DART_DEV_VERSION"
-  # TODO(alxhub): remove when dartdoc #1039 is in dev channel
-  - env: "MODE=dart DART_CHANNEL=dev DART_VERSION=$DART_DEV_VERSION"
   # Tracked in https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/7050
   - env: "MODE=typescript_next DART_CHANNEL=stable DART_VERSION=$DART_STABLE_VERSION"
 
diff --git a/tools/build/dartapidocs.js b/tools/build/dartapidocs.js
index 247dc81d7a..cec9f74e3f 100644
--- a/tools/build/dartapidocs.js
+++ b/tools/build/dartapidocs.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module.exports = function(gulp, plugins, config) {
     } else {
       console.log('INFO: running dartdoc for ', dir);
 
-      var stream = spawn(config.command, ['--input=.', '--output=' + config.output],
+      var stream = spawn(config.command, ['--output=' + config.output],
                          {stdio: [process.stdin, process.stdout, process.stderr], cwd: dir});
 
       stream.on('exit', function(code) {