diff --git a/lib/notifications.dart b/lib/notifications.dart
index f2eec8b350..3609ca8f4f 100644
--- a/lib/notifications.dart
+++ b/lib/notifications.dart
@@ -170,10 +170,6 @@ class NotificationDisplayManager {
         color: kZulipBrandColor,
         icon: 'zulip_notification', // TODO vary for debug
         // TODO inbox-style
-
-        // TODO plugin sets PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT; is that OK?
-        // TODO plugin's setContentIntent doesn't set our Intent flags; is that OK?
-        // TODO all notifs lead to convo of latest notif, because plugin's setContentIntent doesn't avoid dupe URLs
       )));
   }
 
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index 6146e9b80d..86441b62e7 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -425,9 +425,11 @@ packages:
   flutter_local_notifications:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
-      path: "../local-notifications/flutter_local_notifications"
-      relative: true
-    source: path
+      path: flutter_local_notifications
+      ref: "5a0239b36"
+      resolved-ref: "5a0239b36c1f4e6a89d079bfbf96bb533a8179d9"
+      url: "https://github.com/gnprice/flutter_local_notifications"
+    source: git
     version: "15.1.0+1"
   flutter_local_notifications_linux:
     dependency: transitive
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index a9d3f8836b..8144ec2214 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@ dependencies:
   firebase_core: ^2.14.0
   flutter_local_notifications_platform_interface: ^7.0.0+1
   flutter_local_notifications:
-    path: ../local-notifications/flutter_local_notifications
+    # path: ../local-notifications/flutter_local_notifications
+    git:
+      url: https://github.com/gnprice/flutter_local_notifications
+      ref: 5a0239b36
+      path: flutter_local_notifications/
 
 dev_dependencies:
   flutter_test: