diff --git a/packages/firebase_core/firebase_core_platform_interface/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/firebase_core/firebase_core_platform_interface/CHANGELOG.md
index c01d6dabd835..63e423b0d515 100644
--- a/packages/firebase_core/firebase_core_platform_interface/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/firebase_core/firebase_core_platform_interface/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 1.0.4
+
+* Migrate to package:plugin_platform_interface.
+
 ## 1.0.3
 
 * Make the pedantic dev_dependency explicit.
diff --git a/packages/firebase_core/firebase_core_platform_interface/lib/firebase_core_platform_interface.dart b/packages/firebase_core/firebase_core_platform_interface/lib/firebase_core_platform_interface.dart
index 4fd1281abac9..27a484894929 100644
--- a/packages/firebase_core/firebase_core_platform_interface/lib/firebase_core_platform_interface.dart
+++ b/packages/firebase_core/firebase_core_platform_interface/lib/firebase_core_platform_interface.dart
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import 'dart:async';
 
-import 'package:meta/meta.dart' show visibleForTesting;
+import 'package:plugin_platform_interface/plugin_platform_interface.dart';
 
 import 'src/firebase_options.dart';
 import 'src/method_channel_firebase_core.dart';
@@ -22,14 +22,10 @@ export 'src/platform_firebase_app.dart';
 /// will get the default implementation, while platform implementations that
 /// `implements` this interface will be broken by newly added
 /// [FirebaseCorePlatform] methods.
-abstract class FirebaseCorePlatform {
-  /// Only mock implementations should set this to `true`.
-  ///
-  /// Mockito mocks implement this class with `implements` which is forbidden
-  /// (see class docs). This property provides a backdoor for mocks to skip the
-  /// verification that the class isn't implemented with `implements`.
-  @visibleForTesting
-  bool get isMock => false;
+abstract class FirebaseCorePlatform extends PlatformInterface {
+  FirebaseCorePlatform() : super(token: _token);
+
+  static final Object _token = Object();
 
   /// The default instance of [FirebaseCorePlatform] to use.
   ///
@@ -44,26 +40,10 @@ abstract class FirebaseCorePlatform {
   // TODO(amirh): Extract common platform interface logic.
   // https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/43368
   static set instance(FirebaseCorePlatform instance) {
-    if (!instance.isMock) {
-      try {
-        instance._verifyProvidesDefaultImplementations();
-      } on NoSuchMethodError catch (_) {
-        throw AssertionError(
-            'Platform interfaces must not be implemented with `implements`');
-      }
-    }
+    PlatformInterface.verifyToken(instance, _token);
     _instance = instance;
   }
 
-  /// This method ensures that [FirebaseCorePlatform] isn't implemented with `implements`.
-  ///
-  /// See class docs for more details on why using `implements` to implement
-  /// [FirebaseCorePlatform] is forbidden.
-  ///
-  /// This private method is called by the [instance] setter, which should fail
-  /// if the provided instance is a class implemented with `implements`.
-  void _verifyProvidesDefaultImplementations() {}
-
   /// Returns the data for the Firebase app with the given [name].
   ///
   /// If there is no such app, returns null.
diff --git a/packages/firebase_core/firebase_core_platform_interface/pubspec.yaml b/packages/firebase_core/firebase_core_platform_interface/pubspec.yaml
index 67fc6ac343b5..8c2edaef7b0a 100644
--- a/packages/firebase_core/firebase_core_platform_interface/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/firebase_core/firebase_core_platform_interface/pubspec.yaml
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ description: A common platform interface for the firebase_core plugin.
 homepage: https://github.com/FirebaseExtended/flutterfire/tree/master/packages/firebase_core/firebase_core_platform_interface
 # NOTE: We strongly prefer non-breaking changes, even at the expense of a
 # less-clean API. See https://flutter.dev/go/platform-interface-breaking-changes
-version: 1.0.3
+version: 1.0.4
 
 dependencies:
   flutter:
     sdk: flutter
   meta: ^1.0.5
+  plugin_platform_interface: ^1.0.2
   quiver: ">=2.0.0 <3.0.0"
 
 dev_dependencies:
diff --git a/packages/firebase_core/firebase_core_platform_interface/test/firebase_core_platform_interface_test.dart b/packages/firebase_core/firebase_core_platform_interface/test/firebase_core_platform_interface_test.dart
index 8feb5a50e95d..b1d06915f5f1 100644
--- a/packages/firebase_core/firebase_core_platform_interface/test/firebase_core_platform_interface_test.dart
+++ b/packages/firebase_core/firebase_core_platform_interface/test/firebase_core_platform_interface_test.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import 'package:firebase_core_platform_interface/firebase_core_platform_interface.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
 import 'package:mockito/mockito.dart';
+import 'package:plugin_platform_interface/plugin_platform_interface.dart';
 
 void main() {
   group('$FirebaseCorePlatform', () {
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ void main() {
     test('Cannot be implemented with `implements`', () {
       expect(() {
         FirebaseCorePlatform.instance = ImplementsFirebaseCorePlatform();
-      }, throwsAssertionError);
+      }, throwsNoSuchMethodError);
     });
 
     test('Can be extended', () {
@@ -23,15 +24,25 @@ void main() {
     });
 
     test('Can be mocked with `implements`', () {
-      final ImplementsFirebaseCorePlatform mock =
-          ImplementsFirebaseCorePlatform();
-      when(mock.isMock).thenReturn(true);
+      final FirebaseCoreMockPlatform mock = FirebaseCoreMockPlatform();
       FirebaseCorePlatform.instance = mock;
     });
   });
 }
 
-class ImplementsFirebaseCorePlatform extends Mock
-    implements FirebaseCorePlatform {}
+class ImplementsFirebaseCorePlatform implements FirebaseCorePlatform {
+  @override
+  Future<List<PlatformFirebaseApp>> allApps() => null;
+
+  @override
+  Future<PlatformFirebaseApp> appNamed(String name) => null;
+
+  @override
+  Future<void> configure(String name, FirebaseOptions options) => null;
+}
 
 class ExtendsFirebaseCorePlatform extends FirebaseCorePlatform {}
+
+class FirebaseCoreMockPlatform extends Mock
+    with MockPlatformInterfaceMixin
+    implements FirebaseCorePlatform {}