diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index ce72c27..f7b0f53 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -580,18 +580,6 @@
 	return false
 }
 
-func shardPaths(paths android.Paths, shardSize int) []android.Paths {
-	ret := make([]android.Paths, 0, (len(paths)+shardSize-1)/shardSize)
-	for len(paths) > shardSize {
-		ret = append(ret, paths[0:shardSize])
-		paths = paths[shardSize:]
-	}
-	if len(paths) > 0 {
-		ret = append(ret, paths)
-	}
-	return ret
-}
-
 func (j *Module) hasSrcExt(ext string) bool {
 	return hasSrcExt(j.properties.Srcs, ext)
 }
@@ -1156,7 +1144,7 @@
 			shardSize := int(*(j.properties.Javac_shard_size))
 			var shardSrcs []android.Paths
 			if len(uniqueSrcFiles) > 0 {
-				shardSrcs = shardPaths(uniqueSrcFiles, shardSize)
+				shardSrcs = android.ShardPaths(uniqueSrcFiles, shardSize)
 				for idx, shardSrc := range shardSrcs {
 					classes := j.compileJavaClasses(ctx, jarName, idx, shardSrc,
 						nil, flags, extraJarDeps)