diff --git a/android/defs.go b/android/defs.go
index 03968c1..a988964 100644
--- a/android/defs.go
+++ b/android/defs.go
@@ -15,13 +15,8 @@
 package android
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-
 	"github.com/google/blueprint"
 	"github.com/google/blueprint/bootstrap"
-	"github.com/google/blueprint/proptools"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -72,8 +67,7 @@
 			Command:     "if ! cmp -s $in $out; then cp $in $out; fi",
 			Description: "cp if changed $out",
 			Restat:      true,
-		},
-		"cpFlags")
+		})
 
 	CpExecutable = pctx.AndroidStaticRule("CpExecutable",
 		blueprint.RuleParams{
@@ -146,106 +140,6 @@
 	return BazelToolchainVars(config, exportedVars)
 }
 
-var (
-	// echoEscaper escapes a string such that passing it to "echo -e" will produce the input value.
-	echoEscaper = strings.NewReplacer(
-		`\`, `\\`, // First escape existing backslashes so they aren't interpreted by `echo -e`.
-		"\n", `\n`, // Then replace newlines with \n
-	)
-
-	// echoEscaper reverses echoEscaper.
-	echoUnescaper = strings.NewReplacer(
-		`\n`, "\n",
-		`\\`, `\`,
-	)
-
-	// shellUnescaper reverses the replacer in proptools.ShellEscape
-	shellUnescaper = strings.NewReplacer(`'\''`, `'`)
-)
-
-func buildWriteFileRule(ctx BuilderContext, outputFile WritablePath, content string) {
-	content = echoEscaper.Replace(content)
-	content = proptools.NinjaEscape(proptools.ShellEscapeIncludingSpaces(content))
-	if content == "" {
-		content = "''"
-	}
-	ctx.Build(pctx, BuildParams{
-		Rule:        writeFile,
-		Output:      outputFile,
-		Description: "write " + outputFile.Base(),
-		Args: map[string]string{
-			"content": content,
-		},
-	})
-}
-
-// WriteFileRule creates a ninja rule to write contents to a file.  The contents will be escaped
-// so that the file contains exactly the contents passed to the function, plus a trailing newline.
-func WriteFileRule(ctx BuilderContext, outputFile WritablePath, content string) {
-	WriteFileRuleVerbatim(ctx, outputFile, content+"\n")
-}
-
-// WriteFileRuleVerbatim creates a ninja rule to write contents to a file.  The contents will be
-// escaped so that the file contains exactly the contents passed to the function.
-func WriteFileRuleVerbatim(ctx BuilderContext, outputFile WritablePath, content string) {
-	// This is MAX_ARG_STRLEN subtracted with some safety to account for shell escapes
-	const SHARD_SIZE = 131072 - 10000
-
-	if len(content) > SHARD_SIZE {
-		var chunks WritablePaths
-		for i, c := range ShardString(content, SHARD_SIZE) {
-			tempPath := outputFile.ReplaceExtension(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("%s.%d", outputFile.Ext(), i))
-			buildWriteFileRule(ctx, tempPath, c)
-			chunks = append(chunks, tempPath)
-		}
-		ctx.Build(pctx, BuildParams{
-			Rule:        Cat,
-			Inputs:      chunks.Paths(),
-			Output:      outputFile,
-			Description: "Merging to " + outputFile.Base(),
-		})
-		return
-	}
-	buildWriteFileRule(ctx, outputFile, content)
-}
-
-// WriteExecutableFileRuleVerbatim is the same as WriteFileRuleVerbatim, but runs chmod +x on the result
-func WriteExecutableFileRuleVerbatim(ctx BuilderContext, outputFile WritablePath, content string) {
-	intermediate := PathForIntermediates(ctx, "write_executable_file_intermediates").Join(ctx, outputFile.String())
-	WriteFileRuleVerbatim(ctx, intermediate, content)
-	ctx.Build(pctx, BuildParams{
-		Rule:   CpExecutable,
-		Output: outputFile,
-		Input:  intermediate,
-	})
-}
-
-// shellUnescape reverses proptools.ShellEscape
-func shellUnescape(s string) string {
-	// Remove leading and trailing quotes if present
-	if len(s) >= 2 && s[0] == '\'' {
-		s = s[1 : len(s)-1]
-	}
-	s = shellUnescaper.Replace(s)
-	return s
-}
-
-// ContentFromFileRuleForTests returns the content that was passed to a WriteFileRule for use
-// in tests.
-func ContentFromFileRuleForTests(t *testing.T, ctx *TestContext, params TestingBuildParams) string {
-	t.Helper()
-	if g, w := params.Rule, writeFile; g != w {
-		t.Errorf("expected params.Rule to be %q, was %q", w, g)
-		return ""
-	}
-
-	content := params.Args["content"]
-	content = shellUnescape(content)
-	content = echoUnescaper.Replace(content)
-
-	return content
-}
-
 // GlobToListFileRule creates a rule that writes a list of files matching a pattern to a file.
 func GlobToListFileRule(ctx ModuleContext, pattern string, excludes []string, file WritablePath) {
 	bootstrap.GlobFile(ctx.blueprintModuleContext(), pattern, excludes, file.String())