diff --git a/android/paths.go b/android/paths.go
index d8d51a7..887b3a3 100644
--- a/android/paths.go
+++ b/android/paths.go
@@ -380,6 +380,18 @@
 }
 
 func expandOneSrcPath(ctx ModuleContext, s string, expandedExcludes []string) (Paths, error) {
+	excludePaths := func(paths Paths) Paths {
+		if len(expandedExcludes) == 0 {
+			return paths
+		}
+		remainder := make(Paths, 0, len(paths))
+		for _, p := range paths {
+			if !InList(p.String(), expandedExcludes) {
+				remainder = append(remainder, p)
+			}
+		}
+		return remainder
+	}
 	if m, t := SrcIsModuleWithTag(s); m != "" {
 		module := ctx.GetDirectDepWithTag(m, sourceOrOutputDepTag(t))
 		if module == nil {
@@ -390,20 +402,11 @@
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("path dependency %q: %s", s, err)
 			}
-			return outputFiles, nil
+			return excludePaths(outputFiles), nil
 		} else if t != "" {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("path dependency %q is not an output file producing module", s)
 		} else if srcProducer, ok := module.(SourceFileProducer); ok {
-			moduleSrcs := srcProducer.Srcs()
-			for _, e := range expandedExcludes {
-				for j := 0; j < len(moduleSrcs); j++ {
-					if moduleSrcs[j].String() == e {
-						moduleSrcs = append(moduleSrcs[:j], moduleSrcs[j+1:]...)
-						j--
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			return moduleSrcs, nil
+			return excludePaths(srcProducer.Srcs()), nil
 		} else {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("path dependency %q is not a source file producing module", s)
 		}
@@ -418,8 +421,7 @@
 			reportPathErrorf(ctx, "module source path %q does not exist", p)
 		}
 
-		j := findStringInSlice(p.String(), expandedExcludes)
-		if j >= 0 {
+		if InList(p.String(), expandedExcludes) {
 			return nil, nil
 		}
 		return Paths{p}, nil