diff --git a/scripts/lint-project-xml.py b/scripts/lint-project-xml.py
index 38c57ca..f1ef85d 100755
--- a/scripts/lint-project-xml.py
+++ b/scripts/lint-project-xml.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 import argparse
 
+from ninja_rsp import NinjaRspFileReader
+
 
 def check_action(check_type):
   """
@@ -91,74 +93,6 @@
   return parser.parse_args()
 
 
-class NinjaRspFileReader:
-  """
-  Reads entries from a Ninja rsp file.  Ninja escapes any entries in the file that contain a
-  non-standard character by surrounding the whole entry with single quotes, and then replacing
-  any single quotes in the entry with the escape sequence '\''.
-  """
-
-  def __init__(self, filename):
-    self.f = open(filename, 'r')
-    self.r = self.character_reader(self.f)
-
-  def __iter__(self):
-    return self
-
-  def character_reader(self, f):
-    """Turns a file into a generator that returns one character at a time."""
-    while True:
-      c = f.read(1)
-      if c:
-        yield c
-      else:
-        return
-
-  def __next__(self):
-    entry = self.read_entry()
-    if entry:
-      return entry
-    else:
-      raise StopIteration
-
-  def read_entry(self):
-    c = next(self.r, "")
-    if not c:
-      return ""
-    elif c == "'":
-      return self.read_quoted_entry()
-    else:
-      entry = c
-      for c in self.r:
-        if c == " " or c == "\n":
-          break
-        entry += c
-      return entry
-
-  def read_quoted_entry(self):
-    entry = ""
-    for c in self.r:
-      if c == "'":
-        # Either the end of the quoted entry, or the beginning of an escape sequence, read the next
-        # character to find out.
-        c = next(self.r)
-        if not c or c == " " or c == "\n":
-          # End of the item
-          return entry
-        elif c == "\\":
-          # Escape sequence, expect a '
-          c = next(self.r)
-          if c != "'":
-            # Malformed escape sequence
-            raise "malformed escape sequence %s'\\%s" % (entry, c)
-          entry += "'"
-        else:
-          raise "malformed escape sequence %s'%s" % (entry, c)
-      else:
-        entry += c
-    raise "unterminated quoted entry %s" % entry
-
-
 def write_project_xml(f, args):
   test_attr = "test='true' " if args.test else ""