diff --git a/cc/util.go b/cc/util.go
index 1220d84..9bba876 100644
--- a/cc/util.go
+++ b/cc/util.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 	"strings"
 
 	"android/soong/android"
+	"android/soong/snapshot"
 )
 
 // Efficiently converts a list of include directories to a single string
@@ -126,20 +127,6 @@
 		"ln -sf " + target + " " + filepath.Join(dir, linkName)
 }
 
-func copyFileRule(ctx android.SingletonContext, path android.Path, out string) android.OutputPath {
-	outPath := android.PathForOutput(ctx, out)
-	ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
-		Rule:        android.Cp,
-		Input:       path,
-		Output:      outPath,
-		Description: "copy " + path.String() + " -> " + out,
-		Args: map[string]string{
-			"cpFlags": "-f -L",
-		},
-	})
-	return outPath
-}
-
 func combineNoticesRule(ctx android.SingletonContext, paths android.Paths, out string) android.OutputPath {
 	outPath := android.PathForOutput(ctx, out)
 	ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
@@ -151,12 +138,6 @@
 	return outPath
 }
 
-func writeStringToFileRule(ctx android.SingletonContext, content, out string) android.OutputPath {
-	outPath := android.PathForOutput(ctx, out)
-	android.WriteFileRule(ctx, outPath, content)
-	return outPath
-}
-
 // Dump a map to a list file as:
 //
 // {key1} {value1}
@@ -172,5 +153,5 @@
 		txtBuilder.WriteString(" ")
 		txtBuilder.WriteString(m[k])
 	}
-	return writeStringToFileRule(ctx, txtBuilder.String(), path)
+	return snapshot.WriteStringToFileRule(ctx, txtBuilder.String(), path)
 }
diff --git a/cc/vendor_snapshot.go b/cc/vendor_snapshot.go
index 6705d55..ba4d79f 100644
--- a/cc/vendor_snapshot.go
+++ b/cc/vendor_snapshot.go
@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@
 		if fake {
 			// All prebuilt binaries and headers are installed by copyFile function. This makes a fake
 			// snapshot just touch prebuilts and headers, rather than installing real files.
-			return writeStringToFileRule(ctx, "", out)
+			return snapshot.WriteStringToFileRule(ctx, "", out)
 		} else {
-			return copyFileRule(ctx, path, out)
+			return snapshot.CopyFileRule(pctx, ctx, path, out)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
 			ctx.Errorf("json marshal to %q failed: %#v", propOut, err)
 			return nil
 		}
-		ret = append(ret, writeStringToFileRule(ctx, string(j), propOut))
+		ret = append(ret, snapshot.WriteStringToFileRule(ctx, string(j), propOut))
 
 		return ret
 	}
diff --git a/cc/vndk.go b/cc/vndk.go
index 499d428..1ae79de 100644
--- a/cc/vndk.go
+++ b/cc/vndk.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 	"android/soong/android"
 	"android/soong/cc/config"
 	"android/soong/etc"
+	"android/soong/snapshot"
 
 	"github.com/google/blueprint"
 )
@@ -698,7 +699,7 @@
 
 		libPath := m.outputFile.Path()
 		snapshotLibOut := filepath.Join(snapshotArchDir, targetArch, "shared", vndkType, libPath.Base())
-		ret = append(ret, copyFileRule(ctx, libPath, snapshotLibOut))
+		ret = append(ret, snapshot.CopyFileRule(pctx, ctx, libPath, snapshotLibOut))
 
 		if ctx.Config().VndkSnapshotBuildArtifacts() {
 			prop := struct {
@@ -720,7 +721,7 @@
 				ctx.Errorf("json marshal to %q failed: %#v", propOut, err)
 				return nil, false
 			}
-			ret = append(ret, writeStringToFileRule(ctx, string(j), propOut))
+			ret = append(ret, snapshot.WriteStringToFileRule(ctx, string(j), propOut))
 		}
 		return ret, true
 	}
@@ -778,8 +779,8 @@
 
 	// install all headers after removing duplicates
 	for _, header := range android.FirstUniquePaths(headers) {
-		snapshotOutputs = append(snapshotOutputs, copyFileRule(
-			ctx, header, filepath.Join(includeDir, header.String())))
+		snapshotOutputs = append(snapshotOutputs, snapshot.CopyFileRule(
+			pctx, ctx, header, filepath.Join(includeDir, header.String())))
 	}
 
 	// install *.libraries.txt except vndkcorevariant.libraries.txt
@@ -788,8 +789,8 @@
 		if !ok || !m.Enabled() || m.Name() == vndkUsingCoreVariantLibrariesTxt {
 			return
 		}
-		snapshotOutputs = append(snapshotOutputs, copyFileRule(
-			ctx, m.OutputFile(), filepath.Join(configsDir, m.Name())))
+		snapshotOutputs = append(snapshotOutputs, snapshot.CopyFileRule(
+			pctx, ctx, m.OutputFile(), filepath.Join(configsDir, m.Name())))
 	})
 
 	/*