diff --git a/Android.bp b/Android.bp
index 1f6ebe2..3badfcd 100644
--- a/Android.bp
+++ b/Android.bp
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
         "android/expand_test.go",
         "android/paths_test.go",
         "android/prebuilt_test.go",
+        "android/util_test.go",
         "android/variable_test.go",
     ],
 }
diff --git a/android/paths.go b/android/paths.go
index 7443547..d6a1c66 100644
--- a/android/paths.go
+++ b/android/paths.go
@@ -286,8 +286,8 @@
 	return ret
 }
 
-// FirstUniqueElements returns all unique elements of a slice, keeping the first copy of each
-// modifies the slice contents in place, and returns a subslice of the original slice
+// FirstUniquePaths returns all unique elements of a Paths, keeping the first copy of each.  It
+// modifies the Paths slice contents in place, and returns a subslice of the original slice.
 func FirstUniquePaths(list Paths) Paths {
 	k := 0
 outer:
@@ -303,6 +303,24 @@
 	return list[:k]
 }
 
+// LastUniquePaths returns all unique elements of a Paths, keeping the last copy of each.  It
+// modifies the Paths slice contents in place, and returns a subslice of the original slice.
+func LastUniquePaths(list Paths) Paths {
+	totalSkip := 0
+	for i := len(list) - 1; i >= totalSkip; i-- {
+		skip := 0
+		for j := i - 1; j >= totalSkip; j-- {
+			if list[i] == list[j] {
+				skip++
+			} else {
+				list[j+skip] = list[j]
+			}
+		}
+		totalSkip += skip
+	}
+	return list[totalSkip:]
+}
+
 func indexPathList(s Path, list []Path) int {
 	for i, l := range list {
 		if l == s {
diff --git a/android/util.go b/android/util.go
index 80c7870..4d30a74 100644
--- a/android/util.go
+++ b/android/util.go
@@ -77,6 +77,41 @@
 	return false
 }
 
+// FirstUniqueStrings returns all unique elements of a slice of strings, keeping the first copy of
+// each.  It modifies the slice contents in place, and returns a subslice of the original slice.
+func FirstUniqueStrings(list []string) []string {
+	k := 0
+outer:
+	for i := 0; i < len(list); i++ {
+		for j := 0; j < k; j++ {
+			if list[i] == list[j] {
+				continue outer
+			}
+		}
+		list[k] = list[i]
+		k++
+	}
+	return list[:k]
+}
+
+// LastUniqueStrings returns all unique elements of a slice of strings, keeping the last copy of
+// each.  It modifies the slice contents in place, and returns a subslice of the original slice.
+func LastUniqueStrings(list []string) []string {
+	totalSkip := 0
+	for i := len(list) - 1; i >= totalSkip; i-- {
+		skip := 0
+		for j := i - 1; j >= totalSkip; j-- {
+			if list[i] == list[j] {
+				skip++
+			} else {
+				list[j+skip] = list[j]
+			}
+		}
+		totalSkip += skip
+	}
+	return list[totalSkip:]
+}
+
 // checkCalledFromInit panics if a Go package's init function is not on the
 // call stack.
 func checkCalledFromInit() {
diff --git a/android/util_test.go b/android/util_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32f92b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/util_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+// Copyright 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package android
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+var firstUniqueStringsTestCases = []struct {
+	in  []string
+	out []string
+}{
+	{
+		in:  []string{"a"},
+		out: []string{"a"},
+	},
+	{
+		in:  []string{"a", "b"},
+		out: []string{"a", "b"},
+	},
+	{
+		in:  []string{"a", "a"},
+		out: []string{"a"},
+	},
+	{
+		in:  []string{"a", "b", "a"},
+		out: []string{"a", "b"},
+	},
+	{
+		in:  []string{"b", "a", "a"},
+		out: []string{"b", "a"},
+	},
+	{
+		in:  []string{"a", "a", "b"},
+		out: []string{"a", "b"},
+	},
+	{
+		in:  []string{"a", "b", "a", "b"},
+		out: []string{"a", "b"},
+	},
+	{
+		in:  []string{"liblog", "libdl", "libc++", "libdl", "libc", "libm"},
+		out: []string{"liblog", "libdl", "libc++", "libc", "libm"},
+	},
+}
+
+func TestFirstUniqueStrings(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, testCase := range firstUniqueStringsTestCases {
+		out := FirstUniqueStrings(testCase.in)
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(out, testCase.out) {
+			t.Errorf("incorrect output:")
+			t.Errorf("     input: %#v", testCase.in)
+			t.Errorf("  expected: %#v", testCase.out)
+			t.Errorf("       got: %#v", out)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+var lastUniqueStringsTestCases = []struct {
+	in  []string
+	out []string
+}{
+	{
+		in:  []string{"a"},
+		out: []string{"a"},
+	},
+	{
+		in:  []string{"a", "b"},
+		out: []string{"a", "b"},
+	},
+	{
+		in:  []string{"a", "a"},
+		out: []string{"a"},
+	},
+	{
+		in:  []string{"a", "b", "a"},
+		out: []string{"b", "a"},
+	},
+	{
+		in:  []string{"b", "a", "a"},
+		out: []string{"b", "a"},
+	},
+	{
+		in:  []string{"a", "a", "b"},
+		out: []string{"a", "b"},
+	},
+	{
+		in:  []string{"a", "b", "a", "b"},
+		out: []string{"a", "b"},
+	},
+	{
+		in:  []string{"liblog", "libdl", "libc++", "libdl", "libc", "libm"},
+		out: []string{"liblog", "libc++", "libdl", "libc", "libm"},
+	},
+}
+
+func TestLastUniqueStrings(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, testCase := range lastUniqueStringsTestCases {
+		out := LastUniqueStrings(testCase.in)
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(out, testCase.out) {
+			t.Errorf("incorrect output:")
+			t.Errorf("     input: %#v", testCase.in)
+			t.Errorf("  expected: %#v", testCase.out)
+			t.Errorf("       got: %#v", out)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index 7163696..36b97e1 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@
 		orderedAllDeps = append(orderedAllDeps, transitiveDeps[dep]...)
 	}
 
-	orderedAllDeps = lastUniquePaths(orderedAllDeps)
+	orderedAllDeps = android.LastUniquePaths(orderedAllDeps)
 
 	// We don't want to add any new dependencies into directDeps (to allow the caller to
 	// intentionally exclude or replace any unwanted transitive dependencies), so we limit the
@@ -763,12 +763,12 @@
 		deps = feature.deps(ctx, deps)
 	}
 
-	deps.WholeStaticLibs = lastUniqueElements(deps.WholeStaticLibs)
-	deps.StaticLibs = lastUniqueElements(deps.StaticLibs)
-	deps.LateStaticLibs = lastUniqueElements(deps.LateStaticLibs)
-	deps.SharedLibs = lastUniqueElements(deps.SharedLibs)
-	deps.LateSharedLibs = lastUniqueElements(deps.LateSharedLibs)
-	deps.HeaderLibs = lastUniqueElements(deps.HeaderLibs)
+	deps.WholeStaticLibs = android.LastUniqueStrings(deps.WholeStaticLibs)
+	deps.StaticLibs = android.LastUniqueStrings(deps.StaticLibs)
+	deps.LateStaticLibs = android.LastUniqueStrings(deps.LateStaticLibs)
+	deps.SharedLibs = android.LastUniqueStrings(deps.SharedLibs)
+	deps.LateSharedLibs = android.LastUniqueStrings(deps.LateSharedLibs)
+	deps.HeaderLibs = android.LastUniqueStrings(deps.HeaderLibs)
 
 	for _, lib := range deps.ReexportSharedLibHeaders {
 		if !inList(lib, deps.SharedLibs) {
@@ -1249,13 +1249,13 @@
 	depPaths.StaticLibs = append(depPaths.StaticLibs, orderStaticModuleDeps(c, directStaticDeps)...)
 
 	// Dedup exported flags from dependencies
-	depPaths.Flags = firstUniqueElements(depPaths.Flags)
+	depPaths.Flags = android.FirstUniqueStrings(depPaths.Flags)
 	depPaths.GeneratedHeaders = android.FirstUniquePaths(depPaths.GeneratedHeaders)
-	depPaths.ReexportedFlags = firstUniqueElements(depPaths.ReexportedFlags)
+	depPaths.ReexportedFlags = android.FirstUniqueStrings(depPaths.ReexportedFlags)
 	depPaths.ReexportedFlagsDeps = android.FirstUniquePaths(depPaths.ReexportedFlagsDeps)
 
 	if c.sabi != nil {
-		c.sabi.Properties.ReexportedIncludeFlags = firstUniqueElements(c.sabi.Properties.ReexportedIncludeFlags)
+		c.sabi.Properties.ReexportedIncludeFlags = android.FirstUniqueStrings(c.sabi.Properties.ReexportedIncludeFlags)
 	}
 
 	return depPaths
@@ -1438,58 +1438,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-// firstUniqueElements returns all unique elements of a slice, keeping the first copy of each
-// modifies the slice contents in place, and returns a subslice of the original slice
-func firstUniqueElements(list []string) []string {
-	k := 0
-outer:
-	for i := 0; i < len(list); i++ {
-		for j := 0; j < k; j++ {
-			if list[i] == list[j] {
-				continue outer
-			}
-		}
-		list[k] = list[i]
-		k++
-	}
-	return list[:k]
-}
-
-// lastUniqueElements returns all unique elements of a slice, keeping the last copy of each.
-// It modifies the slice contents in place, and returns a subslice of the original slice
-func lastUniqueElements(list []string) []string {
-	totalSkip := 0
-	for i := len(list) - 1; i >= totalSkip; i-- {
-		skip := 0
-		for j := i - 1; j >= totalSkip; j-- {
-			if list[i] == list[j] {
-				skip++
-			} else {
-				list[j+skip] = list[j]
-			}
-		}
-		totalSkip += skip
-	}
-	return list[totalSkip:]
-}
-
-// lastUniquePaths is the same as lastUniqueElements but uses Path structs
-func lastUniquePaths(list []android.Path) []android.Path {
-	totalSkip := 0
-	for i := len(list) - 1; i >= totalSkip; i-- {
-		skip := 0
-		for j := i - 1; j >= totalSkip; j-- {
-			if list[i] == list[j] {
-				skip++
-			} else {
-				list[j+skip] = list[j]
-			}
-		}
-		totalSkip += skip
-	}
-	return list[totalSkip:]
-}
-
 func getCurrentNdkPrebuiltVersion(ctx DepsContext) string {
 	if ctx.AConfig().PlatformSdkVersionInt() > config.NdkMaxPrebuiltVersionInt {
 		return strconv.Itoa(config.NdkMaxPrebuiltVersionInt)
diff --git a/cc/cc_test.go b/cc/cc_test.go
index dc04a4e..35274f0 100644
--- a/cc/cc_test.go
+++ b/cc/cc_test.go
@@ -156,106 +156,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-var firstUniqueElementsTestCases = []struct {
-	in  []string
-	out []string
-}{
-	{
-		in:  []string{"a"},
-		out: []string{"a"},
-	},
-	{
-		in:  []string{"a", "b"},
-		out: []string{"a", "b"},
-	},
-	{
-		in:  []string{"a", "a"},
-		out: []string{"a"},
-	},
-	{
-		in:  []string{"a", "b", "a"},
-		out: []string{"a", "b"},
-	},
-	{
-		in:  []string{"b", "a", "a"},
-		out: []string{"b", "a"},
-	},
-	{
-		in:  []string{"a", "a", "b"},
-		out: []string{"a", "b"},
-	},
-	{
-		in:  []string{"a", "b", "a", "b"},
-		out: []string{"a", "b"},
-	},
-	{
-		in:  []string{"liblog", "libdl", "libc++", "libdl", "libc", "libm"},
-		out: []string{"liblog", "libdl", "libc++", "libc", "libm"},
-	},
-}
-
-func TestFirstUniqueElements(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, testCase := range firstUniqueElementsTestCases {
-		out := firstUniqueElements(testCase.in)
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(out, testCase.out) {
-			t.Errorf("incorrect output:")
-			t.Errorf("     input: %#v", testCase.in)
-			t.Errorf("  expected: %#v", testCase.out)
-			t.Errorf("       got: %#v", out)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-var lastUniqueElementsTestCases = []struct {
-	in  []string
-	out []string
-}{
-	{
-		in:  []string{"a"},
-		out: []string{"a"},
-	},
-	{
-		in:  []string{"a", "b"},
-		out: []string{"a", "b"},
-	},
-	{
-		in:  []string{"a", "a"},
-		out: []string{"a"},
-	},
-	{
-		in:  []string{"a", "b", "a"},
-		out: []string{"b", "a"},
-	},
-	{
-		in:  []string{"b", "a", "a"},
-		out: []string{"b", "a"},
-	},
-	{
-		in:  []string{"a", "a", "b"},
-		out: []string{"a", "b"},
-	},
-	{
-		in:  []string{"a", "b", "a", "b"},
-		out: []string{"a", "b"},
-	},
-	{
-		in:  []string{"liblog", "libdl", "libc++", "libdl", "libc", "libm"},
-		out: []string{"liblog", "libc++", "libdl", "libc", "libm"},
-	},
-}
-
-func TestLastUniqueElements(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, testCase := range lastUniqueElementsTestCases {
-		out := lastUniqueElements(testCase.in)
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(out, testCase.out) {
-			t.Errorf("incorrect output:")
-			t.Errorf("     input: %#v", testCase.in)
-			t.Errorf("  expected: %#v", testCase.out)
-			t.Errorf("       got: %#v", out)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 var (
 	str11 = "01234567891"
 	str10 = str11[:10]