diff --git a/java/testing.go b/java/testing.go
index 378e2dd..5ee659c 100644
--- a/java/testing.go
+++ b/java/testing.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
-	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -611,14 +610,13 @@
 	ctx.VisitDirectDeps(module, func(m blueprint.Module) {
 		deps = append(deps, m.Name())
 	})
-	sort.Strings(deps)
-
-	return deps
+	return android.SortedUniqueStrings(deps)
 }
 
 // CheckModuleDependencies checks if the expected dependencies of the module are
 // identical to the actual dependencies.
 func CheckModuleDependencies(t *testing.T, ctx *android.TestContext, name, variant string, expected []string) {
+	t.Helper()
 	deps := getModuleDependencies(t, ctx, name, variant)
 
 	if actual := deps; !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, actual) {