diff --git a/android/prebuilt.go b/android/prebuilt.go
index bb98ed4..8114a65 100644
--- a/android/prebuilt.go
+++ b/android/prebuilt.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/google/blueprint"
 	"github.com/google/blueprint/proptools"
@@ -74,6 +75,12 @@
 	srcsPropertyName string
 }
 
+// RemoveOptionalPrebuiltPrefix returns the result of removing the "prebuilt_" prefix from the
+// supplied name if it has one, or returns the name unmodified if it does not.
+func RemoveOptionalPrebuiltPrefix(name string) string {
+	return strings.TrimPrefix(name, "prebuilt_")
+}
+
 func (p *Prebuilt) Name(name string) string {
 	return "prebuilt_" + name
 }
diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 40ef0c2..261284c 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -2178,7 +2178,7 @@
 func normalizeModuleName(moduleName string) string {
 	// Prebuilt modules (e.g. java_import, etc.) have "prebuilt_" prefix added by the build
 	// system. Trim the prefix for the check since they are confusing
-	moduleName = strings.TrimPrefix(moduleName, "prebuilt_")
+	moduleName = android.RemoveOptionalPrebuiltPrefix(moduleName)
 	if strings.HasPrefix(moduleName, "libclang_rt.") {
 		// This module has many arch variants that depend on the product being built.
 		// We don't want to list them all
diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index 9383e39..d1f5c47 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -2749,7 +2749,7 @@
 func baseLibName(depName string) string {
 	libName := strings.TrimSuffix(depName, llndkLibrarySuffix)
 	libName = strings.TrimSuffix(libName, vendorPublicLibrarySuffix)
-	libName = strings.TrimPrefix(libName, "prebuilt_")
+	libName = android.RemoveOptionalPrebuiltPrefix(libName)
 	return libName
 }