diff --git a/android/license.go b/android/license.go
index d571b1f..8bfd3ba 100644
--- a/android/license.go
+++ b/android/license.go
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@
 
 func (m *licenseModule) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx ModuleContext) {
 	// license modules have no licenses, but license_kinds must refer to license_kind modules
-	mergeProps(&m.base().commonProperties.Effective_licenses, ctx.ModuleName())
-	mergeProps(&m.base().commonProperties.Effective_license_text, PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, m.properties.License_text).Strings()...)
+	mergeStringProps(&m.base().commonProperties.Effective_licenses, ctx.ModuleName())
+	mergePathProps(&m.base().commonProperties.Effective_license_text, PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, m.properties.License_text)...)
 	for _, module := range ctx.GetDirectDepsWithTag(licenseKindTag) {
 		if lk, ok := module.(*licenseKindModule); ok {
-			mergeProps(&m.base().commonProperties.Effective_license_conditions, lk.properties.Conditions...)
-			mergeProps(&m.base().commonProperties.Effective_license_kinds, ctx.OtherModuleName(module))
+			mergeStringProps(&m.base().commonProperties.Effective_license_conditions, lk.properties.Conditions...)
+			mergeStringProps(&m.base().commonProperties.Effective_license_kinds, ctx.OtherModuleName(module))
 		} else {
 			ctx.ModuleErrorf("license_kinds property %q is not a license_kind module", ctx.OtherModuleName(module))
 		}