diff --git a/cmds/installd/otapreopt.cpp b/cmds/installd/otapreopt.cpp
index 3047198..05e4cfa 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/otapreopt.cpp
+++ b/cmds/installd/otapreopt.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
 #include <android-base/macros.h>
 #include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
+#include <android-base/strings.h>
 #include <cutils/fs.h>
 #include <cutils/log.h>
 #include <cutils/properties.h>
@@ -39,7 +40,6 @@
 #include <file_parsing.h>
 #include <globals.h>
 #include <installd_deps.h>  // Need to fill in requirements of commands.
-#include <string_helpers.h>
 #include <system_properties.h>
 #include <utils.h>
 
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
 #define TOKEN_MAX     16    /* max number of arguments in buffer */
 #define REPLY_MAX     256   /* largest reply allowed */
 
+using android::base::Join;
+using android::base::Split;
 using android::base::StringPrintf;
 
 namespace android {
@@ -297,7 +299,7 @@
         std::vector<std::string> cmd;
         cmd.push_back("/system/bin/dex2oat");
         cmd.push_back(StringPrintf("--image=%s", art_path.c_str()));
-        for (const std::string& boot_part : Split(boot_cp, ':')) {
+        for (const std::string& boot_part : Split(boot_cp, ":")) {
             cmd.push_back(StringPrintf("--dex-file=%s", boot_part.c_str()));
         }
         cmd.push_back(StringPrintf("--oat-file=%s", oat_path.c_str()));
@@ -326,7 +328,7 @@
         const std::string* extra_opts =
                 system_properties_.GetProperty("dalvik.vm.image-dex2oat-flags");
         if (extra_opts != nullptr) {
-            std::vector<std::string> extra_vals = Split(*extra_opts, ' ');
+            std::vector<std::string> extra_vals = Split(*extra_opts, " ");
             cmd.insert(cmd.end(), extra_vals.begin(), extra_vals.end());
         }
         // TODO: Should we lower this? It's usually set close to max, because
@@ -368,7 +370,7 @@
 
     // Wrapper on fork/execv to run a command in a subprocess.
     bool Exec(const std::vector<std::string>& arg_vector, std::string* error_msg) {
-        const std::string command_line(Join(arg_vector, ' '));
+        const std::string command_line = Join(arg_vector, ' ');
 
         CHECK_GE(arg_vector.size(), 1U) << command_line;
 
diff --git a/cmds/installd/string_helpers.h b/cmds/installd/string_helpers.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e8fcdef..0000000
--- a/cmds/installd/string_helpers.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * 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.
- */
-
-#ifndef ART_OTAPREOPT_STRING_HELPERS_H_
-#define ART_OTAPREOPT_STRING_HELPERS_H_
-
-#include <sstream>
-#include <string>
-
-#include <android-base/macros.h>
-
-namespace android {
-namespace installd {
-
-static inline bool StringStartsWith(const std::string& target,
-                                    const char* prefix) {
-    return target.compare(0, strlen(prefix), prefix) == 0;
-}
-
-// Split the input according to the separator character. Doesn't honor quotation.
-static inline std::vector<std::string> Split(const std::string& in, const char separator) {
-    if (in.empty()) {
-        return std::vector<std::string>();
-    }
-
-    std::vector<std::string> ret;
-    std::stringstream strstr(in);
-    std::string token;
-
-    while (std::getline(strstr, token, separator)) {
-        ret.push_back(token);
-    }
-
-    return ret;
-}
-
-template <typename StringT>
-static inline std::string Join(const std::vector<StringT>& strings, char separator) {
-    if (strings.empty()) {
-        return "";
-    }
-
-    std::string result(strings[0]);
-    for (size_t i = 1; i < strings.size(); ++i) {
-        result += separator;
-        result += strings[i];
-    }
-    return result;
-}
-
-}  // namespace installd
-}  // namespace android
-
-#endif  // ART_OTAPREOPT_STRING_HELPERS_H_