diff --git a/java/hiddenapi_modular.go b/java/hiddenapi_modular.go
index 654ebb743..86ab8253e 100644
--- a/java/hiddenapi_modular.go
+++ b/java/hiddenapi_modular.go
@@ -510,14 +510,6 @@ func (s FlagFilesByCategory) append(other FlagFilesByCategory) {
 	}
 }
 
-// dedup removes duplicates in the flag files, while maintaining the order in which they were
-// appended.
-func (s FlagFilesByCategory) dedup() {
-	for category, paths := range s {
-		s[category] = android.FirstUniquePaths(paths)
-	}
-}
-
 // HiddenAPIInfo contains information provided by the hidden API processing.
 //
 // That includes paths resolved from HiddenAPIFlagFileProperties and also generated by hidden API
diff --git a/java/hiddenapi_monolithic.go b/java/hiddenapi_monolithic.go
index fdcf09335..404b4c133 100644
--- a/java/hiddenapi_monolithic.go
+++ b/java/hiddenapi_monolithic.go
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@ func newMonolithicHiddenAPIInfo(ctx android.ModuleContext, flagFilesByCategory F
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Dedup paths.
-	monolithicInfo.dedup()
-
 	return monolithicInfo
 }
 
@@ -90,15 +87,4 @@ func (i *MonolithicHiddenAPIInfo) append(other *HiddenAPIInfo) {
 	i.AllFlagsPaths = append(i.AllFlagsPaths, other.AllFlagsPath)
 }
 
-// dedup removes duplicates in all the paths, while maintaining the order in which they were
-// appended.
-func (i *MonolithicHiddenAPIInfo) dedup() {
-	i.FlagsFilesByCategory.dedup()
-	i.StubFlagsPaths = android.FirstUniquePaths(i.StubFlagsPaths)
-	i.AnnotationFlagsPaths = android.FirstUniquePaths(i.AnnotationFlagsPaths)
-	i.MetadataPaths = android.FirstUniquePaths(i.MetadataPaths)
-	i.IndexPaths = android.FirstUniquePaths(i.IndexPaths)
-	i.AllFlagsPaths = android.FirstUniquePaths(i.AllFlagsPaths)
-}
-
 var MonolithicHiddenAPIInfoProvider = blueprint.NewProvider(MonolithicHiddenAPIInfo{})