diff --git a/java/hiddenapi.go b/java/hiddenapi.go
index e9693c68e..f901434a0 100644
--- a/java/hiddenapi.go
+++ b/java/hiddenapi.go
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ func buildRuleToGenerateIndex(ctx android.ModuleContext, desc string, classesJar
 		BuiltTool("merge_csv").
 		Flag("--zip_input").
 		Flag("--key_field signature").
-		FlagWithArg("--header=", "signature,file,startline,startcol,endline,endcol,properties").
 		FlagWithOutput("--output=", indexCSV).
 		Inputs(classesJars)
 	rule.Build(desc, desc)
diff --git a/scripts/hiddenapi/merge_csv.py b/scripts/hiddenapi/merge_csv.py
index b047aab71..a65326c51 100755
--- a/scripts/hiddenapi/merge_csv.py
+++ b/scripts/hiddenapi/merge_csv.py
@@ -55,14 +55,15 @@ else:
                 if entry.endswith('.uau'):
                     csv_readers.append(dict_reader(io.TextIOWrapper(zip.open(entry, 'r'))))
 
-headers = set()
 if args.header:
     fieldnames = args.header.split(',')
 else:
+    headers = {}
     # Build union of all columns from source files:
     for reader in csv_readers:
-        headers = headers.union(reader.fieldnames)
-    fieldnames = sorted(headers)
+        for fieldname in reader.fieldnames:
+            headers[fieldname] = ""
+    fieldnames = list(headers.keys())
 
 # By default chain the csv readers together so that the resulting output is
 # the concatenation of the rows from each of them: