diff --git a/tools/aapt/Android.mk b/tools/aapt/Android.mk
index 162edc4..f43060d 100644
--- a/tools/aapt/Android.mk
+++ b/tools/aapt/Android.mk
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 	WorkQueue.cpp \
     ZipEntry.cpp \
     ZipFile.cpp \
-	qsort_r_compat.c
 
 LOCAL_PATH:= $(call my-dir)
 include $(CLEAR_VARS)
diff --git a/tools/aapt/StringPool.cpp b/tools/aapt/StringPool.cpp
index c7fd040..5edc144 100644
--- a/tools/aapt/StringPool.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt/StringPool.cpp
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@
 //
 
 #include "StringPool.h"
-#include "ResourceTable.h"
 
 #include <utils/ByteOrder.h>
 #include <utils/SortedVector.h>
-#include "qsort_r_compat.h"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+
+#include "ResourceTable.h"
 
 #if HAVE_PRINTF_ZD
 #  define ZD "%zd"
@@ -214,12 +216,15 @@
     return NO_ERROR;
 }
 
-int StringPool::config_sort(void* state, const void* lhs, const void* rhs)
+StringPool::ConfigSorter::ConfigSorter(const StringPool& pool) : pool(pool)
 {
-    StringPool* pool = (StringPool*)state;
-    const entry& lhe = pool->mEntries[pool->mEntryArray[*static_cast<const size_t*>(lhs)]];
-    const entry& rhe = pool->mEntries[pool->mEntryArray[*static_cast<const size_t*>(rhs)]];
-    return lhe.compare(rhe);
+}
+
+bool StringPool::ConfigSorter::operator()(size_t l, size_t r)
+{
+    const StringPool::entry& lhe = pool.mEntries[pool.mEntryArray[l]];
+    const StringPool::entry& rhe = pool.mEntries[pool.mEntryArray[r]];
+    return lhe.compare(rhe) < 0;
 }
 
 void StringPool::sortByConfig()
@@ -240,10 +245,8 @@
 
     // Sort the array.
     NOISY(printf("SORTING STRINGS BY CONFIGURATION...\n"));
-    // Vector::sort uses insertion sort, which is very slow for this data set.
-    // Use quicksort instead because we don't need a stable sort here.
-    qsort_r_compat(newPosToOriginalPos.editArray(), N, sizeof(size_t), this, config_sort);
-    //newPosToOriginalPos.sort(config_sort, this);
+    ConfigSorter sorter(*this);
+    std::sort(newPosToOriginalPos.begin(), newPosToOriginalPos.end(), sorter);
     NOISY(printf("DONE SORTING STRINGS BY CONFIGURATION.\n"));
 
     // Create the reverse mapping from the original position in the array
diff --git a/tools/aapt/StringPool.h b/tools/aapt/StringPool.h
index 1b5a7ba..0b26538 100644
--- a/tools/aapt/StringPool.h
+++ b/tools/aapt/StringPool.h
@@ -138,7 +138,14 @@
     const Vector<size_t>* offsetsForString(const String16& val) const;
 
 private:
-    static int config_sort(void* state, const void* lhs, const void* rhs);
+    class ConfigSorter
+    {
+    public:
+        explicit ConfigSorter(const StringPool&);
+        bool operator()(size_t l, size_t r);
+    private:
+        const StringPool& pool;
+    };
 
     const bool                              mUTF8;
 
diff --git a/tools/aapt/qsort_r_compat.c b/tools/aapt/qsort_r_compat.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a8dbe8..0000000
--- a/tools/aapt/qsort_r_compat.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2012 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.
- */
-
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include "qsort_r_compat.h"
-
-/*
- * Note: This code is only used on the host, and is primarily here for
- * Mac OS compatibility. Apparently, glibc and Apple's libc disagree on
- * the parameter order for qsort_r.
- */
-
-#if HAVE_BSD_QSORT_R
-
-/*
- * BSD qsort_r parameter order is as we have defined here.
- */
-
-void qsort_r_compat(void* base, size_t nel, size_t width, void* thunk,
-        int (*compar)(void*, const void* , const void*)) {
-    qsort_r(base, nel, width, thunk, compar);
-}
-
-#elif HAVE_GNU_QSORT_R
-
-/*
- * GNU qsort_r parameter order places the thunk parameter last.
- */
-
-struct compar_data {
-    void* thunk;
-    int (*compar)(void*, const void* , const void*);
-};
-
-static int compar_wrapper(const void* a, const void* b, void* data) {
-    struct compar_data* compar_data = (struct compar_data*)data;
-    return compar_data->compar(compar_data->thunk, a, b);
-}
-
-void qsort_r_compat(void* base, size_t nel, size_t width, void* thunk,
-        int (*compar)(void*, const void* , const void*)) {
-    struct compar_data compar_data;
-    compar_data.thunk = thunk;
-    compar_data.compar = compar;
-    qsort_r(base, nel, width, compar_wrapper, &compar_data);
-}
-
-#else
-
-/*
- * Emulate qsort_r using thread local storage to access the thunk data.
- */
-
-#include <cutils/threads.h>
-
-static thread_store_t compar_data_key = THREAD_STORE_INITIALIZER;
-
-struct compar_data {
-    void* thunk;
-    int (*compar)(void*, const void* , const void*);
-};
-
-static int compar_wrapper(const void* a, const void* b) {
-    struct compar_data* compar_data = (struct compar_data*)thread_store_get(&compar_data_key);
-    return compar_data->compar(compar_data->thunk, a, b);
-}
-
-void qsort_r_compat(void* base, size_t nel, size_t width, void* thunk,
-        int (*compar)(void*, const void* , const void*)) {
-    struct compar_data compar_data;
-    compar_data.thunk = thunk;
-    compar_data.compar = compar;
-    thread_store_set(&compar_data_key, &compar_data, NULL);
-    qsort(base, nel, width, compar_wrapper);
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/tools/aapt/qsort_r_compat.h b/tools/aapt/qsort_r_compat.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e14f999..0000000
--- a/tools/aapt/qsort_r_compat.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2012 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.
- */
-
-/*
- * Provides a portable version of qsort_r, called qsort_r_compat, which is a
- * reentrant variant of qsort that passes a user data pointer to its comparator.
- * This implementation follows the BSD parameter convention.
- */
-
-#ifndef ___QSORT_R_COMPAT_H
-#define ___QSORT_R_COMPAT_H
-
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-void qsort_r_compat(void* base, size_t nel, size_t width, void* thunk,
-        int (*compar)(void*, const void* , const void* ));
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif // ___QSORT_R_COMPAT_H