diff --git a/libcutils/Android.bp b/libcutils/Android.bp
index 319a73a..5144fc6 100644
--- a/libcutils/Android.bp
+++ b/libcutils/Android.bp
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@
         "record_stream.cpp",
         "sockets.cpp",
         "strdup16to8.cpp",
-        "strdup8to16.cpp",
         "strlcpy.c",
         "threads.cpp",
     ],
diff --git a/libcutils/include/cutils/jstring.h b/libcutils/include/cutils/jstring.h
index a342608..6ede786 100644
--- a/libcutils/include/cutils/jstring.h
+++ b/libcutils/include/cutils/jstring.h
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-#ifndef __CUTILS_STRING16_H
-#define __CUTILS_STRING16_H
+#pragma once
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
@@ -33,14 +32,6 @@
 extern size_t strnlen16to8 (const char16_t* s, size_t n);
 extern char * strncpy16to8 (char *dest, const char16_t*s, size_t n);
 
-extern char16_t * strdup8to16 (const char* s, size_t *out_len);
-extern size_t strlen8to16 (const char* utf8Str);
-extern char16_t * strcpy8to16 (char16_t *dest, const char*s, size_t *out_len);
-extern char16_t * strcpylen8to16 (char16_t *dest, const char*s, int length,
-    size_t *out_len);
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
-
-#endif /* __CUTILS_STRING16_H */
diff --git a/libcutils/strdup8to16.cpp b/libcutils/strdup8to16.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index d1e51b9..0000000
--- a/libcutils/strdup8to16.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,215 +0,0 @@
-/* libs/cutils/strdup8to16.c
-**
-** Copyright 2006, 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 <cutils/jstring.h>
-
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <limits.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-/* See http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr22/ for discussion
- * on invalid sequences
- */
-
-#define UTF16_REPLACEMENT_CHAR 0xfffd
-
-/* Clever trick from Dianne that returns 1-4 depending on leading bit sequence*/
-#define UTF8_SEQ_LENGTH(ch) (((0xe5000000 >> (((ch) >> 3) & 0x1e)) & 3) + 1)
-
-/* note: macro expands to multiple lines */
-#define UTF8_SHIFT_AND_MASK(unicode, byte)  \
-            (unicode)<<=6; (unicode) |= (0x3f & (byte));
-
-#define UNICODE_UPPER_LIMIT 0x10fffd    
-
-/**
- * out_len is an out parameter (which may not be null) containing the
- * length of the UTF-16 string (which may contain embedded \0's)
- */
-
-extern char16_t * strdup8to16 (const char* s, size_t *out_len)
-{
-    char16_t *ret;
-    size_t len;
-
-    if (s == NULL) return NULL;
-
-    len = strlen8to16(s);
-
-    // fail on overflow
-    if (len && SIZE_MAX/len < sizeof(char16_t))
-        return NULL;
-
-    // no plus-one here. UTF-16 strings are not null terminated
-    ret = (char16_t *) malloc (sizeof(char16_t) * len);
-
-    return strcpy8to16 (ret, s, out_len);
-}
-
-/**
- * Like "strlen", but for strings encoded with Java's modified UTF-8.
- *
- * The value returned is the number of UTF-16 characters required
- * to represent this string.
- */
-extern size_t strlen8to16 (const char* utf8Str)
-{
-    size_t len = 0;
-    int ic;
-    int expected = 0;
-
-    while ((ic = *utf8Str++) != '\0') {
-        /* bytes that start 0? or 11 are lead bytes and count as characters.*/
-        /* bytes that start 10 are extention bytes and are not counted */
-         
-        if ((ic & 0xc0) == 0x80) {
-            /* count the 0x80 extention bytes. if we have more than
-             * expected, then start counting them because strcpy8to16
-             * will insert UTF16_REPLACEMENT_CHAR's
-             */
-            expected--;
-            if (expected < 0) {
-                len++;
-            }
-        } else {
-            len++;
-            expected = UTF8_SEQ_LENGTH(ic) - 1;
-
-            /* this will result in a surrogate pair */
-            if (expected == 3) {
-                len++;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    return len;
-}
-
-
-
-/*
- * Retrieve the next UTF-32 character from a UTF-8 string.
- *
- * Stops at inner \0's
- *
- * Returns UTF16_REPLACEMENT_CHAR if an invalid sequence is encountered
- *
- * Advances "*pUtf8Ptr" to the start of the next character.
- */
-static inline uint32_t getUtf32FromUtf8(const char** pUtf8Ptr)
-{
-    uint32_t ret;
-    int seq_len;
-    int i;
-
-    /* Mask for leader byte for lengths 1, 2, 3, and 4 respectively*/
-    static const unsigned char leaderMask[4] = {0xff, 0x1f, 0x0f, 0x07};
-
-    /* Bytes that start with bits "10" are not leading characters. */
-    if (((**pUtf8Ptr) & 0xc0) == 0x80) {
-        (*pUtf8Ptr)++;
-        return UTF16_REPLACEMENT_CHAR;
-    }
-
-    /* note we tolerate invalid leader 11111xxx here */    
-    seq_len = UTF8_SEQ_LENGTH(**pUtf8Ptr);
-
-    ret = (**pUtf8Ptr) & leaderMask [seq_len - 1];
-
-    if (**pUtf8Ptr == '\0') return ret;
-
-    (*pUtf8Ptr)++;
-    for (i = 1; i < seq_len ; i++, (*pUtf8Ptr)++) {
-        if ((**pUtf8Ptr) == '\0') return UTF16_REPLACEMENT_CHAR;
-        if (((**pUtf8Ptr) & 0xc0) != 0x80) return UTF16_REPLACEMENT_CHAR;
-
-        UTF8_SHIFT_AND_MASK(ret, **pUtf8Ptr);
-    }
-
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
-/**
- * out_len is an out parameter (which may not be null) containing the
- * length of the UTF-16 string (which may contain embedded \0's)
- */
-
-extern char16_t * strcpy8to16 (char16_t *utf16Str, const char*utf8Str, 
-                                       size_t *out_len)
-{   
-    char16_t *dest = utf16Str;
-
-    while (*utf8Str != '\0') {
-        uint32_t ret;
-
-        ret = getUtf32FromUtf8(&utf8Str);
-
-        if (ret <= 0xffff) {
-            *dest++ = (char16_t) ret;
-        } else if (ret <= UNICODE_UPPER_LIMIT)  {
-            /* Create surrogate pairs */
-            /* See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-16/UCS-2#Method_for_code_points_in_Plane_1.2C_Plane_2 */
-
-            *dest++ = 0xd800 | ((ret - 0x10000) >> 10);
-            *dest++ = 0xdc00 | ((ret - 0x10000) &  0x3ff);
-        } else {
-            *dest++ = UTF16_REPLACEMENT_CHAR;
-        }
-    }
-
-    *out_len = dest - utf16Str;
-
-    return utf16Str;
-}
-
-/**
- * length is the number of characters in the UTF-8 string.
- * out_len is an out parameter (which may not be null) containing the
- * length of the UTF-16 string (which may contain embedded \0's)
- */
-
-extern char16_t * strcpylen8to16 (char16_t *utf16Str, const char*utf8Str,
-                                       int length, size_t *out_len)
-{
-    /* TODO: Share more of this code with the method above. Only 2 lines changed. */
-    
-    char16_t *dest = utf16Str;
-
-    const char *end = utf8Str + length; /* This line */
-    while (utf8Str < end) {             /* and this line changed. */
-        uint32_t ret;
-
-        ret = getUtf32FromUtf8(&utf8Str);
-
-        if (ret <= 0xffff) {
-            *dest++ = (char16_t) ret;
-        } else if (ret <= UNICODE_UPPER_LIMIT)  {
-            /* Create surrogate pairs */
-            /* See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-16/UCS-2#Method_for_code_points_in_Plane_1.2C_Plane_2 */
-
-            *dest++ = 0xd800 | ((ret - 0x10000) >> 10);
-            *dest++ = 0xdc00 | ((ret - 0x10000) &  0x3ff);
-        } else {
-            *dest++ = UTF16_REPLACEMENT_CHAR;
-        }
-    }
-
-    *out_len = dest - utf16Str;
-
-    return utf16Str;
-}