diff --git a/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/r8/BUILD b/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/r8/BUILD
index eb4ff9e3a936bd..d99e96956f7c2f 100644
--- a/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/r8/BUILD
+++ b/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/r8/BUILD
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ java_library(
     deps = [
         "//src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/worker:work_request_handlers",
         "//src/main/java/com/google/devtools/common/options",
-        "//src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android:android_builder_lib",
         "//third_party:asm",
         "//third_party:auto_value",
         "//third_party:guava",
diff --git a/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/r8/CoreLibraryDesugar.java b/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/r8/CoreLibraryDesugar.java
index a05a0d72607574..7b62d24c7749f4 100644
--- a/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/r8/CoreLibraryDesugar.java
+++ b/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/r8/CoreLibraryDesugar.java
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 import com.android.tools.r8.L8Command;
 import com.android.tools.r8.errors.InterfaceDesugarMissingTypeDiagnostic;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
-import com.google.devtools.build.android.Converters.ExistingPathConverter;
-import com.google.devtools.build.android.Converters.PathConverter;
+import com.google.devtools.build.android.r8.OptionsConverters.ExistingPathConverter;
+import com.google.devtools.build.android.r8.OptionsConverters.PathConverter;
 import com.google.devtools.build.android.r8.desugar.OrderedClassFileResourceProvider;
 import com.google.devtools.build.android.r8.desugar.OutputConsumer;
 import com.google.devtools.common.options.Option;
diff --git a/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/r8/Desugar.java b/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/r8/Desugar.java
index 3b84046dc75485..3a45d6690efb8e 100644
--- a/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/r8/Desugar.java
+++ b/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/r8/Desugar.java
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 import com.android.tools.r8.errors.InterfaceDesugarMissingTypeDiagnostic;
 import com.android.tools.r8.utils.StringDiagnostic;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
-import com.google.devtools.build.android.Converters.ExistingPathConverter;
-import com.google.devtools.build.android.Converters.PathConverter;
+import com.google.devtools.build.android.r8.OptionsConverters.ExistingPathConverter;
+import com.google.devtools.build.android.r8.OptionsConverters.PathConverter;
 import com.google.devtools.build.android.r8.desugar.OrderedClassFileResourceProvider;
 import com.google.devtools.build.android.r8.desugar.OutputConsumer;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.worker.ProtoWorkerMessageProcessor;
diff --git a/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/r8/DexFileMerger.java b/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/r8/DexFileMerger.java
index 2877c26d50380f..82f4ba2fe7344e 100644
--- a/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/r8/DexFileMerger.java
+++ b/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/r8/DexFileMerger.java
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 import com.android.tools.r8.utils.ExceptionDiagnostic;
 import com.android.tools.r8.utils.StringDiagnostic;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
-import com.google.devtools.build.android.Converters.ExistingPathConverter;
-import com.google.devtools.build.android.Converters.PathConverter;
+import com.google.devtools.build.android.r8.OptionsConverters.ExistingPathConverter;
+import com.google.devtools.build.android.r8.OptionsConverters.PathConverter;
 import com.google.devtools.common.options.EnumConverter;
 import com.google.devtools.common.options.Option;
 import com.google.devtools.common.options.OptionDocumentationCategory;
diff --git a/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/r8/OptionsConverters.java b/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/r8/OptionsConverters.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7da71cab8deab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/r8/OptionsConverters.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+// Copyright 2023 The Bazel Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// 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.
+package com.google.devtools.build.android.r8;
+
+import com.google.devtools.common.options.Converter;
+import com.google.devtools.common.options.OptionsParsingException;
+import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.InvalidPathException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+/** Options converters used by R8. */
+public class OptionsConverters {
+
+  /** Validating converter for Paths. A Path is considered valid if it resolves to a file. */
+  public static class PathConverter extends Converter.Contextless<Path> {
+
+    private final boolean mustExist;
+
+    public PathConverter() {
+      this.mustExist = false;
+    }
+
+    protected PathConverter(boolean mustExist) {
+      this.mustExist = mustExist;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Path convert(String input) throws OptionsParsingException {
+      try {
+        Path path = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath(input);
+        if (mustExist && !Files.exists(path)) {
+          throw new OptionsParsingException(
+              String.format("%s is not a valid path: it does not exist.", input));
+        }
+        return path;
+      } catch (InvalidPathException e) {
+        throw new OptionsParsingException(
+            String.format("%s is not a valid path: %s.", input, e.getMessage()), e);
+      }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getTypeDescription() {
+      return "a valid filesystem path";
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Validating converter for Paths. A Path is considered valid if it resolves to a file and exists.
+   */
+  public static class ExistingPathConverter extends PathConverter {
+    public ExistingPathConverter() {
+      super(true);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private OptionsConverters() {}
+}