diff --git a/android/phoenix/jni/Android.mk b/android/phoenix/jni/Android.mk
index 4d8ccce33b..c9878ee873 100644
--- a/android/phoenix/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/android/phoenix/jni/Android.mk
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
 include $(CLEAR_VARS)
 
 LOCAL_ARM_MODE := arm
-LOCAL_MODULE := apk-extract
+LOCAL_MODULE := retroarch-jni
 RARCH_DIR := $(LOCAL_PATH)/../../..
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -std=gnu99 -Wall -DHAVE_LOGGER -DRARCH_DUMMY_LOG -DHAVE_ZLIB -DHAVE_MMAP -I$(RARCH_DIR)
 LOCAL_LDLIBS := -llog -lz
diff --git a/android/phoenix/jni/apk-extract/apk-extract.c b/android/phoenix/jni/apk-extract/apk-extract.c
index 6ccdb2f69c..c187b8ffd3 100644
--- a/android/phoenix/jni/apk-extract/apk-extract.c
+++ b/android/phoenix/jni/apk-extract/apk-extract.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include "file.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include "org_retroarch_browser_AssetExtractor.h"
+#include "../native/org_retroarch_browser_NativeInterface.h"
 
 struct userdata
 {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static bool zlib_cb(const char *name, const uint8_t *cdata, unsigned cmode, uint
    return true;
 }
 
-JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL Java_org_retroarch_browser_AssetExtractor_extractArchiveTo(
+JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL Java_org_retroarch_browser_NativeInterface_extractArchiveTo(
       JNIEnv *env, jclass cls, jstring archive, jstring subdir, jstring dest)
 {
    const char *archive_c = (*env)->GetStringUTFChars(env, archive, NULL);
diff --git a/android/phoenix/jni/apk-extract/org_retroarch_browser_AssetExtractor.h b/android/phoenix/jni/apk-extract/org_retroarch_browser_AssetExtractor.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 85b2ad4038..0000000000
--- a/android/phoenix/jni/apk-extract/org_retroarch_browser_AssetExtractor.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-/* DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - it is machine generated */
-#include <jni.h>
-/* Header for class org_retroarch_browser_AssetExtractor */
-
-#ifndef _Included_org_retroarch_browser_AssetExtractor
-#define _Included_org_retroarch_browser_AssetExtractor
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-/*
- * Class:     org_retroarch_browser_AssetExtractor
- * Method:    extractArchiveTo
- * Signature: (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)Z
- */
-JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL Java_org_retroarch_browser_AssetExtractor_extractArchiveTo
-  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jstring, jstring, jstring);
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-#endif
diff --git a/android/phoenix/jni/native/org_retroarch_browser_NativeInterface.h b/android/phoenix/jni/native/org_retroarch_browser_NativeInterface.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba15342cf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/phoenix/jni/native/org_retroarch_browser_NativeInterface.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/* DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - it is machine generated */
+#include <jni.h>
+/* Header for class org_retroarch_browser_NativeInterface */
+
+#ifndef _Included_org_retroarch_browser_NativeInterface
+#define _Included_org_retroarch_browser_NativeInterface
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+/*
+ * Class:     org_retroarch_browser_NativeInterface
+ * Method:    extractArchiveTo
+ * Signature: (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)Z
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL Java_org_retroarch_browser_NativeInterface_extractArchiveTo
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jstring, jstring, jstring);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+#endif
diff --git a/android/phoenix/src/org/retroarch/browser/AssetExtractor.java b/android/phoenix/src/org/retroarch/browser/AssetExtractor.java
deleted file mode 100644
index e8eacf32ce..0000000000
--- a/android/phoenix/src/org/retroarch/browser/AssetExtractor.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-package org.retroarch.browser;
-
-public final class AssetExtractor {
-	final private String archive;
-
-	public AssetExtractor(String archive) {
-		this.archive = archive;
-	}
-
-	static {
-		System.loadLibrary("apk-extract");
-	}
-
-	public boolean extractTo(String subDirectory, String destinationFolder) {
-		return extractArchiveTo(archive, subDirectory, destinationFolder);
-	}
-
-	private static native boolean extractArchiveTo(String archive,
-			String subDirectory, String destinationFolder);
-}
diff --git a/android/phoenix/src/org/retroarch/browser/MainMenuActivity.java b/android/phoenix/src/org/retroarch/browser/MainMenuActivity.java
index b638bd7f02..7c429d04dd 100644
--- a/android/phoenix/src/org/retroarch/browser/MainMenuActivity.java
+++ b/android/phoenix/src/org/retroarch/browser/MainMenuActivity.java
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ public final class MainMenuActivity extends PreferenceActivity {
 
 			String apk = getApplicationInfo().sourceDir;
 			Log.i(TAG, "Extracting RetroArch assets from: " + apk + " ...");
-			AssetExtractor asset = new AssetExtractor(apk);
-			boolean success = asset.extractTo("assets", dataDir);
+			boolean success = NativeInterface.extractArchiveTo(apk, "assets", dataDir);
 			if (!success) {
 				throw new IOException("Failed to extract assets ...");
 			}
diff --git a/android/phoenix/src/org/retroarch/browser/NativeInterface.java b/android/phoenix/src/org/retroarch/browser/NativeInterface.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..644355533b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/phoenix/src/org/retroarch/browser/NativeInterface.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package org.retroarch.browser;
+
+// Helper class which calls into JNI for various tasks.
+public final class NativeInterface {
+
+	static {
+		System.loadLibrary("retroarch-jni");
+	}
+
+	public static native boolean extractArchiveTo(String archive,
+			String subDirectory, String destinationFolder);
+}