diff --git a/cmake/QtPlatformAndroid.cmake b/cmake/QtPlatformAndroid.cmake
index 1745d8de839..430f5e61f20 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPlatformAndroid.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtPlatformAndroid.cmake
@@ -23,33 +23,6 @@ if (NOT IS_DIRECTORY "${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}")
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find ANDROID_SDK_ROOT or path is not a directory: ${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}")
 endif()
 
-function(qt_internal_sort_android_platforms out_var)
-    if(CMAKE_VERSION GREATER_EQUAL 3.18)
-        set(platforms ${ARGN})
-        list(SORT platforms COMPARE NATURAL)
-    else()
-        # Simulate natural sorting:
-        # - prepend every platform with its version as three digits, zero-padded
-        # - regular sort
-        # - remove the padded version prefix
-        set(platforms)
-        foreach(platform IN LISTS ARGN)
-            set(version "000")
-            if(platform MATCHES ".*-([0-9]+)$")
-                set(version ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
-                string(LENGTH "${version}" version_length)
-                math(EXPR padding_length "3 - ${version_length}")
-                string(REPEAT "0" ${padding_length} padding)
-                string(PREPEND version ${padding})
-            endif()
-            list(APPEND platforms "${version}~${platform}")
-        endforeach()
-        list(SORT platforms)
-        list(TRANSFORM platforms REPLACE "^.*~" "")
-    endif()
-    set("${out_var}" "${platforms}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-endfunction()
-
 # This variable specifies the API level used for building Java code, it can be the same as Qt for
 # Android's maximum supported Android version or higher.
 if(NOT QT_ANDROID_API_USED_FOR_JAVA)
diff --git a/cmake/QtPublicAndroidHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtPublicAndroidHelpers.cmake
index dd50c011d3e..d857cb43844 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPublicAndroidHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtPublicAndroidHelpers.cmake
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function(_qt_internal_detect_latest_android_platform out_var)
 
     # If list is not empty
     if(android_platforms)
-        qt_internal_sort_android_platforms(android_platforms ${android_platforms})
+        _qt_internal_sort_android_platforms(android_platforms ${android_platforms})
         list(REVERSE android_platforms)
         list(GET android_platforms 0 android_platform_latest)
         set(${out_var} "${android_platform_latest}" PARENT_SCOPE)
@@ -18,3 +18,30 @@ function(_qt_internal_detect_latest_android_platform out_var)
         set(${out_var} "${out_var}-NOTFOUND" PARENT_SCOPE)
     endif()
 endfunction()
+
+function(_qt_internal_sort_android_platforms out_var)
+    if(CMAKE_VERSION GREATER_EQUAL 3.18)
+        set(platforms ${ARGN})
+        list(SORT platforms COMPARE NATURAL)
+    else()
+        # Simulate natural sorting:
+        # - prepend every platform with its version as three digits, zero-padded
+        # - regular sort
+        # - remove the padded version prefix
+        set(platforms)
+        foreach(platform IN LISTS ARGN)
+            set(version "000")
+            if(platform MATCHES ".*-([0-9]+)$")
+                set(version ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
+                string(LENGTH "${version}" version_length)
+                math(EXPR padding_length "3 - ${version_length}")
+                string(REPEAT "0" ${padding_length} padding)
+                string(PREPEND version ${padding})
+            endif()
+            list(APPEND platforms "${version}~${platform}")
+        endforeach()
+        list(SORT platforms)
+        list(TRANSFORM platforms REPLACE "^.*~" "")
+    endif()
+    set("${out_var}" "${platforms}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()