diff --git a/tools/java/com/google/j2cl/tools/gwtincompatible/GwtIncompatibleStripper.java b/tools/java/com/google/j2cl/tools/gwtincompatible/GwtIncompatibleStripper.java
index 4e0791fbdd..1230038174 100644
--- a/tools/java/com/google/j2cl/tools/gwtincompatible/GwtIncompatibleStripper.java
+++ b/tools/java/com/google/j2cl/tools/gwtincompatible/GwtIncompatibleStripper.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;
 
-import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.io.MoreFiles;
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@
  * A helper to comment out source code elements annotated with @GwtIncompatible so that they are
  * ignored by tools taking that source as input such as the java compile or the j2cl transpile.
  */
-final class GwtIncompatibleStripper {
+public final class GwtIncompatibleStripper {
 
   static Problems strip(List<String> files, String outputPath) {
     try {
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ private static void preprocessFiles(List<FileInfo> fileInfos, Path output, Probl
       try {
         String fileContent =
             MoreFiles.asCharSource(Paths.get(fileInfo.sourcePath()), StandardCharsets.UTF_8).read();
-        processedFileContent = processFile(fileContent);
+        processedFileContent = strip(fileContent);
       } catch (IOException e) {
         problems.fatal(FatalError.CANNOT_OPEN_FILE, e.toString());
         return;
@@ -86,8 +85,7 @@ private static void preprocessFiles(List<FileInfo> fileInfos, Path output, Probl
     }
   }
 
-  @VisibleForTesting
-  static String processFile(String fileContent) {
+  public static String strip(String fileContent) {
     // Avoid parsing if there are no textual references to GwtIncompatible.
     if (!fileContent.contains("GwtIncompatible")) {
       return fileContent;
diff --git a/tools/javatests/com/google/j2cl/tools/gwtincompatible/GwtIncompatibleStripperTest.java b/tools/javatests/com/google/j2cl/tools/gwtincompatible/GwtIncompatibleStripperTest.java
index 537cbe526b..bcb6b970da 100644
--- a/tools/javatests/com/google/j2cl/tools/gwtincompatible/GwtIncompatibleStripperTest.java
+++ b/tools/javatests/com/google/j2cl/tools/gwtincompatible/GwtIncompatibleStripperTest.java
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ public class GwtIncompatibleStripperTest {
   @Test
   public void testNoProcess() {
     String content = "public class Foo {}";
-    assertEquals(content, GwtIncompatibleStripper.processFile(content));
+    assertEquals(content, GwtIncompatibleStripper.strip(content));
   }
 
   @Test
   public void testNoProcessString() {
     String content = "public class Foo {String a = \"@GwtIncompatible\");}";
-    assertEquals(content, GwtIncompatibleStripper.processFile(content));
+    assertEquals(content, GwtIncompatibleStripper.strip(content));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public void testProcessClass() {
                 Strings.repeat(" ", "public class Foo {".length()),
                 Strings.repeat(" ", "  public X m() {return null;}".length()),
                 Strings.repeat(" ", "}".length()));
-    assertEquals(after, GwtIncompatibleStripper.processFile(before));
+    assertEquals(after, GwtIncompatibleStripper.strip(before));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public void testProcessMethod() {
                 Strings.repeat(" ", "  @GwtIncompatible".length()),
                 Strings.repeat(" ", "  public D n() {}".length()),
                 "}");
-    assertEquals(after, GwtIncompatibleStripper.processFile(before));
+    assertEquals(after, GwtIncompatibleStripper.strip(before));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public void testProcessField() {
                 Strings.repeat(" ", "  public String b;".length()),
                 "  public String c;",
                 "}");
-    assertEquals(after, GwtIncompatibleStripper.processFile(before));
+    assertEquals(after, GwtIncompatibleStripper.strip(before));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public void testProcessMultiple() {
                 Strings.repeat(" ", "  }".length()),
                 "  String s;",
                 "}");
-    assertEquals(after, GwtIncompatibleStripper.processFile(before));
+    assertEquals(after, GwtIncompatibleStripper.strip(before));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ public void testNestedComment() {
                 Strings.repeat(" ", "  @GwtIncompatible".length()),
                 Strings.repeat(" ", "  public void n() {foo(x /* the value of x */);}".length()),
                 "}");
-    assertEquals(after, GwtIncompatibleStripper.processFile(before));
+    assertEquals(after, GwtIncompatibleStripper.strip(before));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public void testTabs() {
                 Strings.repeat(" ", "  @GwtIncompatible".length()),
                 "  \t" + Strings.repeat(" ", "public B n() {}".length()),
                 "}");
-    assertEquals(after, GwtIncompatibleStripper.processFile(before));
+    assertEquals(after, GwtIncompatibleStripper.strip(before));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -213,6 +213,6 @@ public void testMultibyteChars() {
                 Strings.repeat(" ", "  //மெ.பை.".length()),
                 Strings.repeat(" ", "  public B n() {}".length()),
                 "}");
-    assertEquals(after, GwtIncompatibleStripper.processFile(before));
+    assertEquals(after, GwtIncompatibleStripper.strip(before));
   }
 }