diff --git a/contrib/hstore/hstore_io.c b/contrib/hstore/hstore_io.c
index 0c1d99a..0e7d02f 100644
--- a/contrib/hstore/hstore_io.c
+++ b/contrib/hstore/hstore_io.c
@@ -323,6 +323,10 @@ hstoreUniquePairs(Pairs *a, int32 l, int32 *buflen)
 	}
 
 	qsort((void *) a, l, sizeof(Pairs), comparePairs);
+	/*
+	 * We can't use array_unique here because we have some clean-up code to
+	 * run on removed elements.
+	 */
 	ptr = a + 1;
 	res = a;
 	while (ptr - a < l)
diff --git a/contrib/intarray/_int_tool.c b/contrib/intarray/_int_tool.c
index 3c52912..ed38883 100644
--- a/contrib/intarray/_int_tool.c
+++ b/contrib/intarray/_int_tool.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "postgres.h"
 
 #include "catalog/pg_type.h"
+#include "lib/arrayutils.h"
 
 #include "_int.h"
 
@@ -293,23 +294,13 @@ internal_size(int *a, int len)
 ArrayType *
 _int_unique(ArrayType *r)
 {
-	int		   *tmp,
-			   *dr,
-			   *data;
 	int			num = ARRNELEMS(r);
+	bool		duplicates_found; /* not used */
 
-	if (num < 2)
-		return r;
+	num = array_unique_arg(ARRPTR(r), num, sizeof(int), isort_cmp,
+						   &duplicates_found);
 
-	data = tmp = dr = ARRPTR(r);
-	while (tmp - data < num)
-	{
-		if (*tmp != *dr)
-			*(++dr) = *tmp++;
-		else
-			tmp++;
-	}
-	return resize_intArrayType(r, dr + 1 - ARRPTR(r));
+	return resize_intArrayType(r, num);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/contrib/pg_trgm/trgm_op.c b/contrib/pg_trgm/trgm_op.c
index dd0f492..e5f9288 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_trgm/trgm_op.c
+++ b/contrib/pg_trgm/trgm_op.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "trgm.h"
 
 #include "catalog/pg_type.h"
+#include "lib/arrayutils.h"
 #include "tsearch/ts_locale.h"
 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
@@ -111,26 +112,6 @@ comp_trgm(const void *a, const void *b)
 	return CMPTRGM(a, b);
 }
 
-static int
-unique_array(trgm *a, int len)
-{
-	trgm	   *curend,
-			   *tmp;
-
-	curend = tmp = a;
-	while (tmp - a < len)
-		if (CMPTRGM(tmp, curend))
-		{
-			curend++;
-			CPTRGM(curend, tmp);
-			tmp++;
-		}
-		else
-			tmp++;
-
-	return curend + 1 - a;
-}
-
 /*
  * Finds first word in string, returns pointer to the word,
  * endword points to the character after word
@@ -340,7 +321,7 @@ generate_trgm(char *str, int slen)
 	if (len > 1)
 	{
 		qsort((void *) GETARR(trg), len, sizeof(trgm), comp_trgm);
-		len = unique_array(GETARR(trg), len);
+		len = array_unique(GETARR(trg), len, sizeof(trgm), comp_trgm);
 	}
 
 	SET_VARSIZE(trg, CALCGTSIZE(ARRKEY, len));
@@ -853,7 +834,7 @@ generate_wildcard_trgm(const char *str, int slen)
 	if (len > 1)
 	{
 		qsort((void *) GETARR(trg), len, sizeof(trgm), comp_trgm);
-		len = unique_array(GETARR(trg), len);
+		len = array_unique(GETARR(trg), len, sizeof(trgm), comp_trgm);
 	}
 
 	SET_VARSIZE(trg, CALCGTSIZE(ARRKEY, len));
diff --git a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtutils.c b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtutils.c
index 83c553c..7444c39 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtutils.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "access/nbtree.h"
 #include "access/reloptions.h"
 #include "access/relscan.h"
+#include "lib/arrayutils.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "utils/array.h"
 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
@@ -438,8 +439,6 @@ _bt_sort_array_elements(IndexScanDesc scan, ScanKey skey,
 	Oid			elemtype;
 	RegProcedure cmp_proc;
 	BTSortArrayContext cxt;
-	int			last_non_dup;
-	int			i;
 
 	if (nelems <= 1)
 		return nelems;			/* no work to do */
@@ -478,20 +477,8 @@ _bt_sort_array_elements(IndexScanDesc scan, ScanKey skey,
 			  _bt_compare_array_elements, (void *) &cxt);
 
 	/* Now scan the sorted elements and remove duplicates */
-	last_non_dup = 0;
-	for (i = 1; i < nelems; i++)
-	{
-		int32		compare;
-
-		compare = DatumGetInt32(FunctionCall2Coll(&cxt.flinfo,
-												  cxt.collation,
-												  elems[last_non_dup],
-												  elems[i]));
-		if (compare != 0)
-			elems[++last_non_dup] = elems[i];
-	}
-
-	return last_non_dup + 1;
+	return array_unique_arg(elems, nelems, sizeof(Datum),
+							_bt_compare_array_elements, &cxt);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/backend/executor/nodeTidscan.c b/src/backend/executor/nodeTidscan.c
index 2604103..bbfc98c 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/nodeTidscan.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/nodeTidscan.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "catalog/pg_type.h"
 #include "executor/execdebug.h"
 #include "executor/nodeTidscan.h"
+#include "lib/arrayutils.h"
 #include "optimizer/clauses.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
 #include "utils/array.h"
@@ -193,21 +194,13 @@ TidListCreate(TidScanState *tidstate)
 	 */
 	if (numTids > 1)
 	{
-		int			lastTid;
-		int			i;
-
 		/* CurrentOfExpr could never appear OR'd with something else */
 		Assert(!tidstate->tss_isCurrentOf);
 
 		qsort((void *) tidList, numTids, sizeof(ItemPointerData),
 			  itemptr_comparator);
-		lastTid = 0;
-		for (i = 1; i < numTids; i++)
-		{
-			if (!ItemPointerEquals(&tidList[lastTid], &tidList[i]))
-				tidList[++lastTid] = tidList[i];
-		}
-		numTids = lastTid + 1;
+		numTids = array_unique(tidList, numTids, sizeof(ItemPointerData),
+							   itemptr_comparator);
 	}
 
 	tidstate->tss_TidList = tidList;
diff --git a/src/backend/regex/regc_nfa.c b/src/backend/regex/regc_nfa.c
index cd9a323..405c539 100644
--- a/src/backend/regex/regc_nfa.c
+++ b/src/backend/regex/regc_nfa.c
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
  * the color chains.
  */
 
+#include "lib/arrayutils.h"
+
 #define NISERR()	VISERR(nfa->v)
 #define NERR(e)		VERR(nfa->v, (e))
 
@@ -914,7 +916,6 @@ mergeins(struct nfa * nfa,
 {
 	struct arc *na;
 	int			i;
-	int			j;
 
 	if (arccount <= 0)
 		return;
@@ -936,28 +937,9 @@ mergeins(struct nfa * nfa,
 
 	qsort(arcarray, arccount, sizeof(struct arc *), sortins_cmp);
 
-	/*
-	 * arcarray very likely includes dups, so we must eliminate them.  (This
-	 * could be folded into the next loop, but it's not worth the trouble.)
-	 */
-	j = 0;
-	for (i = 1; i < arccount; i++)
-	{
-		switch (sortins_cmp(&arcarray[j], &arcarray[i]))
-		{
-			case -1:
-				/* non-dup */
-				arcarray[++j] = arcarray[i];
-				break;
-			case 0:
-				/* dup */
-				break;
-			default:
-				/* trouble */
-				assert(NOTREACHED);
-		}
-	}
-	arccount = j + 1;
+	/* arcarray very likely includes dups, so we must eliminate them. */
+	arccount = array_unique(arcarray, arccount, sizeof(struct arc *),
+							sortins_cmp);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now merge into s' inchain.  Note that createarc() will put new arcs
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/acl.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/acl.c
index 025a99e..6d39d77 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/acl.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/acl.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "commands/tablespace.h"
 #include "foreign/foreign.h"
 #include "funcapi.h"
+#include "lib/arrayutils.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "utils/acl.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
@@ -1458,8 +1459,7 @@ aclmembers(const Acl *acl, Oid **roleids)
 	Oid		   *list;
 	const AclItem *acldat;
 	int			i,
-				j,
-				k;
+				j;
 
 	if (acl == NULL || ACL_NUM(acl) == 0)
 	{
@@ -1491,21 +1491,14 @@ aclmembers(const Acl *acl, Oid **roleids)
 	/* Sort the array */
 	qsort(list, j, sizeof(Oid), oidComparator);
 
-	/* Remove duplicates from the array */
-	k = 0;
-	for (i = 1; i < j; i++)
-	{
-		if (list[k] != list[i])
-			list[++k] = list[i];
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * We could repalloc the array down to minimum size, but it's hardly worth
 	 * it since it's only transient memory.
 	 */
 	*roleids = list;
 
-	return k + 1;
+	/* Remove duplicates from the array */
+	return array_unique(list, j, sizeof(Oid), oidComparator);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/tsgistidx.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/tsgistidx.c
index 6cdfb13..7474b8e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/tsgistidx.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/tsgistidx.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #include "access/gist.h"
 #include "access/tuptoaster.h"
+#include "lib/arrayutils.h"
 #include "tsearch/ts_utils.h"
 #include "utils/pg_crc.h"
 
@@ -130,41 +131,16 @@ gtsvectorout(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 }
 
 static int
-compareint(const void *va, const void *vb)
+compare_int(const void *va, const void *vb)
 {
-	int32		a = *((const int32 *) va);
-	int32		b = *((const int32 *) vb);
+	int			a = *((const int *) va);
+	int			b = *((const int *) vb);
 
 	if (a == b)
 		return 0;
 	return (a > b) ? 1 : -1;
 }
 
-/*
- * Removes duplicates from an array of int32. 'l' is
- * size of the input array. Returns the new size of the array.
- */
-static int
-uniqueint(int32 *a, int32 l)
-{
-	int32	   *ptr,
-			   *res;
-
-	if (l <= 1)
-		return l;
-
-	ptr = res = a;
-
-	qsort((void *) a, l, sizeof(int32), compareint);
-
-	while (ptr - a < l)
-		if (*ptr != *res)
-			*(++res) = *ptr++;
-		else
-			ptr++;
-	return res + 1 - a;
-}
-
 static void
 makesign(BITVECP sign, SignTSVector *a)
 {
@@ -211,7 +187,8 @@ gtsvector_compress(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 			ptr++;
 		}
 
-		len = uniqueint(GETARR(res), val->size);
+		qsort(GETARR(res), val->size, sizeof(int), compare_int);
+		len = array_unique(GETARR(res), val->size, sizeof(int), compare_int);
 		if (len != val->size)
 		{
 			/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/tsquery_op.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/tsquery_op.c
index a574b4b..915aaf5 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/tsquery_op.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/tsquery_op.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "lib/arrayutils.h"
 #include "tsearch/ts_utils.h"
 
 Datum
@@ -301,29 +302,6 @@ cmp_string(const void *a, const void *b)
 	return strcmp(sa, sb);
 }
 
-static int
-remove_duplicates(char **strings, int n)
-{
-	if (n <= 1)
-		return n;
-	else
-	{
-		int			i;
-		char	   *prev = strings[0];
-		int			new_n = 1;
-
-		for (i = 1; i < n; i++)
-		{
-			if (strcmp(strings[i], prev) != 0)
-			{
-				strings[new_n++] = strings[i];
-				prev = strings[i];
-			}
-		}
-		return new_n;
-	}
-}
-
 Datum
 tsq_mcontains(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
@@ -341,9 +319,11 @@ tsq_mcontains(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	/* Sort and remove duplicates from both arrays */
 	qsort(query_values, query_nvalues, sizeof(char *), cmp_string);
-	query_nvalues = remove_duplicates(query_values, query_nvalues);
+	query_nvalues = array_unique(query_values, query_nvalues, sizeof(char *),
+								 cmp_string);
 	qsort(ex_values, ex_nvalues, sizeof(char *), cmp_string);
-	ex_nvalues = remove_duplicates(ex_values, ex_nvalues);
+	ex_nvalues = array_unique(ex_values, ex_nvalues, sizeof(char *),
+							  cmp_string);
 
 	if (ex_nvalues > query_nvalues)
 		result = false;
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/tsvector.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/tsvector.c
index 41bf3fb..af58210 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/tsvector.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/tsvector.c
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ compareWordEntryPos(const void *a, const void *b)
 }
 
 /*
- * Removes duplicate pos entries. If there's two entries with same pos
- * but different weight, the higher weight is retained.
+ * Removes duplicate pos entries. If there's two entries with same pos but
+ * different weight, the higher weight is retained, so we can't use
+ * array_unique here.
  *
  * Returns new length.
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/tsvector_op.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/tsvector_op.c
index ad5a254..abbc680 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/tsvector_op.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/tsvector_op.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "commands/trigger.h"
 #include "executor/spi.h"
 #include "funcapi.h"
+#include "lib/arrayutils.h"
 #include "mb/pg_wchar.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "parser/parse_coerce.h"
@@ -474,16 +475,9 @@ tsvector_delete_by_indices(TSVector tsv, int *indices_to_delete,
 	 */
 	if (indices_count > 1)
 	{
-		int			kp;
-
 		qsort(indices_to_delete, indices_count, sizeof(int), compare_int);
-		kp = 0;
-		for (k = 1; k < indices_count; k++)
-		{
-			if (indices_to_delete[k] != indices_to_delete[kp])
-				indices_to_delete[++kp] = indices_to_delete[k];
-		}
-		indices_count = ++kp;
+		indices_count = array_unique(indices_to_delete, indices_count,
+									 sizeof(int), compare_int);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -760,7 +754,6 @@ array_to_tsvector(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	bool	   *nulls;
 	int			nitems,
 				i,
-				j,
 				tslen,
 				datalen = 0;
 	char	   *cur;
@@ -780,13 +773,8 @@ array_to_tsvector(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	if (nitems > 1)
 	{
 		qsort(dlexemes, nitems, sizeof(Datum), compare_text_lexemes);
-		j = 0;
-		for (i = 1; i < nitems; i++)
-		{
-			if (compare_text_lexemes(&dlexemes[j], &dlexemes[i]) < 0)
-				dlexemes[++j] = dlexemes[i];
-		}
-		nitems = ++j;
+		nitems = array_unique(dlexemes, nitems, sizeof(Datum),
+							  compare_text_lexemes);
 	}
 
 	/* Calculate space needed for surviving lexemes. */
@@ -1270,39 +1258,6 @@ checkclass_str(CHKVAL *chkval, WordEntry *entry, QueryOperand *val,
 }
 
 /*
- * Removes duplicate pos entries. We can't use uniquePos() from
- * tsvector.c because array might be longer than MAXENTRYPOS
- *
- * Returns new length.
- */
-static int
-uniqueLongPos(WordEntryPos *pos, int npos)
-{
-	WordEntryPos *pos_iter,
-			   *result;
-
-	if (npos <= 1)
-		return npos;
-
-	qsort((void *) pos, npos, sizeof(WordEntryPos), compareWordEntryPos);
-
-	result = pos;
-	pos_iter = pos + 1;
-	while (pos_iter < pos + npos)
-	{
-		if (WEP_GETPOS(*pos_iter) != WEP_GETPOS(*result))
-		{
-			result++;
-			*result = WEP_GETPOS(*pos_iter);
-		}
-
-		pos_iter++;
-	}
-
-	return result + 1 - pos;
-}
-
-/*
  * is there value 'val' in array or not ?
  */
 static bool
@@ -1396,7 +1351,9 @@ checkcondition_str(void *checkval, QueryOperand *val, ExecPhraseData *data)
 		{
 			/* Sort and make unique array of found positions */
 			data->pos = allpos;
-			data->npos = uniqueLongPos(allpos, npos);
+			qsort(data->pos, npos, sizeof(WordEntryPos), compareWordEntryPos);
+			data->npos = array_unique(data->pos, npos, sizeof(WordEntryPos),
+									  compareWordEntryPos);
 			data->allocated = true;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/cache/syscache.c b/src/backend/utils/cache/syscache.c
index 65ffe84..4c48b89 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/cache/syscache.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/cache/syscache.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 #include "catalog/pg_ts_template.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_type.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_user_mapping.h"
+#include "lib/arrayutils.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
 #include "utils/catcache.h"
 #include "utils/syscache.h"
@@ -874,8 +875,6 @@ void
 InitCatalogCache(void)
 {
 	int			cacheId;
-	int			i,
-				j;
 
 	Assert(!CacheInitialized);
 
@@ -909,21 +908,15 @@ InitCatalogCache(void)
 	/* Sort and de-dup OID arrays, so we can use binary search. */
 	pg_qsort(SysCacheRelationOid, SysCacheRelationOidSize,
 			 sizeof(Oid), oid_compare);
-	for (i = 1, j = 0; i < SysCacheRelationOidSize; i++)
-	{
-		if (SysCacheRelationOid[i] != SysCacheRelationOid[j])
-			SysCacheRelationOid[++j] = SysCacheRelationOid[i];
-	}
-	SysCacheRelationOidSize = j + 1;
+	SysCacheRelationOidSize =
+		array_unique(SysCacheRelationOid, SysCacheRelationOidSize,
+					 sizeof(Oid), oid_compare);
 
 	pg_qsort(SysCacheSupportingRelOid, SysCacheSupportingRelOidSize,
 			 sizeof(Oid), oid_compare);
-	for (i = 1, j = 0; i < SysCacheSupportingRelOidSize; i++)
-	{
-		if (SysCacheSupportingRelOid[i] != SysCacheSupportingRelOid[j])
-			SysCacheSupportingRelOid[++j] = SysCacheSupportingRelOid[i];
-	}
-	SysCacheSupportingRelOidSize = j + 1;
+	SysCacheSupportingRelOidSize =
+		array_unique(SysCacheSupportingRelOid, SysCacheSupportingRelOidSize,
+					 sizeof(Oid), oid_compare);
 
 	CacheInitialized = true;
 }
diff --git a/src/include/lib/arrayutils.h b/src/include/lib/arrayutils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a65c67d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/include/lib/arrayutils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * arrayutils.h
+ *		inline C-array utility functions
+ * Portions Copyright (c) 2016, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+ *
+ * IDENTIFICATION
+ *		src/include/lib/arrayutils.h
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+#ifndef ARRAYUTILS_H
+#define ARRAYUTILS_H
+
+/*
+ * Remove duplicates from a pre-sorted array, according to a user-supplied
+ * comparator.  Usually the array should have been sorted with qsort using the
+ * same arguments.  Returns the new size.
+ */
+static inline size_t
+array_unique(void *array, size_t elements, size_t width,
+			 int (*compare)(const void *, const void *))
+{
+	int i, j;
+	char *bytes = array;
+
+	if (elements <= 1)
+		return elements;
+
+	for (i = 1, j = 0; i < elements; ++i)
+	{
+		if (compare(bytes + i * width, bytes + j * width) != 0)
+			memcpy(bytes + ++j * width, bytes + i * width, width);
+	}
+
+	return j + 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like array_unique, but takes a comparator with an extra user data argument
+ * which is passed through, for compatibility with qsort_arg.
+ */
+static inline size_t
+array_unique_arg(void *array, size_t elements, size_t width,
+				 int (*compare)(const void *, const void *, void *),
+				 void *arg)
+{
+	int i, j;
+	char *bytes = array;
+
+	if (elements <= 1)
+		return elements;
+
+	for (i = 1, j = 0; i < elements; ++i)
+	{
+		if (compare(bytes + i * width, bytes + j * width, arg) != 0)
+			memcpy(bytes + ++j * width, bytes + i * width, width);
+	}
+
+	return j + 1;
+}
+
+#endif