diff --git a/lib/build.js b/lib/build.js
index b7df3c2ffb..1c906ecd2a 100644
--- a/lib/build.js
+++ b/lib/build.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const config = require('../lib/config')
 const licensing = require('../lib/licensing')
 const util = require('../lib/util')
+const updateBranding = require('../lib/updateBranding')
 const path = require('path')
 const fs = require('fs-extra')
 
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ const build = (buildConfig = config.defaultBuildConfig, options) => {
 
   touchOverriddenFiles()
   touchOverriddenVectorIconFiles()
-  util.updateBranding()
+  updateBranding()
   if (buildConfig === 'Release') {
     licensing.updateLicenses()
   }
diff --git a/lib/createDist.js b/lib/createDist.js
index 2510d3c99a..9cebd6dfee 100644
--- a/lib/createDist.js
+++ b/lib/createDist.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const config = require('../lib/config')
 const util = require('../lib/util')
+const updateBranding = require('../lib/updateBranding')
 const path = require('path')
 const fs = require('fs-extra')
 
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ const createDist = (buildConfig = config.defaultBuildConfig, options) => {
     notary_password = config.notary_password
   }
 
-  util.updateBranding()
+  updateBranding()
   fs.removeSync(path.join(config.outputDir, 'dist'))
   config.buildTarget = 'create_dist'
   util.buildTarget()
diff --git a/lib/updateBranding.js b/lib/updateBranding.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b67b1c7b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/updateBranding.js
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+const path = require('path')
+const config = require('./config')
+const fs = require('fs-extra')
+const util = require('./util')
+const autoGeneratedBraveToChromiumMapping = Object.assign({}, require('./l10nUtil').autoGeneratedBraveToChromiumMapping)
+
+module.exports = function UpdateBranding () {
+  console.log('update branding...')
+  const chromeComponentsDir = path.join(config.srcDir, 'components')
+  const braveComponentsDir = path.join(config.projects['brave-core'].dir, 'components')
+  const chromeAppDir = path.join(config.srcDir, 'chrome', 'app')
+  const braveAppDir = path.join(config.projects['brave-core'].dir, 'app')
+  const chromeBrowserResourcesDir = path.join(config.srcDir, 'chrome', 'browser', 'resources')
+  const braveBrowserResourcesDir = path.join(config.projects['brave-core'].dir, 'browser', 'resources')
+  const braveAppVectorIconsDir = path.join(config.projects['brave-core'].dir, 'vector_icons', 'chrome', 'app')
+  const chromeAndroidJavaStringsTranslationsDir = path.join(config.srcDir, 'chrome', 'android', 'java', 'strings', 'translations')
+  const braveAndroidJavaStringsTranslationsDir = path.join(config.projects['brave-core'].dir, 'android', 'java', 'strings', 'translations')
+
+  let fileMap = new Set();
+  // The following 3 entries we map to the same name, not the chromium equivalent name for copying back
+  autoGeneratedBraveToChromiumMapping[path.join(braveAppDir, 'brave_strings.grd')] = path.join(chromeAppDir, 'brave_strings.grd')
+  autoGeneratedBraveToChromiumMapping[path.join(braveAppDir, 'settings_brave_strings.grdp')] = path.join(chromeAppDir, 'settings_brave_strings.grdp')
+  autoGeneratedBraveToChromiumMapping[path.join(braveComponentsDir, 'components_brave_strings.grd')] = path.join(chromeComponentsDir, 'components_brave_strings.grd')
+
+  Object.entries(autoGeneratedBraveToChromiumMapping).forEach(mapping => fileMap.add(mapping))
+
+  // Copy xtb files for:
+  // brave/app/resources/chromium_strings*.xtb
+  // brave/app/resources/generated_resoruces*.xtb
+  // brave/components/strings/components_chromium_strings*.xtb
+  // brave/android/java/strings/translations/android_chrome_strings*.xtb
+  fileMap.add([path.join(braveAppDir, 'resources'), path.join(chromeAppDir, 'resources')])
+  fileMap.add([path.join(braveComponentsDir, 'strings'), path.join(chromeComponentsDir, 'strings')])
+  fileMap.add([braveAndroidJavaStringsTranslationsDir, chromeAndroidJavaStringsTranslationsDir])
+  // By overwriting, we don't need to modify some grd files.
+  fileMap.add([path.join(braveAppDir, 'theme', 'brave'), path.join(chromeAppDir, 'theme', 'brave')])
+  fileMap.add([path.join(braveAppDir, 'theme', 'brave'), path.join(chromeAppDir, 'theme', 'chromium')])
+  fileMap.add([path.join(braveAppDir, 'theme', 'default_100_percent', 'brave'), path.join(chromeAppDir, 'theme', 'default_100_percent', 'brave')])
+  fileMap.add([path.join(braveAppDir, 'theme', 'default_200_percent', 'brave'), path.join(chromeAppDir, 'theme', 'default_200_percent', 'brave')])
+  fileMap.add([path.join(braveAppDir, 'theme', 'default_100_percent', 'brave'), path.join(chromeAppDir, 'theme', 'default_100_percent', 'chromium')])
+  fileMap.add([path.join(braveAppDir, 'theme', 'default_200_percent', 'brave'), path.join(chromeAppDir, 'theme', 'default_200_percent', 'chromium')])
+  fileMap.add([path.join(braveAppDir, 'theme', 'default_100_percent', 'common'), path.join(chromeAppDir, 'theme', 'default_100_percent', 'common')])
+  fileMap.add([path.join(braveAppDir, 'theme', 'default_200_percent', 'common'), path.join(chromeAppDir, 'theme', 'default_200_percent', 'common')])
+  fileMap.add([path.join(braveComponentsDir, 'resources', 'default_100_percent', 'brave'), path.join(chromeComponentsDir, 'resources', 'default_100_percent', 'chromium')])
+  fileMap.add([path.join(braveComponentsDir, 'resources', 'default_200_percent', 'brave'), path.join(chromeComponentsDir, 'resources', 'default_200_percent', 'chromium')])
+  fileMap.add([path.join(braveAppVectorIconsDir, 'vector_icons', 'brave'), path.join(chromeAppDir, 'vector_icons', 'brave')])
+  // Copy chrome-logo-faded.png for replacing chrome logo of welcome page with brave's on Win8.
+  fileMap.add([path.join(braveBrowserResourcesDir, 'chrome-logo-faded.png'), path.join(chromeBrowserResourcesDir, 'chrome-logo-faded.png')])
+  // Copy to make our ${branding_path_component}_behaviors.cc
+  fileMap.add([path.join(config.projects['brave-core'].dir, 'chromium_src', 'chrome', 'installer', 'setup', 'brave_behaviors.cc'),
+                path.join(config.srcDir, 'chrome', 'installer', 'setup', 'brave_behaviors.cc')])
+
+  for (const [source, output] of fileMap) {
+    if (!fs.existsSync(source)) {
+      console.warn(`Warning: The following file-system entry was not found for copying contents to a chromium destination: ${source}. Consider removing the entry from the file-map, or investigating whether the correct source code reference is checked out.`)
+      continue
+    }
+
+    let sourceFiles = []
+
+    // get all the files if source if a directory
+    if (fs.statSync(source).isDirectory()) {
+      sourceFiles = util.walkSync(source)
+    } else {
+      sourceFiles = [source]
+    }
+
+    for (const sourceFile of sourceFiles) {
+      let destinationFile = path.join(output, path.relative(source, sourceFile))
+
+      // The destination file might be newer when updating chromium so
+      // we check for an exact match on the timestamp. We use seconds instead
+      // of ms because utimesSync doesn't set the times with ms precision
+      if (!fs.existsSync(destinationFile) ||
+          Math.floor(new Date(fs.statSync(sourceFile).mtimeMs).getTime() / 1000) !=
+          Math.floor(new Date(fs.statSync(destinationFile).mtimeMs).getTime() / 1000)) {
+        fs.copySync(sourceFile, destinationFile)
+        // can't set the date in the past so update the source file
+        // to match the newly copied destionation file
+        const date = fs.statSync(destinationFile).mtime
+        fs.utimesSync(sourceFile, date, date)
+        console.log(sourceFile + ' copied to ' + destinationFile)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
+    // Copy proper mac app icon for channel to chrome/app/theme/mac/app.icns.
+    // Each channel's app icons are stored in brave/app/theme/$channel/app.icns.
+    // With this copying, we don't need to modify chrome/BUILD.gn for this.
+    const iconSource = path.join(braveAppDir, 'theme', 'brave', 'mac', config.channel, 'app.icns')
+    const iconDest = path.join(chromeAppDir, 'theme', 'brave', 'mac', 'app.icns')
+    if (!fs.existsSync(iconDest) ||
+        util.calculateFileChecksum(iconSource) != util.calculateFileChecksum(iconDest)) {
+      console.log('copy app icon')
+      fs.copySync(iconSource, iconDest)
+    }
+
+    // Copy branding file
+    let branding_file_name = 'BRANDING'
+    if (config.channel)
+      branding_file_name = branding_file_name + '.' + config.channel
+
+    const brandingSource = path.join(braveAppDir, 'theme', 'brave', branding_file_name)
+    const brandingDest = path.join(chromeAppDir, 'theme', 'brave', 'BRANDING')
+    if (!fs.existsSync(brandingDest) ||
+        util.calculateFileChecksum(brandingSource) != util.calculateFileChecksum(brandingDest)) {
+      console.log('copy branding file')
+      fs.copySync(brandingSource, brandingDest)
+    }
+  }
+  if (config.targetOS === 'android') {
+
+    let androidIconSet = ''
+    if (config.channel === 'development') {
+      androidIconSet = 'res_brave_default'
+    } else if (config.channel === '') {
+      androidIconSet = 'res_brave'
+    } else if (config.channel === 'beta') {
+      androidIconSet = 'res_brave_beta'
+    } else if (config.channel === 'dev') {
+      androidIconSet = 'res_brave_dev'
+    } else if (config.channel === 'nightly') {
+      androidIconSet = 'res_brave_nightly'
+    }
+
+    const androidIconSource = path.join(braveAppDir, 'theme', 'brave', 'android', androidIconSet)
+    const androidIconDest = path.join(config.srcDir, 'chrome', 'android', 'java', 'res_chromium')
+    const androidResSource = path.join(config.projects['brave-core'].dir, 'android', 'java', 'res')
+    const androidResDest = path.join(config.srcDir, 'chrome', 'android', 'java', 'res')
+    const androidResNightSource = path.join(config.projects['brave-core'].dir, 'android', 'java', 'res_night')
+    const androidResNightDest = path.join(config.srcDir, 'chrome', 'android', 'java', 'res_night')
+    const androidNtpTilesResSource = path.join(config.projects['brave-core'].dir, 'components', 'ntp_tiles', 'resources')
+    const androidNtpTilesResDest = path.join(config.srcDir, 'components', 'ntp_tiles', 'resources')
+    const androidResTemplateSource = path.join(config.projects['brave-core'].dir, 'android', 'java', 'res_template')
+    const androidResTemplateDest = path.join(config.srcDir, 'chrome', 'android', 'java', 'res_template')
+
+    // Mapping for copying Brave's Android resource into chromium folder.
+    const copyAndroidResourceMapping = {
+      [androidIconSource]: androidIconDest,
+      [androidResSource]: androidResDest,
+      [androidResNightSource]: androidResNightDest,
+      [androidNtpTilesResSource]: androidNtpTilesResDest,
+      [androidResTemplateSource]: androidResTemplateDest
+    }
+
+    console.log('copy Android app icons and app resources')
+    Object.entries(copyAndroidResourceMapping).map(([sourcePath, destPath]) => {
+      let androidSourceFiles = []
+      if (fs.statSync(sourcePath).isDirectory()) {
+        androidSourceFiles = util.walkSync(sourcePath)
+      } else {
+        androidSourceFiles = [sourcePath]
+      }
+
+      for (const androidSourceFile of androidSourceFiles) {
+        let destinationFile = path.join(destPath, path.relative(sourcePath, androidSourceFile))
+        if (!fs.existsSync(destinationFile) || util.calculateFileChecksum(androidSourceFile) != util.calculateFileChecksum(destinationFile)) {
+          fs.copySync(androidSourceFile, destinationFile)
+        }
+      }
+    })
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 41a2229259..eb3e47cc7b 100755
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ const { spawn, spawnSync } = require('child_process')
 const config = require('./config')
 const fs = require('fs-extra')
 const crypto = require('crypto')
-const autoGeneratedBraveToChromiumMapping = Object.assign({}, require('./l10nUtil').autoGeneratedBraveToChromiumMapping)
 const os = require('os')
 
 const fixPywin32 = (options = {}) => {
@@ -147,165 +146,6 @@ const util = {
     return md5.digest('hex')
   },
 
-  updateBranding: () => {
-    console.log('update branding...')
-    const chromeComponentsDir = path.join(config.srcDir, 'components')
-    const braveComponentsDir = path.join(config.projects['brave-core'].dir, 'components')
-    const chromeAppDir = path.join(config.srcDir, 'chrome', 'app')
-    const braveAppDir = path.join(config.projects['brave-core'].dir, 'app')
-    const chromeBrowserResourcesDir = path.join(config.srcDir, 'chrome', 'browser', 'resources')
-    const braveBrowserResourcesDir = path.join(config.projects['brave-core'].dir, 'browser', 'resources')
-    const braveAppVectorIconsDir = path.join(config.projects['brave-core'].dir, 'vector_icons', 'chrome', 'app')
-    const chromeAndroidJavaStringsTranslationsDir = path.join(config.srcDir, 'chrome', 'android', 'java', 'strings', 'translations')
-    const braveAndroidJavaStringsTranslationsDir = path.join(config.projects['brave-core'].dir, 'android', 'java', 'strings', 'translations')
-
-    let fileMap = new Set();
-    // The following 3 entries we map to the same name, not the chromium equivalent name for copying back
-    autoGeneratedBraveToChromiumMapping[path.join(braveAppDir, 'brave_strings.grd')] = path.join(chromeAppDir, 'brave_strings.grd')
-    autoGeneratedBraveToChromiumMapping[path.join(braveAppDir, 'settings_brave_strings.grdp')] = path.join(chromeAppDir, 'settings_brave_strings.grdp')
-    autoGeneratedBraveToChromiumMapping[path.join(braveComponentsDir, 'components_brave_strings.grd')] = path.join(chromeComponentsDir, 'components_brave_strings.grd')
-
-    Object.entries(autoGeneratedBraveToChromiumMapping).forEach(mapping => fileMap.add(mapping))
-
-    // Copy xtb files for:
-    // brave/app/resources/chromium_strings*.xtb
-    // brave/app/resources/generated_resoruces*.xtb
-    // brave/components/strings/components_chromium_strings*.xtb
-    // brave/android/java/strings/translations/android_chrome_strings*.xtb
-    fileMap.add([path.join(braveAppDir, 'resources'), path.join(chromeAppDir, 'resources')])
-    fileMap.add([path.join(braveComponentsDir, 'strings'), path.join(chromeComponentsDir, 'strings')])
-    fileMap.add([braveAndroidJavaStringsTranslationsDir, chromeAndroidJavaStringsTranslationsDir])
-    // By overwriting, we don't need to modify some grd files.
-    fileMap.add([path.join(braveAppDir, 'theme', 'brave'), path.join(chromeAppDir, 'theme', 'brave')])
-    fileMap.add([path.join(braveAppDir, 'theme', 'brave'), path.join(chromeAppDir, 'theme', 'chromium')])
-    fileMap.add([path.join(braveAppDir, 'theme', 'default_100_percent', 'brave'), path.join(chromeAppDir, 'theme', 'default_100_percent', 'brave')])
-    fileMap.add([path.join(braveAppDir, 'theme', 'default_200_percent', 'brave'), path.join(chromeAppDir, 'theme', 'default_200_percent', 'brave')])
-    fileMap.add([path.join(braveAppDir, 'theme', 'default_100_percent', 'brave'), path.join(chromeAppDir, 'theme', 'default_100_percent', 'chromium')])
-    fileMap.add([path.join(braveAppDir, 'theme', 'default_200_percent', 'brave'), path.join(chromeAppDir, 'theme', 'default_200_percent', 'chromium')])
-    fileMap.add([path.join(braveAppDir, 'theme', 'default_100_percent', 'common'), path.join(chromeAppDir, 'theme', 'default_100_percent', 'common')])
-    fileMap.add([path.join(braveAppDir, 'theme', 'default_200_percent', 'common'), path.join(chromeAppDir, 'theme', 'default_200_percent', 'common')])
-    fileMap.add([path.join(braveComponentsDir, 'resources', 'default_100_percent', 'brave'), path.join(chromeComponentsDir, 'resources', 'default_100_percent', 'chromium')])
-    fileMap.add([path.join(braveComponentsDir, 'resources', 'default_200_percent', 'brave'), path.join(chromeComponentsDir, 'resources', 'default_200_percent', 'chromium')])
-    fileMap.add([path.join(braveAppVectorIconsDir, 'vector_icons', 'brave'), path.join(chromeAppDir, 'vector_icons', 'brave')])
-    // Copy chrome-logo-faded.png for replacing chrome logo of welcome page with brave's on Win8.
-    fileMap.add([path.join(braveBrowserResourcesDir, 'chrome-logo-faded.png'), path.join(chromeBrowserResourcesDir, 'chrome-logo-faded.png')])
-    // Copy to make our ${branding_path_component}_behaviors.cc
-    fileMap.add([path.join(config.projects['brave-core'].dir, 'chromium_src', 'chrome', 'installer', 'setup', 'brave_behaviors.cc'),
-                 path.join(config.srcDir, 'chrome', 'installer', 'setup', 'brave_behaviors.cc')])
-
-    for (const [source, output] of fileMap) {
-      if (!fs.existsSync(source)) {
-        console.warn(`Warning: The following file-system entry was not found for copying contents to a chromium destination: ${source}. Consider removing the entry from the file-map, or investigating whether the correct source code reference is checked out.`)
-        continue
-      }
-
-      let sourceFiles = []
-
-      // get all the files if source if a directory
-      if (fs.statSync(source).isDirectory()) {
-        sourceFiles = util.walkSync(source)
-      } else {
-        sourceFiles = [source]
-      }
-
-      for (const sourceFile of sourceFiles) {
-        let destinationFile = path.join(output, path.relative(source, sourceFile))
-
-        // The destination file might be newer when updating chromium so
-        // we check for an exact match on the timestamp. We use seconds instead
-        // of ms because utimesSync doesn't set the times with ms precision
-        if (!fs.existsSync(destinationFile) ||
-            Math.floor(new Date(fs.statSync(sourceFile).mtimeMs).getTime() / 1000) !=
-            Math.floor(new Date(fs.statSync(destinationFile).mtimeMs).getTime() / 1000)) {
-          fs.copySync(sourceFile, destinationFile)
-          // can't set the date in the past so update the source file
-          // to match the newly copied destionation file
-          const date = fs.statSync(destinationFile).mtime
-          fs.utimesSync(sourceFile, date, date)
-          console.log(sourceFile + ' copied to ' + destinationFile)
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
-      // Copy proper mac app icon for channel to chrome/app/theme/mac/app.icns.
-      // Each channel's app icons are stored in brave/app/theme/$channel/app.icns.
-      // With this copying, we don't need to modify chrome/BUILD.gn for this.
-      const iconSource = path.join(braveAppDir, 'theme', 'brave', 'mac', config.channel, 'app.icns')
-      const iconDest = path.join(chromeAppDir, 'theme', 'brave', 'mac', 'app.icns')
-      if (!fs.existsSync(iconDest) ||
-          util.calculateFileChecksum(iconSource) != util.calculateFileChecksum(iconDest)) {
-        console.log('copy app icon')
-        fs.copySync(iconSource, iconDest)
-      }
-
-      // Copy branding file
-      let branding_file_name = 'BRANDING'
-      if (config.channel)
-        branding_file_name = branding_file_name + '.' + config.channel
-
-      const brandingSource = path.join(braveAppDir, 'theme', 'brave', branding_file_name)
-      const brandingDest = path.join(chromeAppDir, 'theme', 'brave', 'BRANDING')
-      if (!fs.existsSync(brandingDest) ||
-          util.calculateFileChecksum(brandingSource) != util.calculateFileChecksum(brandingDest)) {
-        console.log('copy branding file')
-        fs.copySync(brandingSource, brandingDest)
-      }
-    }
-    if (config.targetOS === 'android') {
-
-      let androidIconSet = ''
-      if (config.channel === 'development') {
-        androidIconSet = 'res_brave_default'
-      } else if (config.channel === '') {
-        androidIconSet = 'res_brave'
-      } else if (config.channel === 'beta') {
-        androidIconSet = 'res_brave_beta'
-      } else if (config.channel === 'dev') {
-        androidIconSet = 'res_brave_dev'
-      } else if (config.channel === 'nightly') {
-        androidIconSet = 'res_brave_nightly'
-      }
-
-      const androidIconSource = path.join(braveAppDir, 'theme', 'brave', 'android', androidIconSet)
-      const androidIconDest = path.join(config.srcDir, 'chrome', 'android', 'java', 'res_chromium')
-      const androidResSource = path.join(config.projects['brave-core'].dir, 'android', 'java', 'res')
-      const androidResDest = path.join(config.srcDir, 'chrome', 'android', 'java', 'res')
-      const androidResNightSource = path.join(config.projects['brave-core'].dir, 'android', 'java', 'res_night')
-      const androidResNightDest = path.join(config.srcDir, 'chrome', 'android', 'java', 'res_night')
-      const androidNtpTilesResSource = path.join(config.projects['brave-core'].dir, 'components', 'ntp_tiles', 'resources')
-      const androidNtpTilesResDest = path.join(config.srcDir, 'components', 'ntp_tiles', 'resources')
-      const androidResTemplateSource = path.join(config.projects['brave-core'].dir, 'android', 'java', 'res_template')
-      const androidResTemplateDest = path.join(config.srcDir, 'chrome', 'android', 'java', 'res_template')
-
-      // Mapping for copying Brave's Android resource into chromium folder.
-      const copyAndroidResourceMapping = {
-        [androidIconSource]: androidIconDest,
-        [androidResSource]: androidResDest,
-        [androidResNightSource]: androidResNightDest,
-        [androidNtpTilesResSource]: androidNtpTilesResDest,
-        [androidResTemplateSource]: androidResTemplateDest
-      }
-
-      console.log('copy Android app icons and app resources')
-      Object.entries(copyAndroidResourceMapping).map(([sourcePath, destPath]) => {
-        let androidSourceFiles = []
-        if (fs.statSync(sourcePath).isDirectory()) {
-          androidSourceFiles = util.walkSync(sourcePath)
-        } else {
-          androidSourceFiles = [sourcePath]
-        }
-
-        for (const androidSourceFile of androidSourceFiles) {
-          let destinationFile = path.join(destPath, path.relative(sourcePath, androidSourceFile))
-          if (!fs.existsSync(destinationFile) || util.calculateFileChecksum(androidSourceFile) != util.calculateFileChecksum(destinationFile)) {
-            fs.copySync(androidSourceFile, destinationFile)
-          }
-        }
-      })
-    }
-  },
-
   // Chromium compares pre-installed midl files and generated midl files from IDL during the build to check integrity.
   // Generated files during the build time and upstream pre-installed files are different because we use different IDL file.
   // So, we should copy our pre-installed files to overwrite upstream pre-installed files.