diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/config/ConfigurationResolver.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/config/ConfigurationResolver.java
index 13ea05f..dc27ad9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/config/ConfigurationResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/config/ConfigurationResolver.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.config;
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
+import com.google.common.base.Functions;
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
 import com.google.common.base.Verify;
 import com.google.common.base.VerifyException;
@@ -675,17 +676,15 @@
   }
 
   /**
-   * Determines the output ordering of each <attribute, depLabel> ->
-   * [dep<config1>, dep<config2>, ...] collection produced by a split transition.
+   * Determines the output ordering of each {@code <attribute, depLabel> -> [dep<config1>,
+   * dep<config2>, ...]} collection produced by a split transition.
    */
   @VisibleForTesting
   public static final Comparator<Dependency> SPLIT_DEP_ORDERING =
-      new Comparator<Dependency>() {
-        @Override
-        public int compare(Dependency d1, Dependency d2) {
-          return d1.getConfiguration().getMnemonic().compareTo(d2.getConfiguration().getMnemonic());
-        }
-      };
+      Comparator.comparing(
+              Functions.compose(BuildConfiguration::getMnemonic, Dependency::getConfiguration))
+          .thenComparing(
+              Functions.compose(BuildConfiguration::checksum, Dependency::getConfiguration));
 
   /**
    * Returns a copy of the output deps using the same key and value ordering as the input deps.