diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/ManifestTest.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/ManifestTest.cs
index 882b4d3f1c9..30fcc1ca399 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/ManifestTest.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/ManifestTest.cs
@@ -486,6 +486,8 @@ public void MergeLibraryManifest ()
             android:authorities='${applicationId}.FacebookInitProvider'
             android:name='.internal.FacebookInitProvider'
             android:exported='false' />
+        <meta-data android:name='android.support.VERSION' android:value='25.4.0' />
+        <meta-data android:name='android.support.VERSION' android:value='25.4.0' />
     </application>
 </manifest>
 ", encoding: System.Text.Encoding.UTF8);
@@ -522,6 +524,8 @@ public void MergeLibraryManifest ()
 						"${applicationId}.FacebookInitProvider was not replaced with com.xamarin.manifest.FacebookInitProvider");
 					Assert.IsTrue (manifest.Contains ("com.xamarin.test.internal.FacebookInitProvider"),
 						".internal.FacebookInitProvider was not replaced with com.xamarin.test.internal.FacebookInitProvider");
+					Assert.AreEqual (manifest.IndexOf ("meta-data", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase),
+					                 manifest.LastIndexOf ("meta-data", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase), "There should be only one meta-data element");
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/ManifestDocument.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/ManifestDocument.cs
index 971a43f130f..a251207f38e 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/ManifestDocument.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/ManifestDocument.cs
@@ -402,6 +402,16 @@ void MergeLibraryManifest (string mergedManifest)
 			}
 		}
 
+		void RemoveDuplicateElements ()
+		{
+			var duplicates = doc.Descendants ()
+			                    .GroupBy (x => x.ToFullString ())
+					    .SelectMany (x => x.Skip (1));
+			foreach (var duplicate in duplicates)
+				duplicate.Remove ();
+			
+		}
+
 		IEnumerable<XNode> FixupNameElements(string packageName, IEnumerable<XNode> nodes)
 		{
 			foreach (var element in nodes.Select ( x => x as XElement).Where (x => x != null && ManifestAttributeFixups.ContainsKey (x.Name.LocalName))) {
@@ -839,6 +849,7 @@ public void Save (string filename)
 
 		public void Save (System.IO.TextWriter stream)
 		{
+			RemoveDuplicateElements ();
 			var ms = new MemoryStream ();
 			doc.Save (ms);
 			ms.Flush ();
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/XDocumentExtensions.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/XDocumentExtensions.cs
index d05efb5ab68..5bac4ba45a3 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/XDocumentExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/XDocumentExtensions.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ public static string[] GetPaths (this XDocument doc, params string[] paths)
 				e = e.Elements (p);
 			return e.Select (p => p.Value).ToArray ();
 		}
+
+		public static string ToFullString (this XElement element)
+		{
+			return element.ToString (SaveOptions.DisableFormatting);
+		}
 	}
 }