Proof using.
induction l'; simpl; intuition.
- subst. break_if; try congruence.
destruct (in_dec A_eq_dec a0 l').
+ find_apply_hyp_hyp.
eapply dup_drop_step_star_trans; eauto.
eapply dup_drop_step_star_step_1.
apply DDS_dup; auto.
+ rewrite remove_not_in_nop in * by auto.
apply dup_drop_cons. auto.
- break_if.
+ subst.
find_apply_hyp_hyp.
eapply dup_drop_step_star_trans; eauto.
eapply dup_drop_step_star_step_1.
apply DDS_dup; auto.
+ pose proof dup_drop_in l _ a ltac:(eauto).
try concludes. (* Only needed in Coq 8.5 *)
eapply dup_drop_step_star_step_n1 in H0; [| eapply DDS_drop with (xs := [])].
simpl in *.
apply IHl' in H0; auto.
apply dup_drop_dup_early; auto.
simpl. intuition.
Qed.

Lemma remove_In_elim :
forall x a l,
In x (remove A_eq_dec a l) ->
x <> a /\ In x l.