diff --git a/utils/iterator/filter.go b/utils/iterator/filter.go
index e8a11464457..f26b082aeab 100644
--- a/utils/iterator/filter.go
+++ b/utils/iterator/filter.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 package iterator
 
+import "github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/utils/set"
+
 var _ Iterator[any] = (*filtered[any])(nil)
 
 type filtered[T any] struct {
@@ -19,6 +21,19 @@ func Filter[T any](it Iterator[T], filter func(T) bool) Iterator[T] {
 	}
 }
 
+// Deduplicate returns an iterator that skips the elements that have already
+// been returned from [it].
+func Deduplicate[T comparable](it Iterator[T]) Iterator[T] {
+	var seen set.Set[T]
+	return Filter(it, func(e T) bool {
+		if seen.Contains(e) {
+			return true
+		}
+		seen.Add(e)
+		return false
+	})
+}
+
 func (i *filtered[_]) Next() bool {
 	for i.it.Next() {
 		element := i.it.Value()
diff --git a/utils/iterator/filter_test.go b/utils/iterator/filter_test.go
index bf523017fe9..56c47892095 100644
--- a/utils/iterator/filter_test.go
+++ b/utils/iterator/filter_test.go
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/ids"
-	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/utils/iterator"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/vms/platformvm/state"
+
+	. "github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/utils/iterator"
 )
 
 func TestFilter(t *testing.T) {
@@ -40,8 +41,8 @@ func TestFilter(t *testing.T) {
 		stakers[3].TxID: stakers[3],
 	}
 
-	it := iterator.Filter(
-		iterator.FromSlice(stakers[:3]...),
+	it := Filter(
+		FromSlice(stakers[:3]...),
 		func(staker *state.Staker) bool {
 			_, ok := maskedStakers[staker.TxID]
 			return ok
@@ -55,3 +56,11 @@ func TestFilter(t *testing.T) {
 	it.Release()
 	require.False(it.Next())
 }
+
+func TestDeduplicate(t *testing.T) {
+	require.Equal(
+		t,
+		[]int{0, 1, 2, 3},
+		ToSlice(Deduplicate(FromSlice(0, 1, 2, 1, 2, 0, 3))),
+	)
+}