diff --git a/libs/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.cpp b/libs/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.cpp
index 5965201..56591bd 100644
--- a/libs/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/BLASTBufferQueue.cpp
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 #define ATRACE_TAG ATRACE_TAG_GRAPHICS
 
-#include <cutils/properties.h>
-
 #include <gui/BLASTBufferQueue.h>
 #include <gui/BufferItemConsumer.h>
 #include <gui/GLConsumer.h>
diff --git a/libs/gui/BufferQueueCore.cpp b/libs/gui/BufferQueueCore.cpp
index a1803d8..8d80833 100644
--- a/libs/gui/BufferQueueCore.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/BufferQueueCore.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 #include <inttypes.h>
 
-#include <cutils/properties.h>
 #include <cutils/atomic.h>
 
 #include <gui/BufferItem.h>
diff --git a/libs/gui/DebugEGLImageTracker.cpp b/libs/gui/DebugEGLImageTracker.cpp
index ab6f364..5762dab 100644
--- a/libs/gui/DebugEGLImageTracker.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/DebugEGLImageTracker.cpp
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include <android-base/properties.h>
 #include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
-#include <cutils/properties.h>
 #include <gui/DebugEGLImageTracker.h>
 
 #include <cinttypes>
 #include <unordered_map>
 
+using android::base::GetBoolProperty;
 using android::base::StringAppendF;
 
 std::mutex DebugEGLImageTracker::mInstanceLock;
@@ -57,10 +58,7 @@
 DebugEGLImageTracker *DebugEGLImageTracker::getInstance() {
     std::lock_guard lock(mInstanceLock);
     if (mInstance == nullptr) {
-        char value[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
-        property_get("debug.sf.enable_egl_image_tracker", value, "0");
-        const bool enabled = static_cast<bool>(atoi(value));
-
+        const bool enabled = GetBoolProperty("debug.sf.enable_egl_image_tracker", false);
         if (enabled) {
             mInstance = new DebugEGLImageTrackerImpl();
         } else {
diff --git a/libs/gui/tests/Surface_test.cpp b/libs/gui/tests/Surface_test.cpp
index d1d770e..1acbc9e 100644
--- a/libs/gui/tests/Surface_test.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/tests/Surface_test.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <android/hardware/configstore/1.0/ISurfaceFlingerConfigs.h>
 #include <binder/ProcessState.h>
 #include <configstore/Utils.h>
-#include <cutils/properties.h>
 #include <gui/BufferItemConsumer.h>
 #include <gui/IDisplayEventConnection.h>
 #include <gui/IProducerListener.h>