diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index bd831ff..a9b71e5 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -707,10 +707,9 @@
     const nsecs_t duration = now - mBootTime;
     ALOGI("Boot is finished (%ld ms)", long(ns2ms(duration)) );
 
-    mFlagManager = std::make_unique<android::FlagManager>();
     mFrameTracer->initialize();
     mFrameTimeline->onBootFinished();
-    getRenderEngine().setEnableTracing(mFlagManager->use_skia_tracing());
+    getRenderEngine().setEnableTracing(mFlagManager.use_skia_tracing());
 
     // wait patiently for the window manager death
     const String16 name("window");
@@ -745,7 +744,7 @@
             tidList.emplace_back(*renderEngineTid);
         }
         mPowerAdvisor.onBootFinished();
-        mPowerAdvisor.enablePowerHint(mFlagManager->use_adpf_cpu_hint());
+        mPowerAdvisor.enablePowerHint(mFlagManager.use_adpf_cpu_hint());
         if (mPowerAdvisor.usePowerHintSession()) {
             mPowerAdvisor.startPowerHintSession(tidList);
         }
@@ -5436,9 +5435,7 @@
     /*
      * Dump flag/property manager state
      */
-    if (mFlagManager != nullptr) {
-        mFlagManager->dump(result);
-    }
+    mFlagManager.dump(result);
 
     result.append(mTimeStats->miniDump());
     result.append("\n");