diff --git a/neuralnetworks/utils/common/Android.bp b/neuralnetworks/utils/common/Android.bp
index 6f07be9..e02a202 100644
--- a/neuralnetworks/utils/common/Android.bp
+++ b/neuralnetworks/utils/common/Android.bp
@@ -30,13 +30,8 @@
     local_include_dirs: ["include/nnapi/hal"],
     export_include_dirs: ["include"],
     cflags: ["-Wthread-safety"],
-    static_libs: [
-        "neuralnetworks_types",
-    ],
-    shared_libs: [
-        "libhidlbase",
-        "libbinder_ndk",
-    ],
+    static_libs: ["neuralnetworks_types"],
+    shared_libs: ["libbinder_ndk"],
 }
 
 cc_test {
diff --git a/neuralnetworks/utils/common/include/nnapi/hal/HandleError.h b/neuralnetworks/utils/common/include/nnapi/hal/HandleError.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e51f916..0000000
--- a/neuralnetworks/utils/common/include/nnapi/hal/HandleError.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2020 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-#ifndef ANDROID_HARDWARE_INTERFACES_NEURALNETWORKS_UTILS_COMMON_HANDLE_ERROR_H
-#define ANDROID_HARDWARE_INTERFACES_NEURALNETWORKS_UTILS_COMMON_HANDLE_ERROR_H
-
-#include <android/hidl/base/1.0/IBase.h>
-#include <hidl/HidlSupport.h>
-#include <nnapi/Result.h>
-#include <nnapi/Types.h>
-
-#include <type_traits>
-
-namespace android::hardware::neuralnetworks::utils {
-
-template <typename Type>
-nn::GeneralResult<Type> handleTransportError(const hardware::Return<Type>& ret) {
-    if (ret.isDeadObject()) {
-        return nn::error(nn::ErrorStatus::DEAD_OBJECT)
-               << "Return<>::isDeadObject returned true: " << ret.description();
-    }
-    if (!ret.isOk()) {
-        return nn::error(nn::ErrorStatus::GENERAL_FAILURE)
-               << "Return<>::isOk returned false: " << ret.description();
-    }
-    if constexpr (!std::is_same_v<Type, void>) {
-        return static_cast<Type>(ret);
-    } else {
-        return {};
-    }
-}
-
-#define HANDLE_TRANSPORT_FAILURE(ret)                                                        \
-    ({                                                                                       \
-        auto result = ::android::hardware::neuralnetworks::utils::handleTransportError(ret); \
-        if (!result.has_value()) {                                                           \
-            return NN_ERROR(result.error().code) << result.error().message;                  \
-        }                                                                                    \
-        std::move(result).value();                                                           \
-    })
-
-#define HANDLE_HAL_STATUS(status)                                       \
-    if (const auto canonical = ::android::nn::convert(status).value_or( \
-                ::android::nn::ErrorStatus::GENERAL_FAILURE);           \
-        canonical == ::android::nn::ErrorStatus::NONE) {                \
-    } else                                                              \
-        return NN_ERROR(canonical)
-
-}  // namespace android::hardware::neuralnetworks::utils
-
-#endif  // ANDROID_HARDWARE_INTERFACES_NEURALNETWORKS_UTILS_COMMON_HANDLE_ERROR_H
diff --git a/neuralnetworks/utils/common/src/CommonUtils.cpp b/neuralnetworks/utils/common/src/CommonUtils.cpp
index b66fbd1..b249881 100644
--- a/neuralnetworks/utils/common/src/CommonUtils.cpp
+++ b/neuralnetworks/utils/common/src/CommonUtils.cpp
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 #include "CommonUtils.h"
 
-#include "HandleError.h"
-
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
 #include <nnapi/Result.h>
 #include <nnapi/SharedMemory.h>