diff --git a/automotive/audiocontrol/aidl/default/Android.bp b/automotive/audiocontrol/aidl/default/Android.bp
index 878bee1..7694bdf 100644
--- a/automotive/audiocontrol/aidl/default/Android.bp
+++ b/automotive/audiocontrol/aidl/default/Android.bp
@@ -27,10 +27,8 @@
     init_rc: ["audiocontrol-default.rc"],
     vintf_fragments: ["audiocontrol-default.xml"],
     vendor: true,
-    generated_headers: ["audio_policy_configuration_V7_0"],
-    generated_sources: ["audio_policy_configuration_V7_0"],
-    header_libs: ["libxsdc-utils"],
     shared_libs: [
+        "android.hardware.audio.common@7.0-enums",
         "android.frameworks.automotive.powerpolicy-V1-ndk_platform",
         "android.hardware.automotive.audiocontrol-V1-ndk_platform",
         "libbase",
@@ -38,7 +36,6 @@
         "libcutils",
         "liblog",
         "libpowerpolicyclient",
-        "libxml2",
     ],
     srcs: [
         "AudioControl.cpp",
diff --git a/automotive/audiocontrol/aidl/default/AudioControl.cpp b/automotive/audiocontrol/aidl/default/AudioControl.cpp
index b076d01..c0bc796 100644
--- a/automotive/audiocontrol/aidl/default/AudioControl.cpp
+++ b/automotive/audiocontrol/aidl/default/AudioControl.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#define LOG_TAG "AudioControl"
+// #define LOG_NDEBUG 0
+
 #include "AudioControl.h"
 
 #include <aidl/android/hardware/automotive/audiocontrol/AudioFocusChange.h>
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@
 #include <android-base/parseint.h>
 #include <android-base/strings.h>
 
-#include <android_audio_policy_configuration_V7_0.h>
+#include <android_audio_policy_configuration_V7_0-enums.h>
 #include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@
 
 using ::android::base::EqualsIgnoreCase;
 using ::android::base::ParseInt;
+using ::std::shared_ptr;
 using ::std::string;
 
 namespace xsd {
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@
         const shared_ptr<IFocusListener>& in_listener) {
     LOG(DEBUG) << "registering focus listener";
 
-    if (in_listener.get()) {
+    if (in_listener) {
         std::atomic_store(&mFocusListener, in_listener);
     } else {
         LOG(ERROR) << "Unexpected nullptr for listener resulting in no-op.";
@@ -80,9 +84,10 @@
     if (isValidValue(value)) {
         // Just log in this default mock implementation
         LOG(INFO) << "Balance set to " << value;
-    } else {
-        LOG(ERROR) << "Balance value out of range -1 to 1 at " << value;
+        return ndk::ScopedAStatus::ok();
     }
+
+    LOG(ERROR) << "Balance value out of range -1 to 1 at " << value;
     return ndk::ScopedAStatus::ok();
 }
 
@@ -90,9 +95,10 @@
     if (isValidValue(value)) {
         // Just log in this default mock implementation
         LOG(INFO) << "Fader set to " << value;
-    } else {
-        LOG(ERROR) << "Fader value out of range -1 to 1 at " << value;
+        return ndk::ScopedAStatus::ok();
     }
+
+    LOG(ERROR) << "Fader value out of range -1 to 1 at " << value;
     return ndk::ScopedAStatus::ok();
 }
 
@@ -194,7 +200,7 @@
     }
 
     string usage = string(args[1]);
-    if (xsd::stringToAudioUsage(usage) == xsd::AudioUsage::UNKNOWN) {
+    if (xsd::isUnknownAudioUsage(usage)) {
         dprintf(fd,
                 "Unknown usage provided: %s. Please see audio_policy_configuration.xsd V7_0 "
                 "for supported values\n",
@@ -236,7 +242,7 @@
     }
 
     string usage = string(args[1]);
-    if (xsd::stringToAudioUsage(usage) == xsd::AudioUsage::UNKNOWN) {
+    if (xsd::isUnknownAudioUsage(usage)) {
         dprintf(fd,
                 "Unknown usage provided: %s. Please see audio_policy_configuration.xsd V7_0 "
                 "for supported values\n",
diff --git a/automotive/audiocontrol/aidl/default/AudioControl.h b/automotive/audiocontrol/aidl/default/AudioControl.h
index ab0b1b3..cca9c44 100644
--- a/automotive/audiocontrol/aidl/default/AudioControl.h
+++ b/automotive/audiocontrol/aidl/default/AudioControl.h
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 
 namespace aidl::android::hardware::automotive::audiocontrol {
 
-using ::std::shared_ptr;
-
 class AudioControl : public BnAudioControl {
   public:
     ndk::ScopedAStatus onAudioFocusChange(const std::string& in_usage, int32_t in_zoneId,
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@
     ndk::ScopedAStatus onDevicesToMuteChange(
             const std::vector<MutingInfo>& in_mutingInfos) override;
     ndk::ScopedAStatus registerFocusListener(
-            const shared_ptr<IFocusListener>& in_listener) override;
+            const std::shared_ptr<IFocusListener>& in_listener) override;
     ndk::ScopedAStatus setBalanceTowardRight(float in_value) override;
     ndk::ScopedAStatus setFadeTowardFront(float in_value) override;
     binder_status_t dump(int fd, const char** args, uint32_t numArgs) override;
@@ -44,7 +42,7 @@
     // a single instance of CarAudioService. As such, it doesn't have explicit serialization.
     // If a different AudioControl implementation were to have multiple threads leveraging this
     // listener, then it should also include mutexes or make the listener atomic.
-    shared_ptr<IFocusListener> mFocusListener;
+    std::shared_ptr<IFocusListener> mFocusListener;
 
     binder_status_t cmdHelp(int fd) const;
     binder_status_t cmdRequestFocus(int fd, const char** args, uint32_t numArgs);