diff --git a/guest/authfs_service/Android.bp b/guest/authfs_service/Android.bp
index e508c17..2101a36 100644
--- a/guest/authfs_service/Android.bp
+++ b/guest/authfs_service/Android.bp
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
         "libnix",
         "librpcbinder_rs",
         "librustutils",
-        "libsafe_ownedfd",
         "libshared_child",
     ],
     prefer_rlib: true,
diff --git a/guest/authfs_service/src/main.rs b/guest/authfs_service/src/main.rs
index ff2f770..97e684d 100644
--- a/guest/authfs_service/src/main.rs
+++ b/guest/authfs_service/src/main.rs
@@ -26,10 +26,9 @@
 use log::*;
 use rpcbinder::RpcServer;
 use rustutils::sockets::android_get_control_socket;
-use safe_ownedfd::take_fd_ownership;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fs::{create_dir, read_dir, remove_dir_all, remove_file};
-use std::os::unix::io::OwnedFd;
+use std::os::unix::io::{FromRawFd, OwnedFd};
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 
 use authfs_aidl_interface::aidl::com::android::virt::fs::AuthFsConfig::AuthFsConfig;
@@ -110,9 +109,22 @@
 }
 
 /// Prepares a socket file descriptor for the authfs service.
-fn prepare_authfs_service_socket() -> Result<OwnedFd> {
+///
+/// # Safety requirement
+///
+/// The caller must ensure that this function is the only place that claims ownership
+/// of the file descriptor and it is called only once.
+unsafe fn prepare_authfs_service_socket() -> Result<OwnedFd> {
     let raw_fd = android_get_control_socket(AUTHFS_SERVICE_SOCKET_NAME)?;
-    Ok(take_fd_ownership(raw_fd)?)
+
+    // Creating OwnedFd for stdio FDs is not safe.
+    if [libc::STDIN_FILENO, libc::STDOUT_FILENO, libc::STDERR_FILENO].contains(&raw_fd) {
+        bail!("File descriptor {raw_fd} is standard I/O descriptor");
+    }
+    // SAFETY: Initializing OwnedFd for a RawFd created by the init.
+    // We checked that the integer value corresponds to a valid FD and that the caller
+    // ensures that this is the only place to claim its ownership.
+    Ok(unsafe { OwnedFd::from_raw_fd(raw_fd) })
 }
 
 #[allow(clippy::eq_op)]
@@ -125,7 +137,8 @@
 
     clean_up_working_directory()?;
 
-    let socket_fd = prepare_authfs_service_socket()?;
+    // SAFETY: This is the only place we take the ownership of the fd of the authfs service.
+    let socket_fd = unsafe { prepare_authfs_service_socket()? };
     let service = AuthFsService::new_binder(debuggable).as_binder();
     debug!("{} is starting as a rpc service.", AUTHFS_SERVICE_SOCKET_NAME);
     let server = RpcServer::new_bound_socket(service, socket_fd)?;