diff --git a/bootstat/Android.bp b/bootstat/Android.bp
index 89b4598..d98a9d7 100644
--- a/bootstat/Android.bp
+++ b/bootstat/Android.bp
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 bootstat_lib_src_files = [
     "boot_event_record_store.cpp",
-    "event_log_list_builder.cpp",
     "histogram_logger.cpp",
     "uptime_parser.cpp",
 ]
@@ -88,7 +87,6 @@
     ],
     srcs: [
         "boot_event_record_store_test.cpp",
-        "event_log_list_builder_test.cpp",
         "testrunner.cpp",
     ],
 }
diff --git a/bootstat/bootstat.cpp b/bootstat/bootstat.cpp
index e5ddab3..7c0e85d 100644
--- a/bootstat/bootstat.cpp
+++ b/bootstat/bootstat.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 #include <cutils/properties.h>
 
 #include "boot_event_record_store.h"
-#include "event_log_list_builder.h" /* ToDo: switch to liblog implementation */
 #include "histogram_logger.h"
 #include "uptime_parser.h"
 
diff --git a/bootstat/event_log_list_builder.cpp b/bootstat/event_log_list_builder.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index ce540a0..0000000
--- a/bootstat/event_log_list_builder.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2016 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.
- */
-
-#include "event_log_list_builder.h"
-
-#include <cinttypes>
-#include <memory>
-#include <string>
-
-#include <log/log.h>
-#include <android-base/logging.h>
-
-namespace {
-
-const size_t MAX_EVENT_PAYLOAD_SIZE = 512 - 1;  // Leave room for final '\n'.
-const size_t EVENT_TYPE_SIZE = 1;  // Size in bytes of the event type marker.
-
-}  // namespace
-
-EventLogListBuilder::EventLogListBuilder()
-    : payload_count_(0),
-      payload_size_(0),
-      payload_(std::make_unique<uint8_t[]>(MAX_EVENT_PAYLOAD_SIZE)) {
-  memset(payload_.get(), 0, MAX_EVENT_PAYLOAD_SIZE);
-
-  // Set up the top-level EventLog data type.
-  AppendByte(EVENT_TYPE_LIST);
-
-  // Skip over the byte prepresenting the number of items in the list. This
-  // value is set in Release().
-  payload_size_++;
-}
-
-bool EventLogListBuilder::Append(int value) {
-  DCHECK_NE(static_cast<uint8_t*>(nullptr), payload_.get());
-
-  if (!IsSpaceAvailable(sizeof(value) + EVENT_TYPE_SIZE)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  AppendByte(EVENT_TYPE_INT);
-  AppendData(&value, sizeof(value));
-
-  payload_count_++;
-  return true;
-}
-
-bool EventLogListBuilder::Append(const std::string& value) {
-  DCHECK_NE(static_cast<uint8_t*>(nullptr), payload_.get());
-
-  int len = value.length();
-  if (!IsSpaceAvailable(sizeof(len) + len)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  AppendByte(EVENT_TYPE_STRING);
-  AppendData(&len, sizeof(len));
-  AppendData(value.c_str(), len);
-
-  payload_count_++;
-  return true;
-}
-
-void EventLogListBuilder::Release(std::unique_ptr<uint8_t[]>* log,
-                                  size_t* size) {
-  // Finalize the log payload.
-  payload_[1] = payload_count_;
-
-  // Return the log payload.
-  *size = payload_size_;
-  *log = std::move(payload_);
-}
-
-void EventLogListBuilder::AppendData(const void* data, size_t size) {
-  DCHECK_LT(payload_size_ + size, MAX_EVENT_PAYLOAD_SIZE);
-  memcpy(&payload_[payload_size_], data, size);
-  payload_size_ += size;
-}
-
-void EventLogListBuilder::AppendByte(uint8_t byte) {
-  DCHECK_LT(payload_size_ + sizeof(byte), MAX_EVENT_PAYLOAD_SIZE);
-  payload_[payload_size_++] = byte;
-}
-
-bool EventLogListBuilder::IsSpaceAvailable(size_t value_size) {
-  size_t space_needed = value_size + EVENT_TYPE_SIZE;
-  if (payload_size_ + space_needed > MAX_EVENT_PAYLOAD_SIZE) {
-    size_t remaining = MAX_EVENT_PAYLOAD_SIZE - payload_size_;
-    LOG(WARNING) << "Not enough space for value. remain=" <<
-        remaining << "; needed=" << space_needed;
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  return true;
-}
diff --git a/bootstat/event_log_list_builder.h b/bootstat/event_log_list_builder.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e29b01..0000000
--- a/bootstat/event_log_list_builder.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2016 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 EVENT_LOG_LIST_BUILDER_H_
-#define EVENT_LOG_LIST_BUILDER_H_
-
-#include <cstdint>
-#include <memory>
-
-#include <android-base/macros.h>
-
-// EventLogListBuilder provides a mechanism to build an EventLog list
-// consisting of int and string EventLog values.
-//
-// NOTE: This class does not provide the ability to append an embedded list,
-// i.e., a list containing a list.
-class EventLogListBuilder {
- public:
-  EventLogListBuilder();
-
-  // Append a single value of a specified type.
-  bool Append(int value);
-  bool Append(const std::string& value);
-
-  // Finalizes construction of the EventLog list and releases the data
-  // to the caller. Caller takes ownership of the payload. No further calls
-  // to append* may be made once the payload is acquired by the caller.
-  void Release(std::unique_ptr<uint8_t[]>* log, size_t* size);
-
- private:
-  // Appends |data| of the given |size| to the payload.
-  void AppendData(const void* data, size_t size);
-
-  // Appends a single byte to the payload.
-  void AppendByte(uint8_t byte);
-
-  // Returns true iff the remaining capacity in |payload_| is large enough to
-  // accommodate |value_size| bytes. The space required to log the event type
-  // is included in the internal calculation so must not be passed in to
-  // |value_size|.
-  bool IsSpaceAvailable(size_t value_size);
-
-  // The number of items in the EventLog list.
-  size_t payload_count_;
-
-  // The size of the data stored in |payload_|. Used to track where to insert
-  // new data.
-  size_t payload_size_;
-
-  // The payload constructed by calls to log*. The payload may only contain
-  // MAX_EVENT_PAYLOAD (512) bytes.
-  std::unique_ptr<uint8_t[]> payload_;
-
-  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(EventLogListBuilder);
-};
-
- #endif  // EVENT_LOG_LIST_BUILDER_H_
diff --git a/bootstat/event_log_list_builder_test.cpp b/bootstat/event_log_list_builder_test.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 25909b0..0000000
--- a/bootstat/event_log_list_builder_test.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,114 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2016 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.
- */
-
-#include "event_log_list_builder.h"
-
-#include <inttypes.h>
-
-#include <gmock/gmock.h>
-#include <gtest/gtest.h>
-#include <log/log.h>
-
-using testing::ElementsAreArray;
-
-TEST(EventLogListBuilder, Empty) {
-  EventLogListBuilder builder;
-
-  const uint8_t EXPECTED_LOG[] = {
-    EVENT_TYPE_LIST,
-    0,  // Number of items in the list.
-  };
-
-  std::unique_ptr<uint8_t[]> log;
-  size_t size;
-  builder.Release(&log, &size);
-  EXPECT_EQ(2U, size);
-
-  uint8_t* log_data = log.get();
-  EXPECT_THAT(std::vector<uint8_t>(log_data, log_data + size),
-              ElementsAreArray(EXPECTED_LOG));
-}
-
-TEST(EventLogListBuilder, SingleInt) {
-  EventLogListBuilder builder;
-
-  const uint8_t EXPECTED_LOG[] = {
-    EVENT_TYPE_LIST,
-    1,                // Number of items in the list.
-    EVENT_TYPE_INT,
-    42, 0, 0, 0,      // 4 byte integer value.
-  };
-
-  builder.Append(42);
-
-  std::unique_ptr<uint8_t[]> log;
-  size_t size;
-  builder.Release(&log, &size);
-  EXPECT_EQ(7U, size);
-
-  uint8_t* log_data = log.get();
-  EXPECT_THAT(std::vector<uint8_t>(log_data, log_data + size),
-              ElementsAreArray(EXPECTED_LOG));
-}
-
-TEST(EventLogListBuilder, SingleString) {
-  EventLogListBuilder builder;
-
-  const uint8_t EXPECTED_LOG[] = {
-    EVENT_TYPE_LIST,
-    1,                        // Number of items in the list.
-    EVENT_TYPE_STRING,
-    5, 0, 0, 0,               // 4 byte length of the string.
-    'D', 'r', 'o', 'i', 'd',
-  };
-
-  builder.Append("Droid");
-
-  std::unique_ptr<uint8_t[]> log;
-  size_t size;
-  builder.Release(&log, &size);
-  EXPECT_EQ(12U, size);
-
-  uint8_t* log_data = log.get();
-  EXPECT_THAT(std::vector<uint8_t>(log_data, log_data + size),
-              ElementsAreArray(EXPECTED_LOG));
-}
-
-TEST(EventLogListBuilder, IntThenString) {
-  EventLogListBuilder builder;
-
-  const uint8_t EXPECTED_LOG[] = {
-    EVENT_TYPE_LIST,
-    2,                        // Number of items in the list.
-    EVENT_TYPE_INT,
-    42, 0, 0, 0,              // 4 byte integer value.
-    EVENT_TYPE_STRING,
-    5, 0, 0, 0,               // 4 byte length of the string.
-    'D', 'r', 'o', 'i', 'd',
-  };
-
-  builder.Append(42);
-  builder.Append("Droid");
-
-  std::unique_ptr<uint8_t[]> log;
-  size_t size;
-  builder.Release(&log, &size);
-  EXPECT_EQ(17U, size);
-
-  uint8_t* log_data = log.get();
-  EXPECT_THAT(std::vector<uint8_t>(log_data, log_data + size),
-              ElementsAreArray(EXPECTED_LOG));
-}
diff --git a/bootstat/histogram_logger.cpp b/bootstat/histogram_logger.cpp
index 4f2386c..6a9ef2b 100644
--- a/bootstat/histogram_logger.cpp
+++ b/bootstat/histogram_logger.cpp
@@ -17,27 +17,16 @@
 #include "histogram_logger.h"
 
 #include <cstdlib>
-#include <memory>
 
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
 #include <log/log.h>
 
-#include "event_log_list_builder.h"
-
 namespace bootstat {
 
 void LogHistogram(const std::string& event, int32_t data) {
   LOG(INFO) << "Logging histogram: " << event << " " << data;
-
-  EventLogListBuilder log_builder;
-  log_builder.Append(event);
-  log_builder.Append(data);
-
-  std::unique_ptr<uint8_t[]> log;
-  size_t size;
-  log_builder.Release(&log, &size);
-
-  android_bWriteLog(HISTOGRAM_LOG_TAG, log.get(), size);
+  android_log_event_context log(HISTOGRAM_LOG_TAG);
+  log << event << data << LOG_ID_EVENTS;
 }
 
 }  // namespace bootstat