diff --git a/libstats/Android.bp b/libstats/Android.bp
index f5ee1da..d58f294 100644
--- a/libstats/Android.bp
+++ b/libstats/Android.bp
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
 // ==========================================================
 // Native library to write stats log to statsd socket
 // ==========================================================
-cc_library {
+cc_library_static {
     name: "libstatssocket",
     srcs: [
         "stats_event_list.c",
         "statsd_writer.c",
     ],
-    host_supported: true,
     cflags: [
         "-Wall",
         "-Werror",
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@
     ],
     export_include_dirs: ["include"],
     shared_libs: [
-        "libcutils",
         "liblog",
     ],
 }
diff --git a/libstats/statsd_writer.c b/libstats/statsd_writer.c
index e24dff0..afe401f 100644
--- a/libstats/statsd_writer.c
+++ b/libstats/statsd_writer.c
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@
  */
 #include "statsd_writer.h"
 
-#include <cutils/fs.h>
 #include <cutils/sockets.h>
-#include <cutils/threads.h>
 #include <endian.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>