diff --git a/logd/ChattyLogBuffer.cpp b/logd/ChattyLogBuffer.cpp
index fa5bcee..a4b254a 100644
--- a/logd/ChattyLogBuffer.cpp
+++ b/logd/ChattyLogBuffer.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <utility>
 
-#include <cutils/properties.h>
 #include <private/android_logger.h>
 
 #include "LogKlog.h"
diff --git a/logd/LogWhiteBlackList.cpp b/logd/LogWhiteBlackList.cpp
index 9d762dc..88a3bdc 100644
--- a/logd/LogWhiteBlackList.cpp
+++ b/logd/LogWhiteBlackList.cpp
@@ -16,13 +16,11 @@
 
 #include <ctype.h>
 
+#include <android-base/properties.h>
 #include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
-#include <cutils/properties.h>
 
 #include "LogWhiteBlackList.h"
 
-// White and Black list
-
 Prune::Prune(uid_t uid, pid_t pid) : mUid(uid), mPid(pid) {
 }
 
@@ -75,14 +73,12 @@
         it = mNaughty.erase(it);
     }
 
-    static const char _default[] = "default";
     // default here means take ro.logd.filter, persist.logd.filter then
     // internal default in that order.
-    if (str && !strcmp(str, _default)) {
+    if (str && !strcmp(str, "default")) {
         str = nullptr;
     }
-    static const char _disable[] = "disable";
-    if (str && !strcmp(str, _disable)) {
+    if (str && !strcmp(str, "disable")) {
         str = "";
     }
 
@@ -91,22 +87,20 @@
     if (str) {
         filter = str;
     } else {
-        char property[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
-        property_get("ro.logd.filter", property, _default);
-        filter = property;
-        property_get("persist.logd.filter", property, filter.c_str());
+        filter = android::base::GetProperty("ro.logd.filter", "default");
+        auto persist_filter = android::base::GetProperty("persist.logd.filter", "default");
         // default here means take ro.logd.filter
-        if (strcmp(property, _default)) {
-            filter = property;
+        if (persist_filter != "default") {
+            filter = persist_filter;
         }
     }
 
     // default here means take internal default.
-    if (filter == _default) {
+    if (filter == "default") {
         // See README.property for description of filter format
         filter = "~! ~1000/!";
     }
-    if (filter == _disable) {
+    if (filter == "disable") {
         filter = "";
     }
 
diff --git a/logd/LogWhiteBlackList.h b/logd/LogWhiteBlackList.h
index 6e9893b..0e4e837 100644
--- a/logd/LogWhiteBlackList.h
+++ b/logd/LogWhiteBlackList.h
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-#ifndef _LOGD_LOG_WHITE_BLACK_LIST_H__
-#define _LOGD_LOG_WHITE_BLACK_LIST_H__
+#pragma once
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
@@ -24,8 +23,6 @@
 
 #include "LogBufferElement.h"
 
-// White and Blacklist
-
 class Prune {
     friend class PruneList;
 
@@ -84,5 +81,3 @@
 
     std::string format();
 };
-
-#endif  // _LOGD_LOG_WHITE_BLACK_LIST_H__
diff --git a/logd/main.cpp b/logd/main.cpp
index 6e1144b..dd65364 100644
--- a/logd/main.cpp
+++ b/logd/main.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 
 #include <android-base/macros.h>
 #include <cutils/android_get_control_file.h>
-#include <cutils/properties.h>
 #include <cutils/sockets.h>
 #include <log/event_tag_map.h>
 #include <packagelistparser/packagelistparser.h>