diff --git a/logcat/.clang-format b/logcat/.clang-format
deleted file mode 100644
index 393c309..0000000
--- a/logcat/.clang-format
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-BasedOnStyle: Google
-AllowShortFunctionsOnASingleLine: false
-
-CommentPragmas: NOLINT:.*
-DerivePointerAlignment: false
-IndentWidth: 4
-PointerAlignment: Left
-TabWidth: 4
-PenaltyExcessCharacter: 32
-
-Cpp11BracedListStyle: false
diff --git a/logcat/Android.bp b/logcat/Android.bp
index 01beb53..b0563a6 100644
--- a/logcat/Android.bp
+++ b/logcat/Android.bp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2006-2017 The Android Open Source Project
+// Copyright (C) 2006 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.
@@ -31,25 +31,13 @@
     logtags: ["event.logtags"],
 }
 
-cc_library {
-    name: "liblogcat",
-
-    defaults: ["logcat_defaults"],
-    srcs: [
-        "logcat.cpp",
-        "getopt_long.cpp",
-        "logcat_system.cpp",
-    ],
-    export_include_dirs: ["include"],
-}
-
 cc_binary {
     name: "logcat",
 
     defaults: ["logcat_defaults"],
-    shared_libs: ["liblogcat"],
     srcs: [
         "logcat_main.cpp",
+        "logcat.cpp",
     ],
 }
 
@@ -57,9 +45,9 @@
     name: "logcatd",
 
     defaults: ["logcat_defaults"],
-    shared_libs: ["liblogcat"],
     srcs: [
         "logcatd_main.cpp",
+        "logcat.cpp",
     ],
 }
 
diff --git a/logcat/getopt_long.cpp b/logcat/getopt_long.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index da99906..0000000
--- a/logcat/getopt_long.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,401 +0,0 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: getopt_long.c,v 1.26 2013/06/08 22:47:56 millert Exp $ */
-/* $NetBSD: getopt_long.c,v 1.15 2002/01/31 22:43:40 tv Exp $       */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2002 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
- *
- * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
- * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
- * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
- * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
- * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
- * ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
- * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
- * ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
- * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
- *
- * Sponsored in part by the Defense Advanced Research Projects
- * Agency (DARPA) and Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force
- * Materiel Command, USAF, under agreement number F39502-99-1-0512.
- */
-/*-
- * Copyright (c) 2000 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
- * by Dieter Baron and Thomas Klausner.
- *
- * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
- * are met:
- * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
- *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
- *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
- *
- * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS
- * ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
- * TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- * PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS
- * BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
- * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
- * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
- * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
- * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
- * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
- * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
- */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <sys/cdefs.h>
-
-#include <log/getopt.h>
-
-#define PRINT_ERROR ((context->opterr) && (*options != ':'))
-
-#define FLAG_PERMUTE 0x01  // permute non-options to the end of argv
-#define FLAG_ALLARGS 0x02  // treat non-options as args to option "-1"
-
-// return values
-#define BADCH (int)'?'
-#define BADARG ((*options == ':') ? (int)':' : (int)'?')
-#define INORDER (int)1
-
-#define D_PREFIX 0
-#define DD_PREFIX 1
-#define W_PREFIX 2
-
-// Compute the greatest common divisor of a and b.
-static int gcd(int a, int b) {
-    int c = a % b;
-    while (c) {
-        a = b;
-        b = c;
-        c = a % b;
-    }
-    return b;
-}
-
-// Exchange the block from nonopt_start to nonopt_end with the block from
-// nonopt_end to opt_end (keeping the same order of arguments in each block).
-// Returns optind - (nonopt_end - nonopt_start) for convenience.
-static int permute_args(getopt_context* context, char* const* nargv) {
-    // compute lengths of blocks and number and size of cycles
-    int nnonopts = context->nonopt_end - context->nonopt_start;
-    int nopts = context->optind - context->nonopt_end;
-    int ncycle = gcd(nnonopts, nopts);
-    int cyclelen = (context->optind - context->nonopt_start) / ncycle;
-
-    for (int i = 0; i < ncycle; i++) {
-        int cstart = context->nonopt_end + i;
-        int pos = cstart;
-        for (int j = 0; j < cyclelen; j++) {
-            if (pos >= context->nonopt_end) {
-                pos -= nnonopts;
-            } else {
-                pos += nopts;
-            }
-            char* swap = nargv[pos];
-            const_cast<char**>(nargv)[pos] = nargv[cstart];
-            const_cast<char**>(nargv)[cstart] = swap;
-        }
-    }
-    return context->optind - (context->nonopt_end - context->nonopt_start);
-}
-
-// parse_long_options_r --
-//    Parse long options in argc/argv argument vector.
-// Returns -1 if short_too is set and the option does not match long_options.
-static int parse_long_options_r(char* const* nargv, const char* options,
-                                const struct option* long_options, int* idx,
-                                bool short_too, struct getopt_context* context) {
-    const char* current_argv = context->place;
-    const char* current_dash;
-    switch (context->dash_prefix) {
-        case D_PREFIX:
-            current_dash = "-";
-            break;
-        case DD_PREFIX:
-            current_dash = "--";
-            break;
-        case W_PREFIX:
-            current_dash = "-W ";
-            break;
-        default:
-            current_dash = "";
-            break;
-    }
-    context->optind++;
-
-    const char* has_equal;
-    size_t current_argv_len;
-    if (!!(has_equal = strchr(current_argv, '='))) {
-        // argument found (--option=arg)
-        current_argv_len = has_equal - current_argv;
-        has_equal++;
-    } else {
-        current_argv_len = strlen(current_argv);
-    }
-
-    int match = -1;
-    bool exact_match = false;
-    bool second_partial_match = false;
-    for (int i = 0; long_options[i].name; i++) {
-        // find matching long option
-        if (strncmp(current_argv, long_options[i].name, current_argv_len)) {
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        if (strlen(long_options[i].name) == current_argv_len) {
-            // exact match
-            match = i;
-            exact_match = true;
-            break;
-        }
-        // If this is a known short option, don't allow
-        // a partial match of a single character.
-        if (short_too && current_argv_len == 1) continue;
-
-        if (match == -1) {  // first partial match
-            match = i;
-        } else if (long_options[i].has_arg != long_options[match].has_arg ||
-                   long_options[i].flag != long_options[match].flag ||
-                   long_options[i].val != long_options[match].val) {
-            second_partial_match = true;
-        }
-    }
-    if (!exact_match && second_partial_match) {
-        // ambiguous abbreviation
-        if (PRINT_ERROR) {
-            fprintf(context->optstderr ?: stderr,
-                    "option `%s%.*s' is ambiguous", current_dash,
-                    (int)current_argv_len, current_argv);
-        }
-        context->optopt = 0;
-        return BADCH;
-    }
-    if (match != -1) {  // option found
-        if (long_options[match].has_arg == no_argument && has_equal) {
-            if (PRINT_ERROR) {
-                fprintf(context->optstderr ?: stderr,
-                        "option `%s%.*s' doesn't allow an argument",
-                        current_dash, (int)current_argv_len, current_argv);
-            }
-            // XXX: GNU sets optopt to val regardless of flag
-            context->optopt =
-                long_options[match].flag ? 0 : long_options[match].val;
-            return BADCH;
-        }
-        if (long_options[match].has_arg == required_argument ||
-            long_options[match].has_arg == optional_argument) {
-            if (has_equal) {
-                context->optarg = has_equal;
-            } else if (long_options[match].has_arg == required_argument) {
-                // optional argument doesn't use next nargv
-                context->optarg = nargv[context->optind++];
-            }
-        }
-        if ((long_options[match].has_arg == required_argument) &&
-            !context->optarg) {
-            // Missing argument; leading ':' indicates no error
-            // should be generated.
-            if (PRINT_ERROR) {
-                fprintf(context->optstderr ?: stderr,
-                        "option `%s%s' requires an argument", current_dash,
-                        current_argv);
-            }
-            // XXX: GNU sets optopt to val regardless of flag
-            context->optopt =
-                long_options[match].flag ? 0 : long_options[match].val;
-            context->optind--;
-            return BADARG;
-        }
-    } else {  // unknown option
-        if (short_too) {
-            context->optind--;
-            return -1;
-        }
-        if (PRINT_ERROR) {
-            fprintf(context->optstderr ?: stderr, "unrecognized option `%s%s'",
-                    current_dash, current_argv);
-        }
-        context->optopt = 0;
-        return BADCH;
-    }
-    if (idx) *idx = match;
-    if (long_options[match].flag) {
-        *long_options[match].flag = long_options[match].val;
-        return 0;
-    }
-    return long_options[match].val;
-}
-
-// getopt_long_r --
-//    Parse argc/argv argument vector.
-int getopt_long_r(int nargc, char* const* nargv, const char* options,
-                  const struct option* long_options, int* idx,
-                  struct getopt_context* context) {
-    if (!options) return -1;
-
-    // XXX Some GNU programs (like cvs) set optind to 0 instead of
-    // XXX using optreset.  Work around this braindamage.
-    if (!context->optind) context->optind = context->optreset = 1;
-
-    // Disable GNU extensions if options string begins with a '+'.
-    int flags = FLAG_PERMUTE;
-    if (*options == '-') {
-        flags |= FLAG_ALLARGS;
-    } else if (*options == '+') {
-        flags &= ~FLAG_PERMUTE;
-    }
-    if (*options == '+' || *options == '-') options++;
-
-    context->optarg = nullptr;
-    if (context->optreset) context->nonopt_start = context->nonopt_end = -1;
-start:
-    if (context->optreset || !*context->place) {  // update scanning pointer
-        context->optreset = 0;
-        if (context->optind >= nargc) {  // end of argument vector
-            context->place = EMSG;
-            if (context->nonopt_end != -1) {
-                // do permutation, if we have to
-                context->optind = permute_args(context, nargv);
-            } else if (context->nonopt_start != -1) {
-                // If we skipped non-options, set optind to the first of them.
-                context->optind = context->nonopt_start;
-            }
-            context->nonopt_start = context->nonopt_end = -1;
-            return -1;
-        }
-        if (*(context->place = nargv[context->optind]) != '-' ||
-            context->place[1] == '\0') {
-            context->place = EMSG;  // found non-option
-            if (flags & FLAG_ALLARGS) {
-                // GNU extension: return non-option as argument to option 1
-                context->optarg = nargv[context->optind++];
-                return INORDER;
-            }
-            if (!(flags & FLAG_PERMUTE)) {
-                // If no permutation wanted, stop parsing at first non-option.
-                return -1;
-            }
-            // do permutation
-            if (context->nonopt_start == -1) {
-                context->nonopt_start = context->optind;
-            } else if (context->nonopt_end != -1) {
-                context->nonopt_start = permute_args(context, nargv);
-                context->nonopt_end = -1;
-            }
-            context->optind++;
-            // process next argument
-            goto start;
-        }
-        if (context->nonopt_start != -1 && context->nonopt_end == -1) {
-            context->nonopt_end = context->optind;
-        }
-
-        // If we have "-" do nothing, if "--" we are done.
-        if (context->place[1] != '\0' && *++(context->place) == '-' &&
-            context->place[1] == '\0') {
-            context->optind++;
-            context->place = EMSG;
-            // We found an option (--), so if we skipped
-            // non-options, we have to permute.
-            if (context->nonopt_end != -1) {
-                context->optind = permute_args(context, nargv);
-            }
-            context->nonopt_start = context->nonopt_end = -1;
-            return -1;
-        }
-    }
-
-    int optchar;
-    // Check long options if:
-    //  1) we were passed some
-    //  2) the arg is not just "-"
-    //  3) either the arg starts with -- we are getopt_long_only()
-    if (long_options && context->place != nargv[context->optind] &&
-        (*context->place == '-')) {
-        bool short_too = false;
-        context->dash_prefix = D_PREFIX;
-        if (*context->place == '-') {
-            context->place++;  // --foo long option
-            context->dash_prefix = DD_PREFIX;
-        } else if (*context->place != ':' && strchr(options, *context->place)) {
-            short_too = true;  // could be short option too
-        }
-
-        optchar = parse_long_options_r(nargv, options, long_options, idx,
-                                       short_too, context);
-        if (optchar != -1) {
-            context->place = EMSG;
-            return optchar;
-        }
-    }
-
-    const char* oli;  // option letter list index
-    if ((optchar = (int)*(context->place)++) == (int)':' ||
-        (optchar == (int)'-' && *context->place != '\0') ||
-        !(oli = strchr(options, optchar))) {
-        // If the user specified "-" and  '-' isn't listed in
-        // options, return -1 (non-option) as per POSIX.
-        // Otherwise, it is an unknown option character (or ':').
-        if (optchar == (int)'-' && *context->place == '\0') return -1;
-        if (!*context->place) context->optind++;
-        if (PRINT_ERROR) {
-            fprintf(context->optstderr ?: stderr, "invalid option -- %c",
-                    optchar);
-        }
-        context->optopt = optchar;
-        return BADCH;
-    }
-
-    static const char recargchar[] = "option requires an argument -- %c";
-    if (long_options && optchar == 'W' && oli[1] == ';') {
-        // -W long-option
-        if (*context->place) {                      // no space
-            ;                                       // NOTHING
-        } else if (++(context->optind) >= nargc) {  // no arg
-            context->place = EMSG;
-            if (PRINT_ERROR) {
-                fprintf(context->optstderr ?: stderr, recargchar, optchar);
-            }
-            context->optopt = optchar;
-            return BADARG;
-        } else {  // white space
-            context->place = nargv[context->optind];
-        }
-        context->dash_prefix = W_PREFIX;
-        optchar = parse_long_options_r(nargv, options, long_options, idx, false,
-                                       context);
-        context->place = EMSG;
-        return optchar;
-    }
-    if (*++oli != ':') {  // doesn't take argument
-        if (!*context->place) context->optind++;
-    } else {  // takes (optional) argument
-        context->optarg = nullptr;
-        if (*context->place) {  // no white space
-            context->optarg = context->place;
-        } else if (oli[1] != ':') {              // arg not optional
-            if (++(context->optind) >= nargc) {  // no arg
-                context->place = EMSG;
-                if (PRINT_ERROR) {
-                    fprintf(context->optstderr ?: stderr, recargchar, optchar);
-                }
-                context->optopt = optchar;
-                return BADARG;
-            }
-            context->optarg = nargv[context->optind];
-        }
-        context->place = EMSG;
-        context->optind++;
-    }
-    // dump back option letter
-    return optchar;
-}
diff --git a/logcat/include/log/getopt.h b/logcat/include/log/getopt.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 0da2b10..0000000
--- a/logcat/include/log/getopt.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2017 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 _LOG_GETOPT_H_
-#define _LOG_GETOPT_H_
-
-#ifndef __ANDROID_USE_LIBLOG_LOGCAT_INTERFACE
-#ifndef __ANDROID_API__
-#define __ANDROID_USE_LIBLOG_LOGCAT_INTERFACE 1
-#elif __ANDROID_API__ > 24 /* > Nougat */
-#define __ANDROID_USE_LIBLOG_LOGCAT_INTERFACE 1
-#else
-#define __ANDROID_USE_LIBLOG_LOGCAT_INTERFACE 0
-#endif
-#endif
-
-#if __ANDROID_USE_LIBLOG_LOGCAT_INTERFACE
-
-#include <getopt.h>
-#include <sys/cdefs.h>
-
-struct getopt_context {
-    int opterr;
-    int optind;
-    int optopt;
-    int optreset;
-    const char* optarg;
-    FILE* optstderr; /* NULL defaults to stderr */
-    /* private */
-    const char* place;
-    int nonopt_start;
-    int nonopt_end;
-    int dash_prefix;
-    /* expansion space */
-    int __extra__;
-    void* __stuff__;
-};
-
-#define EMSG ""
-#define NO_PREFIX (-1)
-
-#define INIT_GETOPT_CONTEXT(context) \
-    context = { 1, 1, '?', 0, NULL, NULL, EMSG, -1, -1, NO_PREFIX, 0, NULL }
-
-__BEGIN_DECLS
-int getopt_long_r(int nargc, char* const* nargv, const char* options,
-                  const struct option* long_options, int* idx,
-                  struct getopt_context* context);
-
-__END_DECLS
-
-#endif /* __ANDROID_USE_LIBLOG_LOGCAT_INTERFACE */
-
-#endif /* !_LOG_GETOPT_H_ */
diff --git a/logcat/logcat.cpp b/logcat/logcat.cpp
index ff85f54..0f56337 100644
--- a/logcat/logcat.cpp
+++ b/logcat/logcat.cpp
@@ -14,12 +14,15 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include "logcat.h"
+
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
 #include <math.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <sched.h>
@@ -47,8 +50,6 @@
 #include <cutils/sched_policy.h>
 #include <cutils/sockets.h>
 #include <log/event_tag_map.h>
-#include <log/getopt.h>
-#include <log/logcat.h>
 #include <log/logprint.h>
 #include <private/android_logger.h>
 #include <system/thread_defs.h>
@@ -854,14 +855,8 @@
     // net for stability dealing with possible mistaken inputs.
     static const char delimiters[] = ",:; \t\n\r\f";
 
-    struct getopt_context optctx;
-    INIT_GETOPT_CONTEXT(optctx);
-    optctx.opterr = !!context->error;
-    optctx.optstderr = context->error;
-
-    for (;;) {
-        int ret;
-
+    optind = 0;
+    while (true) {
         int option_index = 0;
         // list of long-argument only strings for later comparison
         static const char pid_str[] = "pid";
@@ -902,19 +897,18 @@
         };
         // clang-format on
 
-        ret = getopt_long_r(argc, argv, ":cdDhLt:T:gG:sQf:r:n:v:b:BSpP:m:e:",
-                            long_options, &option_index, &optctx);
-        if (ret < 0) break;
+        int c = getopt_long(argc, argv, ":cdDhLt:T:gG:sQf:r:n:v:b:BSpP:m:e:", long_options,
+                            &option_index);
+        if (c == -1) break;
 
-        switch (ret) {
+        switch (c) {
             case 0:
                 // only long options
                 if (long_options[option_index].name == pid_str) {
                     // ToDo: determine runtime PID_MAX?
-                    if (!getSizeTArg(optctx.optarg, &pid, 1)) {
+                    if (!getSizeTArg(optarg, &pid, 1)) {
                         logcat_panic(context, HELP_TRUE, "%s %s out of range\n",
-                                     long_options[option_index].name,
-                                     optctx.optarg);
+                                     long_options[option_index].name, optarg);
                         goto exit;
                     }
                     break;
@@ -924,11 +918,9 @@
                             ANDROID_LOG_NONBLOCK;
                     // ToDo: implement API that supports setting a wrap timeout
                     size_t dummy = ANDROID_LOG_WRAP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
-                    if (optctx.optarg &&
-                        !getSizeTArg(optctx.optarg, &dummy, 1)) {
+                    if (optarg && !getSizeTArg(optarg, &dummy, 1)) {
                         logcat_panic(context, HELP_TRUE, "%s %s out of range\n",
-                                     long_options[option_index].name,
-                                     optctx.optarg);
+                                     long_options[option_index].name, optarg);
                         goto exit;
                     }
                     if ((dummy != ANDROID_LOG_WRAP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT) &&
@@ -949,8 +941,7 @@
                     break;
                 }
                 if (long_options[option_index].name == id_str) {
-                    setId = (optctx.optarg && optctx.optarg[0]) ? optctx.optarg
-                                                                : nullptr;
+                    setId = (optarg && optarg[0]) ? optarg : nullptr;
                 }
                 break;
 
@@ -978,32 +969,27 @@
                 mode |= ANDROID_LOG_RDONLY | ANDROID_LOG_NONBLOCK;
             // FALLTHRU
             case 'T':
-                if (strspn(optctx.optarg, "0123456789") !=
-                    strlen(optctx.optarg)) {
-                    char* cp = parseTime(tail_time, optctx.optarg);
+                if (strspn(optarg, "0123456789") != strlen(optarg)) {
+                    char* cp = parseTime(tail_time, optarg);
                     if (!cp) {
-                        logcat_panic(context, HELP_FALSE,
-                                     "-%c \"%s\" not in time format\n", ret,
-                                     optctx.optarg);
+                        logcat_panic(context, HELP_FALSE, "-%c \"%s\" not in time format\n", c,
+                                     optarg);
                         goto exit;
                     }
                     if (*cp) {
-                        char c = *cp;
+                        char ch = *cp;
                         *cp = '\0';
                         if (context->error) {
-                            fprintf(
-                                context->error,
-                                "WARNING: -%c \"%s\"\"%c%s\" time truncated\n",
-                                ret, optctx.optarg, c, cp + 1);
+                            fprintf(context->error, "WARNING: -%c \"%s\"\"%c%s\" time truncated\n",
+                                    c, optarg, ch, cp + 1);
                         }
-                        *cp = c;
+                        *cp = ch;
                     }
                 } else {
-                    if (!getSizeTArg(optctx.optarg, &tail_lines, 1)) {
+                    if (!getSizeTArg(optarg, &tail_lines, 1)) {
                         if (context->error) {
-                            fprintf(context->error,
-                                    "WARNING: -%c %s invalid, setting to 1\n",
-                                    ret, optctx.optarg);
+                            fprintf(context->error, "WARNING: -%c %s invalid, setting to 1\n", c,
+                                    optarg);
                         }
                         tail_lines = 1;
                     }
@@ -1015,21 +1001,19 @@
                 break;
 
             case 'e':
-                context->regex = new pcrecpp::RE(optctx.optarg);
+                context->regex = new pcrecpp::RE(optarg);
                 break;
 
             case 'm': {
-                if (!getSizeTArg(optctx.optarg, &context->maxCount)) {
+                if (!getSizeTArg(optarg, &context->maxCount)) {
                     logcat_panic(context, HELP_FALSE,
-                                 "-%c \"%s\" isn't an "
-                                 "integer greater than zero\n",
-                                 ret, optctx.optarg);
+                                 "-%c \"%s\" isn't an integer greater than zero\n", c, optarg);
                     goto exit;
                 }
             } break;
 
             case 'g':
-                if (!optctx.optarg) {
+                if (!optarg) {
                     getLogSize = true;
                     break;
                 }
@@ -1037,8 +1021,8 @@
 
             case 'G': {
                 char* cp;
-                if (strtoll(optctx.optarg, &cp, 0) > 0) {
-                    setLogSize = strtoll(optctx.optarg, &cp, 0);
+                if (strtoll(optarg, &cp, 0) > 0) {
+                    setLogSize = strtoll(optarg, &cp, 0);
                 } else {
                     setLogSize = 0;
                 }
@@ -1071,19 +1055,18 @@
             } break;
 
             case 'p':
-                if (!optctx.optarg) {
+                if (!optarg) {
                     getPruneList = true;
                     break;
                 }
             // FALLTHRU
 
             case 'P':
-                setPruneList = optctx.optarg;
+                setPruneList = optarg;
                 break;
 
             case 'b': {
-                std::unique_ptr<char, void (*)(void*)> buffers(
-                    strdup(optctx.optarg), free);
+                std::unique_ptr<char, void (*)(void*)> buffers(strdup(optarg), free);
                 char* arg = buffers.get();
                 unsigned idMask = 0;
                 char* sv = nullptr;  // protect against -ENOMEM above
@@ -1147,40 +1130,33 @@
 
             case 'f':
                 if ((tail_time == log_time::EPOCH) && !tail_lines) {
-                    tail_time = lastLogTime(optctx.optarg);
+                    tail_time = lastLogTime(optarg);
                 }
                 // redirect output to a file
-                context->outputFileName = optctx.optarg;
+                context->outputFileName = optarg;
                 break;
 
             case 'r':
-                if (!getSizeTArg(optctx.optarg, &context->logRotateSizeKBytes,
-                                 1)) {
-                    logcat_panic(context, HELP_TRUE,
-                                 "Invalid parameter \"%s\" to -r\n",
-                                 optctx.optarg);
+                if (!getSizeTArg(optarg, &context->logRotateSizeKBytes, 1)) {
+                    logcat_panic(context, HELP_TRUE, "Invalid parameter \"%s\" to -r\n", optarg);
                     goto exit;
                 }
                 break;
 
             case 'n':
-                if (!getSizeTArg(optctx.optarg, &context->maxRotatedLogs, 1)) {
-                    logcat_panic(context, HELP_TRUE,
-                                 "Invalid parameter \"%s\" to -n\n",
-                                 optctx.optarg);
+                if (!getSizeTArg(optarg, &context->maxRotatedLogs, 1)) {
+                    logcat_panic(context, HELP_TRUE, "Invalid parameter \"%s\" to -n\n", optarg);
                     goto exit;
                 }
                 break;
 
             case 'v': {
-                if (!strcmp(optctx.optarg, "help") ||
-                    !strcmp(optctx.optarg, "--help")) {
+                if (!strcmp(optarg, "help") || !strcmp(optarg, "--help")) {
                     show_format_help(context);
                     context->retval = EXIT_SUCCESS;
                     goto exit;
                 }
-                std::unique_ptr<char, void (*)(void*)> formats(
-                    strdup(optctx.optarg), free);
+                std::unique_ptr<char, void (*)(void*)> formats(strdup(optarg), free);
                 char* arg = formats.get();
                 char* sv = nullptr;  // protect against -ENOMEM above
                 while (!!(arg = strtok_r(arg, delimiters, &sv))) {
@@ -1300,8 +1276,7 @@
                 break;
 
             case ':':
-                logcat_panic(context, HELP_TRUE,
-                             "Option -%c needs an argument\n", optctx.optopt);
+                logcat_panic(context, HELP_TRUE, "Option -%c needs an argument\n", optopt);
                 goto exit;
 
             case 'h':
@@ -1310,8 +1285,7 @@
                 goto exit;
 
             default:
-                logcat_panic(context, HELP_TRUE, "Unrecognized Option %c\n",
-                             optctx.optopt);
+                logcat_panic(context, HELP_TRUE, "Unrecognized Option %c\n", optopt);
                 goto exit;
         }
     }
@@ -1400,7 +1374,7 @@
                          "Invalid filter expression in logcat args\n");
             goto exit;
         }
-    } else if (argc == optctx.optind) {
+    } else if (argc == optind) {
         // Add from environment variable
         const char* env_tags_orig = android::getenv(context, "ANDROID_LOG_TAGS");
 
@@ -1416,7 +1390,7 @@
         }
     } else {
         // Add from commandline
-        for (int i = optctx.optind ; i < argc ; i++) {
+        for (int i = optind ; i < argc ; i++) {
             // skip stderr redirections of _all_ kinds
             if ((argv[i][0] == '2') && (argv[i][1] == '>')) continue;
             // skip stdout redirections of _all_ kinds
@@ -1707,105 +1681,6 @@
     return __logcat(context);
 }
 
-// starts a thread, opens a pipe, returns reading end.
-int android_logcat_run_command_thread(android_logcat_context ctx,
-                                      int argc, char* const* argv,
-                                      char* const* envp) {
-    android_logcat_context_internal* context = ctx;
-
-    int save_errno = EBUSY;
-    if ((context->fds[0] >= 0) || (context->fds[1] >= 0)) goto exit;
-
-    if (pipe(context->fds) < 0) {
-        save_errno = errno;
-        goto exit;
-    }
-
-    pthread_attr_t attr;
-    if (pthread_attr_init(&attr)) {
-        save_errno = errno;
-        goto close_exit;
-    }
-
-    struct sched_param param;
-    memset(&param, 0, sizeof(param));
-    pthread_attr_setschedparam(&attr, &param);
-    pthread_attr_setschedpolicy(&attr, SCHED_BATCH);
-    if (pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED)) {
-        save_errno = errno;
-        goto pthread_attr_exit;
-    }
-
-    context->stop = false;
-    context->thread_stopped = false;
-    context->output_fd = context->fds[1];
-    // save off arguments so they remain while thread is active.
-    for (int i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
-        context->args.push_back(std::string(argv[i]));
-    }
-    // save off environment so they remain while thread is active.
-    if (envp) for (size_t i = 0; envp[i]; ++i) {
-        context->envs.push_back(std::string(envp[i]));
-    }
-
-    for (auto& str : context->args) {
-        context->argv_hold.push_back(str.c_str());
-    }
-    context->argv_hold.push_back(nullptr);
-    for (auto& str : context->envs) {
-        context->envp_hold.push_back(str.c_str());
-    }
-    context->envp_hold.push_back(nullptr);
-
-    context->argc = context->argv_hold.size() - 1;
-    context->argv = (char* const*)&context->argv_hold[0];
-    context->envp = (char* const*)&context->envp_hold[0];
-
-#ifdef DEBUG
-    fprintf(stderr, "argv[%d] = {", context->argc);
-    for (auto str : context->argv_hold) {
-        fprintf(stderr, " \"%s\"", str ?: "nullptr");
-    }
-    fprintf(stderr, " }\n");
-    fflush(stderr);
-#endif
-    context->retval = EXIT_SUCCESS;
-    if (pthread_create(&context->thr, &attr,
-                       (void*(*)(void*))__logcat, context)) {
-        save_errno = errno;
-        goto argv_exit;
-    }
-    pthread_attr_destroy(&attr);
-
-    return context->fds[0];
-
-argv_exit:
-    context->argv_hold.clear();
-    context->args.clear();
-    context->envp_hold.clear();
-    context->envs.clear();
-pthread_attr_exit:
-    pthread_attr_destroy(&attr);
-close_exit:
-    close(context->fds[0]);
-    context->fds[0] = -1;
-    close(context->fds[1]);
-    context->fds[1] = -1;
-exit:
-    errno = save_errno;
-    context->stop = true;
-    context->thread_stopped = true;
-    context->retval = EXIT_FAILURE;
-    return -1;
-}
-
-// test if the thread is still doing 'stuff'
-int android_logcat_run_command_thread_running(android_logcat_context ctx) {
-    android_logcat_context_internal* context = ctx;
-
-    return context->thread_stopped == false;
-}
-
 // Finished with context
 int android_logcat_destroy(android_logcat_context* ctx) {
     android_logcat_context_internal* context = *ctx;
diff --git a/logcat/include/log/logcat.h b/logcat/logcat.h
similarity index 69%
rename from logcat/include/log/logcat.h
rename to logcat/logcat.h
index 009672c..989a459 100644
--- a/logcat/include/log/logcat.h
+++ b/logcat/logcat.h
@@ -75,18 +75,8 @@
  *
  * Return value is 0 for success, non-zero for errors.
  */
-int android_logcat_run_command(android_logcat_context ctx, int output, int error,
-                               int argc, char* const* argv, char* const* envp);
-
-/* Will not block, performed in-process
- *
- * Starts a thread, opens a pipe, returns reading end fd, saves off argv.
- * The command supports 2>&1 (mix content) and 2>/dev/null (drop content) for
- * scripted error (stderr) redirection.
- */
-int android_logcat_run_command_thread(android_logcat_context ctx, int argc,
-                                      char* const* argv, char* const* envp);
-int android_logcat_run_command_thread_running(android_logcat_context ctx);
+int android_logcat_run_command(android_logcat_context ctx, int output, int error, int argc,
+                               char* const* argv, char* const* envp);
 
 /* Finished with context
  *
@@ -97,22 +87,6 @@
  */
 int android_logcat_destroy(android_logcat_context* ctx);
 
-/* derived helpers */
-
-/*
- * In-process thread that acts like somewhat like libc-like system and popen
- * respectively.  Can not handle shell scripting, only pure calls to the
- * logcat operations. The android_logcat_system is a wrapper for the
- * create_android_logcat, android_logcat_run_command and android_logcat_destroy
- * API above.  The android_logcat_popen is a wrapper for the
- * android_logcat_run_command_thread API above.  The android_logcat_pclose is
- * a wrapper for a reasonable wait until output has subsided for command
- * completion, fclose on the FILE pointer and the android_logcat_destroy API.
- */
-int android_logcat_system(const char* command);
-FILE* android_logcat_popen(android_logcat_context* ctx, const char* command);
-int android_logcat_pclose(android_logcat_context* ctx, FILE* output);
-
 #endif /* __ANDROID_USE_LIBLOG_LOGCAT_INTERFACE */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/logcat/logcat_main.cpp b/logcat/logcat_main.cpp
index 9477e79..ecfa2ba 100644
--- a/logcat/logcat_main.cpp
+++ b/logcat/logcat_main.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
-#include <log/logcat.h>
+#include "logcat.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv, char** envp) {
     android_logcat_context ctx = create_android_logcat();
diff --git a/logcat/logcat_system.cpp b/logcat/logcat_system.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 6dfd110..0000000
--- a/logcat/logcat_system.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,153 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2017 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 <ctype.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#include <string>
-#include <vector>
-
-#include <log/logcat.h>
-
-static std::string unquote(const char*& cp, const char*& delim) {
-    if ((*cp == '\'') || (*cp == '"')) {
-        // KISS: Simple quotes. Do not handle the case
-        //       of concatenation like "blah"foo'bar'
-        char quote = *cp++;
-        delim = strchr(cp, quote);
-        if (!delim) delim = cp + strlen(cp);
-        std::string str(cp, delim);
-        if (*delim) ++delim;
-        return str;
-    }
-    delim = strpbrk(cp, " \t\f\r\n");
-    if (!delim) delim = cp + strlen(cp);
-    return std::string(cp, delim);
-}
-
-static bool __android_logcat_parse(const char* command,
-                                   std::vector<std::string>& args,
-                                   std::vector<std::string>& envs) {
-    for (const char *delim, *cp = command; cp && *cp; cp = delim) {
-        while (isspace(*cp)) ++cp;
-        if ((args.size() == 0) && (*cp != '=') && !isdigit(*cp)) {
-            const char* env = cp;
-            while (isalnum(*cp) || (*cp == '_')) ++cp;
-            if (cp && (*cp == '=')) {
-                std::string str(env, ++cp);
-                str += unquote(cp, delim);
-                envs.push_back(str);
-                continue;
-            }
-            cp = env;
-        }
-        args.push_back(unquote(cp, delim));
-        if ((args.size() == 1) && (args[0] != "logcat") &&
-            (args[0] != "/system/bin/logcat")) {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-    return args.size() != 0;
-}
-
-FILE* android_logcat_popen(android_logcat_context* ctx, const char* command) {
-    *ctx = NULL;
-
-    std::vector<std::string> args;
-    std::vector<std::string> envs;
-    if (!__android_logcat_parse(command, args, envs)) return NULL;
-
-    std::vector<const char*> argv;
-    for (auto& str : args) {
-        argv.push_back(str.c_str());
-    }
-    argv.push_back(NULL);
-
-    std::vector<const char*> envp;
-    for (auto& str : envs) {
-        envp.push_back(str.c_str());
-    }
-    envp.push_back(NULL);
-
-    *ctx = create_android_logcat();
-    if (!*ctx) return NULL;
-
-    int fd = android_logcat_run_command_thread(
-        *ctx, argv.size() - 1, (char* const*)&argv[0], (char* const*)&envp[0]);
-    argv.clear();
-    args.clear();
-    envp.clear();
-    envs.clear();
-    if (fd < 0) {
-        android_logcat_destroy(ctx);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    int duped = dup(fd);
-    FILE* retval = fdopen(duped, "reb");
-    if (!retval) {
-        close(duped);
-        android_logcat_destroy(ctx);
-    }
-    return retval;
-}
-
-int android_logcat_pclose(android_logcat_context* ctx, FILE* output) {
-    if (*ctx) {
-        static const useconds_t wait_sample = 20000;
-        // Wait two seconds maximum
-        for (size_t retry = ((2 * 1000000) + wait_sample - 1) / wait_sample;
-             android_logcat_run_command_thread_running(*ctx) && retry; --retry) {
-            usleep(wait_sample);
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (output) fclose(output);
-    return android_logcat_destroy(ctx);
-}
-
-int android_logcat_system(const char* command) {
-    std::vector<std::string> args;
-    std::vector<std::string> envs;
-    if (!__android_logcat_parse(command, args, envs)) return -1;
-
-    std::vector<const char*> argv;
-    for (auto& str : args) {
-        argv.push_back(str.c_str());
-    }
-    argv.push_back(NULL);
-
-    std::vector<const char*> envp;
-    for (auto& str : envs) {
-        envp.push_back(str.c_str());
-    }
-    envp.push_back(NULL);
-
-    android_logcat_context ctx = create_android_logcat();
-    if (!ctx) return -1;
-    /* Command return value */
-    int retval = android_logcat_run_command(ctx, -1, -1, argv.size() - 1,
-                                            (char* const*)&argv[0],
-                                            (char* const*)&envp[0]);
-    /* destroy return value */
-    int ret = android_logcat_destroy(&ctx);
-    /* Paranoia merging any discrepancies between the two return values */
-    if (!ret) ret = retval;
-    return ret;
-}
diff --git a/logcat/logcatd_main.cpp b/logcat/logcatd_main.cpp
index 9109eb1..c131846 100644
--- a/logcat/logcatd_main.cpp
+++ b/logcat/logcatd_main.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include <log/logcat.h>
+#include "logcat.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv, char** envp) {
     android_logcat_context ctx = create_android_logcat();
diff --git a/logcat/tests/Android.mk b/logcat/tests/Android.mk
index defd3c4..66f6724 100644
--- a/logcat/tests/Android.mk
+++ b/logcat/tests/Android.mk
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 
 benchmark_src_files := \
     logcat_benchmark.cpp \
-    exec_benchmark.cpp \
 
 # Build benchmarks for the device. Run with:
 #   adb shell /data/nativetest/logcat-benchmarks/logcat-benchmarks
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@
 LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := $(test_tags)
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += $(test_c_flags)
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(benchmark_src_files)
-LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := libbase liblogcat
+LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := libbase
 include $(BUILD_NATIVE_BENCHMARK)
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@
 test_src_files := \
     logcat_test.cpp \
     logcatd_test.cpp \
-    liblogcat_test.cpp \
 
 # Build tests for the device (with .so). Run with:
 #   adb shell /data/nativetest/logcat-unit-tests/logcat-unit-tests
@@ -59,6 +57,6 @@
 LOCAL_MODULE := $(test_module_prefix)unit-tests
 LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := $(test_tags)
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += $(test_c_flags)
-LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := liblog libbase liblogcat
+LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := liblog libbase
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(test_src_files)
 include $(BUILD_NATIVE_TEST)
diff --git a/logcat/tests/exec_benchmark.cpp b/logcat/tests/exec_benchmark.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index c30a5f5..0000000
--- a/logcat/tests/exec_benchmark.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2017 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 <stdio.h>
-
-#include <android-base/file.h>
-#include <benchmark/benchmark.h>
-#include <log/logcat.h>
-
-// Dump the statistics and report results
-
-static void logcat_popen_libc(benchmark::State& state, const char* cmd) {
-    while (state.KeepRunning()) {
-        FILE* fp = popen(cmd, "r");
-        std::string ret;
-        android::base::ReadFdToString(fileno(fp), &ret);
-        pclose(fp);
-    }
-}
-
-static void BM_logcat_stat_popen_libc(benchmark::State& state) {
-    logcat_popen_libc(state, "logcat -b all -S");
-}
-BENCHMARK(BM_logcat_stat_popen_libc);
-
-static void logcat_popen_liblogcat(benchmark::State& state, const char* cmd) {
-    while (state.KeepRunning()) {
-        android_logcat_context ctx;
-        FILE* fp = android_logcat_popen(&ctx, cmd);
-        std::string ret;
-        android::base::ReadFdToString(fileno(fp), &ret);
-        android_logcat_pclose(&ctx, fp);
-    }
-}
-
-static void BM_logcat_stat_popen_liblogcat(benchmark::State& state) {
-    logcat_popen_liblogcat(state, "logcat -b all -S");
-}
-BENCHMARK(BM_logcat_stat_popen_liblogcat);
-
-static void logcat_system_libc(benchmark::State& state, const char* cmd) {
-    while (state.KeepRunning()) {
-        system(cmd);
-    }
-}
-
-static void BM_logcat_stat_system_libc(benchmark::State& state) {
-    logcat_system_libc(state, "logcat -b all -S >/dev/null 2>/dev/null");
-}
-BENCHMARK(BM_logcat_stat_system_libc);
-
-static void logcat_system_liblogcat(benchmark::State& state, const char* cmd) {
-    while (state.KeepRunning()) {
-        android_logcat_system(cmd);
-    }
-}
-
-static void BM_logcat_stat_system_liblogcat(benchmark::State& state) {
-    logcat_system_liblogcat(state, "logcat -b all -S >/dev/null 2>/dev/null");
-}
-BENCHMARK(BM_logcat_stat_system_liblogcat);
-
-// Dump the logs and report results
-
-static void BM_logcat_dump_popen_libc(benchmark::State& state) {
-    logcat_popen_libc(state, "logcat -b all -d");
-}
-BENCHMARK(BM_logcat_dump_popen_libc);
-
-static void BM_logcat_dump_popen_liblogcat(benchmark::State& state) {
-    logcat_popen_liblogcat(state, "logcat -b all -d");
-}
-BENCHMARK(BM_logcat_dump_popen_liblogcat);
-
-static void BM_logcat_dump_system_libc(benchmark::State& state) {
-    logcat_system_libc(state, "logcat -b all -d >/dev/null 2>/dev/null");
-}
-BENCHMARK(BM_logcat_dump_system_libc);
-
-static void BM_logcat_dump_system_liblogcat(benchmark::State& state) {
-    logcat_system_liblogcat(state, "logcat -b all -d >/dev/null 2>/dev/null");
-}
-BENCHMARK(BM_logcat_dump_system_liblogcat);
diff --git a/logcat/tests/liblogcat_test.cpp b/logcat/tests/liblogcat_test.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index c8a00da..0000000
--- a/logcat/tests/liblogcat_test.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2017 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 <log/logcat.h>
-
-#define logcat_define(context) android_logcat_context context
-#define logcat_popen(context, command) android_logcat_popen(&(context), command)
-#define logcat_pclose(context, fp) android_logcat_pclose(&(context), fp)
-#define logcat_system(command) android_logcat_system(command)
-#define logcat liblogcat
-
-#include "logcat_test.cpp"
diff --git a/logcat/tests/logcat_test.cpp b/logcat/tests/logcat_test.cpp
index 786fb14..cc1632a 100644
--- a/logcat/tests/logcat_test.cpp
+++ b/logcat/tests/logcat_test.cpp
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@
 #include <log/log.h>
 #include <log/log_event_list.h>
 
-#ifndef logcat_popen
-#define logcat_define(context)
-#define logcat_popen(context, command) popen((command), "r")
-#define logcat_pclose(context, fp) pclose(fp)
-#define logcat_system(command) system(command)
-#endif
 #ifndef logcat_executable
 #define USING_LOGCAT_EXECUTABLE_DEFAULT
 #define logcat_executable "logcat"
@@ -78,7 +72,6 @@
 
 TEST(logcat, buckets) {
     FILE* fp;
-    logcat_define(ctx);
 
 #undef LOG_TAG
 #define LOG_TAG "inject.buckets"
@@ -90,10 +83,9 @@
     __android_log_bswrite(0, logcat_executable ".inject.buckets");
     rest();
 
-    ASSERT_TRUE(NULL !=
-                (fp = logcat_popen(
-                     ctx, logcat_executable
-                     " -b radio -b events -b system -b main -d 2>/dev/null")));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(NULL != (fp = popen(logcat_executable
+                                    " -b radio -b events -b system -b main -d 2>/dev/null",
+                                    "r")));
 
     char buffer[BIG_BUFFER];
 
@@ -111,7 +103,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    logcat_pclose(ctx, fp);
+    pclose(fp);
 
     EXPECT_EQ(ids, 15);
 
@@ -120,7 +112,6 @@
 
 TEST(logcat, event_tag_filter) {
     FILE* fp;
-    logcat_define(ctx);
 
 #undef LOG_TAG
 #define LOG_TAG "inject.filter"
@@ -135,7 +126,7 @@
         logcat_executable
         " -b radio -b system -b main --pid=%d -d -s inject.filter 2>/dev/null",
         getpid());
-    ASSERT_TRUE(NULL != (fp = logcat_popen(ctx, command.c_str())));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(NULL != (fp = popen(command.c_str(), "r")));
 
     char buffer[BIG_BUFFER];
 
@@ -145,7 +136,7 @@
         if (strncmp(begin, buffer, sizeof(begin) - 1)) ++count;
     }
 
-    logcat_pclose(ctx, fp);
+    pclose(fp);
 
     // logcat, liblogcat and logcatd test instances result in the progression
     // of 3, 6 and 9 for our counts as each round is performed.
@@ -191,7 +182,6 @@
 
     do {
         FILE* fp;
-        logcat_define(ctx);
 
         char needle[32];
         time_t now;
@@ -205,9 +195,8 @@
 #endif
         strftime(needle, sizeof(needle), "[ %Y-", ptm);
 
-        ASSERT_TRUE(NULL != (fp = logcat_popen(
-                                 ctx, logcat_executable
-                                 " -v long -v year -b all -t 3 2>/dev/null")));
+        ASSERT_TRUE(NULL !=
+                    (fp = popen(logcat_executable " -v long -v year -b all -t 3 2>/dev/null", "r")));
 
         char buffer[BIG_BUFFER];
 
@@ -218,7 +207,7 @@
                 ++count;
             }
         }
-        logcat_pclose(ctx, fp);
+        pclose(fp);
 
     } while ((count < 3) && --tries && inject(3 - count));
 
@@ -268,12 +257,10 @@
 
     do {
         FILE* fp;
-        logcat_define(ctx);
 
-        ASSERT_TRUE(NULL !=
-                    (fp = logcat_popen(ctx, logcat_executable
-                                       " -v long -v America/Los_Angeles "
-                                       "-b all -t 3 2>/dev/null")));
+        ASSERT_TRUE(NULL != (fp = popen(logcat_executable
+                                        " -v long -v America/Los_Angeles -b all -t 3 2>/dev/null",
+                                        "r")));
 
         char buffer[BIG_BUFFER];
 
@@ -287,7 +274,7 @@
             }
         }
 
-        logcat_pclose(ctx, fp);
+        pclose(fp);
 
     } while ((count < 3) && --tries && inject(3 - count));
 
@@ -296,11 +283,11 @@
 
 TEST(logcat, ntz) {
     FILE* fp;
-    logcat_define(ctx);
 
-    ASSERT_TRUE(NULL != (fp = logcat_popen(ctx, logcat_executable
-                                           " -v long -v America/Los_Angeles -v "
-                                           "zone -b all -t 3 2>/dev/null")));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(NULL !=
+                (fp = popen(logcat_executable
+                            " -v long -v America/Los_Angeles -v zone -b all -t 3 2>/dev/null",
+                            "r")));
 
     char buffer[BIG_BUFFER];
 
@@ -312,7 +299,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    logcat_pclose(ctx, fp);
+    pclose(fp);
 
     ASSERT_EQ(0, count);
 }
@@ -330,8 +317,7 @@
                  "ANDROID_PRINTF_LOG=long logcat -b all -t %d 2>/dev/null", num);
 
         FILE* fp;
-        logcat_define(ctx);
-        ASSERT_TRUE(NULL != (fp = logcat_popen(ctx, buffer)));
+        ASSERT_TRUE(NULL != (fp = popen(buffer, "r")));
 
         count = 0;
 
@@ -339,7 +325,7 @@
             ++count;
         }
 
-        logcat_pclose(ctx, fp);
+        pclose(fp);
 
     } while ((count < num) && --tries && inject(num - count));
 
@@ -377,8 +363,7 @@
 
     do {
         snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%s -t 10 2>&1", cmd);
-        logcat_define(ctx);
-        ASSERT_TRUE(NULL != (fp = logcat_popen(ctx, buffer)));
+        ASSERT_TRUE(NULL != (fp = popen(buffer, "r")));
         count = 0;
 
         while ((input = fgetLongTime(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fp))) {
@@ -391,7 +376,7 @@
             free(last_timestamp);
             last_timestamp = strdup(input);
         }
-        logcat_pclose(ctx, fp);
+        pclose(fp);
 
     } while ((count < 10) && --tries && inject(10 - count));
 
@@ -401,8 +386,7 @@
     EXPECT_TRUE(second_timestamp != NULL);
 
     snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%s -t '%s' 2>&1", cmd, first_timestamp);
-    logcat_define(ctx);
-    ASSERT_TRUE(NULL != (fp = logcat_popen(ctx, buffer)));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(NULL != (fp = popen(buffer, "r")));
 
     int second_count = 0;
     int last_timestamp_count = -1;
@@ -442,7 +426,7 @@
             last_timestamp_count = second_count;
         }
     }
-    logcat_pclose(ctx, fp);
+    pclose(fp);
 
     EXPECT_TRUE(found);
     if (!found) {
@@ -483,10 +467,8 @@
     ASSERT_LT(0, __android_log_btwrite(0, EVENT_TYPE_LONG, &ts, sizeof(ts)));
 
     FILE* fp;
-    logcat_define(ctx);
     ASSERT_TRUE(NULL !=
-                (fp = logcat_popen(ctx, logcat_executable
-                                   " -v brief -b events -t 100 2>/dev/null")));
+                (fp = popen(logcat_executable " -v brief -b events -t 100 2>/dev/null", "r")));
 
     char buffer[BIG_BUFFER];
 
@@ -507,7 +489,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    logcat_pclose(ctx, fp);
+    pclose(fp);
 
     ASSERT_EQ(1, count);
 }
@@ -521,12 +503,9 @@
 
     FILE* fp[256];  // does this count as a multitude!
     memset(fp, 0, sizeof(fp));
-    logcat_define(ctx[sizeof(fp) / sizeof(fp[0])]);
     size_t num = 0;
     do {
-        EXPECT_TRUE(NULL !=
-                    (fp[num] = logcat_popen(ctx[num], logcat_executable
-                                            " -v brief -b events -t 100")));
+        EXPECT_TRUE(NULL != (fp[num] = popen(logcat_executable " -v brief -b events -t 100", "r")));
         if (!fp[num]) {
             fprintf(stderr,
                     "WARNING: limiting to %zu simultaneous logcat operations\n",
@@ -556,7 +535,7 @@
             }
         }
 
-        logcat_pclose(ctx[idx], fp[idx]);
+        pclose(fp[idx]);
     }
 
     ASSERT_EQ(num, count);
@@ -564,10 +543,9 @@
 
 static int get_groups(const char* cmd) {
     FILE* fp;
-    logcat_define(ctx);
 
     // NB: crash log only available in user space
-    EXPECT_TRUE(NULL != (fp = logcat_popen(ctx, cmd)));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(NULL != (fp = popen(cmd, "r")));
 
     if (fp == NULL) {
         return 0;
@@ -631,7 +609,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    logcat_pclose(ctx, fp);
+    pclose(fp);
 
     return count;
 }
@@ -815,7 +793,7 @@
     snprintf(command, sizeof(command), comm, buf);
 
     int ret;
-    EXPECT_FALSE(IsFalse(ret = logcat_system(command), command));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(IsFalse(ret = system(command), command));
     if (!ret) {
         snprintf(command, sizeof(command), "ls -s %s 2>/dev/null", buf);
 
@@ -861,7 +839,7 @@
     snprintf(command, sizeof(command), logcat_cmd, tmp_out_dir);
 
     int ret;
-    EXPECT_FALSE(IsFalse(ret = logcat_system(command), command));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(IsFalse(ret = system(command), command));
     if (!ret) {
         snprintf(command, sizeof(command), "ls %s 2>/dev/null", tmp_out_dir);
 
@@ -920,7 +898,7 @@
     snprintf(command, sizeof(command), logcat_cmd, tmp_out_dir, log_filename);
 
     int ret;
-    EXPECT_FALSE(IsFalse(ret = logcat_system(command), command));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(IsFalse(ret = system(command), command));
     if (ret) {
         snprintf(command, sizeof(command), cleanup_cmd, tmp_out_dir);
         EXPECT_FALSE(IsFalse(system(command), command));
@@ -969,7 +947,7 @@
     // re-run the command, it should only add a few lines more content if it
     // continues where it left off.
     snprintf(command, sizeof(command), logcat_cmd, tmp_out_dir, log_filename);
-    EXPECT_FALSE(IsFalse(ret = logcat_system(command), command));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(IsFalse(ret = system(command), command));
     if (ret) {
         snprintf(command, sizeof(command), cleanup_cmd, tmp_out_dir);
         EXPECT_FALSE(IsFalse(system(command), command));
@@ -1052,7 +1030,7 @@
                  tmp_out_dir, log_filename, num_val);
 
         int ret;
-        EXPECT_FALSE(IsFalse(ret = logcat_system(command), command));
+        EXPECT_FALSE(IsFalse(ret = system(command), command));
         if (ret) {
             snprintf(command, sizeof(command), cleanup_cmd, tmp_out_dir);
             EXPECT_FALSE(IsFalse(system(command), command));
@@ -1082,7 +1060,7 @@
         strcat(command, clear_cmd);
 
         int ret;
-        EXPECT_FALSE(IsFalse(ret = logcat_system(command), command));
+        EXPECT_FALSE(IsFalse(ret = system(command), command));
         if (ret) {
             snprintf(command, sizeof(command), cleanup_cmd, tmp_out_dir);
             EXPECT_FALSE(system(command));
@@ -1120,7 +1098,7 @@
 
     snprintf(command, sizeof(command), logcat_cmd, tmp_out_dir, log_filename);
 
-    int ret = logcat_system(command);
+    int ret = system(command);
     if (ret) {
         fprintf(stderr, "system(\"%s\")=%d", command, ret);
         return -1;
@@ -1194,7 +1172,7 @@
         " -b all -d"
         " -f /das/nein/gerfingerpoken/logcat/log.txt"
         " -n 256 -r 1024";
-    EXPECT_FALSE(IsFalse(0 == logcat_system(command), command));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(IsFalse(0 == system(command), command));
 }
 
 #ifndef logcat
@@ -1329,10 +1307,7 @@
 #endif
 
 static bool get_white_black(char** list) {
-    FILE* fp;
-    logcat_define(ctx);
-
-    fp = logcat_popen(ctx, logcat_executable " -p 2>/dev/null");
+    FILE* fp = popen(logcat_executable " -p 2>/dev/null", "r");
     if (fp == NULL) {
         fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: logcat -p 2>/dev/null\n");
         return false;
@@ -1360,19 +1335,15 @@
             asprintf(list, "%s", buf);
         }
     }
-    logcat_pclose(ctx, fp);
+    pclose(fp);
     return *list != NULL;
 }
 
 static bool set_white_black(const char* list) {
-    FILE* fp;
-    logcat_define(ctx);
-
     char buffer[BIG_BUFFER];
-
     snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), logcat_executable " -P '%s' 2>&1",
              list ? list : "");
-    fp = logcat_popen(ctx, buffer);
+    FILE* fp = popen(buffer, "r");
     if (fp == NULL) {
         fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: %s\n", buffer);
         return false;
@@ -1391,10 +1362,10 @@
             continue;
         }
         fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", buf);
-        logcat_pclose(ctx, fp);
+        pclose(fp);
         return false;
     }
-    return logcat_pclose(ctx, fp) == 0;
+    return pclose(fp) == 0;
 }
 
 TEST(logcat, white_black_adjust) {
@@ -1429,7 +1400,6 @@
 
 TEST(logcat, regex) {
     FILE* fp;
-    logcat_define(ctx);
     int count = 0;
 
     char buffer[BIG_BUFFER];
@@ -1450,7 +1420,7 @@
     // Let the logs settle
     rest();
 
-    ASSERT_TRUE(NULL != (fp = logcat_popen(ctx, buffer)));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(NULL != (fp = popen(buffer, "r")));
 
     while (fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fp)) {
         if (!strncmp(begin, buffer, sizeof(begin) - 1)) {
@@ -1462,14 +1432,13 @@
         count++;
     }
 
-    logcat_pclose(ctx, fp);
+    pclose(fp);
 
     ASSERT_EQ(2, count);
 }
 
 TEST(logcat, maxcount) {
     FILE* fp;
-    logcat_define(ctx);
     int count = 0;
 
     char buffer[BIG_BUFFER];
@@ -1488,7 +1457,7 @@
 
     rest();
 
-    ASSERT_TRUE(NULL != (fp = logcat_popen(ctx, buffer)));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(NULL != (fp = popen(buffer, "r")));
 
     while (fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fp)) {
         if (!strncmp(begin, buffer, sizeof(begin) - 1)) {
@@ -1498,7 +1467,7 @@
         count++;
     }
 
-    logcat_pclose(ctx, fp);
+    pclose(fp);
 
     ASSERT_EQ(3, count);
 }
@@ -1510,13 +1479,7 @@
     ;
 
 static bool End_to_End(const char* tag, const char* fmt, ...) {
-    logcat_define(ctx);
-    FILE* fp = logcat_popen(ctx, logcat_executable
-                            " -v brief"
-                            " -b events"
-                            " -v descriptive"
-                            " -t 100"
-                            " 2>/dev/null");
+    FILE* fp = popen(logcat_executable " -v brief -b events -v descriptive -t 100 2>/dev/null", "r");
     if (!fp) {
         fprintf(stderr, "End_to_End: popen failed");
         return false;
@@ -1551,7 +1514,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    logcat_pclose(ctx, fp);
+    pclose(fp);
 
     if ((count == 0) && (lastMatch.length() > 0)) {
         // Help us pinpoint where things went wrong ...
@@ -1741,13 +1704,12 @@
 }
 
 static bool reportedSecurity(const char* command) {
-    logcat_define(ctx);
-    FILE* fp = logcat_popen(ctx, command);
+    FILE* fp = popen(command, "r");
     if (!fp) return true;
 
     std::string ret;
     bool val = android::base::ReadFdToString(fileno(fp), &ret);
-    logcat_pclose(ctx, fp);
+    pclose(fp);
 
     if (!val) return true;
     return std::string::npos != ret.find("'security'");
@@ -1762,13 +1724,12 @@
 }
 
 static size_t commandOutputSize(const char* command) {
-    logcat_define(ctx);
-    FILE* fp = logcat_popen(ctx, command);
+    FILE* fp = popen(command, "r");
     if (!fp) return 0;
 
     std::string ret;
     if (!android::base::ReadFdToString(fileno(fp), &ret)) return 0;
-    if (logcat_pclose(ctx, fp) != 0) return 0;
+    if (pclose(fp) != 0) return 0;
 
     return ret.size();
 }