diff --git a/common/utils.cc b/common/utils.cc
index 0b76eea..e3ffa1c 100644
--- a/common/utils.cc
+++ b/common/utils.cc
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
 
 #include "update_engine/common/constants.h"
 #include "update_engine/common/platform_constants.h"
-#include "update_engine/common/prefs_interface.h"
 #include "update_engine/common/subprocess.h"
 #include "update_engine/payload_consumer/file_descriptor.h"
 
@@ -359,7 +358,7 @@
 }
 
 off_t BlockDevSize(int fd) {
-  uint64_t dev_size;
+  uint64_t dev_size{};
   int rc = ioctl(fd, BLKGETSIZE64, &dev_size);
   if (rc == -1) {
     dev_size = -1;
@@ -369,7 +368,7 @@
 }
 
 off_t FileSize(int fd) {
-  struct stat stbuf;
+  struct stat stbuf {};
   int rc = fstat(fd, &stbuf);
   CHECK_EQ(rc, 0);
   if (rc < 0) {
@@ -491,17 +490,17 @@
 }
 
 bool FileExists(const char* path) {
-  struct stat stbuf;
+  struct stat stbuf {};
   return 0 == lstat(path, &stbuf);
 }
 
 bool IsSymlink(const char* path) {
-  struct stat stbuf;
+  struct stat stbuf {};
   return lstat(path, &stbuf) == 0 && S_ISLNK(stbuf.st_mode) != 0;
 }
 
 bool IsRegFile(const char* path) {
-  struct stat stbuf;
+  struct stat stbuf {};
   return lstat(path, &stbuf) == 0 && S_ISREG(stbuf.st_mode) != 0;
 }
 
@@ -539,7 +538,7 @@
   }
   ScopedFdCloser fd_closer(&fd);
   // We take no action if not needed.
-  int read_only_flag;
+  int read_only_flag{};
   int expected_flag = read_only ? 1 : 0;
   int rc = ioctl(fd, BLKROGET, &read_only_flag);
   // In case of failure reading the setting we will try to set it anyway.
@@ -607,7 +606,8 @@
 }
 
 bool IsMountpoint(const std::string& mountpoint) {
-  struct stat stdir, stparent;
+  struct stat stdir {
+  }, stparent{};
 
   // Check whether the passed mountpoint is a directory and the /.. is in the
   // same device or not. If mountpoint/.. is in a different device it means that
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@
   // and size is the same for both 32 and 64 bits.
   if (size < offsetof(Elf32_Ehdr, e_machine) + sizeof(hdr->e_machine))
     return true;
-  uint16_t e_machine;
+  uint16_t e_machine{};
   // Fix endianness regardless of the host endianness.
   if (ei_data == ELFDATA2LSB)
     e_machine = le16toh(hdr->e_machine);
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@
 }
 
 string ToString(const Time utc_time) {
-  Time::Exploded exp_time;
+  Time::Exploded exp_time{};
   utc_time.UTCExplode(&exp_time);
   return base::StringPrintf("%d/%d/%d %d:%02d:%02d GMT",
                             exp_time.month,
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@
   }
   vector<string> tokens = base::SplitString(
       version, ".", base::KEEP_WHITESPACE, base::SPLIT_WANT_ALL);
-  int value;
+  int value{};
   if (tokens.empty() || !base::StringToInt(tokens[0], &value))
     return -1;  // Target version is invalid.
   return value;
@@ -1025,8 +1025,8 @@
     return;
   }
 
-  int high;
-  int low;
+  int high{};
+  int low{};
   if (!(base::StringToInt(parts[0], &high) &&
         base::StringToInt(parts[1], &low))) {
     // Both parts of the version could not be parsed correctly.
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@
 }
 
 string GetTimeAsString(time_t utime) {
-  struct tm tm;
+  struct tm tm {};
   CHECK_EQ(localtime_r(&utime, &tm), &tm);
   char str[16];
   CHECK_EQ(strftime(str, sizeof(str), "%Y%m%d-%H%M%S", &tm), 15u);