diff --git a/binder_bindings/android/os/IUpdateEngine.aidl b/binder_bindings/android/os/IUpdateEngine.aidl
index cde05be..1305079 100644
--- a/binder_bindings/android/os/IUpdateEngine.aidl
+++ b/binder_bindings/android/os/IUpdateEngine.aidl
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package android.os;
 
 import android.os.IUpdateEngineCallback;
+import android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor;
 
 /** @hide */
 interface IUpdateEngine {
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
                     in long payload_size,
                     in String[] headerKeyValuePairs);
   /** @hide */
-  void applyPayloadFd(in FileDescriptor fd,
+  void applyPayloadFd(in ParcelFileDescriptor pfd,
                       in long payload_offset,
                       in long payload_size,
                       in String[] headerKeyValuePairs);
diff --git a/binder_service_android.cc b/binder_service_android.cc
index 1799438..88bc1f2 100644
--- a/binder_service_android.cc
+++ b/binder_service_android.cc
@@ -16,16 +16,15 @@
 
 #include "update_engine/binder_service_android.h"
 
-#include <android-base/unique_fd.h>
 #include <base/bind.h>
 #include <base/logging.h>
 #include <binderwrapper/binder_wrapper.h>
 #include <brillo/errors/error.h>
 #include <utils/String8.h>
 
-using android::base::unique_fd;
 using android::binder::Status;
 using android::os::IUpdateEngineCallback;
+using android::os::ParcelFileDescriptor;
 using std::string;
 using std::vector;
 using update_engine::UpdateEngineStatus;
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@
 }
 
 Status BinderUpdateEngineAndroidService::applyPayloadFd(
-    const ::android::base::unique_fd& fd,
+    const ParcelFileDescriptor& pfd,
     int64_t payload_offset,
     int64_t payload_size,
     const vector<android::String16>& header_kv_pairs) {
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@
 
   brillo::ErrorPtr error;
   if (!service_delegate_->ApplyPayload(
-          fd.get(), payload_offset, payload_size, str_headers, &error)) {
+          pfd.get(), payload_offset, payload_size, str_headers, &error)) {
     return ErrorPtrToStatus(error);
   }
   return Status::ok();
diff --git a/binder_service_android.h b/binder_service_android.h
index ec4a93b..0dda93b 100644
--- a/binder_service_android.h
+++ b/binder_service_android.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
       int64_t payload_size,
       const std::vector<android::String16>& header_kv_pairs) override;
   android::binder::Status applyPayloadFd(
-      const ::android::base::unique_fd& fd,
+      const ::android::os::ParcelFileDescriptor& pfd,
       int64_t payload_offset,
       int64_t payload_size,
       const std::vector<android::String16>& header_kv_pairs) override;