diff --git a/adb/adb.cpp b/adb/adb.cpp
index 8b6b2b5ed..3cd50bad4 100644
--- a/adb/adb.cpp
+++ b/adb/adb.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
+#include <chrono>
 #include <string>
+#include <thread>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include <android-base/errors.h>
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@
 #include <sys/capability.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 #include <android-base/properties.h>
+using namespace std::chrono_literals;
 #endif
 
 std::string adb_version() {
@@ -375,7 +378,7 @@ void handle_packet(apacket *p, atransport *t)
                     adbd_auth_verified(t);
                     t->failed_auth_attempts = 0;
                 } else {
-                    if (t->failed_auth_attempts++ > 256) adb_sleep_ms(1000);
+                    if (t->failed_auth_attempts++ > 256) std::this_thread::sleep_for(1s);
                     send_auth_request(t);
                 }
                 break;
diff --git a/adb/adb_client.cpp b/adb/adb_client.cpp
index 919e1c19a..1291364fd 100644
--- a/adb/adb_client.cpp
+++ b/adb/adb_client.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
+#include <chrono>
 #include <string>
+#include <thread>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
@@ -188,8 +190,8 @@ int adb_connect(const std::string& service, std::string* error) {
         } else {
             fprintf(stdout,"* daemon started successfully *\n");
         }
-        /* give the server some time to start properly and detect devices */
-        adb_sleep_ms(3000);
+        // Give the server some time to start properly and detect devices.
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(3));
         // fall through to _adb_connect
     } else {
         // If a server is already running, check its version matches.
@@ -234,7 +236,7 @@ int adb_connect(const std::string& service, std::string* error) {
             }
 
             /* XXX can we better detect its death? */
-            adb_sleep_ms(2000);
+            std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(2));
             goto start_server;
         }
     }
diff --git a/adb/adb_io.cpp b/adb/adb_io.cpp
index ae1683408..fe2ece50e 100644
--- a/adb/adb_io.cpp
+++ b/adb/adb_io.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include <chrono>
+#include <thread>
+
 #include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
 
 #include "adb.h"
@@ -104,7 +107,7 @@ bool WriteFdExactly(int fd, const void* buf, size_t len) {
         if (r == -1) {
             D("writex: fd=%d error %d: %s", fd, errno, strerror(errno));
             if (errno == EAGAIN) {
-                adb_sleep_ms(1); // just yield some cpu time
+                std::this_thread::yield();
                 continue;
             } else if (errno == EPIPE) {
                 D("writex: fd=%d disconnected", fd);
diff --git a/adb/commandline.cpp b/adb/commandline.cpp
index e15bcad8f..87c5cfb18 100644
--- a/adb/commandline.cpp
+++ b/adb/commandline.cpp
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
+#include <chrono>
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
+#include <thread>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include <android-base/file.h>
@@ -1080,7 +1082,7 @@ static bool adb_root(const char* command) {
 
     // Give adbd some time to kill itself and come back up.
     // We can't use wait-for-device because devices (e.g. adb over network) might not come back.
-    adb_sleep_ms(3000);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(3));
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/adb/socket_test.cpp b/adb/socket_test.cpp
index 5e79b5e2e..b6aff54e5 100644
--- a/adb/socket_test.cpp
+++ b/adb/socket_test.cpp
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
 #include <array>
+#include <chrono>
 #include <limits>
 #include <queue>
 #include <string>
+#include <thread>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ static void FdEventThreadFunc(void*) {
     fdevent_loop();
 }
 
-const size_t SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT_IN_MS = 100;
+constexpr auto SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT = std::chrono::milliseconds(100);
 
 TEST_F(LocalSocketTest, smoke) {
     // Join two socketpairs with a chain of intermediate socketpairs.
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ TEST_F(LocalSocketTest, smoke) {
     ASSERT_EQ(0, adb_close(last[1]));
 
     // Wait until the local sockets are closed.
-    adb_sleep_ms(SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT_IN_MS);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT);
     ASSERT_EQ(GetAdditionalLocalSocketCount(), fdevent_installed_count());
     TerminateThread(thread);
 }
@@ -154,12 +156,12 @@ TEST_F(LocalSocketTest, close_socket_with_packet) {
     ASSERT_TRUE(adb_thread_create(reinterpret_cast<void (*)(void*)>(CloseWithPacketThreadFunc),
                                   &arg, &thread));
     // Wait until the fdevent_loop() starts.
-    adb_sleep_ms(SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT_IN_MS);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT);
     ASSERT_EQ(0, adb_close(cause_close_fd[0]));
-    adb_sleep_ms(SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT_IN_MS);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT);
     EXPECT_EQ(1u + GetAdditionalLocalSocketCount(), fdevent_installed_count());
     ASSERT_EQ(0, adb_close(socket_fd[0]));
-    adb_sleep_ms(SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT_IN_MS);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT);
     ASSERT_EQ(GetAdditionalLocalSocketCount(), fdevent_installed_count());
     TerminateThread(thread);
 }
@@ -179,9 +181,9 @@ TEST_F(LocalSocketTest, read_from_closing_socket) {
     ASSERT_TRUE(adb_thread_create(reinterpret_cast<void (*)(void*)>(CloseWithPacketThreadFunc),
                                   &arg, &thread));
     // Wait until the fdevent_loop() starts.
-    adb_sleep_ms(SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT_IN_MS);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT);
     ASSERT_EQ(0, adb_close(cause_close_fd[0]));
-    adb_sleep_ms(SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT_IN_MS);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT);
     EXPECT_EQ(1u + GetAdditionalLocalSocketCount(), fdevent_installed_count());
 
     // Verify if we can read successfully.
@@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ TEST_F(LocalSocketTest, read_from_closing_socket) {
     ASSERT_EQ(true, ReadFdExactly(socket_fd[0], buf.data(), buf.size()));
     ASSERT_EQ(0, adb_close(socket_fd[0]));
 
-    adb_sleep_ms(SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT_IN_MS);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT);
     ASSERT_EQ(GetAdditionalLocalSocketCount(), fdevent_installed_count());
     TerminateThread(thread);
 }
@@ -214,11 +216,11 @@ TEST_F(LocalSocketTest, write_error_when_having_packets) {
                                   &arg, &thread));
 
     // Wait until the fdevent_loop() starts.
-    adb_sleep_ms(SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT_IN_MS);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT);
     EXPECT_EQ(2u + GetAdditionalLocalSocketCount(), fdevent_installed_count());
     ASSERT_EQ(0, adb_close(socket_fd[0]));
 
-    adb_sleep_ms(SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT_IN_MS);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT);
     ASSERT_EQ(GetAdditionalLocalSocketCount(), fdevent_installed_count());
     TerminateThread(thread);
 }
@@ -229,7 +231,7 @@ static void ClientThreadFunc() {
     std::string error;
     int fd = network_loopback_client(5038, SOCK_STREAM, &error);
     ASSERT_GE(fd, 0) << error;
-    adb_sleep_ms(200);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(200));
     ASSERT_EQ(0, adb_close(fd));
 }
 
@@ -265,13 +267,13 @@ TEST_F(LocalSocketTest, close_socket_in_CLOSE_WAIT_state) {
                                   &arg, &thread));
 
     // Wait until the fdevent_loop() starts.
-    adb_sleep_ms(SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT_IN_MS);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT);
     EXPECT_EQ(1u + GetAdditionalLocalSocketCount(), fdevent_installed_count());
 
     // Wait until the client closes its socket.
     ASSERT_TRUE(adb_thread_join(client_thread));
 
-    adb_sleep_ms(SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT_IN_MS);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT);
     ASSERT_EQ(GetAdditionalLocalSocketCount(), fdevent_installed_count());
     TerminateThread(thread);
 }
diff --git a/adb/sysdeps.h b/adb/sysdeps.h
index ad9b9fd61..0489d09a2 100644
--- a/adb/sysdeps.h
+++ b/adb/sysdeps.h
@@ -248,11 +248,6 @@ extern int unix_open(const char* path, int options, ...);
 int unix_isatty(int fd);
 #define  isatty  ___xxx_isatty
 
-static __inline__ void  adb_sleep_ms( int  mseconds )
-{
-    Sleep( mseconds );
-}
-
 int network_loopback_client(int port, int type, std::string* error);
 int network_loopback_server(int port, int type, std::string* error);
 int network_inaddr_any_server(int port, int type, std::string* error);
@@ -766,11 +761,6 @@ static __inline__ int adb_poll(adb_pollfd* fds, size_t nfds, int timeout) {
 
 #define poll ___xxx_poll
 
-static __inline__ void  adb_sleep_ms( int  mseconds )
-{
-    usleep( mseconds*1000 );
-}
-
 static __inline__ int  adb_mkdir(const std::string& path, int mode)
 {
     return mkdir(path.c_str(), mode);
diff --git a/adb/sysdeps_test.cpp b/adb/sysdeps_test.cpp
index 9f779428c..9491952ea 100644
--- a/adb/sysdeps_test.cpp
+++ b/adb/sysdeps_test.cpp
@@ -16,14 +16,17 @@
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+
 #include <atomic>
+#include <chrono>
 #include <condition_variable>
+#include <thread>
 
 #include "adb_io.h"
 #include "sysdeps.h"
 
 static void increment_atomic_int(void* c) {
-    sleep(1);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
     reinterpret_cast<std::atomic<int>*>(c)->fetch_add(1);
 }
 
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ TEST(sysdeps_thread, smoke) {
         ASSERT_TRUE(adb_thread_create(increment_atomic_int, &counter));
     }
 
-    sleep(2);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(2));
     ASSERT_EQ(100, counter.load());
 }
 
@@ -255,15 +258,15 @@ TEST(sysdeps_mutex, mutex_smoke) {
         ASSERT_FALSE(m.try_lock());
         m.lock();
         finished.store(true);
-        adb_sleep_ms(200);
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(200));
         m.unlock();
     }, nullptr);
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(finished.load());
-    adb_sleep_ms(100);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
     ASSERT_FALSE(finished.load());
     m.unlock();
-    adb_sleep_ms(100);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
     m.lock();
     ASSERT_TRUE(finished.load());
     m.unlock();
@@ -279,13 +282,13 @@ TEST(sysdeps_mutex, recursive_mutex_smoke) {
     adb_thread_create([](void*) {
         ASSERT_FALSE(m.try_lock());
         m.lock();
-        adb_sleep_ms(500);
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(500));
         m.unlock();
     }, nullptr);
 
-    adb_sleep_ms(100);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
     m.unlock();
-    adb_sleep_ms(100);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
     ASSERT_FALSE(m.try_lock());
     m.lock();
     m.unlock();
diff --git a/adb/transport_local.cpp b/adb/transport_local.cpp
index ba2b28d8b..92010c0e0 100644
--- a/adb/transport_local.cpp
+++ b/adb/transport_local.cpp
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
+#include <chrono>
 #include <condition_variable>
 #include <mutex>
+#include <thread>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
@@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ static void PollAllLocalPortsForEmulator() {
 
 // Retry the disconnected local port for 60 times, and sleep 1 second between two retries.
 constexpr uint32_t LOCAL_PORT_RETRY_COUNT = 60;
-constexpr uint32_t LOCAL_PORT_RETRY_INTERVAL_IN_MS = 1000;
+constexpr auto LOCAL_PORT_RETRY_INTERVAL = std::chrono::seconds(1);
 
 struct RetryPort {
     int port;
@@ -173,7 +175,7 @@ static void client_socket_thread(void* x) {
         // Sleep here instead of the end of loop, because if we immediately try to reconnect
         // the emulator just kicked, the adbd on the emulator may not have time to remove the
         // just kicked transport.
-        adb_sleep_ms(LOCAL_PORT_RETRY_INTERVAL_IN_MS);
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(LOCAL_PORT_RETRY_INTERVAL);
 
         // Try connecting retry ports.
         std::vector<RetryPort> next_ports;
@@ -214,7 +216,7 @@ static void server_socket_thread(void* arg) {
             serverfd = network_inaddr_any_server(port, SOCK_STREAM, &error);
             if(serverfd < 0) {
                 D("server: cannot bind socket yet: %s", error.c_str());
-                adb_sleep_ms(1000);
+                std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
                 continue;
             }
             close_on_exec(serverfd);
diff --git a/adb/usb_linux.cpp b/adb/usb_linux.cpp
index 3e5028d32..e7f1338b3 100644
--- a/adb/usb_linux.cpp
+++ b/adb/usb_linux.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <list>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <string>
+#include <thread>
 
 #include <android-base/file.h>
 #include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@
 #include "adb.h"
 #include "transport.h"
 
+using namespace std::chrono_literals;
 using namespace std::literals;
 
 /* usb scan debugging is waaaay too verbose */
@@ -577,7 +579,7 @@ static void device_poll_thread(void*) {
         // TODO: Use inotify.
         find_usb_device("/dev/bus/usb", register_device);
         kick_disconnected_devices();
-        sleep(1);
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(1s);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/adb/usb_linux_client.cpp b/adb/usb_linux_client.cpp
index 6de10f53e..1cc7f68b6 100644
--- a/adb/usb_linux_client.cpp
+++ b/adb/usb_linux_client.cpp
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <atomic>
+#include <chrono>
 #include <condition_variable>
 #include <mutex>
+#include <thread>
 
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
 #include <android-base/properties.h>
@@ -40,6 +42,8 @@
 #include "adb.h"
 #include "transport.h"
 
+using namespace std::chrono_literals;
+
 #define MAX_PACKET_SIZE_FS	64
 #define MAX_PACKET_SIZE_HS	512
 #define MAX_PACKET_SIZE_SS	1024
@@ -268,7 +272,7 @@ static void usb_adb_open_thread(void* x) {
                 fd = unix_open("/dev/android", O_RDWR);
             }
             if (fd < 0) {
-                adb_sleep_ms(1000);
+                std::this_thread::sleep_for(1s);
             }
         } while (fd < 0);
         D("[ opening device succeeded ]");
@@ -476,7 +480,7 @@ static void usb_ffs_open_thread(void* x) {
             if (init_functionfs(usb)) {
                 break;
             }
-            adb_sleep_ms(1000);
+            std::this_thread::sleep_for(1s);
         }
         android::base::SetProperty("sys.usb.ffs.ready", "1");
 
diff --git a/adb/usb_osx.cpp b/adb/usb_osx.cpp
index 2ee2aae5d..e541f6ecc 100644
--- a/adb/usb_osx.cpp
+++ b/adb/usb_osx.cpp
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 #include <atomic>
+#include <chrono>
 #include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
+#include <thread>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
@@ -40,6 +42,8 @@
 #include "adb.h"
 #include "transport.h"
 
+using namespace std::chrono_literals;
+
 struct usb_handle
 {
     UInt8 bulkIn;
@@ -411,7 +415,7 @@ static void RunLoopThread(void* unused) {
         }
         // Signal the parent that we are running
         usb_inited_flag = true;
-        adb_sleep_ms(1000);
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(1s);
     }
     VLOG(USB) << "RunLoopThread done";
 }
@@ -436,7 +440,7 @@ void usb_init() {
 
         // Wait for initialization to finish
         while (!usb_inited_flag) {
-            adb_sleep_ms(100);
+            std::this_thread::sleep_for(100ms);
         }
 
         initialized = true;
diff --git a/adb/usb_windows.cpp b/adb/usb_windows.cpp
index 755f07ef0..136453773 100644
--- a/adb/usb_windows.cpp
+++ b/adb/usb_windows.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include <mutex>
+#include <thread>
 
 #include <adb_api.h>
 
@@ -176,9 +177,9 @@ void device_poll_thread(void*) {
   adb_thread_setname("Device Poll");
   D("Created device thread");
 
-  while(1) {
+  while (true) {
     find_devices();
-    adb_sleep_ms(1000);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
   }
 }