diff --git a/include/private/android_logger.h b/include/private/android_logger.h
deleted file mode 120000
index f187a6d22..000000000
--- a/include/private/android_logger.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../liblog/include/private/android_logger.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libstats/socket/Android.bp b/libstats/socket/Android.bp
index bf79ea244..89cdfe52a 100644
--- a/libstats/socket/Android.bp
+++ b/libstats/socket/Android.bp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ cc_defaults {
     static_libs: [
         "libcutils", // does not expose a stable C API
     ],
+    header_libs: ["liblog_headers"],
     cflags: [
         "-Wall",
         "-Werror",
diff --git a/logd/Android.bp b/logd/Android.bp
index 7f67ab0be..fe22d1caa 100644
--- a/logd/Android.bp
+++ b/logd/Android.bp
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ cc_library_static {
         "SerializedLogChunk.cpp",
         "SimpleLogBuffer.cpp",
     ],
+    static_libs: ["liblog"],
     logtags: ["event.logtags"],
 
     export_include_dirs: ["."],