diff --git a/internal/platform/implementation/windows/BUILD b/internal/platform/implementation/windows/BUILD
index 77c644eb..321d5dd3 100644
--- a/internal/platform/implementation/windows/BUILD
+++ b/internal/platform/implementation/windows/BUILD
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ cc_library(
         "//internal/platform:uuid",
         "//internal/platform/implementation:types",
         "//internal/platform/implementation/windows/generated:types",
+        "//strings:strappendv",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/container:flat_hash_map",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/functional:any_invocable",
diff --git a/internal/platform/implementation/windows/log_message.cc b/internal/platform/implementation/windows/log_message.cc
index 23eb1458..fbc5d43f 100644
--- a/internal/platform/implementation/windows/log_message.cc
+++ b/internal/platform/implementation/windows/log_message.cc
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@
 #include "internal/platform/implementation/windows/log_message.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
-// TODO(b/217211016): may need get rid of this dependency since there is
-// no "base" in OSS.
-#include "base/stringprintf.h"
+
+#include "strings/strappendv.h"
 
 namespace nearby {
 namespace windows {
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ void LogMessage::Print(const char* format, ...) {
   va_list ap;
   va_start(ap, format);
   std::string result;
-  StringAppendV(&result, format, ap);
+  strings::StrAppendV(&result, format, ap);
   log_streamer_.stream() << result;
   va_end(ap);
 }