diff --git a/connections/BUILD b/connections/BUILD
index 375853ea..9ade787c 100644
--- a/connections/BUILD
+++ b/connections/BUILD
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ cc_library(
         "//internal/platform/implementation/ios:__subpackages__",
     ],
     deps = [
-        "//base",
         "//internal/platform:base",
         "//internal/platform:types",
         "//internal/platform:util",
         "//proto:connections_enums_cc_proto",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:variant",
+        "@com_google_glog//:glog",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/connections/implementation/BUILD b/connections/implementation/BUILD
index 54e9b516..d10daeec 100644
--- a/connections/implementation/BUILD
+++ b/connections/implementation/BUILD
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ cc_library(
     deps = [
         ":message_lite",
         ":ukey2",
-        "//base",
         "//connections:core_types",
         "//connections/implementation/mediums",
         "//connections/implementation/mediums:utils",
diff --git a/connections/payload.cc b/connections/payload.cc
index 4979d054..08b85693 100644
--- a/connections/payload.cc
+++ b/connections/payload.cc
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 #include "connections/payload.h"
 
+#include "glog/logging.h"
+
 namespace location {
 namespace nearby {
 namespace connections {
diff --git a/internal/platform/implementation/g3/BUILD b/internal/platform/implementation/g3/BUILD
index 36ec14df..1ddd110b 100644
--- a/internal/platform/implementation/g3/BUILD
+++ b/internal/platform/implementation/g3/BUILD
@@ -35,17 +35,14 @@ cc_library(
     defines = ["NO_WEBRTC"],
     visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
     deps = [
-        "//base",
-        "//base:stringprintf",
         "//internal/platform:base",
         "//internal/platform:util",
-        "//internal/platform/implementation:platform",
         "//internal/platform/implementation:types",
         "//internal/platform/implementation/shared:count_down_latch",
         "//internal/platform/implementation/shared:posix_mutex",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/synchronization",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/time",
+        "@com_google_glog//:glog",
         "@com_google_nisaba//nisaba/port:thread_pool",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/internal/platform/implementation/g3/log_message.cc b/internal/platform/implementation/g3/log_message.cc
index 64d055a9..045e1649 100644
--- a/internal/platform/implementation/g3/log_message.cc
+++ b/internal/platform/implementation/g3/log_message.cc
@@ -15,13 +15,25 @@
 #include "internal/platform/implementation/g3/log_message.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
-
-#include "base/stringprintf.h"
+#include <cstdio>
 
 namespace location {
 namespace nearby {
 namespace g3 {
 
+namespace {
+
+// This is a partial copy of base::StringAppendV for OSS compilation.
+void NearbyStringAppendV(std::string* dst, const char* format, va_list ap) {
+  // Fixed size buffer 1024 should be big enough.
+  static const int kSpaceLength = 1024;
+  char space[kSpaceLength];
+  int result = vsnprintf(space, kSpaceLength, format, ap);
+  va_end(ap);
+  dst->append(space, result);
+}
+}  // namespace
+
 api::LogMessage::Severity g_min_log_severity = api::LogMessage::Severity::kInfo;
 
 inline absl::LogSeverity ConvertSeverity(api::LogMessage::Severity severity) {
@@ -50,7 +62,7 @@ void LogMessage::Print(const char* format, ...) {
   va_list ap;
   va_start(ap, format);
   std::string result;
-  StringAppendV(&result, format, ap);
+  NearbyStringAppendV(&result, format, ap);
   log_streamer_.stream() << result;
   va_end(ap);
 }
diff --git a/internal/platform/implementation/windows/log_message.cc b/internal/platform/implementation/windows/log_message.cc
index b64789e8..f1632f93 100644
--- a/internal/platform/implementation/windows/log_message.cc
+++ b/internal/platform/implementation/windows/log_message.cc
@@ -15,7 +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"
 
 namespace location {