diff --git a/lib/uuid.c b/lib/uuid.c
index c9dfdf0..6fdae79 100644
--- a/lib/uuid.c
+++ b/lib/uuid.c
@@ -7,23 +7,36 @@
  *   Abdellatif El Khlifi <abdellatif.elkhlifi@arm.com>
  */
 
-#define LOG_CATEGOT LOGC_CORE
-
+#ifndef USE_HOSTCC
 #include <command.h>
 #include <efi_api.h>
 #include <env.h>
 #include <rand.h>
 #include <time.h>
-#include <uuid.h>
-#include <linux/ctype.h>
-#include <errno.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <part_efi.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <dm/uclass.h>
 #include <rng.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <hexdump.h>
+#else
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <eficapsule.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#endif
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <linux/kconfig.h>
+#include <uuid.h>
 #include <u-boot/sha1.h>
 
+#ifdef USE_HOSTCC
+/* polyfill hextoul to avoid pulling in strto.c */
+#define hextoul(cp, endp) strtoul(cp, endp, 16)
+#endif
+
 int uuid_str_valid(const char *uuid)
 {
 	int i, valid;
@@ -52,6 +65,7 @@
 	const char *string;
 	efi_guid_t guid;
 } list_guid[] = {
+#ifndef USE_HOSTCC
 #ifdef CONFIG_PARTITION_TYPE_GUID
 	{"system",	PARTITION_SYSTEM_GUID},
 	{"mbr",		LEGACY_MBR_PARTITION_GUID},
@@ -232,6 +246,7 @@
 	{ "EFI_MEM_STATUS_CODE_REC", EFI_MEM_STATUS_CODE_REC },
 	{ "EFI_GUID_EFI_ACPI1", EFI_GUID_EFI_ACPI1 },
 #endif
+#endif /* !USE_HOSTCC */
 };
 
 int uuid_guid_get_bin(const char *guid_str, unsigned char *guid_bin)
@@ -267,7 +282,6 @@
 	uint64_t tmp64;
 
 	if (!uuid_str_valid(uuid_str)) {
-		log_debug("not valid\n");
 #ifdef CONFIG_PARTITION_TYPE_GUID
 		if (!uuid_guid_get_bin(uuid_str, uuid_bin))
 			return 0;
@@ -298,7 +312,7 @@
 	tmp16 = cpu_to_be16(hextoul(uuid_str + 19, NULL));
 	memcpy(uuid_bin + 8, &tmp16, 2);
 
-	tmp64 = cpu_to_be64(simple_strtoull(uuid_str + 24, NULL, 16));
+	tmp64 = cpu_to_be64(hextoul(uuid_str + 24, NULL));
 	memcpy(uuid_bin + 10, (char *)&tmp64 + 2, 6);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -306,9 +320,9 @@
 
 int uuid_str_to_le_bin(const char *uuid_str, unsigned char *uuid_bin)
 {
-	u16 tmp16;
-	u32 tmp32;
-	u64 tmp64;
+	uint16_t tmp16;
+	uint32_t tmp32;
+	uint64_t tmp64;
 
 	if (!uuid_str_valid(uuid_str) || !uuid_bin)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -325,7 +339,7 @@
 	tmp16 = cpu_to_le16(hextoul(uuid_str + 19, NULL));
 	memcpy(uuid_bin + 8, &tmp16, 2);
 
-	tmp64 = cpu_to_le64(simple_strtoull(uuid_str + 24, NULL, 16));
+	tmp64 = cpu_to_le64(hextoul(uuid_str + 24, NULL));
 	memcpy(uuid_bin + 10, &tmp64, 6);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -334,11 +348,11 @@
 void uuid_bin_to_str(const unsigned char *uuid_bin, char *uuid_str,
 		     int str_format)
 {
-	const u8 uuid_char_order[UUID_BIN_LEN] = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
+	const uint8_t uuid_char_order[UUID_BIN_LEN] = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
 						  9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15};
-	const u8 guid_char_order[UUID_BIN_LEN] = {3, 2, 1, 0, 5, 4, 7, 6, 8,
+	const uint8_t guid_char_order[UUID_BIN_LEN] = {3, 2, 1, 0, 5, 4, 7, 6, 8,
 						  9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15};
-	const u8 *char_order;
+	const uint8_t *char_order;
 	const char *format;
 	int i;
 
@@ -420,6 +434,7 @@
 	*tmp16 = cpu_to_le16(be16_to_cpu(*tmp16));
 }
 
+#ifndef USE_HOSTCC
 #if defined(CONFIG_RANDOM_UUID) || defined(CONFIG_CMD_UUID)
 void gen_rand_uuid(unsigned char *uuid_bin)
 {
@@ -503,3 +518,4 @@
 );
 #endif /* CONFIG_CMD_UUID */
 #endif /* CONFIG_RANDOM_UUID || CONFIG_CMD_UUID */
+#endif /* !USE_HOSTCC */