diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.cpp
index 7c6302e..33e57cd 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.cpp
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@
     return mDisplayHeight;
 }
 
-void DisplayDevice::setDisplayName(const String8& displayName) {
-    if (!displayName.isEmpty()) {
+void DisplayDevice::setDisplayName(const std::string& displayName) {
+    if (!displayName.empty()) {
         // never override the name with an empty name
         mDisplayName = displayName;
     }
@@ -201,8 +201,7 @@
 
     status_t result = mDisplaySurface->advanceFrame();
     if (result != NO_ERROR) {
-        ALOGE("[%s] failed pushing new frame to HWC: %d",
-                mDisplayName.string(), result);
+        ALOGE("[%s] failed pushing new frame to HWC: %d", mDisplayName.c_str(), result);
     }
 }
 
@@ -481,7 +480,7 @@
 void DisplayDevice::dump(String8& result) const {
     const Transform& tr(mGlobalTransform);
     ANativeWindow* const window = mNativeWindow.get();
-    result.appendFormat("+ DisplayDevice: %s\n", mDisplayName.string());
+    result.appendFormat("+ DisplayDevice: %s\n", mDisplayName.c_str());
     result.appendFormat("   type=%x, hwcId=%d, layerStack=%u, (%4dx%4d), ANativeWindow=%p "
                         "(%d:%d:%d:%d), orient=%2d (type=%08x), "
                         "flips=%u, isSecure=%d, powerMode=%d, activeConfig=%d, numLayers=%zu\n",
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.h b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.h
index df5d945..d7c5b26 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayDevice.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "RenderEngine/Surface.h"
 
 #include <memory>
+#include <string>
 
 struct ANativeWindow;
 
@@ -152,8 +153,8 @@
     }
     inline Rect bounds() const { return getBounds(); }
 
-    void setDisplayName(const String8& displayName);
-    const String8& getDisplayName() const { return mDisplayName; }
+    void setDisplayName(const std::string& displayName);
+    const std::string& getDisplayName() const { return mDisplayName; }
 
     bool makeCurrent() const;
     void setViewportAndProjection() const;
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@
     int             mDisplayWidth;
     int             mDisplayHeight;
     mutable uint32_t mPageFlipCount;
-    String8         mDisplayName;
+    std::string     mDisplayName;
     bool            mIsSecure;
 
     /*
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@
     uint8_t orientation = 0;
     uint32_t width = 0;
     uint32_t height = 0;
-    String8 displayName;
+    std::string displayName;
     bool isSecure = false;
 };
 
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/VirtualDisplaySurface.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/VirtualDisplaySurface.cpp
index 9a2817d..c111a27 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/VirtualDisplaySurface.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/VirtualDisplaySurface.cpp
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #define VDS_LOGE(msg, ...) ALOGE("[%s] " msg, \
-        mDisplayName.string(), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+        mDisplayName.c_str(), ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define VDS_LOGW_IF(cond, msg, ...) ALOGW_IF(cond, "[%s] " msg, \
-        mDisplayName.string(), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+        mDisplayName.c_str(), ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define VDS_LOGV(msg, ...) ALOGV("[%s] " msg, \
-        mDisplayName.string(), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+        mDisplayName.c_str(), ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 static const char* dbgCompositionTypeStr(DisplaySurface::CompositionType type) {
     switch (type) {
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         const sp<IGraphicBufferProducer>& sink,
         const sp<IGraphicBufferProducer>& bqProducer,
         const sp<IGraphicBufferConsumer>& bqConsumer,
-        const String8& name)
+        const std::string& name)
 :   ConsumerBase(bqConsumer),
     mHwc(hwc),
     mDisplayId(dispId),
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     }
     mOutputFormat = mDefaultOutputFormat;
 
-    ConsumerBase::mName = String8::format("VDS: %s", mDisplayName.string());
+    ConsumerBase::mName = String8::format("VDS: %s", mDisplayName.c_str());
     mConsumer->setConsumerName(ConsumerBase::mName);
     mConsumer->setConsumerUsageBits(GRALLOC_USAGE_HW_COMPOSER);
     mConsumer->setDefaultBufferSize(sinkWidth, sinkHeight);
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/VirtualDisplaySurface.h b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/VirtualDisplaySurface.h
index 5c8acea..4bd4d0f 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/VirtualDisplaySurface.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/VirtualDisplaySurface.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #ifndef ANDROID_SF_VIRTUAL_DISPLAY_SURFACE_H
 #define ANDROID_SF_VIRTUAL_DISPLAY_SURFACE_H
 
+#include <string>
+
 #include "DisplaySurface.h"
 #include "HWComposerBufferCache.h"
 
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@
             const sp<IGraphicBufferProducer>& sink,
             const sp<IGraphicBufferProducer>& bqProducer,
             const sp<IGraphicBufferConsumer>& bqConsumer,
-            const String8& name);
+            const std::string& name);
 
     //
     // DisplaySurface interface
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@
     //
     HWComposer& mHwc;
     const int32_t mDisplayId;
-    const String8 mDisplayName;
+    const std::string mDisplayName;
     sp<IGraphicBufferProducer> mSource[2]; // indexed by SOURCE_*
     uint32_t mDefaultOutputFormat;
 
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index 844ba7f..2c95e14 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -2905,7 +2905,7 @@
 
         if (!displayDevice->makeCurrent()) {
             ALOGW("DisplayDevice::makeCurrent failed. Aborting surface composition for display %s",
-                  displayDevice->getDisplayName().string());
+                  displayDevice->getDisplayName().c_str());
             getRenderEngine().resetCurrentSurface();
 
             // |mStateLock| not needed as we are on the main thread