diff --git a/wifi/1.0/default/wifi_legacy_hal.cpp b/wifi/1.0/default/wifi_legacy_hal.cpp
index cb254c3..a27f131 100644
--- a/wifi/1.0/default/wifi_legacy_hal.cpp
+++ b/wifi/1.0/default/wifi_legacy_hal.cpp
@@ -16,14 +16,19 @@
 
 #include <array>
 
-#include "wifi_legacy_hal.h"
-
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
 #include <cutils/properties.h>
-#include <wifi_system/hal_tool.h>
 #include <wifi_system/interface_tool.h>
 
-namespace {
+#include "wifi_legacy_hal.h"
+
+namespace android {
+namespace hardware {
+namespace wifi {
+namespace V1_0 {
+namespace implementation {
+namespace legacy_hal {
+// Constants used in the class.
 static constexpr uint32_t kMaxVersionStringLength = 256;
 
 // Legacy HAL functions accept "C" style function pointers, so use global
@@ -52,13 +57,8 @@
     on_firmware_memory_dump_internal_callback(buffer, buffer_size);
   }
 }
-}
+// End of the free-standing "C" style callbacks.
 
-namespace android {
-namespace hardware {
-namespace wifi {
-namespace V1_0 {
-namespace implementation {
 WifiLegacyHal::WifiLegacyHal()
     : global_handle_(nullptr),
       wlan_interface_handle_(nullptr),
@@ -69,9 +69,11 @@
   CHECK(!global_handle_ && !wlan_interface_handle_ &&
         !awaiting_event_loop_termination_);
 
-  android::wifi_system::HalTool hal_tool;
   android::wifi_system::InterfaceTool if_tool;
-  if (!hal_tool.InitFunctionTable(&global_func_table_)) {
+  // TODO: Add back the HAL Tool if we need to. All we need from the HAL tool
+  // for now is this function call which we can directly call.
+  wifi_error status = init_wifi_vendor_hal_func_table(&global_func_table_);
+  if (status != WIFI_SUCCESS) {
     LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to initialize legacy hal function table";
     return WIFI_ERROR_UNKNOWN;
   }
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@
   }
 
   LOG(INFO) << "Starting legacy HAL";
-  wifi_error status = global_func_table_.wifi_initialize(&global_handle_);
+  status = global_func_table_.wifi_initialize(&global_handle_);
   if (status != WIFI_SUCCESS || !global_handle_) {
     LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to retrieve global handle";
     return status;
@@ -228,6 +230,8 @@
   on_driver_memory_dump_internal_callback = nullptr;
   on_firmware_memory_dump_internal_callback = nullptr;
 }
+
+}  // namespace legacy_hal
 }  // namespace implementation
 }  // namespace V1_0
 }  // namespace wifi
diff --git a/wifi/1.0/default/wifi_legacy_hal.h b/wifi/1.0/default/wifi_legacy_hal.h
index d817184..7957c14 100644
--- a/wifi/1.0/default/wifi_legacy_hal.h
+++ b/wifi/1.0/default/wifi_legacy_hal.h
@@ -21,13 +21,17 @@
 #include <thread>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include <hardware_legacy/wifi_hal.h>
-
 namespace android {
 namespace hardware {
 namespace wifi {
 namespace V1_0 {
 namespace implementation {
+// This is in a separate namespace to prevent typename conflicts between
+// the legacy HAL types and the HIDL interface types.
+namespace legacy_hal {
+// Wrap all the types defined inside the legacy HAL header files inside this
+// namespace.
+#include <hardware_legacy/wifi_hal.h>
 
 /**
  * Class that encapsulates all legacy HAL interactions.
@@ -71,6 +75,7 @@
   bool awaiting_event_loop_termination_;
 };
 
+}  // namespace legacy_hal
 }  // namespace implementation
 }  // namespace V1_0
 }  // namespace wifi