diff --git a/utils/Android.mk b/utils/Android.mk
index f34e1012..d672e3a1 100644
--- a/utils/Android.mk
+++ b/utils/Android.mk
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ LOCAL_SRC_FILES += \
     linked_list.c \
     loc_target.cpp \
     loc_timer.c \
-    ../platform_lib_abstractions/elapsed_millis_since_boot.cpp \
+    platform_lib_abstractions/elapsed_millis_since_boot.cpp \
     loc_misc_utils.cpp
 
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += \
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ LOCAL_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--export-dynamic
 
 ## Includes
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES:= \
-    $(LOCAL_PATH)/../platform_lib_abstractions
+    $(LOCAL_PATH)/platform_lib_abstractions
 
 LOCAL_COPY_HEADERS_TO:= gps.utils/
 LOCAL_COPY_HEADERS:= \
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ LOCAL_COPY_HEADERS:= \
    msg_q.h \
    loc_target.h \
    loc_timer.h \
-   ../platform_lib_abstractions/platform_lib_includes.h \
-   ../platform_lib_abstractions/platform_lib_time.h \
-   ../platform_lib_abstractions/platform_lib_macros.h \
+   platform_lib_abstractions/platform_lib_includes.h \
+   platform_lib_abstractions/platform_lib_time.h \
+   platform_lib_abstractions/platform_lib_macros.h \
    loc_misc_utils.h
 
 LOCAL_MODULE := libgps.utils
diff --git a/utils/loc_cfg.cpp b/utils/loc_cfg.cpp
index 404f3ed2..7ffe6a43 100644
--- a/utils/loc_cfg.cpp
+++ b/utils/loc_cfg.cpp
@@ -329,9 +329,14 @@ int loc_update_conf(const char* conf_data, int32_t length,
     if (conf_data && length && config_table && table_length) {
         // make a copy, so we do not tokenize the original data
         char* conf_copy = (char*)malloc(length+1);
-        memcpy(conf_copy, conf_data, length);
-        // we hard NULL the end of string to be safe
-        conf_copy[length] = 0;
+
+        if(conf_copy !=NULL)
+        {
+          memcpy(conf_copy, conf_data, length);
+          // we hard NULL the end of string to be safe
+          conf_copy[length] = 0;
+        }
+
         // start with one record off
         uint32_t num_params = table_length - 1;
         char* saveptr = NULL;
diff --git a/utils/loc_target.cpp b/utils/loc_target.cpp
index 080e5768..08f5584d 100644
--- a/utils/loc_target.cpp
+++ b/utils/loc_target.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 #define MSM8930_ID_2 "116"
 #define APQ8030_ID_1 "157"
 #define APQ8074_ID_1 "184"
-#define PDS_ID_1     "178"
 
 #define LINE_LEN 100
 #define STR_LIQUID    "Liquid"
@@ -213,12 +212,8 @@ unsigned int loc_get_target(void)
           gTarget = TARGET_AUTO;
           goto detected;
     }
-    if( !memcmp(rd_hw_platform, STR_MTP, LENGTH(STR_MTP)) ){
-        if( !memcmp(rd_id, PDS_ID_1, LENGTH(PDS_ID_1))
-            && IS_STR_END(rd_id[LENGTH(PDS_ID_1)]) )
-            gTarget = TARGET_PDS;
-    }
-    else if( !memcmp(baseband, STR_APQ, LENGTH(STR_APQ)) ){
+    if( !memcmp(baseband, STR_APQ, LENGTH(STR_APQ)) ){
+
         if( !memcmp(rd_id, MPQ8064_ID_1, LENGTH(MPQ8064_ID_1))
             && IS_STR_END(rd_id[LENGTH(MPQ8064_ID_1)]) )
             gTarget = TARGET_MPQ;
@@ -249,3 +244,17 @@ detected:
     LOC_LOGD("HAL: %s returned %d", __FUNCTION__, gTarget);
     return gTarget;
 }
+
+/*Reads the property ro.lean to identify if this is a lean target
+  Returns:
+  0 if not a lean and mean target
+  1 if this is a lean and mean target
+*/
+int loc_identify_lean_target()
+{
+    int ret = 0;
+    char lean_target[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
+    property_get("ro.lean", lean_target, "");
+    LOC_LOGD("%s:%d]: lean target: %s\n", __func__, __LINE__, lean_target);
+    return !(strncmp(lean_target, "true", PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX));
+}
diff --git a/utils/loc_target.h b/utils/loc_target.h
index d7364e91..3bb3b5e2 100644
--- a/utils/loc_target.h
+++ b/utils/loc_target.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 #define TARGET_MPQ           TARGET_SET(GNSS_NONE,NO_SSC)
 #define TARGET_MSM_NO_SSC    TARGET_SET(GNSS_MSM, NO_SSC)
 #define TARGET_QCA1530       TARGET_SET(GNSS_QCA1530, NO_SSC)
-#define TARGET_PDS           TARGET_SET(GNSS_PDS, NO_SSC)
 #define TARGET_AUTO          TARGET_SET(GNSS_AUTO, NO_SSC)
 #define TARGET_UNKNOWN       TARGET_SET(GNSS_UNKNOWN, NO_SSC)
 #define getTargetGnssType(target)  (target>>1)
@@ -53,6 +52,11 @@ void loc_get_target_baseband(char *baseband, int array_length);
 /*The character array passed to this function should have length
   of atleast PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX*/
 void loc_get_platform_name(char *platform_name, int array_length);
+/*Reads the property ro.lean to identify if this is a lean target
+  Returns:
+  0 if not a lean and mean target
+  1 if this is a lean and mean target*/
+int loc_identify_lean_target();
 
 /* Please remember to update 'target_name' in loc_log.cpp,
    if do any changes to this enum. */
@@ -62,7 +66,6 @@ typedef enum {
     GNSS_GSS,
     GNSS_MDM,
     GNSS_QCA1530,
-    GNSS_PDS,
     GNSS_AUTO,
     GNSS_UNKNOWN
 }GNSS_TARGET;
diff --git a/platform_lib_abstractions/elapsed_millis_since_boot.cpp b/utils/platform_lib_abstractions/elapsed_millis_since_boot.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from platform_lib_abstractions/elapsed_millis_since_boot.cpp
rename to utils/platform_lib_abstractions/elapsed_millis_since_boot.cpp
diff --git a/platform_lib_abstractions/platform_lib_includes.h b/utils/platform_lib_abstractions/platform_lib_includes.h
similarity index 100%
rename from platform_lib_abstractions/platform_lib_includes.h
rename to utils/platform_lib_abstractions/platform_lib_includes.h
diff --git a/platform_lib_abstractions/platform_lib_macros.h b/utils/platform_lib_abstractions/platform_lib_macros.h
similarity index 100%
rename from platform_lib_abstractions/platform_lib_macros.h
rename to utils/platform_lib_abstractions/platform_lib_macros.h
diff --git a/platform_lib_abstractions/platform_lib_time.h b/utils/platform_lib_abstractions/platform_lib_time.h
similarity index 100%
rename from platform_lib_abstractions/platform_lib_time.h
rename to utils/platform_lib_abstractions/platform_lib_time.h