diff --git a/static/item_updater_helper.cpp b/static/item_updater_helper.cpp
index 213da05..6be36bf 100644
--- a/static/item_updater_helper.cpp
+++ b/static/item_updater_helper.cpp
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
-#include "config.h"
-
 #include "item_updater_helper.hpp"
 
+#include "utils.hpp"
+
 namespace phosphor
 {
 namespace software
 {
 namespace updater
 {
-// openbmconce=clean-rwfs-filesystem factory-reset
-#define ENV_FACTORY_RESET "openbmconce\\x3dfactory\\x2dreset"
-#define SERVICE_FACTORY_RESET                                                  \
-    "obmc-flash-bmc-setenv@" ENV_FACTORY_RESET ".service"
 
 void Helper::setEntry(const std::string& /* entryId */, uint8_t /* value */)
 {
@@ -32,10 +28,7 @@
 {
     // Set openbmconce=factory-reset env in U-Boot.
     // The init will cleanup rwfs during boot.
-    auto method = bus.new_method_call(SYSTEMD_BUSNAME, SYSTEMD_PATH,
-                                      SYSTEMD_INTERFACE, "StartUnit");
-    method.append(SERVICE_FACTORY_RESET, "replace");
-    bus.call_noreply(method);
+    utils::execute("/sbin/fw_setenv", "openbmconce", "factory-reset");
 }
 
 void Helper::removeVersion(const std::string& /* versionId */)
diff --git a/ubi/item_updater_helper.cpp b/ubi/item_updater_helper.cpp
index 4cc83c4..873bf17 100644
--- a/ubi/item_updater_helper.cpp
+++ b/ubi/item_updater_helper.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 #include "item_updater_helper.hpp"
 
+#include "utils.hpp"
+
 #include <phosphor-logging/log.hpp>
 #include <sdbusplus/exception.hpp>
 
@@ -47,10 +49,7 @@
 void Helper::factoryReset()
 {
     // Mark the read-write partition for recreation upon reboot.
-    auto method = bus.new_method_call(SYSTEMD_BUSNAME, SYSTEMD_PATH,
-                                      SYSTEMD_INTERFACE, "StartUnit");
-    method.append("obmc-flash-bmc-setenv@rwreset\\x3dtrue.service", "replace");
-    bus.call_noreply(method);
+    utils::execute("/sbin/fw_setenv", "rwreset", "true");
 }
 
 void Helper::removeVersion(const std::string& versionId)