diff --git a/control/json/config_base.hpp b/control/json/config_base.hpp
index 2f282f8..17287ce 100644
--- a/control/json/config_base.hpp
+++ b/control/json/config_base.hpp
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
  */
 #pragma once
 
-#include "types.hpp"
-
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 #include <phosphor-logging/log.hpp>
 
@@ -28,6 +26,9 @@
 using json = nlohmann::json;
 using namespace phosphor::logging;
 
+using PropertyVariantType =
+    std::variant<bool, int32_t, int64_t, double, std::string>;
+
 /**
  * @class ConfigBase - Base configuration object
  *