diff --git a/cc/cc_test.go b/cc/cc_test.go
index 7ce0f37..cf618af 100644
--- a/cc/cc_test.go
+++ b/cc/cc_test.go
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@
 	config.TestProductVariables.DeviceVndkVersion = StringPtr("current")
 	config.TestProductVariables.Platform_vndk_version = StringPtr("29")
 	config.TestProductVariables.VndkUseCoreVariant = BoolPtr(true)
+	config.TestProductVariables.KeepVndk = BoolPtr(true)
 
 	setVndkMustUseVendorVariantListForTest(config, []string{"libvndk"})