diff --git a/media/codec2/components/aac/C2SoftAacDec.cpp b/media/codec2/components/aac/C2SoftAacDec.cpp
index f3341ab..3e6b0ff 100644
--- a/media/codec2/components/aac/C2SoftAacDec.cpp
+++ b/media/codec2/components/aac/C2SoftAacDec.cpp
@@ -877,10 +877,14 @@
             work->worklets.front()->output.configUpdate.push_back(
                     C2Param::Copy(currentBoostFactor));
 
-            C2StreamDrcCompressionModeTuning::input currentCompressMode(0u,
-                    (C2Config::drc_compression_mode_t) compressMode);
-            work->worklets.front()->output.configUpdate.push_back(
-                    C2Param::Copy(currentCompressMode));
+            if (android_get_device_api_level() < __ANDROID_API_S__) {
+                // We used to report DRC compression mode in the output format
+                // in Q and R, but stopped doing that in S
+                C2StreamDrcCompressionModeTuning::input currentCompressMode(0u,
+                        (C2Config::drc_compression_mode_t) compressMode);
+                work->worklets.front()->output.configUpdate.push_back(
+                        C2Param::Copy(currentCompressMode));
+            }
 
             C2StreamDrcEncodedTargetLevelTuning::input currentEncodedTargetLevel(0u,
                     (C2FloatValue) (encTargetLevel*-0.25));
diff --git a/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecConfig.cpp b/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecConfig.cpp
index 79c6227..5decb99 100644
--- a/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecConfig.cpp
+++ b/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecConfig.cpp
@@ -765,21 +765,13 @@
 
     // convert to compression type and add default
     add(ConfigMapper(KEY_AAC_DRC_HEAVY_COMPRESSION, C2_PARAMKEY_DRC_COMPRESSION_MODE, "value")
-        .limitTo(D::AUDIO & D::DECODER & (D::CONFIG | D::PARAM | D::READ))
-        .withMappers([](C2Value v) -> C2Value {
+        .limitTo(D::AUDIO & D::DECODER & (D::CONFIG | D::PARAM))
+        .withMapper([](C2Value v) -> C2Value {
             int32_t value;
             if (!v.get(&value) || value < 0) {
                 value = property_get_int32(PROP_DRC_OVERRIDE_HEAVY, DRC_DEFAULT_MOBILE_DRC_HEAVY);
             }
             return value == 1 ? C2Config::DRC_COMPRESSION_HEAVY : C2Config::DRC_COMPRESSION_LIGHT;
-        },[](C2Value v) -> C2Value {
-            int32_t value;
-            if (v.get(&value)) {
-              return value;
-            }
-            else {
-              return C2Value();
-            }
         }));
 
     // convert to dBFS and add default