diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/aconfig/systemui.aconfig b/packages/SystemUI/aconfig/systemui.aconfig
index cdbac33..291db3c 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/aconfig/systemui.aconfig
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/aconfig/systemui.aconfig
@@ -387,6 +387,17 @@
 }
 
 flag {
+    name: "status_bar_stop_updating_window_height"
+    namespace: "systemui"
+    description: "Don't have PhoneStatusBarView manually trigger an update of the height in "
+        "StatusBarWindowController"
+    bug: "360115167"
+    metadata {
+      purpose: PURPOSE_BUGFIX
+    }
+}
+
+flag {
     name: "compose_bouncer"
     namespace: "systemui"
     description: "Use the new compose bouncer in SystemUI"
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBarView.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBarView.java
index f7fded5..dda02db 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBarView.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBarView.java
@@ -321,6 +321,9 @@
     }
 
     private void updateWindowHeight() {
+        if (Flags.statusBarStopUpdatingWindowHeight()) {
+            return;
+        }
         mStatusBarWindowController.refreshStatusBarHeight();
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBarViewTest.kt b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBarViewTest.kt
index cbdf321..648ddf8 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBarViewTest.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBarViewTest.kt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import android.view.WindowInsets
 import android.widget.FrameLayout
 import androidx.test.filters.SmallTest
+import com.android.systemui.Flags.FLAG_STATUS_BAR_STOP_UPDATING_WINDOW_HEIGHT
 import com.android.systemui.Flags.FLAG_STATUS_BAR_SWIPE_OVER_CHIP
 import com.android.systemui.Gefingerpoken
 import com.android.systemui.SysuiTestCase
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
 import com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat
 import org.junit.Before
 import org.junit.Test
+import org.mockito.Mockito.never
 import org.mockito.Mockito.spy
 import org.mockito.Mockito.times
 import org.mockito.Mockito.verify
@@ -176,21 +178,40 @@
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun onAttachedToWindow_updatesWindowHeight() {
+    @DisableFlags(FLAG_STATUS_BAR_STOP_UPDATING_WINDOW_HEIGHT)
+    fun onAttachedToWindow_flagOff_updatesWindowHeight() {
         view.onAttachedToWindow()
 
         verify(windowController).refreshStatusBarHeight()
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun onConfigurationChanged_updatesWindowHeight() {
+    @EnableFlags(FLAG_STATUS_BAR_STOP_UPDATING_WINDOW_HEIGHT)
+    fun onAttachedToWindow_flagOn_doesNotUpdateWindowHeight() {
+        view.onAttachedToWindow()
+
+        verify(windowController, never()).refreshStatusBarHeight()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DisableFlags(FLAG_STATUS_BAR_STOP_UPDATING_WINDOW_HEIGHT)
+    fun onConfigurationChanged_flagOff_updatesWindowHeight() {
         view.onConfigurationChanged(Configuration())
 
         verify(windowController).refreshStatusBarHeight()
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun onConfigurationChanged_multipleCalls_updatesWindowHeightMultipleTimes() {
+    @EnableFlags(FLAG_STATUS_BAR_STOP_UPDATING_WINDOW_HEIGHT)
+    fun onConfigurationChanged_flagOn_doesNotUpdateWindowHeight() {
+        view.onConfigurationChanged(Configuration())
+
+        verify(windowController, never()).refreshStatusBarHeight()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DisableFlags(FLAG_STATUS_BAR_STOP_UPDATING_WINDOW_HEIGHT)
+    fun onConfigurationChanged_multipleCalls_flagOff_updatesWindowHeightMultipleTimes() {
         view.onConfigurationChanged(Configuration())
         view.onConfigurationChanged(Configuration())
         view.onConfigurationChanged(Configuration())
@@ -200,6 +221,17 @@
     }
 
     @Test
+    @EnableFlags(FLAG_STATUS_BAR_STOP_UPDATING_WINDOW_HEIGHT)
+    fun onConfigurationChanged_multipleCalls_flagOn_neverUpdatesWindowHeight() {
+        view.onConfigurationChanged(Configuration())
+        view.onConfigurationChanged(Configuration())
+        view.onConfigurationChanged(Configuration())
+        view.onConfigurationChanged(Configuration())
+
+        verify(windowController, never()).refreshStatusBarHeight()
+    }
+
+    @Test
     fun onAttachedToWindow_updatesLeftTopRightPaddingsBasedOnInsets() {
         val insets = Insets.of(/* left= */ 10, /* top= */ 20, /* right= */ 30, /* bottom= */ 40)
         view.setInsetsFetcher { insets }