diff --git a/audio/core/all-versions/vts/functional/6.0/AudioPrimaryHidlHalTest.cpp b/audio/core/all-versions/vts/functional/6.0/AudioPrimaryHidlHalTest.cpp
index 22e60be..2afbbb8 100644
--- a/audio/core/all-versions/vts/functional/6.0/AudioPrimaryHidlHalTest.cpp
+++ b/audio/core/all-versions/vts/functional/6.0/AudioPrimaryHidlHalTest.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
                     for (auto& config : configs) {
                         // Some combinations of flags declared in the config file require special
                         // treatment.
-                        bool special = false;
                         if (flags & AUDIO_OUTPUT_FLAG_COMPRESS_OFFLOAD) {
                             config.offloadInfo.sampleRateHz = config.sampleRateHz;
                             config.offloadInfo.channelMask = config.channelMask;
@@ -94,22 +93,13 @@
                             config.offloadInfo.bitWidth = 16;
                             config.offloadInfo.bufferSize = 256;  // arbitrary value
                             config.offloadInfo.usage = AudioUsage::MEDIA;
-                            result.emplace_back(
-                                    device, config,
-                                    AudioOutputFlag(AUDIO_OUTPUT_FLAG_COMPRESS_OFFLOAD));
-                            special = true;
-                        }
-                        if ((flags & AUDIO_OUTPUT_FLAG_DIRECT) &&
-                            !(flags &
-                              (AUDIO_OUTPUT_FLAG_HW_AV_SYNC | AUDIO_OUTPUT_FLAG_MMAP_NOIRQ))) {
                             result.emplace_back(device, config,
-                                                AudioOutputFlag(AUDIO_OUTPUT_FLAG_DIRECT));
-                            special = true;
-                        }
-                        if (flags & AUDIO_OUTPUT_FLAG_PRIMARY) {  // ignore the flag
-                            flags &= ~AUDIO_OUTPUT_FLAG_PRIMARY;
-                        }
-                        if (!special) {
+                                                AudioOutputFlag(AUDIO_OUTPUT_FLAG_COMPRESS_OFFLOAD |
+                                                                AUDIO_OUTPUT_FLAG_DIRECT));
+                        } else {
+                            if (flags & AUDIO_OUTPUT_FLAG_PRIMARY) {  // ignore the flag
+                                flags &= ~AUDIO_OUTPUT_FLAG_PRIMARY;
+                            }
                             result.emplace_back(device, config, AudioOutputFlag(flags));
                         }
                     }