diff --git a/vintfdata/Android.mk b/vintfdata/Android.mk
index 3db7065..232ef6f 100644
--- a/vintfdata/Android.mk
+++ b/vintfdata/Android.mk
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
 
 FRAMEWORK_MANIFEST_INPUT_FILES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/manifest.xml
+# TODO(b/110487738): replace with vintf_fragment
+ifdef USE_VR_FLINGER
+  FRAMEWORK_MANIFEST_INPUT_FILES += $(LOCAL_PATH)/manifest_vr_hwc.xml
+endif
 ifdef DEVICE_FRAMEWORK_MANIFEST_FILE
   FRAMEWORK_MANIFEST_INPUT_FILES += $(DEVICE_FRAMEWORK_MANIFEST_FILE)
 endif
diff --git a/vintfdata/manifest.xml b/vintfdata/manifest.xml
index 582b5eb..27919d3 100644
--- a/vintfdata/manifest.xml
+++ b/vintfdata/manifest.xml
@@ -71,15 +71,6 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal>
-      <name>android.hardware.graphics.composer</name>
-      <transport>hwbinder</transport>
-      <version>2.1</version>
-      <interface>
-          <name>IComposer</name>
-          <instance>vr</instance>
-      </interface>
-    </hal>
     <hal format="native">
         <name>netutils-wrapper</name>
         <!--
diff --git a/vintfdata/manifest_vr_hwc.xml b/vintfdata/manifest_vr_hwc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1068cac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vintfdata/manifest_vr_hwc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<manifest version="1.0" type="framework">
+    <hal>
+      <name>android.hardware.graphics.composer</name>
+      <transport>hwbinder</transport>
+      <version>2.1</version>
+      <interface>
+          <name>IComposer</name>
+          <instance>vr</instance>
+      </interface>
+    </hal>
+</manifest>