diff --git a/audio/qti-audio.mk b/audio/qti-audio.mk
index 787242f2..5d218fa7 100644
--- a/audio/qti-audio.mk
+++ b/audio/qti-audio.mk
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ $(error "TARGET_BOARD_PLATFORM is not defined yet. Please define in your device
 endif
 
 # Override proprietary definitions from QSSI audio makefile.
-AUDIO_FEATURE_ENABLED_AHAL_EXT := false
+AUDIO_FEATURE_ENABLED_AHAL_EXT := true
 
 # Override proprietary definitions from SoC audio HAL Makefiles.
 AUDIO_FEATURE_ENABLED_DYNAMIC_LOG := false
diff --git a/av/proprietary-files.txt b/av/proprietary-files.txt
index 90670c4d..725431c3 100644
--- a/av/proprietary-files.txt
+++ b/av/proprietary-files.txt
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ system_ext/lib/libavenhancements.so
 system_ext/lib/libmmosal.so
 system_ext/lib/libmmparser_lite.so
 -system_ext/lib/libqct_resampler.so
--system_ext/lib/vendor.qti.hardware.audiohalext@1.0.so
 system_ext/lib64/extractors/libmmparserextractor.so
 system_ext/lib64/libavenhancements.so
 system_ext/lib64/libmmosal.so
 system_ext/lib64/libmmparser_lite.so
--system_ext/lib64/vendor.qti.hardware.audiohalext@1.0.so