diff --git a/src/intel/common/intel_check.c b/src/intel/common/intel_check.c
index cfb65028bc9..fa0ead80db8 100644
--- a/src/intel/common/intel_check.c
+++ b/src/intel/common/intel_check.c
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ is_target_process(const char *target)
 {
    // Prefer dGPU for compositing in surfaceflinger since dGPU covers more
    // scenarios than iGPU.
-   if (!strcmp(target, "surfaceflinger"))
-      return true;
 
    FILE *file = fopen("/vendor/etc/dgpu-renderwlocal.cfg", "r");
    if (!file) {