diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/flags.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/flags.xml
index de2db9867de90..5fdc104c45812 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/flags.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/flags.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
     <bool name="flag_notification_pipeline2">false</bool>
     <bool name="flag_notification_pipeline2_rendering">false</bool>
-    <bool name="flag_shade_is_opaque">true</bool>
+    <bool name="flag_shade_is_opaque">false</bool>
 
     <!-- b/171917882 -->
     <bool name="flag_notification_twocolumn">false</bool>