diff --git a/core/java/android/preference/SeekBarVolumizer.java b/core/java/android/preference/SeekBarVolumizer.java
index 36e0dc35cb8e6..16f9a12953f81 100644
--- a/core/java/android/preference/SeekBarVolumizer.java
+++ b/core/java/android/preference/SeekBarVolumizer.java
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@
 
 package android.preference;
 
-import android.Manifest;
 import android.annotation.NonNull;
-import android.annotation.RequiresPermission;
 import android.app.NotificationManager;
 import android.compat.annotation.UnsupportedAppUsage;
 import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
@@ -37,7 +35,6 @@ import android.os.Handler;
 import android.os.HandlerThread;
 import android.os.Message;
 import android.preference.VolumePreference.VolumeStore;
-import android.provider.DeviceConfig;
 import android.provider.Settings;
 import android.provider.Settings.Global;
 import android.provider.Settings.System;
@@ -47,7 +44,6 @@ import android.widget.SeekBar;
 import android.widget.SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener;
 
 import com.android.internal.annotations.GuardedBy;
-import com.android.internal.config.sysui.SystemUiDeviceConfigFlags;
 import com.android.internal.os.SomeArgs;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
@@ -119,6 +115,7 @@ public class SeekBarVolumizer implements OnSeekBarChangeListener, Handler.Callba
     private final int mMaxStreamVolume;
     private boolean mAffectedByRingerMode;
     private boolean mNotificationOrRing;
+    private final boolean mNotifAliasRing;
     private final Receiver mReceiver = new Receiver();
 
     private Handler mHandler;
@@ -161,7 +158,6 @@ public class SeekBarVolumizer implements OnSeekBarChangeListener, Handler.Callba
         this(context, streamType, defaultUri, callback, true /* playSample */);
     }
 
-    @RequiresPermission(Manifest.permission.READ_DEVICE_CONFIG)
     public SeekBarVolumizer(
             Context context,
             int streamType,
@@ -184,6 +180,8 @@ public class SeekBarVolumizer implements OnSeekBarChangeListener, Handler.Callba
         if (mNotificationOrRing) {
             mRingerMode = mAudioManager.getRingerModeInternal();
         }
+        mNotifAliasRing = mContext.getResources().getBoolean(
+                com.android.internal.R.bool.config_alias_ring_notif_stream_types);
         mZenMode = mNotificationManager.getZenMode();
 
         if (hasAudioProductStrategies()) {
@@ -290,9 +288,7 @@ public class SeekBarVolumizer implements OnSeekBarChangeListener, Handler.Callba
              * so that when user attempts to slide the notification seekbar out of vibrate the
              * seekbar doesn't wrongly snap back to 0 when the streams aren't aliased
              */
-            if (!DeviceConfig.getBoolean(DeviceConfig.NAMESPACE_SYSTEMUI,
-                    SystemUiDeviceConfigFlags.VOLUME_SEPARATE_NOTIFICATION, false)
-                    || mStreamType == AudioManager.STREAM_RING
+            if (mNotifAliasRing || mStreamType == AudioManager.STREAM_RING
                     || (mStreamType == AudioManager.STREAM_NOTIFICATION && mMuted)) {
                 mSeekBar.setProgress(0, true);
             }
@@ -369,9 +365,7 @@ public class SeekBarVolumizer implements OnSeekBarChangeListener, Handler.Callba
         // set the time of stop volume
         if ((mStreamType == AudioManager.STREAM_VOICE_CALL
                 || mStreamType == AudioManager.STREAM_RING
-                || (DeviceConfig.getBoolean(DeviceConfig.NAMESPACE_SYSTEMUI,
-                SystemUiDeviceConfigFlags.VOLUME_SEPARATE_NOTIFICATION, false)
-                && mStreamType == AudioManager.STREAM_NOTIFICATION)
+                || (!mNotifAliasRing && mStreamType == AudioManager.STREAM_NOTIFICATION)
                 || mStreamType == AudioManager.STREAM_ALARM)) {
             sStopVolumeTime = java.lang.System.currentTimeMillis();
         }
@@ -649,10 +643,8 @@ public class SeekBarVolumizer implements OnSeekBarChangeListener, Handler.Callba
         }
 
         private void updateVolumeSlider(int streamType, int streamValue) {
-            final boolean streamMatch =  !DeviceConfig.getBoolean(DeviceConfig.NAMESPACE_SYSTEMUI,
-                    SystemUiDeviceConfigFlags.VOLUME_SEPARATE_NOTIFICATION, false)
-                    && mNotificationOrRing ? isNotificationOrRing(streamType) :
-                    streamType == mStreamType;
+            final boolean streamMatch = mNotifAliasRing && mNotificationOrRing
+                    ? isNotificationOrRing(streamType) : streamType == mStreamType;
             if (mSeekBar != null && streamMatch && streamValue != -1) {
                 final boolean muted = mAudioManager.isStreamMute(mStreamType)
                         || streamValue == 0;
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/config/sysui/SystemUiDeviceConfigFlags.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/config/sysui/SystemUiDeviceConfigFlags.java
index 4f7f8ba2b45c6..b916878ff4612 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/config/sysui/SystemUiDeviceConfigFlags.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/config/sysui/SystemUiDeviceConfigFlags.java
@@ -561,11 +561,6 @@ public final class SystemUiDeviceConfigFlags {
     public static final String TASK_MANAGER_SHOW_USER_VISIBLE_JOBS =
             "task_manager_show_user_visible_jobs";
 
-    /**
-     * (boolean) Whether to show notification volume control slider separate from ring.
-     */
-    public static final String VOLUME_SEPARATE_NOTIFICATION = "volume_separate_notification";
-
     /**
      * (boolean) Whether the clipboard overlay is enabled.
      */
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/config.xml b/core/res/res/values/config.xml
index 2f5efd12a2ba8..11629cb91b00a 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/config.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/config.xml
@@ -2074,6 +2074,10 @@
          STREAM_MUSIC as if it's on TV platform. -->
     <bool name="config_single_volume">false</bool>
 
+    <!-- Flag indicating whether notification and ringtone volumes
+         are controlled together (aliasing is true) or not. -->
+    <bool name="config_alias_ring_notif_stream_types">true</bool>
+
     <!-- The number of volume steps for the notification stream -->
     <integer name="config_audio_notif_vol_steps">7</integer>
 
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml b/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml
index 41281fa0d40fe..cdf625c03abd1 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@
   <java-symbol type="attr" name="autofillSaveCustomSubtitleMaxHeight"/>
   <java-symbol type="bool" name="action_bar_embed_tabs" />
   <java-symbol type="bool" name="action_bar_expanded_action_views_exclusive" />
+  <java-symbol type="bool" name="config_alias_ring_notif_stream_types" />
   <java-symbol type="integer" name="config_audio_notif_vol_default" />
   <java-symbol type="integer" name="config_audio_notif_vol_steps" />
   <java-symbol type="integer" name="config_audio_ring_vol_default" />
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/audio/AudioService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/audio/AudioService.java
index c804ef2cf8b47..96395c89af916 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/audio/AudioService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/audio/AudioService.java
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
 import android.annotation.UserIdInt;
 import android.app.ActivityManager;
 import android.app.ActivityManagerInternal;
-import android.app.ActivityThread;
 import android.app.AlarmManager;
 import android.app.AppGlobals;
 import android.app.AppOpsManager;
@@ -153,7 +152,6 @@ import android.os.VibrationAttributes;
 import android.os.VibrationEffect;
 import android.os.Vibrator;
 import android.os.VibratorManager;
-import android.provider.DeviceConfig;
 import android.provider.Settings;
 import android.provider.Settings.System;
 import android.service.notification.ZenModeConfig;
@@ -175,7 +173,6 @@ import android.widget.Toast;
 
 import com.android.internal.annotations.GuardedBy;
 import com.android.internal.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
-import com.android.internal.config.sysui.SystemUiDeviceConfigFlags;
 import com.android.internal.util.DumpUtils;
 import com.android.internal.util.Preconditions;
 import com.android.server.EventLogTags;
@@ -234,7 +231,6 @@ public class AudioService extends IAudioService.Stub
             AudioSystemAdapter.OnVolRangeInitRequestListener {
 
     private static final String TAG = "AS.AudioService";
-    private static final boolean CONFIG_DEFAULT_VAL = false;
 
     private final AudioSystemAdapter mAudioSystem;
     private final SystemServerAdapter mSystemServer;
@@ -989,7 +985,6 @@ public class AudioService extends IAudioService.Stub
      * @param looper Looper to use for the service's message handler. If this is null, an
      *               {@link AudioSystemThread} is created as the messaging thread instead.
      */
-    @RequiresPermission(Manifest.permission.READ_DEVICE_CONFIG)
     public AudioService(Context context, AudioSystemAdapter audioSystem,
             SystemServerAdapter systemServer, SettingsAdapter settings, @Nullable Looper looper,
             AppOpsManager appOps) {
@@ -1029,12 +1024,8 @@ public class AudioService extends IAudioService.Stub
         mUseVolumeGroupAliases = mContext.getResources().getBoolean(
                 com.android.internal.R.bool.config_handleVolumeAliasesUsingVolumeGroups);
 
-        mNotifAliasRing = !DeviceConfig.getBoolean(DeviceConfig.NAMESPACE_SYSTEMUI,
-                SystemUiDeviceConfigFlags.VOLUME_SEPARATE_NOTIFICATION, false);
-
-        DeviceConfig.addOnPropertiesChangedListener(DeviceConfig.NAMESPACE_SYSTEMUI,
-                ActivityThread.currentApplication().getMainExecutor(),
-                this::onDeviceConfigChange);
+        mNotifAliasRing = mContext.getResources().getBoolean(
+                com.android.internal.R.bool.config_alias_ring_notif_stream_types);
 
         // Initialize volume
         // Priority 1 - Android Property
@@ -1252,22 +1243,6 @@ public class AudioService extends IAudioService.Stub
                 0 /* arg1 */, 0 /* arg2 */, null /* obj */, 0 /* delay */);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Separating notification volume from ring is NOT of aliasing the corresponding streams
-     * @param properties
-     */
-    private void onDeviceConfigChange(DeviceConfig.Properties properties) {
-        Set<String> changeSet = properties.getKeyset();
-        if (changeSet.contains(SystemUiDeviceConfigFlags.VOLUME_SEPARATE_NOTIFICATION)) {
-            boolean newNotifAliasRing = !properties.getBoolean(
-                    SystemUiDeviceConfigFlags.VOLUME_SEPARATE_NOTIFICATION, CONFIG_DEFAULT_VAL);
-            if (mNotifAliasRing != newNotifAliasRing) {
-                mNotifAliasRing = newNotifAliasRing;
-                updateStreamVolumeAlias(true, TAG);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Called by handling of MSG_INIT_STREAMS_VOLUMES
      */