diff --git a/target/product/gsi/Android.mk b/target/product/gsi/Android.mk
index c491d4a593..6775131dbd 100644
--- a/target/product/gsi/Android.mk
+++ b/target/product/gsi/Android.mk
@@ -211,3 +211,13 @@ LOCAL_SYSTEM_EXT_MODULE := true
 LOCAL_MODULE_RELATIVE_PATH := init
 
 include $(BUILD_PREBUILT)
+
+
+include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+LOCAL_MODULE := init.vndk-nodef.rc
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(LOCAL_MODULE)
+LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS := ETC
+LOCAL_SYSTEM_EXT_MODULE := true
+LOCAL_MODULE_RELATIVE_PATH := init
+
+include $(BUILD_PREBUILT)
diff --git a/target/product/gsi/init.gsi.rc b/target/product/gsi/init.gsi.rc
index c6faba78d9..f482843220 100644
--- a/target/product/gsi/init.gsi.rc
+++ b/target/product/gsi/init.gsi.rc
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #
 # Android init script for GSI required initialization
 #
+
+import /system/system_ext/etc/init/init.vndk-${ro.vndk.version:-nodef}.rc
diff --git a/target/product/gsi/init.legacy-gsi.rc b/target/product/gsi/init.legacy-gsi.rc
deleted file mode 100644
index 00dd576fc1..0000000000
--- a/target/product/gsi/init.legacy-gsi.rc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# If ro.vndk.version is not defined, import init.vndk-27.rc.
-import /system/etc/init/gsi/init.vndk-${ro.vndk.version:-27}.rc
-
diff --git a/target/product/gsi/init.vndk-27.rc b/target/product/gsi/init.vndk-27.rc
deleted file mode 100644
index d464a2f396..0000000000
--- a/target/product/gsi/init.vndk-27.rc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-on early-init
-    # Set ro.vndk.version to 27 so that O-MR1-VENDOR can run latest GSI.
-    setprop ro.vndk.version 27
diff --git a/target/product/gsi/init.vndk-nodef.rc b/target/product/gsi/init.vndk-nodef.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..efeef117be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/product/gsi/init.vndk-nodef.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+on early-init
+    # Must define BOARD_VNDK_VERSION
+    exec - root -- /system/bin/reboot bootloader
diff --git a/target/product/gsi_release.mk b/target/product/gsi_release.mk
index eaccc4bb0b..241b6ba146 100644
--- a/target/product/gsi_release.mk
+++ b/target/product/gsi_release.mk
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ PRODUCT_PACKAGES += com.android.apex.cts.shim.v1_with_prebuilts.flattened
 # GSI specific tasks on boot
 PRODUCT_PACKAGES += \
     gsi_skip_mount.cfg \
-    init.gsi.rc
+    init.gsi.rc \
+    init.vndk-nodef.rc \
 
 # Support additional P, Q and R VNDK packages
 PRODUCT_EXTRA_VNDK_VERSIONS := 28 29 30
diff --git a/target/product/legacy_gsi_release.mk b/target/product/legacy_gsi_release.mk
index c1646bba3b..09b96fb529 100644
--- a/target/product/legacy_gsi_release.mk
+++ b/target/product/legacy_gsi_release.mk
@@ -16,22 +16,8 @@
 
 include $(SRC_TARGET_DIR)/product/gsi_release.mk
 
-PRODUCT_ARTIFACT_PATH_REQUIREMENT_ALLOWED_LIST += \
-    system/etc/init/init.legacy-gsi.rc \
-    system/etc/init/gsi/init.vndk-27.rc \
-    system/etc/ld.config.vndk_lite.txt \
-
 # Legacy GSI support additional O-MR1 interface
 PRODUCT_EXTRA_VNDK_VERSIONS += 27
 
-# Support for the O-MR1 devices
-PRODUCT_COPY_FILES += \
-    build/make/target/product/gsi/init.legacy-gsi.rc:system/etc/init/init.legacy-gsi.rc \
-    build/make/target/product/gsi/init.vndk-27.rc:system/etc/init/gsi/init.vndk-27.rc
-
-# Namespace configuration file for non-enforcing VNDK
-PRODUCT_PACKAGES += \
-    ld.config.vndk_lite.txt
-
 # Legacy GSI relax the compatible property checking
 PRODUCT_COMPATIBLE_PROPERTY_OVERRIDE := false