diff --git a/core/jni/Android.mk b/core/jni/Android.mk
index db3ea8c..dd2f365 100644
--- a/core/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/core/jni/Android.mk
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@
     $(call include-path-for, libhardware)/hardware \
     $(call include-path-for, libhardware_legacy)/hardware_legacy \
     $(TOP)/frameworks/base/media/jni \
+    $(TOP)/frameworks/rs/cpp \
+    $(TOP)/frameworks/rs \
     $(TOP)/system/core/base/include \
     $(TOP)/system/core/include \
     $(TOP)/system/core/libappfuse/include \
diff --git a/libs/hwui/Android.mk b/libs/hwui/Android.mk
index 692199d..ff40c8a 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/Android.mk
+++ b/libs/hwui/Android.mk
@@ -189,13 +189,11 @@
     external/harfbuzz_ng/src \
     external/freetype/include
 
-ifneq (false,$(ANDROID_ENABLE_RENDERSCRIPT))
-    hwui_cflags += -DANDROID_ENABLE_RENDERSCRIPT
-    hwui_c_includes += \
-        $(call intermediates-dir-for,STATIC_LIBRARIES,TARGET,) \
-        frameworks/rs/cpp \
-        frameworks/rs
-endif
+# enable RENDERSCRIPT
+hwui_c_includes += \
+    $(call intermediates-dir-for,STATIC_LIBRARIES,TARGET,) \
+    frameworks/rs/cpp \
+    frameworks/rs
 
 # ------------------------
 # static library
diff --git a/libs/hwui/FontRenderer.cpp b/libs/hwui/FontRenderer.cpp
index 4f9a3de..ee99018 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/FontRenderer.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/FontRenderer.cpp
@@ -33,14 +33,11 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cutils/properties.h>
+#include <RenderScript.h>
 #include <SkGlyph.h>
 #include <SkUtils.h>
 #include <utils/Log.h>
 
-#ifdef ANDROID_ENABLE_RENDERSCRIPT
-#include <RenderScript.h>
-#endif
-
 namespace android {
 namespace uirenderer {
 
@@ -591,17 +588,12 @@
         return image;
     }
 
-#ifdef ANDROID_ENABLE_RENDERSCRIPT
     // Align buffers for renderscript usage
     if (paddedWidth & (RS_CPU_ALLOCATION_ALIGNMENT - 1)) {
         paddedWidth += RS_CPU_ALLOCATION_ALIGNMENT - paddedWidth % RS_CPU_ALLOCATION_ALIGNMENT;
     }
     int size = paddedWidth * paddedHeight;
     uint8_t* dataBuffer = (uint8_t*) memalign(RS_CPU_ALLOCATION_ALIGNMENT, size);
-#else
-    int size = paddedWidth * paddedHeight;
-    uint8_t* dataBuffer = (uint8_t*) malloc(size);
-#endif
 
     memset(dataBuffer, 0, size);
 
@@ -691,7 +683,6 @@
 
 void FontRenderer::blurImage(uint8_t** image, int32_t width, int32_t height, float radius) {
     uint32_t intRadius = Blur::convertRadiusToInt(radius);
-#ifdef ANDROID_ENABLE_RENDERSCRIPT
     if (width * height * intRadius >= RS_MIN_INPUT_CUTOFF && radius <= 25.0f) {
         uint8_t* outImage = (uint8_t*) memalign(RS_CPU_ALLOCATION_ALIGNMENT, width * height);
 
@@ -729,7 +720,6 @@
             return;
         }
     }
-#endif
 
     std::unique_ptr<float[]> gaussian(new float[2 * intRadius + 1]);
     Blur::generateGaussianWeights(gaussian.get(), radius);
diff --git a/libs/hwui/FontRenderer.h b/libs/hwui/FontRenderer.h
index dd9c40f..329309c 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/FontRenderer.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/FontRenderer.h
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 
 #include <vector>
 
-#ifdef ANDROID_ENABLE_RENDERSCRIPT
 #include "RenderScript.h"
 namespace RSC {
     class Element;
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@
     class ScriptIntrinsicBlur;
     class sp;
 }
-#endif
 
 namespace android {
 namespace uirenderer {
@@ -201,12 +199,10 @@
     FontCacheHistoryTracker mHistoryTracker;
 #endif
 
-#ifdef ANDROID_ENABLE_RENDERSCRIPT
     // RS constructs
     RSC::sp<RSC::RS> mRs;
     RSC::sp<const RSC::Element> mRsElement;
     RSC::sp<RSC::ScriptIntrinsicBlur> mRsScript;
-#endif
 
     static void computeGaussianWeights(float* weights, int32_t radius);
     static void horizontalBlur(float* weights, int32_t radius, const uint8_t *source, uint8_t *dest,
diff --git a/libs/hwui/hwui_static_deps.mk b/libs/hwui/hwui_static_deps.mk
index f69da48..a75fd6a 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/hwui_static_deps.mk
+++ b/libs/hwui/hwui_static_deps.mk
@@ -28,6 +28,5 @@
     libminikin \
     libandroidfw
 
-ifneq (false,$(ANDROID_ENABLE_RENDERSCRIPT))
-    LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libRScpp
-endif
+# enable RENDERSCRIPT
+LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libRScpp