diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/RecentTasksList.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/RecentTasksList.java
index b33ceca838..38ac5bb9e2 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/RecentTasksList.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/RecentTasksList.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 package com.android.quickstep;
 
 import static com.android.launcher3.util.Executors.UI_HELPER_EXECUTOR;
-import static com.android.quickstep.views.DesktopTaskView.DESKTOP_MODE_SUPPORTED;
+import static com.android.quickstep.views.DesktopTaskView.DESKTOP_IS_PROTO2_ENABLED;
 import static com.android.wm.shell.util.GroupedRecentTaskInfo.TYPE_FREEFORM;
 
 import android.annotation.TargetApi;
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ public class RecentTasksList {
         TaskLoadResult allTasks = new TaskLoadResult(requestId, loadKeysOnly, rawTasks.size());
 
         for (GroupedRecentTaskInfo rawTask : rawTasks) {
-            if (DESKTOP_MODE_SUPPORTED && rawTask.getType() == TYPE_FREEFORM) {
+            if (DESKTOP_IS_PROTO2_ENABLED && rawTask.getType() == TYPE_FREEFORM) {
                 GroupTask desktopTask = createDesktopTask(rawTask);
                 allTasks.add(desktopTask);
                 continue;
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/DesktopTaskView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/DesktopTaskView.java
index 44aa41a655..13a68af65b 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/DesktopTaskView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/DesktopTaskView.java
@@ -61,14 +61,17 @@ import java.util.function.Consumer;
 // TODO(b/249371338): TaskView needs to be refactored to have better support for N tasks.
 public class DesktopTaskView extends TaskView {
 
+    /** Flag to indicate whether desktop windowing proto 1 is enabled */
+    private static final boolean DESKTOP_IS_PROTO1_ENABLED = SystemProperties.getBoolean(
+            "persist.wm.debug.desktop_mode", false);
+
     /** Flag to indicate whether desktop windowing proto 2 is enabled */
     public static final boolean DESKTOP_IS_PROTO2_ENABLED = SystemProperties.getBoolean(
             "persist.wm.debug.desktop_mode_2", false);
 
     /** Flags to indicate whether desktop mode is available on the device */
     public static final boolean DESKTOP_MODE_SUPPORTED =
-            SystemProperties.getBoolean("persist.wm.debug.desktop_mode", false)
-                    || DESKTOP_IS_PROTO2_ENABLED;
+            DESKTOP_IS_PROTO1_ENABLED || DESKTOP_IS_PROTO2_ENABLED;
 
     private static final String TAG = DesktopTaskView.class.getSimpleName();