diff --git a/backends/hwcomposer/egl_hwcomposer_backend.cpp b/backends/hwcomposer/egl_hwcomposer_backend.cpp
index 2d52864bd8..f16ad42f52 100644
--- a/backends/hwcomposer/egl_hwcomposer_backend.cpp
+++ b/backends/hwcomposer/egl_hwcomposer_backend.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ void EglHwcomposerBackend::init()
 bool EglHwcomposerBackend::initBufferConfigs()
 {
     const EGLint config_attribs[] = {
-        EGL_BUFFER_SIZE,          32,
+        EGL_RED_SIZE,             8,
+        EGL_GREEN_SIZE,           8,
+        EGL_BLUE_SIZE,            8,
+        EGL_ALPHA_SIZE,           0,
         EGL_RENDERABLE_TYPE,      EGL_OPENGL_ES2_BIT,
         EGL_NONE,
     };
diff --git a/backends/hwcomposer/hwcomposer_backend.cpp b/backends/hwcomposer/hwcomposer_backend.cpp
index 745e229803..0c063e2b8e 100644
--- a/backends/hwcomposer/hwcomposer_backend.cpp
+++ b/backends/hwcomposer/hwcomposer_backend.cpp
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ static void initLayer(hwc_layer_1_t *layer, const hwc_rect_t &rect)
 }
 
 HwcomposerWindow::HwcomposerWindow(HwcomposerBackend *backend)
-    : HWComposerNativeWindow(backend->size().width(), backend->size().height(), HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_8888)
+    : HWComposerNativeWindow(backend->size().width(), backend->size().height(), HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGB_888)
     , m_backend(backend)
 {
     size_t size = sizeof(hwc_display_contents_1_t) + 2 * sizeof(hwc_layer_1_t);