diff --git a/platform/android/export/export_plugin.cpp b/platform/android/export/export_plugin.cpp
index 3153b9ee24a3..a362b6370ee6 100644
--- a/platform/android/export/export_plugin.cpp
+++ b/platform/android/export/export_plugin.cpp
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ void EditorExportPlatformAndroid::_fix_manifest(const Ref<EditorExportPreset> &p
 					if (_uses_vulkan()) {
 						// Require vulkan hardware level 1 support
 						feature_names.push_back("android.hardware.vulkan.level");
-						feature_required_list.push_back(true);
+						feature_required_list.push_back(false);
 						feature_versions.push_back(1);
 
 						// Require vulkan version 1.0
diff --git a/platform/android/export/gradle_export_util.cpp b/platform/android/export/gradle_export_util.cpp
index 23ace18f4fb6..ba4487cc4d39 100644
--- a/platform/android/export/gradle_export_util.cpp
+++ b/platform/android/export/gradle_export_util.cpp
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ String _get_xr_features_tag(const Ref<EditorExportPreset> &p_preset, bool p_uses
 	}
 
 	if (p_uses_vulkan) {
-		manifest_xr_features += "    <uses-feature tools:node=\"replace\" android:name=\"android.hardware.vulkan.level\" android:required=\"true\" android:version=\"1\" />\n";
+		manifest_xr_features += "    <uses-feature tools:node=\"replace\" android:name=\"android.hardware.vulkan.level\" android:required=\"false\" android:version=\"1\" />\n";
 		manifest_xr_features += "    <uses-feature tools:node=\"replace\" android:name=\"android.hardware.vulkan.version\" android:required=\"true\" android:version=\"0x400003\" />\n";
 	}
 	return manifest_xr_features;