diff --git a/libinit/libinit_variant.cpp b/libinit/libinit_variant.cpp
index c9cfb13..21200b7 100644
--- a/libinit/libinit_variant.cpp
+++ b/libinit/libinit_variant.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
+#include <android-base/logging.h>
 #include <android-base/properties.h>
 #include <libinit_utils.h>
 
@@ -34,10 +35,12 @@ void set_variant_props(const variant_info_t variant) {
     set_ro_build_prop("model", variant.model, true);
     set_ro_build_prop("name", variant.name, true);
 
-    set_ro_build_prop("fingerprint", variant.build_fingerprint);
-    property_override("ro.bootimage.build.fingerprint", variant.build_fingerprint);
+    if (access("/system/bin/recovery", F_OK) != 0) {
+        set_ro_build_prop("fingerprint", variant.build_fingerprint);
+        property_override("ro.bootimage.build.fingerprint", variant.build_fingerprint);
 
-    property_override("ro.build.description", fingerprint_to_description(variant.build_fingerprint));
+        property_override("ro.build.description", fingerprint_to_description(variant.build_fingerprint));
+    }
 
     if (variant.nfc)
         property_override(SKU_PROP, "nfc");