diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b3f47974..13701c47 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 - `internal/fs`: Use `/` as a fallback if no mountpoints are specified ([`#2572`](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/issues/2572), [`#2705`](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/pull/2705))
-- `internal/backlight`: Detect backlight if none specified ([`#2572`](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/issues/2572), [`#2728`](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/pull/2728))
+- `internal/backlight`:
+  - Detect backlight if none specified ([`#2572`](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/issues/2572), [`#2728`](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/pull/2728))
+  - `use-actual-brightness` defaults to `true` for `amdgpu` backlights ([`#2835`](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/issues/2835), [`2839`](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/pull/2839))
 - Providing a negative min-width to a token adds right-padding ([`#2789`](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/issues/2789), [`#2801`](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/pull/2801)) by [@VanillaViking](https://github.com/VanillaViking).
 - Changed fuzzy match option on i3 and bspwm modules to find longest match instead of the first match ([`#2831`](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/pull/2831), [`#2829`](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/issues/2829)) by [@Ron0Studios](https://github.com/ron0studios/).
 
diff --git a/src/modules/backlight.cpp b/src/modules/backlight.cpp
index 4e4c47da..abdcd8e4 100644
--- a/src/modules/backlight.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/backlight.cpp
@@ -70,13 +70,7 @@ namespace modules {
     // Build path to the sysfs folder the current/maximum brightness values are located
     m_path_backlight = string_util::replace(PATH_BACKLIGHT, "%card%", card);
 
-    /*
-     * amdgpu drivers set the actual_brightness in a different scale than [0, max_brightness]
-     * The only sensible way is to use the 'brightness' file instead
-     * Ref: https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/issues/335
-     */
-    bool card_is_amdgpu = (card.substr(0, 9) == "amdgpu_bl");
-    m_use_actual_brightness = m_conf.get(name(), "use-actual-brightness", !card_is_amdgpu);
+    m_use_actual_brightness = m_conf.get(name(), "use-actual-brightness", m_use_actual_brightness);
 
     std::string brightness_type = (m_use_actual_brightness ? "actual_brightness" : "brightness");
     auto path_backlight_val = m_path_backlight + "/" + brightness_type;