diff --git a/modules/google-maps/src/google-maps-overlay.ts b/modules/google-maps/src/google-maps-overlay.ts
index 291d2e88421..36528ee51ec 100644
--- a/modules/google-maps/src/google-maps-overlay.ts
+++ b/modules/google-maps/src/google-maps-overlay.ts
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ export default class GoogleMapsOverlay {
       return;
     }
 
-    const isVectorMap = renderingType === VECTOR && google.maps.WebGLOverlayView;
+    const isVectorMap = renderingType === VECTOR && google.maps.WebGLOverlayView && interleaved;
     const OverlayView = isVectorMap ? google.maps.WebGLOverlayView : google.maps.OverlayView;
     const overlay = new OverlayView();
 
diff --git a/test/modules/google-maps/google-maps-overlay.spec.ts b/test/modules/google-maps/google-maps-overlay.spec.ts
index 97c38dd8f73..d3b045a0fe5 100644
--- a/test/modules/google-maps/google-maps-overlay.spec.ts
+++ b/test/modules/google-maps/google-maps-overlay.spec.ts
@@ -102,43 +102,63 @@ test('GoogleMapsOverlay#raster lifecycle', t => {
   t.end();
 });
 
-for (const interleaved of [true, false]) {
-  test(`GoogleMapsOverlay#vector lifecycle (interleaved:${interleaved}`, t => {
-    const map = new mapsApi.Map({
-      width: 1,
-      height: 1,
-      longitude: 0,
-      latitude: 0,
-      zoom: 1,
-      renderingType: mapsApi.RenderingType.VECTOR
-    });
+test('GoogleMapsOverlay#vector lifecycle (interleaved:false)', t => {
+  const map = new mapsApi.Map({
+    width: 1,
+    height: 1,
+    longitude: 0,
+    latitude: 0,
+    zoom: 1,
+    renderingType: mapsApi.RenderingType.VECTOR
+  });
 
-    const overlay = new GoogleMapsOverlay({
-      interleaved,
-      layers: []
-    });
+  const overlay = new GoogleMapsOverlay({
+    interleaved: false,
+    layers: []
+  });
 
-    overlay.setMap(map);
-    map.emit({type: 'renderingtype_changed'});
-    t.ok(overlay._overlay.onAdd, 'onAdd lifecycle function is registered');
-    t.ok(overlay._overlay.onContextLost, 'onContextLost lifecycle function is registered');
-    t.ok(overlay._overlay.onContextRestored, 'onContextRestored lifecycle function is registered');
-    t.ok(overlay._overlay.onDraw, 'onDraw lifecycle function is registered');
-    t.ok(overlay._overlay.onRemove, 'onRemove lifecycle function is registered');
-
-    t.notOk(overlay._overlay._draws, 'Map not yet drawn');
-    overlay.setMap(null);
-    if (interleaved) {
-      t.ok(overlay._overlay._draws, 'Redraw requested when map removed');
-    } else {
-      t.notOk(overlay._overlay._draws, 'Redraw not requested when map removed');
-    }
+  overlay.setMap(map);
+  map.emit({type: 'renderingtype_changed'});
+  t.ok(overlay._overlay.onAdd, 'onAdd lifecycle function is registered');
+  t.ok(overlay._overlay.draw, 'draw lifecycle function is registered');
+  t.ok(overlay._overlay.onRemove, 'onRemove lifecycle function is registered');
+  overlay.finalize();
 
-    overlay.finalize();
+  t.end();
+});
 
-    t.end();
+test(`GoogleMapsOverlay#vector lifecycle (interleaved:true)`, t => {
+  const map = new mapsApi.Map({
+    width: 1,
+    height: 1,
+    longitude: 0,
+    latitude: 0,
+    zoom: 1,
+    renderingType: mapsApi.RenderingType.VECTOR
   });
-}
+
+  const overlay = new GoogleMapsOverlay({
+    interleaved: true,
+    layers: []
+  });
+
+  overlay.setMap(map);
+  map.emit({type: 'renderingtype_changed'});
+  t.ok(overlay._overlay.onAdd, 'onAdd lifecycle function is registered');
+  t.ok(overlay._overlay.onContextLost, 'onContextLost lifecycle function is registered');
+  t.ok(overlay._overlay.onContextRestored, 'onContextRestored lifecycle function is registered');
+  t.ok(overlay._overlay.onDraw, 'onDraw lifecycle function is registered');
+  t.ok(overlay._overlay.onRemove, 'onRemove lifecycle function is registered');
+
+  t.notOk(overlay._overlay._draws, 'Map not yet drawn');
+  overlay.setMap(null);
+
+  t.ok(overlay._overlay._draws, 'Redraw requested when map removed');
+
+  overlay.finalize();
+
+  t.end();
+});
 
 test('GoogleMapsOverlay#style', t => {
   const map = new mapsApi.Map({