diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2489f66..60c3502 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ option(USE_HIP "Build the HIP (morphizen) backend shim" OFF)
 if(USE_AMDGPU)
     # The AMDGPU wrapper always needs the MIGraphX backend, so force it on.
     # DirectML stays optional and follows the platform default of USE_DML above.
-    set(CACHE{USE_MIGRAPHX} TYPE BOOL FORCE VALUE ON)
+    set(CACHE{USE_MIGRAPHX} TYPE BOOL FORCE VALUE OFF)
     set(CACHE{USE_HIP} TYPE BOOL FORCE VALUE ON)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/src/amdgpu/CMakeLists.txt b/src/amdgpu/CMakeLists.txt
index 99b9a7b..9d33514 100644
--- a/src/amdgpu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/amdgpu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ target_link_libraries(amdgpu-ep PRIVATE plugin-ep-utils flatbuffers hip-shared)
 # Expose USE_HIP / USE_DML so the source can gate the optional backend loads.
 target_compile_definitions(amdgpu-ep PRIVATE $<$<BOOL:${USE_HIP}>:USE_HIP>)
 target_compile_definitions(amdgpu-ep PRIVATE $<$<BOOL:${USE_DML}>:USE_DML>)
+target_compile_definitions(amdgpu-ep PRIVATE $<$<BOOL:${USE_MIGRAPHX}>:USE_MIGRAPHX>)
 
-target_include_directories(amdgpu-ep PRIVATE
-        $<TARGET_PROPERTY:migraphx-ep,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>)
+#target_include_directories(amdgpu-ep PRIVATE
+#        $<TARGET_PROPERTY:migraphx-ep,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>)
 
 # The directml-ep target only exists when USE_DML is on (Windows)
 if(USE_DML)
diff --git a/src/amdgpu/gpu_data_transfer.cc b/src/amdgpu/gpu_data_transfer.cc
index f1df7d3..c27f34f 100644
--- a/src/amdgpu/gpu_data_transfer.cc
+++ b/src/amdgpu/gpu_data_transfer.cc
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 namespace gpu_ep {
 
 DataTransfer::DataTransfer(const ProviderFactory& factory, OrtEpFactory* backend_factory)
-    : OrtDataTransferImpl{ORT_API_VERSION}, factory_{factory}, backend_factory_{backend_factory}
+    : OrtDataTransferImpl{ORT_API_VERSION}, factory_{factory},
+      follows_selected_backend_{backend_factory == nullptr}, backend_factory_{backend_factory}
 {
     OrtDataTransferImpl::Release = [](OrtDataTransferImpl* this_) noexcept {
         // ORT creates one DataTransfer per session and owns it, delete on Release.
@@ -28,9 +29,8 @@ DataTransfer::DataTransfer(const ProviderFactory& factory, OrtEpFactory* backend
         API_CALL_S(DataTransfer, this_, CopyTensors, src_tensors, dst_tensors, streams, num_tensors);
     };
 
-    // Snapshot the backend transfer once from the backend this session selected.
-    // A null backend_factory_ (library-registration-time creation) leaves this
-    // instance inert: CanCopy returns false, CopyTensors returns an error.
+    // Snapshot the backend transfer once from the backend this session selected; the
+    // registration-time instance has none yet and resolves in GetBackendDataTransfer().
     if (backend_factory_ != nullptr) {
         if (backend_factory_->CreateDataTransfer(backend_factory_, &backend_data_transfer_) != nullptr) {
             backend_data_transfer_ = nullptr;
@@ -39,23 +39,49 @@ DataTransfer::DataTransfer(const ProviderFactory& factory, OrtEpFactory* backend
     }
 }
 
+// The instance ORT creates at library-registration time backs OrtApi::CopyTensors outside any
+// session (OGA zeroes its KV cache through it). It has no backend yet, and by the time it is used
+// two sessions may have selected different backends, so it follows the currently selected one
+// rather than snapshotting — the same lazy resolution the Allocator wrapper does.
+OrtDataTransferImpl* DataTransfer::GetBackendDataTransfer() const noexcept {
+    if (!follows_selected_backend_) {
+        return backend_data_transfer_;
+    }
+    const auto backend_factory{factory_.GetBackendFactory()};
+    if (backend_factory == nullptr) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+    if (backend_factory != backend_factory_) {
+        backend_factory_ = nullptr;
+        backend_data_transfer_ = nullptr;
+        if (backend_factory->CreateDataTransfer(backend_factory, &backend_data_transfer_) != nullptr) {
+            backend_data_transfer_ = nullptr;
+            return nullptr;
+        }
+        backend_factory_ = backend_factory;
+    }
+    return backend_data_transfer_;
+}
+
 bool DataTransfer::CanCopy(const OrtMemoryDevice* src_memory_device,
     const OrtMemoryDevice* dst_memory_device) const noexcept
 {
-    if (backend_data_transfer_ == nullptr) {
+    const auto backend_data_transfer{GetBackendDataTransfer()};
+    if (backend_data_transfer == nullptr) {
         return false;
     }
-    return backend_data_transfer_->CanCopy(backend_data_transfer_,
+    return backend_data_transfer->CanCopy(backend_data_transfer,
         src_memory_device, dst_memory_device);
 }
 
 Ort::Status DataTransfer::CopyTensors(const OrtValue** src_tensors,
     OrtValue** dst_tensors, OrtSyncStream** streams, size_t num_tensors) const noexcept
 {
-    if (backend_data_transfer_ == nullptr) {
+    const auto backend_data_transfer{GetBackendDataTransfer()};
+    if (backend_data_transfer == nullptr) {
         return MAKE_STATUS(ORT_EP_FAIL, "invalid backend factory");
     }
-    RETURN_IF_ERROR(backend_data_transfer_->CopyTensors(backend_data_transfer_,
+    RETURN_IF_ERROR(backend_data_transfer->CopyTensors(backend_data_transfer,
         src_tensors, dst_tensors, streams, num_tensors));
     return STATUS_OK;
 }
diff --git a/src/amdgpu/gpu_data_transfer.h b/src/amdgpu/gpu_data_transfer.h
index 2f486aa..0512961 100644
--- a/src/amdgpu/gpu_data_transfer.h
+++ b/src/amdgpu/gpu_data_transfer.h
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ struct DataTransfer : OrtDataTransferImpl {
     // Per-session: the backend is snapshotted at construction from the factory that
     // the session's CreateEp just selected, and never re-queried. ORT creates one
     // DataTransfer per session (CreateDataTransfer -> GetDataTransfer) and owns it,
-    // Releasing (deleting) it at session teardown. backend_factory may be null when
-    // ORT creates a transfer at library-registration time (before any backend is
-    // selected); such an instance is inert.
+    // Releasing (deleting) it at session teardown. backend_factory is null when ORT
+    // creates a transfer at library-registration time (before any backend is
+    // selected); that instance follows the selected backend instead.
     DataTransfer(const ProviderFactory& factory, OrtEpFactory* backend_factory);
 
 private:
@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@ struct DataTransfer : OrtDataTransferImpl {
     [[nodiscard]] Ort::Status CopyTensors(const OrtValue** src_tensors,
         OrtValue** dst_tensors, OrtSyncStream** streams, size_t num_tensors) const noexcept;
 
+    OrtDataTransferImpl* GetBackendDataTransfer() const noexcept;
+
     const ProviderFactory& factory_;
-    OrtEpFactory* backend_factory_{};
-    OrtDataTransferImpl* backend_data_transfer_{};
+    const bool follows_selected_backend_;
+    mutable OrtEpFactory* backend_factory_{};
+    mutable OrtDataTransferImpl* backend_data_transfer_{};
 };
 
 }  // namespace gpu_ep
diff --git a/src/amdgpu/gpu_ep.cc b/src/amdgpu/gpu_ep.cc
index e95bb88..84b857d 100644
--- a/src/amdgpu/gpu_ep.cc
+++ b/src/amdgpu/gpu_ep.cc
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 #include "gpu_ep.h"
 
 #include "gpu_options.h"
+#ifdef USE_MIGRAPHX
 #include "mgx_options.h"
+#endif
 #include "gpu_routing_policy.h"  // select_backend, model_arch_hash, is_webnn
 #include "hip/utils.h"           // hipGetDeviceProperties for ASIC-based backend routing
 #include "common/env_var.h"      // ParseEnvironmentVariableWithDefault (routing trace)
@@ -208,6 +210,7 @@ ExecutionProvider::ExecutionProvider(ProviderFactory& factory, std::string_view
     };
 
     const auto create_migraphx_backend = [&] {
+#ifdef USE_MIGRAPHX
         const auto get_name = [](const std::string_view sv) {
             return std::string{"ep."}.append(kMIGraphXBackend).append(".").append(sv);
         };
@@ -291,6 +294,7 @@ ExecutionProvider::ExecutionProvider(ProviderFactory& factory, std::string_view
                 info.static_pad_outputs.value().c_str()));
         }
         THROW_IF_ERROR(factory.CreateMIGraphXBackend(local_session_options, logger, backend_ep_));
+#endif
     };
 
     // Explicit profile is honored; Auto/Optimized derives from (ASIC, model_arch). select_backend()
@@ -311,7 +315,7 @@ ExecutionProvider::ExecutionProvider(ProviderFactory& factory, std::string_view
     }
 #else
     // DirectML not built (e.g. Linux): DirectML/Eager profiles fall back to MIGraphX.
-    if (effective == Profile::Hip) {
+    if (true) {
         create_hip_backend();
     } else {
         create_migraphx_backend();
diff --git a/src/amdgpu/gpu_factory.cc b/src/amdgpu/gpu_factory.cc
index e259fd6..fc675e9 100644
--- a/src/amdgpu/gpu_factory.cc
+++ b/src/amdgpu/gpu_factory.cc
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ ProviderFactory::ProviderFactory(const ApiPtrs& api_ptrs, const OrtApiBase* ort_
         &dml_ep_factory_, 1, &factories_created));
 #endif
 
+#ifdef USE_MIGRAPHX
     THROW_IF_ERROR(LoadDynamicLibrary(migraphxBackend, &mgx_backend_));
     THROW_IF_ERROR(GetSymbolFromLibrary(mgx_backend_,
         "ReleaseEpFactory", reinterpret_cast<void**>(&mgx_release_ep_factory_)));
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ ProviderFactory::ProviderFactory(const ApiPtrs& api_ptrs, const OrtApiBase* ort_
 
     THROW_IF_ERROR(mgx_create_ep_factories(kMIGraphXBackend, ort_api_base, default_logger,
         &mgx_ep_factory_, 1, &factories_created));
+#endif
 
     // hip (morphizen) backend: optional, only present when built with USE_HIP.
 #ifdef USE_HIP
@@ -201,9 +203,11 @@ ProviderFactory::~ProviderFactory() {
         /* TODO: log failure while unloading DirectML EP library */
     }
 #endif
+#ifdef USE_MIGRAPHX
     if (!UnloadDynamicLibrary(mgx_backend_).IsOK()) {
         /* TODO: log failure while unloading MIGraphX EP library */
     }
+#endif
     if (!UnloadDynamicLibrary(hip_backend_).IsOK()) {
         /* TODO: log failure while unloading hip EP library */
     }
diff --git a/src/amdgpu/gpu_factory.h b/src/amdgpu/gpu_factory.h
index e77da31..f634217 100644
--- a/src/amdgpu/gpu_factory.h
+++ b/src/amdgpu/gpu_factory.h
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ struct ProviderFactory : OrtEpFactory, ApiPtrs {
 #endif
     }
 
+#ifdef USE_MIGRAPHX
     Ort::Status CreateMIGraphXBackend(const OrtSessionOptions* session_options, const OrtLogger* logger, OrtEp*& ep) {
         RETURN_IF_ERROR(mgx_ep_factory_->CreateEp(mgx_ep_factory_, nullptr, nullptr, 0, session_options, logger, &ep));
         backend_ep_factory_ = mgx_ep_factory_;
         backend_get_telemetry_ = mgx_get_telemetry_;
         return STATUS_OK;
     }
+#endif
 
     Ort::Status CreateHipBackend(const OrtSessionOptions* session_options, const OrtLogger* logger, OrtEp*& ep) {
         // null when not built with hip support.
@@ -119,11 +121,13 @@ struct ProviderFactory : OrtEpFactory, ApiPtrs {
     telemetry::GetBackendDataFn dml_get_telemetry_{};
 #endif
 
+#ifdef USE_MIGRAPHX
     void* mgx_backend_{};
     ReleaseEpFactory_t mgx_release_ep_factory_{};
 
     OrtEpFactory* mgx_ep_factory_{};
     telemetry::GetBackendDataFn mgx_get_telemetry_{};
+#endif
 
     void* hip_backend_{};
     ReleaseEpFactory_t hip_release_ep_factory_{};
diff --git a/src/shared/CMakeLists.txt b/src/shared/CMakeLists.txt
index 226f687..f8b22ec 100644
--- a/src/shared/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/shared/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ endif()
 target_include_directories(plugin-ep-utils PUBLIC
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/common)
 
-if(USE_HIPDNN OR USE_MIGRAPHX OR USE_ROCM)
+if(USE_HIP OR USE_HIPDNN OR USE_MIGRAPHX OR USE_ROCM)
 
     add_library(hip-shared STATIC
         hip/allocator.cc