diff --git a/speech/grpc/src/main/java/com/examples/cloud/speech/AsyncRecognizeClient.java b/speech/grpc/src/main/java/com/examples/cloud/speech/AsyncRecognizeClient.java
index 2b29e68157b..9d9d5899a4b 100644
--- a/speech/grpc/src/main/java/com/examples/cloud/speech/AsyncRecognizeClient.java
+++ b/speech/grpc/src/main/java/com/examples/cloud/speech/AsyncRecognizeClient.java
@@ -28,10 +28,9 @@
 import com.google.longrunning.OperationsGrpc;
 
 import io.grpc.ManagedChannel;
+import io.grpc.ManagedChannelBuilder;
 import io.grpc.StatusRuntimeException;
 import io.grpc.auth.ClientAuthInterceptor;
-import io.grpc.netty.NegotiationType;
-import io.grpc.netty.NettyChannelBuilder;
 import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
 import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLineParser;
 import org.apache.commons.cli.DefaultParser;
@@ -86,8 +85,7 @@ public static ManagedChannel createChannel(String host, int port) throws IOExcep
     GoogleCredentials creds = GoogleCredentials.getApplicationDefault();
     creds = creds.createScoped(OAUTH2_SCOPES);
     ManagedChannel channel =
-        NettyChannelBuilder.forAddress(host, port)
-            .negotiationType(NegotiationType.TLS)
+        ManagedChannelBuilder.forAddress(host, port)
             .intercept(new ClientAuthInterceptor(creds, Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor()))
             .build();