diff --git a/monitoring/api/v3/api-client/custom_metric.py b/monitoring/api/v3/api-client/custom_metric.py
index 20f7722c909..6cf83980357 100644
--- a/monitoring/api/v3/api-client/custom_metric.py
+++ b/monitoring/api/v3/api-client/custom_metric.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 import random
 import time
 
-import list_resources
+import googleapiclient.discovery
 
 
 def format_rfc3339(datetime_instance=None):
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def main(project_id):
     METRIC_KIND = "GAUGE"
 
     project_resource = "projects/{0}".format(project_id)
-    client = list_resources.get_client()
+    client = googleapiclient.discovery.build('monitoring', 'v3')
     create_custom_metric(client, project_resource,
                          CUSTOM_METRIC_TYPE, METRIC_KIND)
     custom_metric = None