diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/BulkMutation.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/BulkMutation.java
index 7c66484ca3..95d10872ec 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/BulkMutation.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/BulkMutation.java
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
  */
 package com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models;
 
-import static com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.RowMutationEntry.MAX_MUTATION;
-
 import com.google.api.core.BetaApi;
 import com.google.api.core.InternalApi;
 import com.google.bigtable.v2.MutateRowsRequest;
@@ -37,14 +35,11 @@
  * <p>This class is meant for manual batching.
  */
 public final class BulkMutation implements Serializable, Cloneable {
-
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 3522061250439399088L;
 
   private final String tableId;
   private transient MutateRowsRequest.Builder builder;
 
-  private long mutationCountSum = 0;
-
   public static BulkMutation create(String tableId) {
     return new BulkMutation(tableId);
   }
@@ -86,12 +81,6 @@ public BulkMutation add(@Nonnull ByteString rowKey, @Nonnull Mutation mutation)
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(rowKey);
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(mutation);
 
-    long mutationCount = mutation.getMutations().size();
-    Preconditions.checkArgument(
-        mutationCountSum + mutationCount <= MAX_MUTATION,
-        String.format("Too many mutations, got %s, limit is %s", mutationCountSum, MAX_MUTATION));
-    this.mutationCountSum += mutationCount;
-
     builder.addEntries(
         MutateRowsRequest.Entry.newBuilder()
             .setRowKey(rowKey)
@@ -106,7 +95,6 @@ public BulkMutation add(@Nonnull ByteString rowKey, @Nonnull Mutation mutation)
    */
   public BulkMutation add(@Nonnull RowMutationEntry entry) {
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(entry, "Row mutation entry can't be null");
-
     builder.addEntries(entry.toProto());
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/RowMutationEntry.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/RowMutationEntry.java
index 5e40bd999c..63ffe708a5 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/RowMutationEntry.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/RowMutationEntry.java
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 public class RowMutationEntry implements MutationApi<RowMutationEntry>, Serializable {
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 1974738836742298192L;
 
-  static final int MAX_MUTATION = 100000;
-
   private final ByteString key;
   private final Mutation mutation;
 
@@ -182,11 +180,6 @@ public RowMutationEntry deleteRow() {
 
   @InternalApi
   public MutateRowsRequest.Entry toProto() {
-    Preconditions.checkArgument(
-        mutation.getMutations().size() <= MAX_MUTATION,
-        String.format(
-            "Too many mutations, got %s, limit is %s",
-            mutation.getMutations().size(), MAX_MUTATION));
     return MutateRowsRequest.Entry.newBuilder()
         .setRowKey(key)
         .addAllMutations(mutation.getMutations())
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/BulkMutationTest.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/BulkMutationTest.java
index 0e4c992648..dc06a58f5c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/BulkMutationTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/BulkMutationTest.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
 import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
-import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
@@ -173,31 +172,4 @@ public void fromProtoTest() {
         .matches(NameUtil.formatTableName(projectId, instanceId, TABLE_ID));
     assertThat(overriddenRequest.getAppProfileId()).matches(appProfile);
   }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testManyMutations() {
-    BulkMutation bulkMutation = BulkMutation.create(TABLE_ID);
-
-    try {
-      for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-        String key = "key" + i;
-        Mutation mutation = Mutation.create();
-        for (int j = 0; j < 50000; j++) {
-          mutation.setCell("f", "q" + j, "value");
-        }
-        bulkMutation.add(key, mutation);
-      }
-      Assert.fail("Test should fail with IllegalArgumentException");
-    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-      assertThat(e.getMessage()).contains("Too many mutations");
-    }
-
-    // we should be able to add 10000 mutations
-    bulkMutation = BulkMutation.create(TABLE_ID);
-    Mutation mutation = Mutation.create();
-    for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
-      mutation.setCell("f", "q" + i, "value");
-    }
-    bulkMutation.add("key", mutation);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/MetricsTracerTest.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/MetricsTracerTest.java
index d644291f95..bb5e89aab4 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/MetricsTracerTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/MetricsTracerTest.java
@@ -439,7 +439,6 @@ public Object answer(InvocationOnMock invocation) throws Throwable {
         .reserve(any(Long.class), any(Long.class));
     when(flowController.getMaxElementCountLimit()).thenReturn(null);
     when(flowController.getMaxRequestBytesLimit()).thenReturn(null);
-    when(batchingDescriptor.countBytes(any())).thenReturn(1l);
     when(batchingDescriptor.newRequestBuilder(any())).thenCallRealMethod();
 
     doAnswer(