diff --git a/google-cloud-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/spi/v1/PollingSubscriberConnection.java b/google-cloud-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/spi/v1/PollingSubscriberConnection.java
index a253ab2fe259..455bfbd37ba8 100644
--- a/google-cloud-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/spi/v1/PollingSubscriberConnection.java
+++ b/google-cloud-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/spi/v1/PollingSubscriberConnection.java
@@ -74,18 +74,13 @@ public PollingSubscriberConnection(
       Distribution ackLatencyDistribution,
       Channel channel,
       FlowController flowController,
-      boolean compressionEnabled,
       ScheduledExecutorService executor,
       Clock clock) {
     this.subscription = subscription;
     this.executor = executor;
-    SubscriberFutureStub subscriberStub =
+    stub =
         SubscriberGrpc.newFutureStub(channel)
             .withCallCredentials(MoreCallCredentials.from(credentials));
-    if (compressionEnabled) {
-      subscriberStub = subscriberStub.withCompression("gzip");
-    }
-    stub = subscriberStub;
     messageDispatcher =
         new MessageDispatcher(
             receiver,
diff --git a/google-cloud-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/spi/v1/Publisher.java b/google-cloud-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/spi/v1/Publisher.java
index c37fd637e103..e72cae3bd7a9 100644
--- a/google-cloud-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/spi/v1/Publisher.java
+++ b/google-cloud-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/spi/v1/Publisher.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 import com.google.pubsub.v1.PublishRequest;
 import com.google.pubsub.v1.PublishResponse;
 import com.google.pubsub.v1.PublisherGrpc;
-import com.google.pubsub.v1.PublisherGrpc.PublisherFutureStub;
 import com.google.pubsub.v1.PubsubMessage;
 import com.google.pubsub.v1.TopicName;
 import io.grpc.ManagedChannel;
@@ -90,8 +89,6 @@ public class Publisher {
 
   private final FlowControlSettings flowControlSettings;
   private final boolean failOnFlowControlLimits;
-  
-  private final boolean compressionEnabled;
 
   private final Lock messagesBundleLock;
   private List<OutstandingPublish> messagesBundle;
@@ -130,8 +127,6 @@ private Publisher(Builder builder) throws IOException {
     flowControlSettings = builder.flowControlSettings;
     failOnFlowControlLimits = builder.failOnFlowControlLimits;
     this.flowController = new FlowController(flowControlSettings, failOnFlowControlLimits);
-    
-    compressionEnabled = builder.compressionEnabled;
 
     messagesBundle = new LinkedList<>();
     messagesBundleLock = new ReentrantLock();
@@ -373,12 +368,10 @@ private void publishOutstandingBundle(final OutstandingBundle outstandingBundle)
                 * Math.pow(retrySettings.getRpcTimeoutMultiplier(), outstandingBundle.attempt - 1));
     rpcTimeoutMs = Math.min(rpcTimeoutMs, retrySettings.getMaxRpcTimeout().getMillis());
 
-    PublisherFutureStub stub = PublisherGrpc.newFutureStub(channels[currentChannel])
-        .withDeadlineAfter(rpcTimeoutMs, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
-    if (compressionEnabled) {
-      stub = stub.withCompression("gzip");
-    }
-    Futures.addCallback(stub.publish(publishRequest.build()),
+    Futures.addCallback(
+        PublisherGrpc.newFutureStub(channels[currentChannel])
+            .withDeadlineAfter(rpcTimeoutMs, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+            .publish(publishRequest.build()),
         new FutureCallback<PublishResponse>() {
           @Override
           public void onSuccess(PublishResponse result) {
@@ -633,8 +626,6 @@ public long nextLong(long least, long bound) {
 
     ChannelProvider channelProvider = PublisherSettings.defaultChannelProviderBuilder().build();
     ExecutorProvider executorProvider = DEFAULT_EXECUTOR_PROVIDER;
-    
-    boolean compressionEnabled = true;  // client-side compression enabled by default
 
     private Builder(TopicName topic) {
       this.topicName = Preconditions.checkNotNull(topic);
@@ -708,15 +699,6 @@ public Builder setExecutorProvider(ExecutorProvider executorProvider) {
       this.executorProvider = Preconditions.checkNotNull(executorProvider);
       return this;
     }
-    
-    /** 
-     * Gives the ability to disable client-side compression. 
-     * Note compression is enabled by default. 
-     */
-    public Builder setCompressionEnabled(boolean enabled) {
-      this.compressionEnabled = enabled;
-      return this;
-    }
 
     public Publisher build() throws IOException {
       return new Publisher(this);
diff --git a/google-cloud-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/spi/v1/StreamingSubscriberConnection.java b/google-cloud-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/spi/v1/StreamingSubscriberConnection.java
index 57352bc7c43b..6b4b0ef495a0 100644
--- a/google-cloud-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/spi/v1/StreamingSubscriberConnection.java
+++ b/google-cloud-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/spi/v1/StreamingSubscriberConnection.java
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ final class StreamingSubscriberConnection extends AbstractService implements Ack
 
   private final Channel channel;
   private final Credentials credentials;
-  private final boolean compressionEnabled;
 
   private final String subscription;
   private final ScheduledExecutorService executor;
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ public StreamingSubscriberConnection(
       Distribution ackLatencyDistribution,
       Channel channel,
       FlowController flowController,
-      boolean compressionEnabled,
       ScheduledExecutorService executor,
       Clock clock) {
     this.subscription = subscription;
@@ -93,7 +91,6 @@ public StreamingSubscriberConnection(
             executor,
             clock);
     messageDispatcher.setMessageDeadlineSeconds(streamAckDeadlineSeconds);
-    this.compressionEnabled = compressionEnabled;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -151,16 +148,12 @@ private void initialize() {
     final SettableFuture<Void> errorFuture = SettableFuture.create();
     final ClientResponseObserver<StreamingPullRequest, StreamingPullResponse> responseObserver =
         new StreamingPullResponseObserver(errorFuture);
-    
-    CallOptions callOptions =
-        CallOptions.DEFAULT.withCallCredentials(MoreCallCredentials.from(credentials));
-    if (compressionEnabled) {
-      callOptions = callOptions.withCompression("gzip");
-    }
     final ClientCallStreamObserver<StreamingPullRequest> requestObserver =
         (ClientCallStreamObserver<StreamingPullRequest>)
             (ClientCalls.asyncBidiStreamingCall(
-                channel.newCall(SubscriberGrpc.METHOD_STREAMING_PULL, callOptions),
+                channel.newCall(
+                    SubscriberGrpc.METHOD_STREAMING_PULL,
+                    CallOptions.DEFAULT.withCallCredentials(MoreCallCredentials.from(credentials))),
                 responseObserver));
     logger.log(
         Level.INFO,
diff --git a/google-cloud-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/spi/v1/Subscriber.java b/google-cloud-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/spi/v1/Subscriber.java
index 80898747316e..902226db408f 100644
--- a/google-cloud-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/spi/v1/Subscriber.java
+++ b/google-cloud-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/spi/v1/Subscriber.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import com.google.auth.Credentials;
 import com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials;
 import com.google.cloud.Clock;
-import com.google.cloud.pubsub.spi.v1.Publisher.Builder;
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.base.Optional;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
@@ -269,7 +268,6 @@ private static class SubscriberImpl extends AbstractService {
     private final List<PollingSubscriberConnection> pollingSubscriberConnections;
     private final Clock clock;
     private final List<AutoCloseable> closeables = new ArrayList<>();
-    private final boolean compressionEnabled;
     private ScheduledFuture<?> ackDeadlineUpdater;
     private int streamAckDeadlineSeconds;
 
@@ -319,8 +317,6 @@ public void close() throws IOException {
       numChannels = Math.max(1, Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors()) * CHANNELS_PER_CORE;
       streamingSubscriberConnections = new ArrayList<StreamingSubscriberConnection>(numChannels);
       pollingSubscriberConnections = new ArrayList<PollingSubscriberConnection>(numChannels);
-      
-      compressionEnabled = builder.compressionEnabled;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -359,7 +355,6 @@ private void startStreamingConnections() {
                   ackLatencyDistribution,
                   channelBuilder.build(),
                   flowController,
-                  compressionEnabled,
                   executor,
                   clock));
         }
@@ -435,7 +430,6 @@ private void startPollingConnections() {
                   ackLatencyDistribution,
                   channelBuilder.build(),
                   flowController,
-                  compressionEnabled,
                   executor,
                   clock));
         }
@@ -541,8 +535,6 @@ public static final class Builder {
         Optional.absent();
     Optional<Clock> clock = Optional.absent();
 
-    boolean compressionEnabled = true;  // client-side compression enabled by default
-
     Builder(SubscriptionName subscriptionName, MessageReceiver receiver) {
       this.subscriptionName = subscriptionName;
       this.receiver = receiver;
@@ -606,15 +598,6 @@ Builder setClock(Clock clock) {
       this.clock = Optional.of(clock);
       return this;
     }
-    
-    /** 
-     * Gives the ability to disable client-side compression. 
-     * Note compression is enabled by default. 
-     */
-    public Builder setCompressionEnabled(boolean enabled) {
-      this.compressionEnabled = enabled;
-      return this;
-    }
 
     public Subscriber build() throws IOException {
       return new Subscriber(this);