diff --git a/include/grpc/grpc.h b/include/grpc/grpc.h
index 504f0cce0396bf26584bf1a47ca2248fe73a2f8c..7b2fedad635367e104ad5fe78dd1976f231a0f0c 100644
--- a/include/grpc/grpc.h
+++ b/include/grpc/grpc.h
@@ -438,8 +438,8 @@ grpc_call_error grpc_call_start_batch(grpc_call *call, const grpc_op *ops,
     clients will want to simply pass NULL. See grpc_channel_args definition for
     more on this. The data in 'args' need only live through the invocation of
     this function. */
-grpc_channel *grpc_channel_create(const char *target,
-                                  const grpc_channel_args *args);
+grpc_channel *grpc_insecure_channel_create(const char *target,
+                                           const grpc_channel_args *args);
 
 /** Create a lame client: this client fails every operation attempted on it. */
 grpc_channel *grpc_lame_client_channel_create(void);
diff --git a/src/core/surface/channel_create.c b/src/core/surface/channel_create.c
index 91c7b35550a429636fb7e72982d2bae18b601e74..bfe10a3b8c390cbcb97430757833da93d24444ea 100644
--- a/src/core/surface/channel_create.c
+++ b/src/core/surface/channel_create.c
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ static const grpc_subchannel_factory_vtable subchannel_factory_vtable = {
    Asynchronously: - resolve target
                    - connect to it (trying alternatives as presented)
                    - perform handshakes */
-grpc_channel *grpc_channel_create(const char *target,
-                                  const grpc_channel_args *args) {
+grpc_channel *grpc_insecure_channel_create(const char *target,
+                                           const grpc_channel_args *args) {
   grpc_channel *channel = NULL;
 #define MAX_FILTERS 3
   const grpc_channel_filter *filters[MAX_FILTERS];
diff --git a/src/csharp/ext/grpc_csharp_ext.c b/src/csharp/ext/grpc_csharp_ext.c
index 7dd1959a5f7fab2f8b0bebd7bd2befd5a8f0626f..eed286c7d6ee8daae0294c645f5c6a6567ba443d 100644
--- a/src/csharp/ext/grpc_csharp_ext.c
+++ b/src/csharp/ext/grpc_csharp_ext.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ grpcsharp_completion_queue_pluck(grpc_completion_queue *cq, void *tag) {
 
 GPR_EXPORT grpc_channel *GPR_CALLTYPE
 grpcsharp_channel_create(const char *target, const grpc_channel_args *args) {
-  return grpc_channel_create(target, args);
+  return grpc_insecure_channel_create(target, args);
 }
 
 GPR_EXPORT void GPR_CALLTYPE grpcsharp_channel_destroy(grpc_channel *channel) {
diff --git a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCUnsecuredChannel.m b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCUnsecuredChannel.m
index d27f7ca565badcd7c8230f410a4d0daca856cd4c..d522ddaae68e18d4a1514bbaf61b7c92af532d4f 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCUnsecuredChannel.m
+++ b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCUnsecuredChannel.m
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
 @implementation GRPCUnsecuredChannel
 
 - (instancetype)initWithHost:(NSString *)host {
-  return (self = [super initWithChannel:grpc_channel_create(host.UTF8String, NULL)]);
+  return (self = [super initWithChannel:grpc_insecure_channel_create(
+                                            host.UTF8String, NULL)]);
 }
 
 @end
diff --git a/src/php/ext/grpc/channel.c b/src/php/ext/grpc/channel.c
index b8262db162bf48350cd0d05919904d099aff6b1f..501e42a6435935dadf43575a632a264373ab0443 100644
--- a/src/php/ext/grpc/channel.c
+++ b/src/php/ext/grpc/channel.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ PHP_METHOD(Channel, __construct) {
   override = target;
   override_len = target_length;
   if (args_array == NULL) {
-    channel->wrapped = grpc_channel_create(target, NULL);
+    channel->wrapped = grpc_insecure_channel_create(target, NULL);
   } else {
     array_hash = Z_ARRVAL_P(args_array);
     if (zend_hash_find(array_hash, "credentials", sizeof("credentials"),
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ PHP_METHOD(Channel, __construct) {
     }
     php_grpc_read_args_array(args_array, &args);
     if (creds == NULL) {
-      channel->wrapped = grpc_channel_create(target, &args);
+      channel->wrapped = grpc_insecure_channel_create(target, &args);
     } else {
       gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "Initialized secure channel");
       channel->wrapped =
diff --git a/src/python/src/grpc/_adapter/_c/types/channel.c b/src/python/src/grpc/_adapter/_c/types/channel.c
index c235597466c9a24a525603f8fab56fc25635a7df..feb256cf00095e147f5a529de87008f64d2d9604 100644
--- a/src/python/src/grpc/_adapter/_c/types/channel.c
+++ b/src/python/src/grpc/_adapter/_c/types/channel.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Channel *pygrpc_Channel_new(
   if (creds) {
     self->c_chan = grpc_secure_channel_create(creds->c_creds, target, &c_args);
   } else {
-    self->c_chan = grpc_channel_create(target, &c_args);
+    self->c_chan = grpc_insecure_channel_create(target, &c_args);
   }
   pygrpc_discard_channel_args(c_args);
   return self;
diff --git a/src/ruby/ext/grpc/rb_channel.c b/src/ruby/ext/grpc/rb_channel.c
index 9bf1a9f945c11d8c45d9ac9de2ea462c155cc145..0cb6fa2f800b741e5302c5cbffaea68e4d94c024 100644
--- a/src/ruby/ext/grpc/rb_channel.c
+++ b/src/ruby/ext/grpc/rb_channel.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static VALUE grpc_rb_channel_init(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self) {
   target_chars = StringValueCStr(target);
   grpc_rb_hash_convert_to_channel_args(channel_args, &args);
   if (credentials == Qnil) {
-    ch = grpc_channel_create(target_chars, &args);
+    ch = grpc_insecure_channel_create(target_chars, &args);
   } else {
     creds = grpc_rb_get_wrapped_credentials(credentials);
     ch = grpc_secure_channel_create(creds, target_chars, &args);
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/dualstack_socket_test.c b/test/core/end2end/dualstack_socket_test.c
index 05ad42ca1f377ceb3c9ab24a50fa3c53739bc2e6..1fac2f9da1a28bfaa1f9cd9a0cd18b3d756ba274 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/dualstack_socket_test.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/dualstack_socket_test.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ void test_connect(const char *server_host, const char *client_host, int port,
 
   /* Create client. */
   gpr_join_host_port(&client_hostport, client_host, port);
-  client = grpc_channel_create(client_hostport, NULL);
+  client = grpc_insecure_channel_create(client_hostport, NULL);
 
   gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "Testing with server=%s client=%s (expecting %s)",
           server_hostport, client_hostport, expect_ok ? "success" : "failure");
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/fixtures/chttp2_fullstack.c b/test/core/end2end/fixtures/chttp2_fullstack.c
index 8a1530e63b05cf3949d161e6c71bfa83655c630e..6647b949ba2bbb30a547280ac720b093297a01ab 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/fixtures/chttp2_fullstack.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/fixtures/chttp2_fullstack.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static grpc_end2end_test_fixture chttp2_create_fixture_fullstack(
 void chttp2_init_client_fullstack(grpc_end2end_test_fixture *f,
                                   grpc_channel_args *client_args) {
   fullstack_fixture_data *ffd = f->fixture_data;
-  f->client = grpc_channel_create(ffd->localaddr, client_args);
+  f->client = grpc_insecure_channel_create(ffd->localaddr, client_args);
   GPR_ASSERT(f->client);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/fixtures/chttp2_fullstack_compression.c b/test/core/end2end/fixtures/chttp2_fullstack_compression.c
index 0a9a31229680a5e9ed0b893d64ce80e1825c8c96..f3d1fa22dcea385423a40ecd096028874f35baac 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/fixtures/chttp2_fullstack_compression.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/fixtures/chttp2_fullstack_compression.c
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ void chttp2_init_client_fullstack_compression(grpc_end2end_test_fixture *f,
   }
   ffd->client_args_compression = grpc_channel_args_set_compression_algorithm(
       client_args, GRPC_COMPRESS_GZIP);
-  f->client = grpc_channel_create(ffd->localaddr, ffd->client_args_compression);
+  f->client = grpc_insecure_channel_create(ffd->localaddr,
+                                           ffd->client_args_compression);
 }
 
 void chttp2_init_server_fullstack_compression(grpc_end2end_test_fixture *f,
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/fixtures/chttp2_fullstack_uds_posix.c b/test/core/end2end/fixtures/chttp2_fullstack_uds_posix.c
index 351e1c5459b5f2335e977ed5d56fb3f5736fcfaf..89ad7b8c2d83770d1e2dcd519af345252b9c9d16 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/fixtures/chttp2_fullstack_uds_posix.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/fixtures/chttp2_fullstack_uds_posix.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static grpc_end2end_test_fixture chttp2_create_fixture_fullstack(
 void chttp2_init_client_fullstack(grpc_end2end_test_fixture *f,
                                   grpc_channel_args *client_args) {
   fullstack_fixture_data *ffd = f->fixture_data;
-  f->client = grpc_channel_create(ffd->localaddr, client_args);
+  f->client = grpc_insecure_channel_create(ffd->localaddr, client_args);
 }
 
 void chttp2_init_server_fullstack(grpc_end2end_test_fixture *f,
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/fixtures/chttp2_fullstack_with_poll.c b/test/core/end2end/fixtures/chttp2_fullstack_with_poll.c
index 69860d04d5e8e25ade4f852e33ce4659a18df171..93786d0943a3ad17d2296694cd7c83795d00d494 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/fixtures/chttp2_fullstack_with_poll.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/fixtures/chttp2_fullstack_with_poll.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static grpc_end2end_test_fixture chttp2_create_fixture_fullstack(
 void chttp2_init_client_fullstack(grpc_end2end_test_fixture *f,
                                   grpc_channel_args *client_args) {
   fullstack_fixture_data *ffd = f->fixture_data;
-  f->client = grpc_channel_create(ffd->localaddr, client_args);
+  f->client = grpc_insecure_channel_create(ffd->localaddr, client_args);
 }
 
 void chttp2_init_server_fullstack(grpc_end2end_test_fixture *f,
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/no_server_test.c b/test/core/end2end/no_server_test.c
index 79797f93751e3be0cf5b7dccd9998dc432d21cb0..6f1133c009a0aae2e986c07d16de6e552367f56c 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/no_server_test.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/no_server_test.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   cqv = cq_verifier_create(cq);
 
   /* create a call, channel to a non existant server */
-  chan = grpc_channel_create("nonexistant:54321", NULL);
+  chan = grpc_insecure_channel_create("nonexistant:54321", NULL);
   call = grpc_channel_create_call(chan, cq, "/Foo", "nonexistant", deadline);
 
   op = ops;
diff --git a/test/core/fling/client.c b/test/core/fling/client.c
index 2b196543792b232c0c828e80ab4efc48d91f2a4a..5647a16101e3f3725d9ac4d7603eaac8ac1f4990 100644
--- a/test/core/fling/client.c
+++ b/test/core/fling/client.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     return 1;
   }
 
-  channel = grpc_channel_create(target, NULL);
+  channel = grpc_insecure_channel_create(target, NULL);
   cq = grpc_completion_queue_create();
   the_buffer = grpc_raw_byte_buffer_create(&slice, payload_size);
   histogram = gpr_histogram_create(0.01, 60e9);