diff --git a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCSecureChannel.m b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCSecureChannel.m
index f5b132e99ab8e9fc5af7b2238c5a79ed7ceacfc7..47bdfe3f28b94d4e3b38b612dfc086110b138ed6 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCSecureChannel.m
+++ b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCSecureChannel.m
@@ -35,40 +35,15 @@
 
 #import <grpc/grpc_security.h>
 
-static const char *kCertificates =
-"# Issuer: CN=GTE CyberTrust Global Root O=GTE Corporation OU=GTE CyberTrust Solutions, Inc.\n"
-"# Subject: CN=GTE CyberTrust Global Root O=GTE Corporation OU=GTE CyberTrust Solutions, Inc.\n"
-"# Label: \"GTE CyberTrust Global Root\"\n"
-"# Serial: 421\n"
-"# MD5 Fingerprint: ca:3d:d3:68:f1:03:5c:d0:32:fa:b8:2b:59:e8:5a:db\n"
-"# SHA1 Fingerprint: 97:81:79:50:d8:1c:96:70:cc:34:d8:09:cf:79:44:31:36:7e:f4:74\n"
-"# SHA256 Fingerprint: a5:31:25:18:8d:21:10:aa:96:4b:02:c7:b7:c6:da:32:03:17:08:94:e5:fb:71:ff:fb:66:67:d5:e6:81:0a:36\n"
-"-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\n"
-"MIICWjCCAcMCAgGlMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBAUAMHUxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMRgwFgYD\n"
-"VQQKEw9HVEUgQ29ycG9yYXRpb24xJzAlBgNVBAsTHkdURSBDeWJlclRydXN0IFNv\n"
-"bHV0aW9ucywgSW5jLjEjMCEGA1UEAxMaR1RFIEN5YmVyVHJ1c3QgR2xvYmFsIFJv\n"
-"b3QwHhcNOTgwODEzMDAyOTAwWhcNMTgwODEzMjM1OTAwWjB1MQswCQYDVQQGEwJV\n"
-"UzEYMBYGA1UEChMPR1RFIENvcnBvcmF0aW9uMScwJQYDVQQLEx5HVEUgQ3liZXJU\n"
-"cnVzdCBTb2x1dGlvbnMsIEluYy4xIzAhBgNVBAMTGkdURSBDeWJlclRydXN0IEds\n"
-"b2JhbCBSb290MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQCVD6C28FCc6HrH\n"
-"iM3dFw4usJTQGz0O9pTAipTHBsiQl8i4ZBp6fmw8U+E3KHNgf7KXUwefU/ltWJTS\n"
-"r41tiGeA5u2ylc9yMcqlHHK6XALnZELn+aks1joNrI1CqiQBOeacPwGFVw1Yh0X4\n"
-"04Wqk2kmhXBIgD8SFcd5tB8FLztimQIDAQABMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBAUAA4GBAG3r\n"
-"GwnpXtlR22ciYaQqPEh346B8pt5zohQDhT37qw4wxYMWM4ETCJ57NE7fQMh017l9\n"
-"3PR2VX2bY1QY6fDq81yx2YtCHrnAlU66+tXifPVoYb+O7AWXX1uw16OFNMQkpw0P\n"
-"lZPvy5TYnh+dXIVtx6quTx8itc2VrbqnzPmrC3p/\n"
-"-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n";
-
-
 @implementation GRPCSecureChannel
 
 - (instancetype)initWithHost:(NSString *)host {
-  // TODO(jcanizales): Get the certificates here.
-  NSURL *url = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:@"gRPC.bundle/roots" withExtension:@"pem"];
-  NSData *fontData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:url];
-  NSString *str = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:fontData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
-  NSLog(@"Certs:\n%@", str);
-  grpc_credentials *credentials = grpc_ssl_credentials_create(str.UTF8String, NULL);
+  // TODO(jcanizales): Load certs only once.
+  NSURL *certsURL = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:@"gRPC.bundle/roots" withExtension:@"pem"];
+  NSData *certsData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:certsURL];
+  NSString *certsString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:certsData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+
+  grpc_credentials *credentials = grpc_ssl_credentials_create(certsString.UTF8String, NULL);
   return (self = [super initWithChannel:grpc_secure_channel_create(credentials,
                                                                    host.UTF8String,
                                                                    NULL)]);