diff --git a/test/cpp/interop/interop_client.cc b/test/cpp/interop/interop_client.cc
index fc0e325e415bc91bc2a8a7b5579b09d5b9bebc13..1f30260f0e78c7c504e0567be6c2eba85562b018 100644
--- a/test/cpp/interop/interop_client.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/interop/interop_client.cc
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ void InteropClient::PerformLargeUnary(SimpleRequest* request,
 
   ClientContext context;
   InteropClientContextInspector inspector(context);
-  request->set_response_type(PayloadType::COMPRESSABLE);
   request->set_response_size(kLargeResponseSize);
   grpc::string payload(kLargeRequestSize, '\0');
   request->mutable_payload()->set_body(payload.c_str(), kLargeRequestSize);