diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/it/env/Emulator.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/it/env/Emulator.java
index 8792dda60d64..dca4efbc514e 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/it/env/Emulator.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/it/env/Emulator.java
@@ -172,8 +172,6 @@ private void waitForPort(int port) throws InterruptedException, TimeoutException
   }
 
   private ManagedChannel createChannel(int port) {
-    // NOTE: usePlaintext is currently @ExperimentalAPI. In grpc 1.11 it be became parameterless.
-    // In 1.12 it should be stable. See https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java/issues/1772 for discussion
     return ManagedChannelBuilder.forAddress("localhost", port)
         .usePlaintext()
         .maxInboundMessageSize(256 * 1024 * 1024)