diff --git a/google-cloud-speech/google/cloud/speech/__init__.py b/google-cloud-speech/google/cloud/speech/__init__.py
index 2d0ba94b738c..0c4f7542e02f 100644
--- a/google-cloud-speech/google/cloud/speech/__init__.py
+++ b/google-cloud-speech/google/cloud/speech/__init__.py
@@ -16,6 +16,5 @@
 
 from google.cloud.speech.alternative import Alternative
 from google.cloud.speech.client import Client
-from google.cloud.speech.connection import Connection
 from google.cloud.speech.encoding import Encoding
 from google.cloud.speech.operation import Operation
diff --git a/google-cloud-speech/google/cloud/speech/_http.py b/google-cloud-speech/google/cloud/speech/_http.py
index f8bd209bf2c4..a4755f6f89ff 100644
--- a/google-cloud-speech/google/cloud/speech/_http.py
+++ b/google-cloud-speech/google/cloud/speech/_http.py
@@ -18,11 +18,29 @@
 
 from google.cloud._helpers import _bytes_to_unicode
 from google.cloud._helpers import _to_bytes
+from google.cloud import _http
 
 from google.cloud.speech.result import Result
 from google.cloud.speech.operation import Operation
 
 
+class Connection(_http.JSONConnection):
+    """A connection to Google Cloud Speech JSON REST API.
+
+    :type client: :class:`~google.cloud.speech.client.Client`
+    :param client: The client that owns the current connection.
+    """
+
+    API_BASE_URL = 'https://speech.googleapis.com'
+    """The base of the API call URL."""
+
+    API_VERSION = 'v1beta1'
+    """The version of the API, used in building the API call's URL."""
+
+    API_URL_TEMPLATE = '{api_base_url}/{api_version}/{path}'
+    """A template for the URL of a particular API call."""
+
+
 class HTTPSpeechAPI(object):
     """Speech API for interacting with the HTTP version of the API.
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-speech/google/cloud/speech/client.py b/google-cloud-speech/google/cloud/speech/client.py
index 2ae34784558b..f534ab63d1b4 100644
--- a/google-cloud-speech/google/cloud/speech/client.py
+++ b/google-cloud-speech/google/cloud/speech/client.py
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 from google.cloud.environment_vars import DISABLE_GRPC
 
 from google.cloud.speech._gax import GAPICSpeechAPI
+from google.cloud.speech._http import Connection
 from google.cloud.speech._http import HTTPSpeechAPI
-from google.cloud.speech.connection import Connection
 from google.cloud.speech.sample import Sample
 
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-speech/google/cloud/speech/connection.py b/google-cloud-speech/google/cloud/speech/connection.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0067cc0aae7d..000000000000
--- a/google-cloud-speech/google/cloud/speech/connection.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2016 Google Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-"""Create / interact with Google Cloud Speech connections."""
-
-from google.cloud import _http
-
-
-class Connection(_http.JSONConnection):
-    """A connection to Google Cloud Speech JSON REST API.
-
-    :type client: :class:`~google.cloud.speech.client.Client`
-    :param client: The client that owns the current connection.
-    """
-
-    API_BASE_URL = 'https://speech.googleapis.com'
-    """The base of the API call URL."""
-
-    API_VERSION = 'v1beta1'
-    """The version of the API, used in building the API call's URL."""
-
-    API_URL_TEMPLATE = '{api_base_url}/{api_version}/{path}'
-    """A template for the URL of a particular API call."""
diff --git a/google-cloud-speech/unit_tests/test_connection.py b/google-cloud-speech/unit_tests/test__http.py
similarity index 94%
rename from google-cloud-speech/unit_tests/test_connection.py
rename to google-cloud-speech/unit_tests/test__http.py
index f7b2d618b831..fec987a07f37 100644
--- a/google-cloud-speech/unit_tests/test_connection.py
+++ b/google-cloud-speech/unit_tests/test__http.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class TestConnection(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_target_class():
-        from google.cloud.speech.connection import Connection
+        from google.cloud.speech._http import Connection
 
         return Connection
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-speech/unit_tests/test_client.py b/google-cloud-speech/unit_tests/test_client.py
index b8a87e8b0b55..03c348a8165f 100644
--- a/google-cloud-speech/unit_tests/test_client.py
+++ b/google-cloud-speech/unit_tests/test_client.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def _make_one(self, *args, **kw):
         return self._get_target_class()(*args, **kw)
 
     def test_ctor(self):
-        from google.cloud.speech.connection import Connection
+        from google.cloud.speech._http import Connection
 
         creds = _make_credentials()
         http = object()