diff --git a/templates/typescript_gapic/src/$version/$service_client.ts.njk b/templates/typescript_gapic/src/$version/$service_client.ts.njk
index 8a60b0d2f..9972ce3cf 100644
--- a/templates/typescript_gapic/src/$version/$service_client.ts.njk
+++ b/templates/typescript_gapic/src/$version/$service_client.ts.njk
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as gax from 'google-gax';
 import * as path from 'path';
 
 import * as packageJson from '../../package.json';
-import * as protos from '../../pbjs-genfiles/protos';
+import * as protos from '../../protos/protos';
 import * as gapicConfig from './echo_client_config.json';
 
 const version = packageJson.version;
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ export class {{ service.name }}Client {
         opts.fallback ?
           // @ts-ignore
           gaxProtos.lookupService('{{api.naming.protoPackage}}.{{ service.name }}') : 
-          protos.{{api.naming.protoPackage}}.{{ service.name }},
+          // @ts-ignore
+          gaxProtos.{{api.naming.protoPackage}}.{{ service.name }},
         opts);
 
     const {{ service.name.toCamelCase() }}StubMethods =
@@ -356,42 +357,4 @@ export class {{ service.name }}Client {
   }
 {%- endif %}
 {% endfor %}
-{% for method in service.longRunning %}
-  {{ method.name.toCamelCase() }}(
-      request: protos{{ method.inputInterface }},
-      options?: gax.CallOptions):
-      Promise<[
-        protos{{ method.outputInterface }},
-        protos{{ method.inputInterface }}|undefined, {}|undefined
-      ]>;
-  {{ method.name.toCamelCase() }}(
-      request: protos{{ method.inputInterface }},
-      options: gax.CallOptions,
-      callback: Callback<
-          protos{{ method.outputInterface }},
-          protos{{ method.inputInterface }}|undefined,
-          {}|undefined>): void;
-  {{ method.name.toCamelCase() }}(
-      request: protos{{ method.inputInterface }},
-      optionsOrCallback?: gax.CallOptions|Callback<
-          protos{{ method.outputInterface }},
-          protos{{ method.inputInterface }}|undefined, {}|undefined>,
-      callback?: Callback<
-          protos{{ method.outputInterface }},
-          protos{{ method.inputInterface }}|undefined,
-          {}|undefined>):
-      Promise<[
-        protos{{ method.outputInterface }},
-        protos{{ method.inputInterface }}|undefined, {}|undefined
-      ]>|void {
-    request = request || {};
-    let options = optionsOrCallback;
-    if (typeof options === 'function' && callback === undefined) {
-      callback = options;
-      options = {};
-    }
-    options = options || {};
-    return this._innerApiCalls.{{ method.name.toCamelCase() }}(request, options, callback);
-  } 
-{% endfor %}
 }