diff --git a/templates/typescript_gapic/src/$version/$service_client.ts.njk b/templates/typescript_gapic/src/$version/$service_client.ts.njk
index e6a79e66b..548b97241 100644
--- a/templates/typescript_gapic/src/$version/$service_client.ts.njk
+++ b/templates/typescript_gapic/src/$version/$service_client.ts.njk
@@ -384,7 +384,6 @@ export class {{ service.name }}Client {
   {{ method.name.toCamelCase() }}(
       options?: gax.CallOptions):
     gax.CancellableStream{
-    {{ util.buildHeaderRequestParam(method) }}
     return this._innerApiCalls.{{ method.name.toCamelCase() }}(options);
   }
 {%- elif method.serverStreaming %}
@@ -426,8 +425,7 @@ export class {{ service.name }}Client {
         callback = optionsOrCallback;
         optionsOrCallback = {};
     }
-    let options = optionsOrCallback as gax.CallOptions;
-    {{ util.buildHeaderRequestParam(method) }}
+    const options = optionsOrCallback as gax.CallOptions;
     return this._innerApiCalls.{{ method.name.toCamelCase() }}(null, options, callback);
   }
 {%- endif %}
diff --git a/typescript/test/testdata/showcase/src/v1beta1/echo_client.ts.baseline b/typescript/test/testdata/showcase/src/v1beta1/echo_client.ts.baseline
index c3e63187c..4c470d99f 100644
--- a/typescript/test/testdata/showcase/src/v1beta1/echo_client.ts.baseline
+++ b/typescript/test/testdata/showcase/src/v1beta1/echo_client.ts.baseline
@@ -382,8 +382,7 @@ export class EchoClient {
         callback = optionsOrCallback;
         optionsOrCallback = {};
     }
-    let options = optionsOrCallback as gax.CallOptions;
-    options = options || {};
+    const options = optionsOrCallback as gax.CallOptions;
     return this._innerApiCalls.collect(null, options, callback);
   }
 
@@ -402,7 +401,6 @@ export class EchoClient {
   chat(
       options?: gax.CallOptions):
     gax.CancellableStream{
-    options = options || {};
     return this._innerApiCalls.chat(options);
   }