diff --git a/Core/src/ServiceBuilder.php b/Core/src/ServiceBuilder.php
index fe038426c11c..303ac1f8a815 100644
--- a/Core/src/ServiceBuilder.php
+++ b/Core/src/ServiceBuilder.php
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ public function speech(array $config = [])
             return $this->createClient(DeprecatedSpeechClient::class, 'speech', $config);
         }
         throw new \BadMethodCallException(sprintf(
-            'This method is no longer supported, create %s directly instead.'.
+            'This method is no longer supported, create %s directly instead.',
             SpeechClient::class
         ));
     }
diff --git a/Core/tests/Unit/ServiceBuilderTest.php b/Core/tests/Unit/ServiceBuilderTest.php
index 3667628bb299..806f744d3ef0 100644
--- a/Core/tests/Unit/ServiceBuilderTest.php
+++ b/Core/tests/Unit/ServiceBuilderTest.php
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 use Google\Cloud\Language\LanguageClient;
 use Google\Cloud\Logging\LoggingClient;
 use Google\Cloud\Spanner\SpannerClient;
-use Google\Cloud\Speech\SpeechClient;
 use Google\Cloud\Storage\StorageClient;
 use Google\Cloud\Core\Tests\Unit\Fixtures;
 use Google\Cloud\Translate\TranslateClient;
@@ -180,10 +179,6 @@ public function serviceProvider()
                 SpannerClient::class,
                 [],
                 [$this, 'checkAndSkipGrpcTests']
-            ], [
-                'speech',
-                SpeechClient::class,
-                ['languageCode' => 'en-US']
             ], [
                 'storage',
                 StorageClient::class
diff --git a/Core/tests/Unit/ServicesNotFoundTest.php b/Core/tests/Unit/ServicesNotFoundTest.php
index c4201bf0f703..52460d4d760d 100644
--- a/Core/tests/Unit/ServicesNotFoundTest.php
+++ b/Core/tests/Unit/ServicesNotFoundTest.php
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ private static function getApis()
             "OsLogin",
             "PubSub",
             "Spanner",
-            "Speech",
             "Storage",
             "Trace",
             "Translate",
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ public function serviceBuilderMethods()
             ['language'],
             ['pubsub'],
             ['spanner'],
-            ['speech'],
             ['storage'],
             ['trace'],
             ['vision'],