diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1/ConnectionWorker.java b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1/ConnectionWorker.java
index c3ea6f82d7..6da6950d3a 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1/ConnectionWorker.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1/ConnectionWorker.java
@@ -259,8 +259,6 @@ public ConnectionWorker(
     newHeaders.putAll(clientSettings.toBuilder().getHeaderProvider().getHeaders());
     if (this.location == null) {
       newHeaders.put("x-goog-request-params", "write_stream=" + this.streamName);
-    } else {
-      newHeaders.put("x-goog-request-params", "write_location=" + this.location);
     }
     BigQueryWriteSettings stubSettings =
         clientSettings