diff --git a/gslib/third_party/storage_apitools/storage_v1_client.py b/gslib/third_party/storage_apitools/storage_v1_client.py
index b8162310..933082e9 100644
--- a/gslib/third_party/storage_apitools/storage_v1_client.py
+++ b/gslib/third_party/storage_apitools/storage_v1_client.py
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ class StorageV1(base_api.BaseApiClient):
         log_request=log_request, log_response=log_response,
         credentials_args=credentials_args,
         default_global_params=default_global_params,
-        additional_http_headers=additional_http_headers,
-        response_encoding=response_encoding)
+        additional_http_headers=additional_http_headers)
     self._version = version
     self.bucketAccessControls = self.BucketAccessControlsService(self)
     self.buckets = self.BucketsService(self)