diff --git a/bigtable-client-core-parent/bigtable-client-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/grpc/BigtableTableAdminClientWrapper.java b/bigtable-client-core-parent/bigtable-client-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/grpc/BigtableTableAdminClientWrapper.java
index 5e44b0cc3f..931bb1c820 100644
--- a/bigtable-client-core-parent/bigtable-client-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/grpc/BigtableTableAdminClientWrapper.java
+++ b/bigtable-client-core-parent/bigtable-client-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/grpc/BigtableTableAdminClientWrapper.java
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ public void dropRowRange(String tableId, ByteString rowKeyPrefix) {
     DropRowRangeRequest protoRequest =
         DropRowRangeRequest.newBuilder()
             .setName(instanceName.toTableNameStr(tableId))
-            .setDeleteAllDataFromTable(false)
             .setRowKeyPrefix(rowKeyPrefix)
             .build();
     delegate.dropRowRange(protoRequest);
@@ -254,7 +253,6 @@ public ApiFuture<Void> dropRowRangeAsync(String tableId, ByteString rowKeyPrefix
     DropRowRangeRequest protoRequest =
         DropRowRangeRequest.newBuilder()
             .setName(instanceName.toTableNameStr(tableId))
-            .setDeleteAllDataFromTable(false)
             .setRowKeyPrefix(rowKeyPrefix)
             .build();
     return ApiFutureUtil.transformAndAdapt(