diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/core/RetryParams.java b/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/core/RetryParams.java
index 29fe6ee7701b..336b9f8db760 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/core/RetryParams.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/core/RetryParams.java
@@ -39,28 +39,6 @@
  */
 @AutoValue
 public abstract class RetryParams {
-  // TODO(pongad): deprecate DEFAULT in favor of code-generation-time config
-  private static final BackoffParams DEFAULT_RETRY_BACKOFF =
-      BackoffParams.newBuilder()
-          .setInitialDelayMillis(10L)
-          .setDelayMultiplier(1.2)
-          .setMaxDelayMillis(1000L)
-          .build();
-
-  private static final BackoffParams DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_BACKOFF =
-      BackoffParams.newBuilder()
-          .setInitialDelayMillis(3000L)
-          .setDelayMultiplier(1.2)
-          .setMaxDelayMillis(10000L)
-          .build();
-
-  public static final RetryParams DEFAULT =
-      RetryParams.newBuilder()
-          .setRetryBackoff(DEFAULT_RETRY_BACKOFF)
-          .setTimeoutBackoff(DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_BACKOFF)
-          .setTotalTimeout(30000L)
-          .build();
-
   public abstract BackoffParams getRetryBackoff();
 
   public abstract BackoffParams getTimeoutBackoff();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/grpc/ApiCallable.java b/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/grpc/ApiCallable.java
index 895f786386c7..22de85196f05 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/grpc/ApiCallable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/grpc/ApiCallable.java
@@ -190,13 +190,6 @@ public ApiCallable<RequestT, ResponseT> retrying(RetryParams retryParams) {
         new RetryingCallable<RequestT, ResponseT>(callable, retryParams));
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Same as {@link #retrying(RetryParams)} but with {@link RetryParams#DEFAULT}.
-   */
-  public ApiCallable<RequestT, ResponseT> retrying() {
-    return retrying(RetryParams.DEFAULT);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Returns a callable which streams the resources obtained from a series of calls to a method
    * implementing the pagination pattern.
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/grpc/ServiceApiSettings.java b/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/grpc/ServiceApiSettings.java
index 46196e8048b6..5815782f1085 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/grpc/ServiceApiSettings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/grpc/ServiceApiSettings.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 package com.google.api.gax.grpc;
 
+import com.google.api.gax.core.RetryParams;
 import com.google.auth.Credentials;
 import com.google.auto.value.AutoValue;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
@@ -57,6 +58,11 @@ public abstract class ServiceApiSettings<MethodId> {
    */
   public abstract ImmutableMap<MethodId, ImmutableSet<Status.Code>> getRetryableCodes();
 
+  /**
+   * Retry/backoff configuration for each method
+   */
+  public abstract ImmutableMap<MethodId, RetryParams> getRetryParams();
+
   /**
    * Credentials to use in order to call the service.
    * The default is to acquire credentials using GoogleCredentials.getApplicationDefault().
@@ -86,6 +92,7 @@ public abstract class ServiceApiSettings<MethodId> {
   public static <MethodId> Builder<MethodId> builder() {
     return new AutoValue_ServiceApiSettings.Builder()
         .setRetryableCodes(ImmutableMap.<MethodId, ImmutableSet<Status.Code>>of())
+        .setRetryParams(ImmutableMap.<MethodId, RetryParams>of())
         .setPort(0);
   }
 
@@ -98,6 +105,9 @@ public abstract static class Builder<MethodId> {
     public abstract Builder<MethodId> setRetryableCodes(
         ImmutableMap<MethodId, ImmutableSet<Status.Code>> codes);
 
+    public abstract Builder<MethodId> setRetryParams(
+        ImmutableMap<MethodId, RetryParams> retryParams);
+
     public abstract Builder<MethodId> setCredentials(Credentials credentials);
 
     public abstract Builder<MethodId> setServiceAddress(String serviceAddress);