diff --git a/bigtable/bigtable.go b/bigtable/bigtable.go
index 01c6bb83b02..24a3e20fa8d 100644
--- a/bigtable/bigtable.go
+++ b/bigtable/bigtable.go
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
+
+	// Install google-c2p resolver, which is required for direct path.
+	_ "google.golang.org/grpc/xds/googledirectpath"
+	// Install RLS load balancer policy, which is needed for gRPC RLS.
+	_ "google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/rls"
 )
 
 const prodAddr = "bigtable.googleapis.com:443"
diff --git a/bigtable/bigtable_enablexds.go b/bigtable/bigtable_enablexds.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 08a9d9b40dc..00000000000
--- a/bigtable/bigtable_enablexds.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2021 Google LLC
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-//go:build enablexds
-// +build enablexds
-
-package bigtable
-
-import (
-	// Install google-c2p resolver, which is required for direct path.
-	_ "google.golang.org/grpc/xds/googledirectpath"
-)