diff --git a/gcloud-java-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/spi/DefaultStorageRpc.java b/gcloud-java-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/spi/DefaultStorageRpc.java
index 4ef9afc45e4c..1a9589aa40cf 100644
--- a/gcloud-java-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/spi/DefaultStorageRpc.java
+++ b/gcloud-java-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/spi/DefaultStorageRpc.java
@@ -355,8 +355,7 @@ public byte[] load(StorageObject from, Map<Option, ?> options) {
           .setIfGenerationMatch(IF_GENERATION_MATCH.getLong(options))
           .setIfGenerationNotMatch(IF_GENERATION_NOT_MATCH.getLong(options));
       ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-      getRequest.getMediaHttpDownloader().setDirectDownloadEnabled(true);
-      getRequest.executeMediaAndDownloadTo(out);
+      getRequest.executeMedia().download(out);
       return out.toByteArray();
     } catch (IOException ex) {
       throw translate(ex);