diff --git a/api_core/google/api_core/gapic_v1/method.py b/api_core/google/api_core/gapic_v1/method.py
index 3a689afbd137..425e81e5c139 100644
--- a/api_core/google/api_core/gapic_v1/method.py
+++ b/api_core/google/api_core/gapic_v1/method.py
@@ -18,13 +18,8 @@
 pagination, and long-running operations to gRPC methods.
 """
 
-import functools
-
-import six
-
 from google.api_core import general_helpers
 from google.api_core import grpc_helpers
-from google.api_core import page_iterator
 from google.api_core import timeout
 from google.api_core.gapic_v1 import client_info
 
@@ -232,38 +227,3 @@ def get_topic(name, timeout=None):
         _GapicCallable(
             func, default_retry, default_timeout,
             user_agent_metadata=user_agent_metadata))
-
-
-def wrap_with_paging(
-        func, items_field, request_token_field, response_token_field):
-    """Wrap an RPC method to return a page iterator.
-
-    Args:
-        func (Callable): The RPC method. This should already have been
-            wrapped with common functionality using :func:`wrap_method`.
-            request (protobuf.Message): The request message.
-        items_field (str): The field in the response message that has the
-            items for the page.
-        request_token_field (str): The field in the request message used to
-            specify the page token.
-        response_token_field (str): The field in the response message that has
-            the token for the next page.
-
-    Returns:
-        Callable: Returns a callable that when invoked will call the RPC
-            method and return a
-            :class:`google.api_core.page_iterator.Iterator`.
-    """
-    @six.wraps(func)
-    def paged_method(request, **kwargs):
-        """Wrapper that invokes a method and returns a page iterator."""
-        iterator = page_iterator.GRPCIterator(
-            client=None,
-            method=functools.partial(func, **kwargs),
-            request=request,
-            items_field=items_field,
-            request_token_field=request_token_field,
-            response_token_field=response_token_field)
-        return iterator
-
-    return paged_method
diff --git a/api_core/google/api_core/operations_v1/operations_client.py b/api_core/google/api_core/operations_v1/operations_client.py
index 93a823f05d6d..c8eff4879104 100644
--- a/api_core/google/api_core/operations_v1/operations_client.py
+++ b/api_core/google/api_core/operations_v1/operations_client.py
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@
     /operations.proto
 """
 
+import functools
+
 from google.api_core import gapic_v1
+from google.api_core import page_iterator
 from google.api_core.operations_v1 import operations_client_config
 from google.longrunning import operations_pb2
 
@@ -72,12 +75,6 @@ def __init__(self, channel, client_config=operations_client_config.config):
             default_retry=method_configs['ListOperations'].retry,
             default_timeout=method_configs['ListOperations'].timeout)
 
-        self._list_operations = gapic_v1.method.wrap_with_paging(
-            self._list_operations,
-            'operations',
-            'page_token',
-            'next_page_token')
-
         self._cancel_operation = gapic_v1.method.wrap_method(
             self.operations_stub.CancelOperation,
             default_retry=method_configs['CancelOperation'].retry,
@@ -182,7 +179,20 @@ def list_operations(
         # Create the request object.
         request = operations_pb2.ListOperationsRequest(
             name=name, filter=filter_)
-        return self._list_operations(request, retry=retry, timeout=timeout)
+
+        # Create the method used to fetch pages
+        method = functools.partial(
+            self._list_operations, retry=retry, timeout=timeout)
+
+        iterator = page_iterator.GRPCIterator(
+            client=None,
+            method=method,
+            request=request,
+            items_field='operations',
+            request_token_field='page_token',
+            response_token_field='next_page_token')
+
+        return iterator
 
     def cancel_operation(
             self, name,
diff --git a/api_core/tests/unit/gapic/test_method.py b/api_core/tests/unit/gapic/test_method.py
index 281463eb6c12..0c41f87d8c36 100644
--- a/api_core/tests/unit/gapic/test_method.py
+++ b/api_core/tests/unit/gapic/test_method.py
@@ -179,38 +179,3 @@ def test_wrap_method_with_overriding_timeout_as_a_number():
 
     assert result == 42
     method.assert_called_once_with(timeout=22, metadata=mock.ANY)
-
-
-def test_wrap_with_paging():
-    page_one = mock.Mock(
-        spec=['items', 'page_token', 'next_page_token'],
-        items=[1, 2],
-        next_page_token='icanhasnextpls')
-    page_two = mock.Mock(
-        spec=['items', 'page_token', 'next_page_token'],
-        items=[3, 4],
-        next_page_token=None)
-    method = mock.Mock(
-        spec=['__call__', '__name__'], side_effect=(page_one, page_two))
-    method.__name__ = 'mockmethod'
-
-    wrapped_method = google.api_core.gapic_v1.method.wrap_with_paging(
-        method, 'items', 'page_token', 'next_page_token')
-
-    request = mock.Mock(spec=['page_token'], page_token=None)
-    result = wrapped_method(request, extra='param')
-
-    # Should return an iterator and should not have actually called the
-    # method yet.
-    assert isinstance(result, google.api_core.page_iterator.Iterator)
-    method.assert_not_called()
-    assert request.page_token is None
-
-    # Draining the iterator should call the method until no more pages are
-    # returned.
-    results = list(result)
-
-    assert results == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-    assert method.call_count == 2
-    method.assert_called_with(request, extra='param')
-    assert request.page_token == 'icanhasnextpls'