diff --git a/dns/google/cloud/dns/__init__.py b/dns/google/cloud/dns/__init__.py
index 9d456e16257c..5a8e5c388022 100644
--- a/dns/google/cloud/dns/__init__.py
+++ b/dns/google/cloud/dns/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 from google.cloud.dns.zone import Changes
 from google.cloud.dns.client import Client
-from google.cloud.dns.connection import Connection
 from google.cloud.dns.zone import ManagedZone
 from google.cloud.dns.resource_record_set import ResourceRecordSet
 
diff --git a/dns/google/cloud/dns/connection.py b/dns/google/cloud/dns/_http.py
similarity index 100%
rename from dns/google/cloud/dns/connection.py
rename to dns/google/cloud/dns/_http.py
diff --git a/dns/google/cloud/dns/client.py b/dns/google/cloud/dns/client.py
index 22f72dfb32b4..b5491fdb8f55 100644
--- a/dns/google/cloud/dns/client.py
+++ b/dns/google/cloud/dns/client.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 
 
 from google.cloud.client import ClientWithProject
-from google.cloud.dns.connection import Connection
+
+from google.cloud.dns._http import Connection
 from google.cloud.dns.zone import ManagedZone
 from google.cloud.iterator import HTTPIterator
 
diff --git a/dns/unit_tests/test_connection.py b/dns/unit_tests/test__http.py
similarity index 96%
rename from dns/unit_tests/test_connection.py
rename to dns/unit_tests/test__http.py
index 9453483e4a46..ba9173808d75 100644
--- a/dns/unit_tests/test_connection.py
+++ b/dns/unit_tests/test__http.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class TestConnection(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_target_class():
-        from google.cloud.dns.connection import Connection
+        from google.cloud.dns._http import Connection
 
         return Connection
 
diff --git a/dns/unit_tests/test_client.py b/dns/unit_tests/test_client.py
index 09b861e15cb6..7521bf9112c8 100644
--- a/dns/unit_tests/test_client.py
+++ b/dns/unit_tests/test_client.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def _make_one(self, *args, **kw):
         return self._get_target_class()(*args, **kw)
 
     def test_ctor(self):
-        from google.cloud.dns.connection import Connection
+        from google.cloud.dns._http import Connection
 
         creds = _make_credentials()
         http = object()
diff --git a/docs/dns-client.rst b/docs/dns-client.rst
index 337ac6558859..76cbb66f5649 100644
--- a/docs/dns-client.rst
+++ b/docs/dns-client.rst
@@ -4,10 +4,3 @@ DNS Client
 .. automodule:: google.cloud.dns.client
   :members:
   :show-inheritance:
-
-Connection
-~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. automodule:: google.cloud.dns.connection
-  :members:
-  :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/language-client.rst b/docs/language-client.rst
index c0bc0b329ee0..310e7b5bf828 100644
--- a/docs/language-client.rst
+++ b/docs/language-client.rst
@@ -4,10 +4,3 @@ Natural Language Client
 .. automodule:: google.cloud.language.client
   :members:
   :show-inheritance:
-
-Connection
-~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. automodule:: google.cloud.language.connection
-  :members:
-  :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/monitoring-client.rst b/docs/monitoring-client.rst
index 1aec72367379..adc83974e6b2 100644
--- a/docs/monitoring-client.rst
+++ b/docs/monitoring-client.rst
@@ -4,10 +4,3 @@ Stackdriver Monitoring Client
 .. automodule:: google.cloud.monitoring.client
   :members:
   :show-inheritance:
-
-Connection
-~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. automodule:: google.cloud.monitoring.connection
-  :members:
-  :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/resource-manager-client.rst b/docs/resource-manager-client.rst
index 0eb5837f2623..1678f85d7066 100644
--- a/docs/resource-manager-client.rst
+++ b/docs/resource-manager-client.rst
@@ -8,10 +8,3 @@ Client
 .. automodule:: google.cloud.resource_manager.client
   :members:
   :show-inheritance:
-
-Connection
-~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. automodule:: google.cloud.resource_manager.connection
-  :members:
-  :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/runtimeconfig-client.rst b/docs/runtimeconfig-client.rst
index 215c1511d36e..20775256be84 100644
--- a/docs/runtimeconfig-client.rst
+++ b/docs/runtimeconfig-client.rst
@@ -4,10 +4,3 @@ Runtime Configuration Client
 .. automodule:: google.cloud.runtimeconfig.client
   :members:
   :show-inheritance:
-
-Connection
-~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. automodule:: google.cloud.runtimeconfig.connection
-  :members:
-  :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/speech-client.rst b/docs/speech-client.rst
index 1e14b24eeac5..4e6caad90ff3 100644
--- a/docs/speech-client.rst
+++ b/docs/speech-client.rst
@@ -5,11 +5,3 @@ Speech Client
   :members:
   :undoc-members:
   :show-inheritance:
-
-Connection
-~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. automodule:: google.cloud.speech.connection
-  :members:
-  :undoc-members:
-  :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/translate-client.rst b/docs/translate-client.rst
index 2bb0820ef5dd..9f6aa5e1ece9 100644
--- a/docs/translate-client.rst
+++ b/docs/translate-client.rst
@@ -5,11 +5,3 @@ Translation Client
   :members:
   :undoc-members:
   :show-inheritance:
-
-Connection
-~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. automodule:: google.cloud.translate.connection
-  :members:
-  :undoc-members:
-  :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/vision-client.rst b/docs/vision-client.rst
index f7f9fd259ce4..36977d972931 100644
--- a/docs/vision-client.rst
+++ b/docs/vision-client.rst
@@ -8,11 +8,3 @@ Client
   :members:
   :undoc-members:
   :show-inheritance:
-
-Connection
-~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. automodule:: google.cloud.vision.connection
-  :members:
-  :undoc-members:
-  :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/language/google/cloud/language/connection.py b/language/google/cloud/language/_http.py
similarity index 100%
rename from language/google/cloud/language/connection.py
rename to language/google/cloud/language/_http.py
diff --git a/language/google/cloud/language/client.py b/language/google/cloud/language/client.py
index 4c8380eba2fc..55940063a641 100644
--- a/language/google/cloud/language/client.py
+++ b/language/google/cloud/language/client.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 import warnings
 
 from google.cloud import client as client_module
-from google.cloud.language.connection import Connection
+
+from google.cloud.language._http import Connection
 from google.cloud.language.document import Document
 
 
diff --git a/language/unit_tests/test_connection.py b/language/unit_tests/test__http.py
similarity index 94%
rename from language/unit_tests/test_connection.py
rename to language/unit_tests/test__http.py
index f595cc6130aa..496422ee2c8b 100644
--- a/language/unit_tests/test_connection.py
+++ b/language/unit_tests/test__http.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class TestConnection(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_target_class():
-        from google.cloud.language.connection import Connection
+        from google.cloud.language._http import Connection
 
         return Connection
 
diff --git a/language/unit_tests/test_client.py b/language/unit_tests/test_client.py
index ee5b61f3ea86..87ad21655414 100644
--- a/language/unit_tests/test_client.py
+++ b/language/unit_tests/test_client.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def _make_one(self, *args, **kw):
         return self._get_target_class()(*args, **kw)
 
     def test_ctor(self):
-        from google.cloud.language.connection import Connection
+        from google.cloud.language._http import Connection
 
         creds = make_mock_credentials()
         http = object()
diff --git a/language/unit_tests/test_document.py b/language/unit_tests/test_document.py
index ab75c8686349..2ddfc0de97d5 100644
--- a/language/unit_tests/test_document.py
+++ b/language/unit_tests/test_document.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def _get_entities(include_entities):
 
 def make_mock_client(response):
     import mock
-    from google.cloud.language.connection import Connection
+    from google.cloud.language._http import Connection
     from google.cloud.language.client import Client
 
     connection = mock.Mock(spec=Connection)
diff --git a/monitoring/google/cloud/monitoring/__init__.py b/monitoring/google/cloud/monitoring/__init__.py
index 8a350cbc3622..3afbd72baac9 100644
--- a/monitoring/google/cloud/monitoring/__init__.py
+++ b/monitoring/google/cloud/monitoring/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 """Google Stackdriver Monitoring API wrapper."""
 
 from google.cloud.monitoring.client import Client
-from google.cloud.monitoring.connection import Connection
 from google.cloud.monitoring.group import Group
 from google.cloud.monitoring.label import LabelDescriptor
 from google.cloud.monitoring.label import LabelValueType
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@
 
 __all__ = (
     'Client',
-    'Connection',
     'Group',
     'LabelDescriptor', 'LabelValueType',
     'Metric', 'MetricDescriptor', 'MetricKind', 'ValueType',
diff --git a/monitoring/google/cloud/monitoring/connection.py b/monitoring/google/cloud/monitoring/_http.py
similarity index 100%
rename from monitoring/google/cloud/monitoring/connection.py
rename to monitoring/google/cloud/monitoring/_http.py
diff --git a/monitoring/google/cloud/monitoring/client.py b/monitoring/google/cloud/monitoring/client.py
index 099f16105cec..88052bddd760 100644
--- a/monitoring/google/cloud/monitoring/client.py
+++ b/monitoring/google/cloud/monitoring/client.py
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
 
 from google.cloud._helpers import _datetime_to_rfc3339
 from google.cloud.client import ClientWithProject
-from google.cloud.monitoring.connection import Connection
+
+from google.cloud.monitoring._http import Connection
 from google.cloud.monitoring.group import Group
 from google.cloud.monitoring.metric import Metric
 from google.cloud.monitoring.metric import MetricDescriptor
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
 from google.cloud.monitoring.timeseries import Point
 from google.cloud.monitoring.timeseries import TimeSeries
 
+
 _UTCNOW = datetime.datetime.utcnow  # To be replaced by tests.
 
 
diff --git a/monitoring/unit_tests/test_connection.py b/monitoring/unit_tests/test__http.py
similarity index 93%
rename from monitoring/unit_tests/test_connection.py
rename to monitoring/unit_tests/test__http.py
index 5d56acb40908..6ec4923bbf78 100644
--- a/monitoring/unit_tests/test_connection.py
+++ b/monitoring/unit_tests/test__http.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class TestConnection(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_target_class():
-        from google.cloud.monitoring.connection import Connection
+        from google.cloud.monitoring._http import Connection
 
         return Connection
 
diff --git a/resource_manager/google/cloud/resource_manager/__init__.py b/resource_manager/google/cloud/resource_manager/__init__.py
index 9b172f4f3223..65a45126b52b 100644
--- a/resource_manager/google/cloud/resource_manager/__init__.py
+++ b/resource_manager/google/cloud/resource_manager/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 
 from google.cloud.resource_manager.client import Client
-from google.cloud.resource_manager.connection import Connection
 from google.cloud.resource_manager.project import Project
 
 
diff --git a/resource_manager/google/cloud/resource_manager/connection.py b/resource_manager/google/cloud/resource_manager/_http.py
similarity index 100%
rename from resource_manager/google/cloud/resource_manager/connection.py
rename to resource_manager/google/cloud/resource_manager/_http.py
diff --git a/resource_manager/google/cloud/resource_manager/client.py b/resource_manager/google/cloud/resource_manager/client.py
index e1258ea1af70..83623d4f6629 100644
--- a/resource_manager/google/cloud/resource_manager/client.py
+++ b/resource_manager/google/cloud/resource_manager/client.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 
 from google.cloud.client import Client as BaseClient
 from google.cloud.iterator import HTTPIterator
-from google.cloud.resource_manager.connection import Connection
+
+from google.cloud.resource_manager._http import Connection
 from google.cloud.resource_manager.project import Project
 
 
diff --git a/resource_manager/unit_tests/test_connection.py b/resource_manager/unit_tests/test__http.py
similarity index 95%
rename from resource_manager/unit_tests/test_connection.py
rename to resource_manager/unit_tests/test__http.py
index 59747cd0541b..f9204492eeac 100644
--- a/resource_manager/unit_tests/test_connection.py
+++ b/resource_manager/unit_tests/test__http.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class TestConnection(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_target_class():
-        from google.cloud.resource_manager.connection import Connection
+        from google.cloud.resource_manager._http import Connection
 
         return Connection
 
diff --git a/resource_manager/unit_tests/test_client.py b/resource_manager/unit_tests/test_client.py
index 4425e76c5f9f..0b9535cf34b8 100644
--- a/resource_manager/unit_tests/test_client.py
+++ b/resource_manager/unit_tests/test_client.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def _make_one(self, *args, **kw):
         return self._get_target_class()(*args, **kw)
 
     def test_constructor(self):
-        from google.cloud.resource_manager.connection import Connection
+        from google.cloud.resource_manager._http import Connection
 
         http = object()
         credentials = _make_credentials()
diff --git a/runtimeconfig/google/cloud/runtimeconfig/connection.py b/runtimeconfig/google/cloud/runtimeconfig/_http.py
similarity index 100%
rename from runtimeconfig/google/cloud/runtimeconfig/connection.py
rename to runtimeconfig/google/cloud/runtimeconfig/_http.py
diff --git a/runtimeconfig/google/cloud/runtimeconfig/client.py b/runtimeconfig/google/cloud/runtimeconfig/client.py
index 1f40b62895a5..11eb488a7081 100644
--- a/runtimeconfig/google/cloud/runtimeconfig/client.py
+++ b/runtimeconfig/google/cloud/runtimeconfig/client.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 
 
 from google.cloud.client import ClientWithProject
-from google.cloud.runtimeconfig.connection import Connection
+
+from google.cloud.runtimeconfig._http import Connection
 from google.cloud.runtimeconfig.config import Config
 
 
diff --git a/runtimeconfig/unit_tests/test_connection.py b/runtimeconfig/unit_tests/test__http.py
similarity index 93%
rename from runtimeconfig/unit_tests/test_connection.py
rename to runtimeconfig/unit_tests/test__http.py
index c89465fc0603..995f609a5a5a 100644
--- a/runtimeconfig/unit_tests/test_connection.py
+++ b/runtimeconfig/unit_tests/test__http.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class TestConnection(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_target_class():
-        from google.cloud.runtimeconfig.connection import Connection
+        from google.cloud.runtimeconfig._http import Connection
 
         return Connection
 
diff --git a/speech/google/cloud/speech/__init__.py b/speech/google/cloud/speech/__init__.py
index 2d0ba94b738c..0c4f7542e02f 100644
--- a/speech/google/cloud/speech/__init__.py
+++ b/speech/google/cloud/speech/__init__.py
@@ -16,6 +16,5 @@
 
 from google.cloud.speech.alternative import Alternative
 from google.cloud.speech.client import Client
-from google.cloud.speech.connection import Connection
 from google.cloud.speech.encoding import Encoding
 from google.cloud.speech.operation import Operation
diff --git a/speech/google/cloud/speech/_http.py b/speech/google/cloud/speech/_http.py
index f8bd209bf2c4..a4755f6f89ff 100644
--- a/speech/google/cloud/speech/_http.py
+++ b/speech/google/cloud/speech/_http.py
@@ -18,11 +18,29 @@
 
 from google.cloud._helpers import _bytes_to_unicode
 from google.cloud._helpers import _to_bytes
+from google.cloud import _http
 
 from google.cloud.speech.result import Result
 from google.cloud.speech.operation import Operation
 
 
+class Connection(_http.JSONConnection):
+    """A connection to Google Cloud Speech JSON REST API.
+
+    :type client: :class:`~google.cloud.speech.client.Client`
+    :param client: The client that owns the current connection.
+    """
+
+    API_BASE_URL = 'https://speech.googleapis.com'
+    """The base of the API call URL."""
+
+    API_VERSION = 'v1beta1'
+    """The version of the API, used in building the API call's URL."""
+
+    API_URL_TEMPLATE = '{api_base_url}/{api_version}/{path}'
+    """A template for the URL of a particular API call."""
+
+
 class HTTPSpeechAPI(object):
     """Speech API for interacting with the HTTP version of the API.
 
diff --git a/speech/google/cloud/speech/client.py b/speech/google/cloud/speech/client.py
index 2ae34784558b..f534ab63d1b4 100644
--- a/speech/google/cloud/speech/client.py
+++ b/speech/google/cloud/speech/client.py
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 from google.cloud.environment_vars import DISABLE_GRPC
 
 from google.cloud.speech._gax import GAPICSpeechAPI
+from google.cloud.speech._http import Connection
 from google.cloud.speech._http import HTTPSpeechAPI
-from google.cloud.speech.connection import Connection
 from google.cloud.speech.sample import Sample
 
 
diff --git a/speech/google/cloud/speech/connection.py b/speech/google/cloud/speech/connection.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0067cc0aae7d..000000000000
--- a/speech/google/cloud/speech/connection.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2016 Google Inc.
-#
-# 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.
-
-"""Create / interact with Google Cloud Speech connections."""
-
-from google.cloud import _http
-
-
-class Connection(_http.JSONConnection):
-    """A connection to Google Cloud Speech JSON REST API.
-
-    :type client: :class:`~google.cloud.speech.client.Client`
-    :param client: The client that owns the current connection.
-    """
-
-    API_BASE_URL = 'https://speech.googleapis.com'
-    """The base of the API call URL."""
-
-    API_VERSION = 'v1beta1'
-    """The version of the API, used in building the API call's URL."""
-
-    API_URL_TEMPLATE = '{api_base_url}/{api_version}/{path}'
-    """A template for the URL of a particular API call."""
diff --git a/speech/unit_tests/test_connection.py b/speech/unit_tests/test__http.py
similarity index 94%
rename from speech/unit_tests/test_connection.py
rename to speech/unit_tests/test__http.py
index f7b2d618b831..fec987a07f37 100644
--- a/speech/unit_tests/test_connection.py
+++ b/speech/unit_tests/test__http.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class TestConnection(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_target_class():
-        from google.cloud.speech.connection import Connection
+        from google.cloud.speech._http import Connection
 
         return Connection
 
diff --git a/speech/unit_tests/test_client.py b/speech/unit_tests/test_client.py
index b8a87e8b0b55..03c348a8165f 100644
--- a/speech/unit_tests/test_client.py
+++ b/speech/unit_tests/test_client.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def _make_one(self, *args, **kw):
         return self._get_target_class()(*args, **kw)
 
     def test_ctor(self):
-        from google.cloud.speech.connection import Connection
+        from google.cloud.speech._http import Connection
 
         creds = _make_credentials()
         http = object()
diff --git a/translate/google/cloud/translate/__init__.py b/translate/google/cloud/translate/__init__.py
index 006ac866ab8d..efcb64eff8fe 100644
--- a/translate/google/cloud/translate/__init__.py
+++ b/translate/google/cloud/translate/__init__.py
@@ -17,4 +17,3 @@
 from google.cloud.translate.client import BASE
 from google.cloud.translate.client import Client
 from google.cloud.translate.client import NMT
-from google.cloud.translate.connection import Connection
diff --git a/translate/google/cloud/translate/connection.py b/translate/google/cloud/translate/_http.py
similarity index 100%
rename from translate/google/cloud/translate/connection.py
rename to translate/google/cloud/translate/_http.py
diff --git a/translate/google/cloud/translate/client.py b/translate/google/cloud/translate/client.py
index 12e64c403f5e..b1cdbcbfe859 100644
--- a/translate/google/cloud/translate/client.py
+++ b/translate/google/cloud/translate/client.py
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 
 from google.cloud._helpers import _to_bytes
 from google.cloud.client import Client as BaseClient
-from google.cloud.translate.connection import Connection
+
+from google.cloud.translate._http import Connection
 
 
 ENGLISH_ISO_639 = 'en'
diff --git a/translate/unit_tests/test_connection.py b/translate/unit_tests/test__http.py
similarity index 96%
rename from translate/unit_tests/test_connection.py
rename to translate/unit_tests/test__http.py
index e7c9e58ea6f3..031fc2f0a3bb 100644
--- a/translate/unit_tests/test_connection.py
+++ b/translate/unit_tests/test__http.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class TestConnection(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_target_class():
-        from google.cloud.translate.connection import Connection
+        from google.cloud.translate._http import Connection
 
         return Connection
 
diff --git a/translate/unit_tests/test_client.py b/translate/unit_tests/test_client.py
index 5a10022bb895..749ab0e60276 100644
--- a/translate/unit_tests/test_client.py
+++ b/translate/unit_tests/test_client.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def _make_one(self, *args, **kw):
         return self._get_target_class()(*args, **kw)
 
     def test_constructor(self):
-        from google.cloud.translate.connection import Connection
+        from google.cloud.translate._http import Connection
         from google.cloud.translate.client import ENGLISH_ISO_639
 
         http = object()
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def test_constructor(self):
         self.assertEqual(client.target_language, ENGLISH_ISO_639)
 
     def test_constructor_non_default(self):
-        from google.cloud.translate.connection import Connection
+        from google.cloud.translate._http import Connection
 
         http = object()
         target = 'es'
diff --git a/vision/google/cloud/vision/__init__.py b/vision/google/cloud/vision/__init__.py
index e33a7c5fe42e..8a60ee566968 100644
--- a/vision/google/cloud/vision/__init__.py
+++ b/vision/google/cloud/vision/__init__.py
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 """Google Cloud Vision API package."""
+
 from google.cloud.vision.client import Client
diff --git a/vision/google/cloud/vision/_http.py b/vision/google/cloud/vision/_http.py
index 35d9c76ef8c6..e3a0627c80ac 100644
--- a/vision/google/cloud/vision/_http.py
+++ b/vision/google/cloud/vision/_http.py
@@ -14,10 +14,29 @@
 
 """HTTP Client for interacting with the Google Cloud Vision API."""
 
+from google.cloud import _http
+
 from google.cloud.vision.annotations import Annotations
 from google.cloud.vision.feature import Feature
 
 
+class Connection(_http.JSONConnection):
+    """A connection to Google Cloud Vision via the JSON REST API.
+
+    :type client: :class:`~google.cloud.vision.client.Client`
+    :param client: The client that owns the current connection.
+    """
+
+    API_BASE_URL = 'https://vision.googleapis.com'
+    """The base of the API call URL."""
+
+    API_VERSION = 'v1'
+    """The version of the API, used in building the API call's URL."""
+
+    API_URL_TEMPLATE = '{api_base_url}/{api_version}{path}'
+    """A template for the URL of a particular API call."""
+
+
 class _HTTPVisionAPI(object):
     """Vision API for interacting with the JSON/HTTP version of Vision
 
diff --git a/vision/google/cloud/vision/client.py b/vision/google/cloud/vision/client.py
index 1fdc00ad81a7..99a7664953ee 100644
--- a/vision/google/cloud/vision/client.py
+++ b/vision/google/cloud/vision/client.py
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 from google.cloud.environment_vars import DISABLE_GRPC
 
 from google.cloud.vision._gax import _GAPICVisionAPI
+from google.cloud.vision._http import _HTTPVisionAPI
+from google.cloud.vision._http import Connection
 from google.cloud.vision.batch import Batch
-from google.cloud.vision.connection import Connection
 from google.cloud.vision.image import Image
-from google.cloud.vision._http import _HTTPVisionAPI
 
 
 _USE_GAX = not os.getenv(DISABLE_GRPC, False)
diff --git a/vision/google/cloud/vision/connection.py b/vision/google/cloud/vision/connection.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7983c93eceea..000000000000
--- a/vision/google/cloud/vision/connection.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2016 Google Inc.
-#
-# 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.
-
-
-"""Create / interact with Google Cloud Vision connections."""
-
-
-from google.cloud import _http
-
-
-class Connection(_http.JSONConnection):
-    """A connection to Google Cloud Vision via the JSON REST API.
-
-    :type client: :class:`~google.cloud.vision.client.Client`
-    :param client: The client that owns the current connection.
-    """
-
-    API_BASE_URL = 'https://vision.googleapis.com'
-    """The base of the API call URL."""
-
-    API_VERSION = 'v1'
-    """The version of the API, used in building the API call's URL."""
-
-    API_URL_TEMPLATE = '{api_base_url}/{api_version}{path}'
-    """A template for the URL of a particular API call."""
diff --git a/vision/unit_tests/test__http.py b/vision/unit_tests/test__http.py
index e0eb690352b0..e1fd82e57b19 100644
--- a/vision/unit_tests/test__http.py
+++ b/vision/unit_tests/test__http.py
@@ -23,6 +23,22 @@
 B64_IMAGE_CONTENT = base64.b64encode(IMAGE_CONTENT).decode('ascii')
 
 
+class TestConnection(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_target_class():
+        from google.cloud.vision._http import Connection
+        return Connection
+
+    def _make_one(self, *args, **kw):
+        return self._get_target_class()(*args, **kw)
+
+    def test_default_url(self):
+        client = object()
+        conn = self._make_one(client)
+        self.assertEqual(conn._client, client)
+
+
 class Test_HTTPVisionAPI(unittest.TestCase):
     def _get_target_class(self):
         from google.cloud.vision._http import _HTTPVisionAPI
diff --git a/vision/unit_tests/test_connection.py b/vision/unit_tests/test_connection.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 042784336c59..000000000000
--- a/vision/unit_tests/test_connection.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2016 Google Inc.
-#
-# 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.
-
-import unittest
-
-
-class TestConnection(unittest.TestCase):
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _get_target_class():
-        from google.cloud.vision.connection import Connection
-        return Connection
-
-    def _make_one(self, *args, **kw):
-        return self._get_target_class()(*args, **kw)
-
-    def test_default_url(self):
-        client = object()
-        conn = self._make_one(client)
-        self.assertEqual(conn._client, client)