diff --git a/tonic/Cargo.toml b/tonic/Cargo.toml
index cefdafc57..50d8aa1fe 100644
--- a/tonic/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tonic/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,9 +29,8 @@ zstd = ["dep:zstd"]
 default = ["transport", "codegen", "prost"]
 prost = ["dep:prost"]
 tls = ["dep:rustls-pemfile", "dep:tokio-rustls", "dep:tokio", "tokio?/rt", "tokio?/macros"]
-tls-roots = ["tls-roots-common", "dep:rustls-native-certs"]
-tls-roots-common = ["tls", "channel"]
-tls-webpki-roots = ["tls-roots-common", "dep:webpki-roots"]
+tls-roots = ["tls", "channel", "dep:rustls-native-certs"]
+tls-webpki-roots = ["tls", "channel", "dep:webpki-roots"]
 router = ["dep:axum"]
 server = [
   "router",
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/channel/endpoint.rs b/tonic/src/transport/channel/endpoint.rs
index 4961e03b6..03d7ebd7e 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/channel/endpoint.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/channel/endpoint.rs
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ pub struct Endpoint {
     pub(crate) rate_limit: Option<(u64, Duration)>,
     #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
     pub(crate) tls: Option<TlsConnector>,
-    // Only applies if the tls config is not explicitly set. This allows users
-    // to connect to a server that doesn't support ALPN while using the
-    // tls-roots-common feature for setting up TLS.
-    #[cfg(feature = "tls-roots-common")]
-    pub(crate) tls_assume_http2: bool,
     pub(crate) buffer_size: Option<usize>,
     pub(crate) init_stream_window_size: Option<u32>,
     pub(crate) init_connection_window_size: Option<u32>,
@@ -256,18 +251,6 @@ impl Endpoint {
         })
     }
 
-    /// Configures TLS to assume that the server offers HTTP/2 even if it
-    /// doesn't perform ALPN negotiation. This only applies if a tls_config has
-    /// not been set.
-    #[cfg(feature = "tls-roots-common")]
-    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "tls-roots-common")))]
-    pub fn tls_assume_http2(self, assume_http2: bool) -> Self {
-        Endpoint {
-            tls_assume_http2: assume_http2,
-            ..self
-        }
-    }
-
     /// Set the value of `TCP_NODELAY` option for accepted connections. Enabled by default.
     pub fn tcp_nodelay(self, enabled: bool) -> Self {
         Endpoint {
@@ -320,16 +303,11 @@ impl Endpoint {
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn connector<C>(&self, c: C) -> service::Connector<C> {
-        #[cfg(all(feature = "tls", not(feature = "tls-roots-common")))]
-        let connector = service::Connector::new(c, self.tls.clone());
-
-        #[cfg(all(feature = "tls", feature = "tls-roots-common"))]
-        let connector = service::Connector::new(c, self.tls.clone(), self.tls_assume_http2);
-
-        #[cfg(not(feature = "tls"))]
-        let connector = service::Connector::new(c);
-
-        connector
+        service::Connector::new(
+            c,
+            #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
+            self.tls.clone(),
+        )
     }
 
     /// Create a channel from this config.
@@ -435,8 +413,6 @@ impl From<Uri> for Endpoint {
             timeout: None,
             #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
             tls: None,
-            #[cfg(feature = "tls-roots-common")]
-            tls_assume_http2: false,
             buffer_size: None,
             init_stream_window_size: None,
             init_connection_window_size: None,
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/connector.rs b/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/connector.rs
index 2e8291c04..146dc94ed 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/connector.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/connector.rs
@@ -33,40 +33,16 @@ pub(crate) struct Connector<C> {
     inner: C,
     #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
     tls: Option<TlsConnector>,
-    // When connecting to a URI with the https scheme, assume that the server
-    // is capable of speaking HTTP/2 even if it doesn't offer ALPN.
-    #[cfg(feature = "tls-roots-common")]
-    assume_http2: bool,
 }
 
 impl<C> Connector<C> {
-    pub(crate) fn new(
-        inner: C,
-        #[cfg(feature = "tls")] tls: Option<TlsConnector>,
-        #[cfg(feature = "tls-roots-common")] assume_http2: bool,
-    ) -> Self {
+    pub(crate) fn new(inner: C, #[cfg(feature = "tls")] tls: Option<TlsConnector>) -> Self {
         Self {
             inner,
             #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
             tls,
-            #[cfg(feature = "tls-roots-common")]
-            assume_http2,
         }
     }
-
-    #[cfg(feature = "tls-roots-common")]
-    fn tls_or_default(&self, scheme: Option<&str>, host: Option<&str>) -> Option<TlsConnector> {
-        if self.tls.is_some() {
-            return self.tls.clone();
-        }
-
-        let host = match (scheme, host) {
-            (Some("https"), Some(host)) => host,
-            _ => return None,
-        };
-
-        TlsConnector::new(Vec::new(), None, host, self.assume_http2).ok()
-    }
 }
 
 impl<C> Service<Uri> for Connector<C>
@@ -87,12 +63,9 @@ where
     }
 
     fn call(&mut self, uri: Uri) -> Self::Future {
-        #[cfg(all(feature = "tls", not(feature = "tls-roots-common")))]
+        #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
         let tls = self.tls.clone();
 
-        #[cfg(feature = "tls-roots-common")]
-        let tls = self.tls_or_default(uri.scheme_str(), uri.host());
-
         #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
         let is_https = uri.scheme_str() == Some("https");
         let connect = self.inner.call(uri);
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/tls.rs b/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/tls.rs
index c63396a70..54abcbee3 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/tls.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/tls.rs
@@ -26,15 +26,21 @@ impl TlsConnector {
         identity: Option<Identity>,
         domain: &str,
         assume_http2: bool,
+        #[cfg(feature = "tls-roots")] with_native_roots: bool,
+        #[cfg(feature = "tls-webpki-roots")] with_webpki_roots: bool,
     ) -> Result<Self, crate::Error> {
         let builder = ClientConfig::builder();
         let mut roots = RootCertStore::empty();
 
         #[cfg(feature = "tls-roots")]
-        roots.add_parsable_certificates(rustls_native_certs::load_native_certs()?);
+        if with_native_roots {
+            roots.add_parsable_certificates(rustls_native_certs::load_native_certs()?);
+        }
 
         #[cfg(feature = "tls-webpki-roots")]
-        roots.extend(webpki_roots::TLS_SERVER_ROOTS.iter().cloned());
+        if with_webpki_roots {
+            roots.extend(webpki_roots::TLS_SERVER_ROOTS.iter().cloned());
+        }
 
         for cert in ca_certs {
             add_certs_from_pem(&mut Cursor::new(cert), &mut roots)?;
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/channel/tls.rs b/tonic/src/transport/channel/tls.rs
index 31f5a7a46..1dabec306 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/channel/tls.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/channel/tls.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ pub struct ClientTlsConfig {
     certs: Vec<Certificate>,
     identity: Option<Identity>,
     assume_http2: bool,
+    #[cfg(feature = "tls-roots")]
+    with_native_roots: bool,
+    #[cfg(feature = "tls-webpki-roots")]
+    with_webpki_roots: bool,
 }
 
 impl fmt::Debug for ClientTlsConfig {
@@ -33,6 +37,10 @@ impl ClientTlsConfig {
             certs: Vec::new(),
             identity: None,
             assume_http2: false,
+            #[cfg(feature = "tls-roots")]
+            with_native_roots: false,
+            #[cfg(feature = "tls-webpki-roots")]
+            with_webpki_roots: false,
         }
     }
 
@@ -75,6 +83,26 @@ impl ClientTlsConfig {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Enables the platform's trusted certs.
+    #[cfg(feature = "tls-roots")]
+    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "tls-roots")))]
+    pub fn with_native_roots(self) -> Self {
+        ClientTlsConfig {
+            with_native_roots: true,
+            ..self
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Enables the webpki roots.
+    #[cfg(feature = "tls-webpki-roots")]
+    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "tls-webpki-roots")))]
+    pub fn with_webpki_roots(self) -> Self {
+        ClientTlsConfig {
+            with_webpki_roots: true,
+            ..self
+        }
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn tls_connector(&self, uri: Uri) -> Result<TlsConnector, crate::Error> {
         let domain = match &self.domain {
             Some(domain) => domain,
@@ -85,6 +113,10 @@ impl ClientTlsConfig {
             self.identity.clone(),
             domain,
             self.assume_http2,
+            #[cfg(feature = "tls-roots")]
+            self.with_native_roots,
+            #[cfg(feature = "tls-webpki-roots")]
+            self.with_webpki_roots,
         )
     }
 }