diff --git a/google/cloud/firestore_v1/async_client.py b/google/cloud/firestore_v1/async_client.py
index 4dd17035c..00029074b 100644
--- a/google/cloud/firestore_v1/async_client.py
+++ b/google/cloud/firestore_v1/async_client.py
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@
 from google.cloud.firestore_v1.async_collection import AsyncCollectionReference
 from google.cloud.firestore_v1.async_document import AsyncDocumentReference
 from google.cloud.firestore_v1.async_transaction import AsyncTransaction
+from google.cloud.firestore_v1.services.firestore import (
+    async_client as firestore_client,
+)
+from google.cloud.firestore_v1.services.firestore.transports import (
+    grpc_asyncio as firestore_grpc_transport,
+)
 
 
 class AsyncClient(BaseClient):
@@ -86,6 +92,29 @@ def __init__(
             client_options=client_options,
         )
 
+    @property
+    def _firestore_api(self):
+        """Lazy-loading getter GAPIC Firestore API.
+        Returns:
+            :class:`~google.cloud.gapic.firestore.v1`.async_firestore_client.FirestoreAsyncClient:
+            The GAPIC client with the credentials of the current client.
+        """
+        return self._firestore_api_helper(
+            firestore_grpc_transport.FirestoreGrpcAsyncIOTransport,
+            firestore_client.FirestoreAsyncClient,
+            firestore_client,
+        )
+
+    @property
+    def _target(self):
+        """Return the target (where the API is).
+        Eg. "firestore.googleapis.com"
+
+        Returns:
+            str: The location of the API.
+        """
+        return self._target_helper(firestore_client.FirestoreAsyncClient)
+
     def collection(self, *collection_path):
         """Get a reference to a collection.
 
@@ -233,7 +262,7 @@ async def collections(self):
             Sequence[:class:`~google.cloud.firestore_v1.async_collection.AsyncCollectionReference`]:
                 iterator of subcollections of the current document.
         """
-        iterator = self._firestore_api.list_collection_ids(
+        iterator = await self._firestore_api.list_collection_ids(
             request={"parent": "{}/documents".format(self._database_string)},
             metadata=self._rpc_metadata,
         )
@@ -242,7 +271,7 @@ async def collections(self):
             for i in iterator.collection_ids:
                 yield self.collection(i)
             if iterator.next_page_token:
-                iterator = self._firestore_api.list_collection_ids(
+                iterator = await self._firestore_api.list_collection_ids(
                     request={
                         "parent": "{}/documents".format(self._database_string),
                         "page_token": iterator.next_page_token,
diff --git a/google/cloud/firestore_v1/base_client.py b/google/cloud/firestore_v1/base_client.py
index 288a55d56..538cafefa 100644
--- a/google/cloud/firestore_v1/base_client.py
+++ b/google/cloud/firestore_v1/base_client.py
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@
 from google.cloud.firestore_v1 import types
 from google.cloud.firestore_v1.base_document import DocumentSnapshot
 from google.cloud.firestore_v1.field_path import render_field_path
-from google.cloud.firestore_v1.services.firestore import client as firestore_client
-from google.cloud.firestore_v1.services.firestore.transports import (
-    grpc as firestore_grpc_transport,
-)
 
 DEFAULT_DATABASE = "(default)"
 """str: The default database used in a :class:`~google.cloud.firestore_v1.client.Client`."""
@@ -117,12 +113,10 @@ def __init__(
         self._database = database
         self._emulator_host = os.getenv(_FIRESTORE_EMULATOR_HOST)
 
-    @property
-    def _firestore_api(self):
+    def _firestore_api_helper(self, transport, client_class, client_module):
         """Lazy-loading getter GAPIC Firestore API.
         Returns:
-            :class:`~google.cloud.gapic.firestore.v1`.firestore_client.FirestoreClient:
-            <The GAPIC client with the credentials of the current client.
+            The GAPIC client with the credentials of the current client.
         """
         if self._firestore_api_internal is None:
             # Use a custom channel.
@@ -131,30 +125,26 @@ def _firestore_api(self):
             if self._emulator_host is not None:
                 # TODO(microgen): this likely needs to be adapted to use insecure_channel
                 # on new generated surface.
-                channel = firestore_grpc_transport.FirestoreGrpcTransport.create_channel(
-                    host=self._emulator_host
-                )
+                channel = transport.create_channel(host=self._emulator_host)
             else:
-                channel = firestore_grpc_transport.FirestoreGrpcTransport.create_channel(
+                channel = transport.create_channel(
                     self._target,
                     credentials=self._credentials,
                     options={"grpc.keepalive_time_ms": 30000}.items(),
                 )
 
-            self._transport = firestore_grpc_transport.FirestoreGrpcTransport(
-                host=self._target, channel=channel
-            )
+            self._transport = transport(host=self._target, channel=channel)
 
-            self._firestore_api_internal = firestore_client.FirestoreClient(
+            self._firestore_api_internal = client_class(
                 transport=self._transport, client_options=self._client_options
             )
-            firestore_client._client_info = self._client_info
+            client_module._client_info = self._client_info
 
         return self._firestore_api_internal
 
-    @property
-    def _target(self):
+    def _target_helper(self, client_class):
         """Return the target (where the API is).
+        Eg. "firestore.googleapis.com"
 
         Returns:
             str: The location of the API.
@@ -164,7 +154,7 @@ def _target(self):
         elif self._client_options and self._client_options.api_endpoint:
             return self._client_options.api_endpoint
         else:
-            return firestore_client.FirestoreClient.DEFAULT_ENDPOINT
+            return client_class.DEFAULT_ENDPOINT
 
     @property
     def _database_string(self):
diff --git a/google/cloud/firestore_v1/client.py b/google/cloud/firestore_v1/client.py
index 1ce4b47ba..829c4285e 100644
--- a/google/cloud/firestore_v1/client.py
+++ b/google/cloud/firestore_v1/client.py
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
 from google.cloud.firestore_v1.collection import CollectionReference
 from google.cloud.firestore_v1.document import DocumentReference
 from google.cloud.firestore_v1.transaction import Transaction
+from google.cloud.firestore_v1.services.firestore import client as firestore_client
+from google.cloud.firestore_v1.services.firestore.transports import (
+    grpc as firestore_grpc_transport,
+)
 
 
 class Client(BaseClient):
@@ -86,6 +90,29 @@ def __init__(
             client_options=client_options,
         )
 
+    @property
+    def _firestore_api(self):
+        """Lazy-loading getter GAPIC Firestore API.
+        Returns:
+            :class:`~google.cloud.gapic.firestore.v1`.firestore_client.FirestoreClient:
+            The GAPIC client with the credentials of the current client.
+        """
+        return self._firestore_api_helper(
+            firestore_grpc_transport.FirestoreGrpcTransport,
+            firestore_client.FirestoreClient,
+            firestore_client,
+        )
+
+    @property
+    def _target(self):
+        """Return the target (where the API is).
+        Eg. "firestore.googleapis.com"
+
+        Returns:
+            str: The location of the API.
+        """
+        return self._target_helper(firestore_client.FirestoreClient)
+
     def collection(self, *collection_path):
         """Get a reference to a collection.
 
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index d6a9e172a..fff963ae9 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def lint_setup_py(session):
 
 def default(session, test_dir, ignore_dir=None):
     # Install all test dependencies, then install this package in-place.
-    session.install("asyncmock", "pytest-asyncio", "aiounittest")
+    session.install("pytest-asyncio", "aiounittest")
 
     session.install("mock", "pytest", "pytest-cov")
     session.install("-e", ".")
diff --git a/tests/unit/v1/test__helpers.py b/tests/unit/v1/test__helpers.py
index 5b62ec90f..caa456c91 100644
--- a/tests/unit/v1/test__helpers.py
+++ b/tests/unit/v1/test__helpers.py
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
 import mock
 
 
+class AsyncMock(mock.MagicMock):
+    async def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return super(AsyncMock, self).__call__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
 class TestGeoPoint(unittest.TestCase):
     @staticmethod
     def _get_target_class():
diff --git a/tests/unit/v1/test_async_client.py b/tests/unit/v1/test_async_client.py
index 6fd9b93d2..1a4724e13 100644
--- a/tests/unit/v1/test_async_client.py
+++ b/tests/unit/v1/test_async_client.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import aiounittest
 
 import mock
+from tests.unit.v1.test__helpers import AsyncMock
 
 
 class TestAsyncClient(aiounittest.AsyncTestCase):
@@ -200,7 +201,8 @@ async def test_collections(self):
 
         collection_ids = ["users", "projects"]
         client = self._make_default_one()
-        firestore_api = mock.Mock(spec=["list_collection_ids"])
+        firestore_api = AsyncMock()
+        firestore_api.mock_add_spec(spec=["list_collection_ids"])
         client._firestore_api_internal = firestore_api
 
         # TODO(microgen): list_collection_ids isn't a pager.