diff --git a/test/core/bad_client/generate_tests.bzl b/test/core/bad_client/generate_tests.bzl
index b595defb8c3..ba91e2c2131 100755
--- a/test/core/bad_client/generate_tests.bzl
+++ b/test/core/bad_client/generate_tests.bzl
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 """Generates the appropriate build.json data for all the bad_client tests."""
 
+load("//bazel:grpc_build_system.bzl", "grpc_cc_test", "grpc_cc_library")
 
 def test_options():
   return struct()
@@ -36,14 +37,14 @@ BAD_CLIENT_TESTS = {
 }
 
 def grpc_bad_client_tests():
-  native.cc_library(
+  grpc_cc_library(
       name = 'bad_client_test',
       srcs = ['bad_client.cc'],
       hdrs = ['bad_client.h'],
       deps = ['//test/core/util:grpc_test_util', '//:grpc', '//:gpr', '//test/core/end2end:cq_verifier']
   )
   for t, topt in BAD_CLIENT_TESTS.items():
-    native.cc_test(
+    grpc_cc_test(
         name = '%s_bad_client_test' % t,
         srcs = ['tests/%s.cc' % t],
         deps = [':bad_client_test'],