diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/interop/xds-interop-client.ts b/packages/grpc-js/interop/xds-interop-client.ts
index fc45b615..f2c4cb0a 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/interop/xds-interop-client.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/interop/xds-interop-client.ts
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ function main() {
   const argv = yargs
     .string(['fail_on_failed_rpcs', 'server', 'stats_port'])
     .number(['num_channels', 'qps'])
-    .require(['fail_on_failed_rpcs', 'num_channels', 'qps', 'server', 'stats_port'])
+    .require(['qps', 'server', 'stats_port'])
+    .default('num_channels', 1)
     .argv;
   console.log('Starting xDS interop client. Args: ', argv);
   const callStatsTracker = new CallStatsTracker();
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/scripts/xds.sh b/packages/grpc-js/scripts/xds.sh
index e1c59e8e..ae169eeb 100755
--- a/packages/grpc-js/scripts/xds.sh
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/scripts/xds.sh
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ GRPC_NODE_TRACE=all GRPC_NODE_VERBOSITY=DEBUG \
       --qps={qps} \
       {fail_on_failed_rpc} \
       {rpcs_to_send} \
-      {metadata_to_send}"
\ No newline at end of file
+      {metadata_to_send}"
diff --git a/run-tests.sh b/run-tests.sh
index 55a08e49..f23475b9 100755
--- a/run-tests.sh
+++ b/run-tests.sh
@@ -75,15 +75,6 @@ do
   npm test || FAILED="true"
 done
 
-if [ "$OS" = "Linux" ]
-then
-  set +ex
-  nvm use 12
-  set -ex
-  # Run the xds interop tests only on Linux
-  ./packages/grpc-js/scripts/xds.sh
-fi
-
 set +ex
 nvm use 8
 set -ex