diff --git a/presubmit_support.py b/presubmit_support.py
index 9b339d4e4..3a05c4b8e 100755
--- a/presubmit_support.py
+++ b/presubmit_support.py
@@ -652,14 +652,10 @@ class InputApi(object):
     # Temporary files we must manually remove at the end of a run.
     self._named_temporary_files = []
 
-    self.owners_client = None
-    if self.gerrit:
-      self.owners_client = owners_client.GetCodeOwnersClient(
-          root=change.RepositoryRoot(),
-          upstream=change.UpstreamBranch(),
-          host=self.gerrit.host,
-          project=self.gerrit.project,
-          branch=self.gerrit.branch)
+    # TODO(dpranke): figure out a list of all approved owners for a repo
+    # in order to be able to handle wildcard OWNERS files?
+    self.owners_client = owners_client.DepotToolsClient(
+        change.RepositoryRoot(), change.UpstreamBranch(), os_path=self.os_path)
     self.owners_db = owners_db.Database(
         change.RepositoryRoot(), fopen=open, os_path=self.os_path)
     self.owners_finder = owners_finder.OwnersFinder
diff --git a/tests/presubmit_unittest.py b/tests/presubmit_unittest.py
index 8d9a9c5d6..fc4e1df40 100755
--- a/tests/presubmit_unittest.py
+++ b/tests/presubmit_unittest.py
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ index fe3de7b..54ae6e1 100755
     mock.patch('gclient_utils.FileWrite').start()
     mock.patch('json.load').start()
     mock.patch('multiprocessing.cpu_count', lambda: 2)
-    mock.patch('gerrit_util.IsCodeOwnersEnabled').start()
     mock.patch('os.chdir').start()
     mock.patch('os.getcwd', self.RootDir)
     mock.patch('os.listdir').start()
@@ -2750,9 +2749,9 @@ the current line as well!
     input_api.dry_run = dry_run
     input_api.gerrit._FetchChangeDetail = lambda _: response
 
-    input_api.owners_client = owners_client.OwnersClient()
+    input_api.owners_client = owners_client.DepotToolsClient('root', 'branch')
 
-    with mock.patch('owners_client.OwnersClient.ListOwners',
+    with mock.patch('owners_client.DepotToolsClient.ListOwners',
                     side_effect=lambda f: owners_by_path.get(f, [])):
       results = presubmit_canned_checks.CheckOwners(
           input_api, presubmit.OutputApi, allow_tbr=allow_tbr)