diff --git a/interop-testing/src/test/java/io/grpc/testing/integration/Http2NettyTest.java b/interop-testing/src/test/java/io/grpc/testing/integration/Http2NettyTest.java
index af4d6edabda..aead88e3135 100644
--- a/interop-testing/src/test/java/io/grpc/testing/integration/Http2NettyTest.java
+++ b/interop-testing/src/test/java/io/grpc/testing/integration/Http2NettyTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
 
 import io.grpc.ChannelCredentials;
+import io.grpc.Metadata;
 import io.grpc.ServerBuilder;
 import io.grpc.ServerCredentials;
 import io.grpc.TlsChannelCredentials;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
 import io.grpc.netty.InternalNettyServerBuilder;
 import io.grpc.netty.NettyChannelBuilder;
 import io.grpc.netty.NettyServerBuilder;
+import io.grpc.stub.MetadataUtils;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
@@ -101,4 +103,17 @@ public void localAddr() throws Exception {
   public void tlsInfo() {
     assertX500SubjectDn("CN=testclient, O=Internet Widgits Pty Ltd, ST=Some-State, C=AU");
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void contentLengthPermitted() throws Exception {
+    // Some third-party gRPC implementations (e.g., ServiceTalk) include Content-Length. The HTTP/2
+    // code starting in Netty 4.1.60.Final has special-cased handling of Content-Length, and may
+    // call uncommon methods on our custom headers implementation.
+    // https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java/issues/7953
+    Metadata contentLength = new Metadata();
+    contentLength.put(Metadata.Key.of("content-length", Metadata.ASCII_STRING_MARSHALLER), "5");
+    blockingStub
+        .withInterceptors(MetadataUtils.newAttachHeadersInterceptor(contentLength))
+        .emptyCall(EMPTY);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/netty/src/main/java/io/grpc/netty/GrpcHttp2HeadersUtils.java b/netty/src/main/java/io/grpc/netty/GrpcHttp2HeadersUtils.java
index 8f46c2c13dd..4bdef93ad04 100644
--- a/netty/src/main/java/io/grpc/netty/GrpcHttp2HeadersUtils.java
+++ b/netty/src/main/java/io/grpc/netty/GrpcHttp2HeadersUtils.java
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@
 import static io.netty.util.AsciiString.isUpperCase;
 
 import com.google.common.io.BaseEncoding;
+import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
 import io.grpc.Metadata;
+import io.netty.handler.codec.CharSequenceValueConverter;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http2.DefaultHttp2HeadersDecoder;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http2.Http2Headers;
 import io.netty.util.AsciiString;
@@ -160,6 +162,44 @@ public List<CharSequence> getAll(CharSequence csName) {
       return returnValues;
     }
 
+    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+    @Override
+    public boolean remove(CharSequence csName) {
+      AsciiString name = requireAsciiString(csName);
+      int i = 0;
+      for (; i < namesAndValuesIdx; i += 2) {
+        if (equals(name, namesAndValues[i])) {
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+      if (i >= namesAndValuesIdx) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      int dest = i;
+      for (; i < namesAndValuesIdx; i += 2) {
+        if (equals(name, namesAndValues[i])) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        values[dest / 2] = values[i / 2];
+        namesAndValues[dest] = namesAndValues[i];
+        namesAndValues[dest + 1] = namesAndValues[i + 1];
+        dest += 2;
+      }
+      namesAndValuesIdx = dest;
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Http2Headers set(CharSequence name, CharSequence value) {
+      remove(name);
+      return add(name, value);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Http2Headers setLong(CharSequence name, long value) {
+      return set(name, AsciiString.of(CharSequenceValueConverter.INSTANCE.convertLong(value)));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the header names and values as bytes. An even numbered index contains the
      * {@code byte[]} representation of a header name (in insertion order), and the subsequent
@@ -353,9 +393,6 @@ public CharSequence scheme() {
       return scheme;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * This method is called in tests only.
-     */
     @Override
     public List<CharSequence> getAll(CharSequence csName) {
       AsciiString name = requireAsciiString(csName);
@@ -369,6 +406,21 @@ public List<CharSequence> getAll(CharSequence csName) {
       return super.getAll(csName);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean remove(CharSequence csName) {
+      AsciiString name = requireAsciiString(csName);
+      if (isPseudoHeader(name)) {
+        // This code should never be reached.
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Use direct accessor methods for pseudo headers.");
+      }
+      if (equals(TE_HEADER, name)) {
+        boolean wasPresent = te != null;
+        te = null;
+        return wasPresent;
+      }
+      return super.remove(name);
+    }
+
     /**
      * This method is called in tests only.
      */
diff --git a/netty/src/test/java/io/grpc/netty/GrpcHttp2HeadersUtilsTest.java b/netty/src/test/java/io/grpc/netty/GrpcHttp2HeadersUtilsTest.java
index 9336035f897..11488b752f1 100644
--- a/netty/src/test/java/io/grpc/netty/GrpcHttp2HeadersUtilsTest.java
+++ b/netty/src/test/java/io/grpc/netty/GrpcHttp2HeadersUtilsTest.java
@@ -16,11 +16,10 @@
 
 package io.grpc.netty;
 
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 import static io.grpc.Metadata.BINARY_BYTE_MARSHALLER;
 import static io.grpc.internal.GrpcUtil.DEFAULT_MAX_HEADER_LIST_SIZE;
 import static io.netty.util.AsciiString.of;
-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.containsString;
-import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ public void decode_emptyHeaders() throws Http2Exception {
 
     Http2Headers decodedHeaders = decoder.decodeHeaders(3 /* randomly chosen */, encodedHeaders);
     assertEquals(0, decodedHeaders.size());
-    assertThat(decodedHeaders.toString(), containsString("[]"));
+    assertThat(decodedHeaders.toString()).contains("[]");
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -156,8 +155,69 @@ public void dupBinHeadersWithComma() {
         values));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void headerGetAll_notPresent() {
+    Http2Headers http2Headers = new GrpcHttp2RequestHeaders(2);
+    http2Headers.add(AsciiString.of("notit"), AsciiString.of("val"));
+    assertThat(http2Headers.getAll(AsciiString.of("dont-care"))).isEmpty();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void headerGetAll_multiplePresent() {
+    // getAll is used by Netty 4.1.60+. https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java/issues/7953
+    Http2Headers http2Headers = new GrpcHttp2RequestHeaders(2);
+    http2Headers.add(AsciiString.of("notit1"), AsciiString.of("val1"));
+    http2Headers.add(AsciiString.of("multiple"), AsciiString.of("value1"));
+    http2Headers.add(AsciiString.of("notit2"), AsciiString.of("val2"));
+    http2Headers.add(AsciiString.of("multiple"), AsciiString.of("value2"));
+    http2Headers.add(AsciiString.of("notit3"), AsciiString.of("val3"));
+    assertThat(http2Headers.size()).isEqualTo(5);
+    assertThat(http2Headers.getAll(AsciiString.of("multiple")))
+        .containsExactly(AsciiString.of("value1"), AsciiString.of("value2"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void headerRemove_notPresent() {
+    Http2Headers http2Headers = new GrpcHttp2RequestHeaders(2);
+    http2Headers.add(AsciiString.of("dont-care"), AsciiString.of("value"));
+    assertThat(http2Headers.remove(AsciiString.of("not-seen"))).isFalse();
+    assertThat(http2Headers.size()).isEqualTo(1);
+    assertThat(http2Headers.getAll(AsciiString.of("dont-care")))
+        .containsExactly(AsciiString.of("value"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void headerRemove_multiplePresent() {
+    Http2Headers http2Headers = new GrpcHttp2RequestHeaders(2);
+    http2Headers.add(AsciiString.of("notit1"), AsciiString.of("val1"));
+    http2Headers.add(AsciiString.of("multiple"), AsciiString.of("value1"));
+    http2Headers.add(AsciiString.of("notit2"), AsciiString.of("val2"));
+    http2Headers.add(AsciiString.of("multiple"), AsciiString.of("value2"));
+    http2Headers.add(AsciiString.of("notit3"), AsciiString.of("val3"));
+    assertThat(http2Headers.remove(AsciiString.of("multiple"))).isTrue();
+    assertThat(http2Headers.size()).isEqualTo(3);
+    assertThat(http2Headers.getAll(AsciiString.of("notit1")))
+        .containsExactly(AsciiString.of("val1"));
+    assertThat(http2Headers.getAll(AsciiString.of("notit2")))
+        .containsExactly(AsciiString.of("val2"));
+    assertThat(http2Headers.getAll(AsciiString.of("notit3")))
+        .containsExactly(AsciiString.of("val3"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void headerSetLong() {
+    // setLong is used by Netty 4.1.60+. https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java/issues/7953
+    Http2Headers http2Headers = new GrpcHttp2RequestHeaders(2);
+    http2Headers.add(AsciiString.of("long-header"), AsciiString.of("1"));
+    http2Headers.add(AsciiString.of("long-header"), AsciiString.of("2"));
+    http2Headers.setLong(AsciiString.of("long-header"), 3);
+    assertThat(http2Headers.size()).isEqualTo(1);
+    assertThat(http2Headers.getAll(AsciiString.of("long-header")))
+        .containsExactly(AsciiString.of("3"));
+  }
+
   private static void assertContainsKeyAndValue(String str, CharSequence key, CharSequence value) {
-    assertThat(str, containsString(key.toString()));
-    assertThat(str, containsString(value.toString()));
+    assertThat(str).contains(key.toString());
+    assertThat(str).contains(value.toString());
   }
 }