diff --git a/internal/kokoro/publish_docs.sh b/internal/kokoro/publish_docs.sh
index 4190ac0d630..eb7f1c22b58 100755
--- a/internal/kokoro/publish_docs.sh
+++ b/internal/kokoro/publish_docs.sh
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ export GCLOUD_TESTS_GOLANG_PROJECT_ID=dulcet-port-762
 # Generate the YAML and a docs.metadata file.
 godocfx -project $GCLOUD_TESTS_GOLANG_PROJECT_ID -new-modules cloud.google.com/go
 
-cd obj/api || exit 4
-
 for f in $(find obj/api -name docs.metadata); do
   d=$(dirname $f)
   cd $d