diff --git a/.github/generated-files-bot.yml b/.github/generated-files-bot.yml
index 20f3acc2..47c2ba13 100644
--- a/.github/generated-files-bot.yml
+++ b/.github/generated-files-bot.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ externalManifests:
 - type: json
   file: '.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata'
   jsonpath: '$.generatedFiles[*]'
+ignoreAuthors:
+- 'renovate-bot'
+- 'yoshi-automation'
+- 'release-please[bot]'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/formatting.yaml b/.github/workflows/formatting.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6844407b..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/formatting.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-on:
-  pull_request_target:
-    types: [opened, synchronize]
-    branches:
-      - master
-name: format
-jobs:
-  format-code:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.YOSHI_CODE_BOT_TOKEN }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          ref: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.ref}}
-          repository: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name}}
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v1
-        with:
-          java-version: 11
-      - run: "mvn com.coveo:fmt-maven-plugin:format"
-      - uses: googleapis/code-suggester@v1
-        with:
-          command: review
-          pull_number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
-          git_dir: '.'
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index c46900ed..690161e4 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config.git",
-        "sha": "329f41993a16830b2a1a4a7080aa15d4d842ba18"
+        "sha": "82b74087e195cab55dbdbfc1728dbd4ca7871f04"
       }
     },
     {
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "5d11bd2888c38ce1fb6fa6bf25494a4219a73928"
+        "sha": "6133907dbb3ddab204a17a15d5c53ec0aae9b033"
       }
     }
   ],
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     ".github/workflows/approve-readme.yaml",
     ".github/workflows/auto-release.yaml",
     ".github/workflows/ci.yaml",
-    ".github/workflows/formatting.yaml",
     ".github/workflows/samples.yaml",
     ".kokoro/build.bat",
     ".kokoro/build.sh",