diff --git a/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata b/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
deleted file mode 100644
index fb71fb7117..0000000000
--- a/.github/readme/synth.metadata/synth.metadata
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "sources": [
-    {
-      "git": {
-        "name": ".",
-        "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner.git",
-        "sha": "ca6808cc76a01167d3167faef657fb783ff459f5"
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "git": {
-        "name": "synthtool",
-        "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "ad7fd76e17bf9494a3e47ff9cf445f61564432e0"
-      }
-    }
-  ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/readme/synth.py b/.github/readme/synth.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b48cc28d3..0000000000
--- a/.github/readme/synth.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-"""This script is used to synthesize generated the README for this library."""
-
-from synthtool.languages import java
-
-java.custom_templates(["java_library/README.md"])
diff --git a/.kokoro/continuous/readme.cfg b/.kokoro/continuous/readme.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index acd7dd9717..0000000000
--- a/.kokoro/continuous/readme.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# Format: //devtools/kokoro/config/proto/build.proto
-
-env_vars: {
-  key: "TRAMPOLINE_IMAGE"
-  value: "gcr.io/cloud-devrel-kokoro-resources/python-multi"
-}
-
-env_vars: {
-  key: "TRAMPOLINE_BUILD_FILE"
-  value: "github/java-spanner/.kokoro/readme.sh"
-}
-
-# Build logs will be here
-action {
-  define_artifacts {
-    regex: "**/*sponge_log.xml"
-    regex: "**/*sponge_log.log"
-  }
-}
-
-# The github token is stored here.
-before_action {
-  fetch_keystore {
-    keystore_resource {
-      keystore_config_id: 73713
-      keyname: "yoshi-automation-github-key"
-      # TODO(theacodes): remove this after secrets have globally propagated
-      backend_type: FASTCONFIGPUSH
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-# Common env vars for all repositories and builds.
-env_vars: {
-    key: "GITHUB_USER"
-    value: "yoshi-automation"
-}
-env_vars: {
-    key: "GITHUB_EMAIL"
-    value: "yoshi-automation@google.com"
-}