diff --git a/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc.sh b/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc.sh
index 4cf9fe35..d30cab5a 100755
--- a/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/release/publish_javadoc.sh
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ if [[ -z "${STAGING_BUCKET}" ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-if [[ -z "${STAGING_BUCKET_V2}" ]]; then
-  echo "Need to set STAGING_BUCKET_V2 environment variable"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 # work from the git root directory
 pushd $(dirname "$0")/../../
 
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index 8ec7583d..f2f5f5b1 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage-nio.git",
-        "sha": "684ae0ab43d8bed5dff07472866769b07ecd0dd5"
+        "sha": "f44ba1fa52e78acb92fa0afe89d3f0e81900e68f"
       }
     },
     {
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "0b064d767537e0675fc053e53fca473c5c701fb8"
+        "sha": "572ef8f70edd9041f5bcfa71511aed6aecfc2098"
       }
     }
   ],