diff --git a/owlbot.py b/owlbot.py
index 667e465d61..e26186583d 100644
--- a/owlbot.py
+++ b/owlbot.py
@@ -27,14 +27,10 @@
     if library.parent.absolute() == "spanner":
         s.move(library, excludes=["google/cloud/spanner/**", "*.*", "docs/index.rst", "google/cloud/spanner_v1/__init__.py"])
 
-s.remove_staging_dirs()
-
 for library in s.get_staging_dirs(spanner_admin_instance_default_version):
     if library.parent.absolute() == "spanner_admin_instance":
         s.move(library, excludes=["google/cloud/spanner_admin_instance/**", "*.*", "docs/index.rst"])
 
-s.remove_staging_dirs()
-
 for library in s.get_staging_dirs(spanner_admin_database_default_version):
     if library.parent.absolute() == "spanner_admin_database":
         s.move(library, excludes=["google/cloud/spanner_admin_database/**", "*.*", "docs/index.rst"])