diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index f01d9b57..7fdb2bbc 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 # https://help.github.com/en/github/creating-cloning-and-archiving-repositories/about-code-owners#codeowners-syntax
 
 
-# The yoshi-nodejs team is the default owner for nodejs repositories.
-*     @googleapis/yoshi-nodejs @jsteam
+# Unless specified, the jsteam is the default owner for nodejs repositories.
+*     @googleapis/yoshi-nodejs @googleapis/jsteam
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/auto-label.yaml b/.github/auto-label.yaml
index ccad49b4..09c8d735 100644
--- a/.github/auto-label.yaml
+++ b/.github/auto-label.yaml
@@ -1,19 +1,2 @@
-# Copyright 2022 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.
 requestsize:
   enabled: true
-staleness:
-  pullrequest: true
-  old: 30
-  extraold: 60
diff --git a/.github/release-please.yml b/.github/release-please.yml
index d544995e..a1b41da3 100644
--- a/.github/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/release-please.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 handleGHRelease: true
 releaseType: node
-extraFiles: ["src/index.ts"]
diff --git a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
index 1350faef..b46e4c4d 100644
--- a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
+++ b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ branchProtectionRules:
     requiredStatusCheckContexts:
       - "ci/kokoro: Samples test"
       - "ci/kokoro: System test"
-      - docs
       - lint
       - test (14)
       - test (16)
diff --git a/.kokoro/common.cfg b/.kokoro/common.cfg
index b850d2bf..a601dcbe 100644
--- a/.kokoro/common.cfg
+++ b/.kokoro/common.cfg
@@ -22,23 +22,3 @@ env_vars: {
     key: "TRAMPOLINE_BUILD_FILE"
     value: "github/nodejs-logging-bunyan/.kokoro/test.sh"
 }
-
-
-#############################################
-# this section merged from .kokoro/common_env_vars.cfg using owlbot.py
-
-env_vars: {
-    key: "PRODUCT_AREA_LABEL"
-    value: "observability"
-}
-env_vars: {
-    key: "PRODUCT_LABEL"
-    value: "logging"
-}
-env_vars: {
-    key: "LANGUAGE_LABEL"
-    value: "nodejs"
-}
-
-###################################################
-
diff --git a/.kokoro/continuous/node14/common.cfg b/.kokoro/continuous/node14/common.cfg
index b850d2bf..a601dcbe 100644
--- a/.kokoro/continuous/node14/common.cfg
+++ b/.kokoro/continuous/node14/common.cfg
@@ -22,23 +22,3 @@ env_vars: {
     key: "TRAMPOLINE_BUILD_FILE"
     value: "github/nodejs-logging-bunyan/.kokoro/test.sh"
 }
-
-
-#############################################
-# this section merged from .kokoro/common_env_vars.cfg using owlbot.py
-
-env_vars: {
-    key: "PRODUCT_AREA_LABEL"
-    value: "observability"
-}
-env_vars: {
-    key: "PRODUCT_LABEL"
-    value: "logging"
-}
-env_vars: {
-    key: "LANGUAGE_LABEL"
-    value: "nodejs"
-}
-
-###################################################
-
diff --git a/owlbot.py b/owlbot.py
index 9f257c3b..43520984 100644
--- a/owlbot.py
+++ b/owlbot.py
@@ -50,3 +50,20 @@
                 file_path,
                 merge=lambda src, dst, _, : f"{dst}\n{src}",
             )
+# Copyright 2022 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
+#
+#     https://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.
+import synthtool.languages.node as node
+node.owlbot_main(templates_excludes=[
+'README.md'
+])