diff --git a/.github/readme/synth.py b/.github/readme/synth.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b48cc28d361..000000000000
--- 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/.github/trusted-contribution.yml b/.github/trusted-contribution.yml
index f247d5c78934..a0ba1f7d9078 100644
--- a/.github/trusted-contribution.yml
+++ b/.github/trusted-contribution.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 trustedContributors:
-- renovate-bot
\ No newline at end of file
+- renovate-bot
+- gcf-owl-bot[bot]
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index 8a1aec182c45..0876ed24fa00 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable.git",
-        "sha": "a3719122294080f2214e522d779d6f2344b6aaef"
+        "sha": "f5321feefc8eb300eb66411db19c93042beb7d4b"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "17ee6e5c08f2eb47029beee4776ce990e56b3925"
+        "sha": "a6b97202771f89a4b76873d43ea9a07d7fc95f91"
       }
     }
   ],
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
     ".github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md",
     ".github/blunderbuss.yml",
     ".github/generated-files-bot.yml",
-    ".github/readme/synth.py",
     ".github/release-please.yml",
     ".github/release-trigger.yml",
     ".github/snippet-bot.yml",
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@
     ".kokoro/common.sh",
     ".kokoro/continuous/common.cfg",
     ".kokoro/continuous/java8.cfg",
-    ".kokoro/continuous/readme.cfg",
     ".kokoro/dependencies.sh",
     ".kokoro/nightly/common.cfg",
     ".kokoro/nightly/java11.cfg",