diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-node/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-node/package.json
index 2a3238ce52c6..fa4bdab44757 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-node/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-node/package.json
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@
     "cover": "nyc --reporter=lcov mocha test/*.js && nyc report",
     "docs": "jsdoc -c .jsdoc.js",
     "generate-scaffolding": "repo-tools generate all && repo-tools generate lib_samples_readme -l samples/ --config ../.cloud-repo-tools.json",
-    "lint": "eslint src/ samples/ system-test/ test/",
-    "prettier": "prettier --write src/*.js src/*/*.js samples/*.js samples/*/*.js test/*.js test/*/*.js system-test/*.js system-test/*/*.js",
+    "lint": "eslint '**/*.js'",
     "samples-test": "cd samples/ && npm link ../ && npm test && cd ../",
     "system-test": "mocha system-test/*.js --timeout 600000",
     "test-no-cover": "mocha test/*.js",
-    "test": "npm run cover"
+    "test": "npm run cover",
+    "fix": "eslint --fix '**/*.js'"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/common": "^0.26.0",
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-node/smoke-test/.eslintrc.yml b/packages/google-cloud-node/smoke-test/.eslintrc.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f9605165c0fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-node/smoke-test/.eslintrc.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+env:
+  mocha: true
+rules:
+  no-console: off
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-node/smoke-test/speech_smoke_test.js b/packages/google-cloud-node/smoke-test/speech_smoke_test.js
index 1cbcef2d9abf..756f84f1a2e4 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-node/smoke-test/speech_smoke_test.js
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-node/smoke-test/speech_smoke_test.js
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ describe('SpeechSmokeTest', () => {
       config: config,
       audio: audio,
     };
-    client.recognize(request)
+    client
+      .recognize(request)
       .then(responses => {
         const response = responses[0];
         console.log(response);
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-node/synth.py b/packages/google-cloud-node/synth.py
index d3c940feb0e2..eb4514464522 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-node/synth.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-node/synth.py
@@ -53,11 +53,10 @@
         "")
 
 templates = common_templates.node_library()
-# TODO: remove excludes once var's are converted to const/let
-s.copy(templates, excludes=['.eslintrc.yml'])
+s.copy(templates)
 
 #
 # Node.js specific cleanup
 #
 subprocess.run(['npm', 'install'])
-subprocess.run(['npm', 'run', 'prettier'])
+subprocess.run(['npm', 'run', 'fix'])