diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-node/samples/README.md b/packages/google-cloud-node/samples/README.md
index 19ec303cdac6..c316d64ec3cb 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-node/samples/README.md
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-node/samples/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ recognition technologies into developer applications.
 
 View the [documentation][recognize_docs] or the [source code][recognize_code].
 
-__Usage:__ `node recognize --help`
+__Usage:__ `node recognize.js --help`
 
 ```
 Commands:
@@ -42,15 +42,13 @@ Commands:
   listen             Detects speech in a microphone input stream.
 
 Options:
-  --help  Show help                                                                                            [boolean]
+  --help  Show help                                                    [boolean]
 
 Examples:
-  node recognize sync ./resources/audio.raw    Detects speech in "./resources/audio.raw".
-  node recognize async ./resources/audio.raw   Creates a job to detect speech in "./resources/audio.raw", and waits for
-                                               the job to complete.
-  node recognize stream ./resources/audio.raw  Detects speech in "./resources/audio.raw" by streaming it to the Speech
-                                               API.
-  node recognize listen ./resources/audio.raw  Detects speech in a microphone input stream.
+  node recognize.js sync ./resources/audio.raw
+  node recognize.js async ./resources/audio.raw
+  node recognize.js stream ./resources/audio.raw
+  node recognize.js listen
 
 For more information, see https://cloud.google.com/speech/docs
 ```
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-node/samples/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-node/samples/package.json
index 63b3f5525414..4ce70045cb42 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-node/samples/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-node/samples/package.json
@@ -5,17 +5,13 @@
   "license": "Apache Version 2.0",
   "author": "Google Inc.",
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "mocha -R spec -t 10000 --require intelli-espower-loader ../test/_setup.js test/*.test.js",
-    "system-test": "mocha -R spec -t 10000 --require intelli-espower-loader ../system-test/_setup.js system-test/*.test.js"
+    "test": "cd ..; npm run st -- speech/system-test/*.test.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/speech": "^0.4.0",
     "node-record-lpcm16": "^0.1.4",
     "yargs": "^6.4.0"
   },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "mocha": "^3.1.2"
-  },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=4.3.2"
   }
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-node/samples/quickstart.js b/packages/google-cloud-node/samples/quickstart.js
index fa28527ca30f..bc2cde2bd461 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-node/samples/quickstart.js
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-node/samples/quickstart.js
@@ -37,12 +37,9 @@ const options = {
 };
 
 // Detects speech in the audio file
-speechClient.recognize(fileName, options, (err, result) => {
-  if (err) {
-    console.error(err);
-    return;
-  }
-
-  console.log(`Transcription: ${result}`);
-});
+speechClient.recognize(fileName, options)
+  .then((results) => {
+    const transcription = results[0];
+    console.log(`Transcription: ${transcription}`);
+  });
 // [END speech_quickstart]
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-node/samples/test/quickstart.test.js b/packages/google-cloud-node/samples/test/quickstart.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 807e23e507fb..000000000000
--- a/packages/google-cloud-node/samples/test/quickstart.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright 2016, Google, Inc.
- * 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.
- */
-
-'use strict';
-
-const proxyquire = require(`proxyquire`).noCallThru();
-
-const config = {
-  encoding: 'LINEAR16',
-  sampleRate: 16000
-};
-
-describe(`speech:quickstart`, () => {
-  let speechMock, SpeechMock;
-  const error = new Error(`error`);
-  const fileName = `./resources/audio.raw`;
-
-  before(() => {
-    speechMock = {
-      recognize: sinon.stub().yields(error)
-    };
-    SpeechMock = sinon.stub().returns(speechMock);
-  });
-
-  it(`should handle error`, () => {
-    proxyquire(`../quickstart`, {
-      '@google-cloud/speech': SpeechMock
-    });
-
-    assert.equal(SpeechMock.calledOnce, true);
-    assert.deepEqual(SpeechMock.firstCall.args, [{ projectId: 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID' }]);
-    assert.equal(speechMock.recognize.calledOnce, true);
-    assert.deepEqual(speechMock.recognize.firstCall.args.slice(0, -1), [fileName, config]);
-    assert.equal(console.error.calledOnce, true);
-    assert.deepEqual(console.error.firstCall.args, [error]);
-  });
-});