diff --git a/.kokoro/release/drop.cfg b/.kokoro/release/drop.cfg
index 211c014c2a..6590b0c133 100644
--- a/.kokoro/release/drop.cfg
+++ b/.kokoro/release/drop.cfg
@@ -4,6 +4,3 @@ env_vars: {
   key: "TRAMPOLINE_BUILD_FILE"
   value: "github/java-core/.kokoro/release/drop.sh"
 }
-
-# Download staging properties file.
-gfile_resources: "/bigstore/cloud-devrel-kokoro-resources/java/releases/java-core"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.kokoro/release/promote.cfg b/.kokoro/release/promote.cfg
index b3fc2015d6..800f0884e6 100644
--- a/.kokoro/release/promote.cfg
+++ b/.kokoro/release/promote.cfg
@@ -4,7 +4,3 @@ env_vars: {
   key: "TRAMPOLINE_BUILD_FILE"
   value: "github/java-core/.kokoro/release/promote.sh"
 }
-
-# Download staging properties file.
-gfile_resources: "/bigstore/cloud-devrel-kokoro-resources/java/releases/java-core"
-
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index 3841938ac0..b015b61d61 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "updateTime": "2019-10-19T07:59:22.603125Z",
+  "updateTime": "2019-10-26T08:01:40.057113Z",
   "sources": [
     {
       "template": {