diff --git a/.kokoro/readme.sh b/.kokoro/readme.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 40d44268bec..00000000000
--- a/.kokoro/readme.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# 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.
-
-set -eo pipefail
-
-cd ${KOKORO_ARTIFACTS_DIR}/github/java-spanner
-
-# Disable buffering, so that the logs stream through.
-export PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
-
-# Kokoro exposes this as a file, but the scripts expect just a plain variable.
-export GITHUB_TOKEN=$(cat ${KOKORO_KEYSTORE_DIR}/73713_yoshi-automation-github-key)
-
-# Setup git credentials
-echo "https://${GITHUB_TOKEN}:@github.com" >> ~/.git-credentials
-git config --global credential.helper 'store --file ~/.git-credentials'
-
-python3.6 -m pip install git+https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git#egg=gcp-synthtool
-
-set +e
-python3.6 -m autosynth.synth \
-    --repository=googleapis/java-spanner \
-    --synth-file-name=.github/readme/synth.py \
-    --metadata-path=.github/readme/synth.metadata \
-    --pr-title="chore: regenerate README" \
-    --branch-suffix="readme"
-
-# autosynth returns 28 to signal there are no changes
-RETURN_CODE=$?
-if [[ ${RETURN_CODE} -ne 0 && ${RETURN_CODE} -ne 28 ]]
-then
-    exit ${RETURN_CODE}
-fi
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index 099e30c3689..9622106469d 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@
     ".kokoro/presubmit/java8.cfg",
     ".kokoro/presubmit/linkage-monitor.cfg",
     ".kokoro/presubmit/lint.cfg",
-    ".kokoro/readme.sh",
     ".kokoro/release/bump_snapshot.cfg",
     ".kokoro/release/common.cfg",
     ".kokoro/release/common.sh",