diff --git a/synth.py b/synth.py
index b3e7b1e030..c5771e4a5e 100644
--- a/synth.py
+++ b/synth.py
@@ -14,14 +14,8 @@
 
 """This script is used to synthesize generated parts of this library."""
 
-import synthtool as s
-import synthtool.gcp as gcp
-import logging
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
-common_templates = gcp.CommonTemplates()
-templates = common_templates.java_library()
-s.copy(templates, excludes=[
-  '.gitignore',
+import synthtool.languages.java as java
+java.common_templates(excludes=[
   'README.md',
 ])