diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 981629e6a5..0000000000
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0%20http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-  <artifactId>google-cloud-core-install-without-bom</artifactId>
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <name>Google Google Cloud Core Install Without Bom</name>
-  <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-core</url>
-
-  <!--
-    The parent pom defines common style checks and testing strategies for our samples.
-    Removing or replacing it should not affect the execution of the samples in anyway.
-  -->
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>com.google.cloud.samples</groupId>
-    <artifactId>shared-configuration</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.14</version>
-  </parent>
-
-  <properties>
-    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-  </properties>
-
-
-  <dependencies>
-    <!-- [START google-cloud-core_install_without_bom] -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-      <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-      <version></version>
-    </dependency>
-    <!-- [END google-cloud-core_install_without_bom] -->
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.13</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.truth</groupId>
-      <artifactId>truth</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-
-  <!-- compile and run all snippet tests -->
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.0</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>add-snippets-source</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>add-source</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <sources>
-                <source>../snippets/src/main/java</source>
-              </sources>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>add-snippets-tests</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>add-test-source</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <sources>
-                <source>../snippets/src/test/java</source>
-              </sources>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-</project>
diff --git a/samples/pom.xml b/samples/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b73180417..0000000000
--- a/samples/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0%20http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-  <artifactId>google-cloud-google-cloud-core-samples</artifactId>
-  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- This artifact should not be released -->
-  <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <name>Google Google Cloud Core Samples Parent</name>
-  <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-core</url>
-  <description>
-    Java idiomatic client for Google Cloud Platform services.
-  </description>
-
-  <!--
-    The parent pom defines common style checks and testing strategies for our samples.
-    Removing or replacing it should not affect the execution of the samples in anyway.
-  -->
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>com.google.cloud.samples</groupId>
-    <artifactId>shared-configuration</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.14</version>
-  </parent>
-
-  <properties>
-    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-  </properties>
-
-  <modules>
-    <module>install-without-bom</module>
-    <module>snapshot</module>
-    <module>snippets</module>
-  </modules>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.2</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <skip>true</skip>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.8</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-</project> 
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index df92eb7bef..0000000000
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0%20http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-  <artifactId>google-cloud-core-snapshot</artifactId>
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <name>Google Google Cloud Core Snapshot Samples</name>
-  <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-core</url>
-
-  <!--
-    The parent pom defines common style checks and testing strategies for our samples.
-    Removing or replacing it should not affect the execution of the samples in anyway.
-  -->
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>com.google.cloud.samples</groupId>
-    <artifactId>shared-configuration</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.14</version>
-  </parent>
-
-  <properties>
-    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-  </properties>
-
-  <!-- {x-version-update-start::current} -->
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-      <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-      <version></version>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.13</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.truth</groupId>
-      <artifactId>truth</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-  <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
-
-  <!-- compile and run all snippet tests -->
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.0</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>add-snippets-source</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>add-source</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <sources>
-                <source>../snippets/src/main/java</source>
-              </sources>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>add-snippets-tests</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>add-test-source</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <sources>
-                <source>../snippets/src/test/java</source>
-              </sources>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index fff1c49cff..0000000000
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0%20http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-  <artifactId>google-cloud-core-snippets</artifactId>
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <name>Google Google Cloud Core Snippets</name>
-  <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-core</url>
-
-  <!--
-    The parent pom defines common style checks and testing strategies for our samples.
-    Removing or replacing it should not affect the execution of the samples in anyway.
-  -->
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>com.google.cloud.samples</groupId>
-    <artifactId>shared-configuration</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.14</version>
-  </parent>
-
-  <properties>
-    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-  </properties>
-
-
-  <!-- [START google-cloud-core_install_with_bom] -->
-  <dependencyManagement>
-    <dependencies>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-        <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-        <version></version>
-        <type>pom</type>
-        <scope>import</scope>
-      </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-  </dependencyManagement>
-
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-      <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <!-- [END google-cloud-core_install_with_bom] -->
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.13</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.truth</groupId>
-      <artifactId>truth</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-</project>
diff --git a/synth.py b/synth.py
index 5030c3ae9e..646372929e 100644
--- a/synth.py
+++ b/synth.py
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@
 
 java.common_templates(excludes=[
   'README.md',
+  'samples/*',
 ])