diff --git a/appengine/hello-world/standard/README.md b/appengine/hello-world/standard/README.md
index ba3f852753..27c3cfa2e4 100644
--- a/appengine/hello-world/standard/README.md
+++ b/appengine/hello-world/standard/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Before you can run or deploy the sample, you need to do the following:
 
 ## Deploying to App Engine
 
-    npm run deploy
+    gcloud app deploy
 
 ## Running the tests
 
diff --git a/appengine/hello-world/standard/package.json b/appengine/hello-world/standard/package.json
index ec43fec3b7..6512caf252 100644
--- a/appengine/hello-world/standard/package.json
+++ b/appengine/hello-world/standard/package.json
@@ -13,27 +13,15 @@
     "node": ">=8.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "deploy": "gcloud app deploy",
     "start": "node app.js",
     "system-test": "mocha --exit test/*.test.js",
-    "test": "npm run system-test",
-    "e2e-test": "repo-tools test deploy"
+    "test": "npm run system-test"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "express": "^4.16.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@google-cloud/nodejs-repo-tools": "^3.3.0",
     "mocha": "^6.1.4",
     "supertest": "^4.0.2"
-  },
-  "cloud-repo-tools": {
-    "test": {
-      "app": {
-        "msg": "Hello, world!"
-      }
-    },
-    "requiresKeyFile": true,
-    "requiresProjectId": true
   }
 }