diff --git a/trace/README.md b/trace/README.md
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-# Stackdriver Trace sample for Node.js
-
-This sample demonstrates [StackDriver Trace][trace] with Node.js.
-
-* [Setup](#setup)
-* [Running locally](#running-locally)
-* [Deploying to App Engine](#deploying-to-app-engine)
-* [Running the tests](#running-the-tests)
-
-## Setup
-
-Before you can run or deploy the sample, you need to do the following:
-
-1.  Refer to the [appengine/README.md][readme] file for instructions on
-    running and deploying.
-1.  [Create a Google Analytics Property and obtain the Tracking ID][tracking].
-1.  Add your tracking ID to `app.yaml`.
-1.  Install dependencies:
-
-        npm install
-
-## Running locally
-
-    npm start
-
-## Deploying to App Engine
-
-    npm run deploy
-
-Use the [Stackdriver Trace dashboard](https://console.cloud.google.com/traces/traces) to inspect recorded traces.
-
-## Running the tests
-
-See [Contributing][contributing].
-
-[trace]: https://cloud.google.com/trace/
-[readme]: ../README.md
-[contributing]: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/nodejs-docs-samples/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
diff --git a/trace/app.js b/trace/app.js
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-/**
- * Copyright 2017, Google, Inc.
- * 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.
- */
-
-'use strict';
-
-// [START trace_app]
-if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
-  // [START trace_setup_implicit]
-  require('@google-cloud/trace-agent').start();
-  // [END trace_setup_implicit]
-}
-
-const express = require('express');
-const got = require('got');
-
-const app = express();
-const DISCOVERY_URL = 'https://www.googleapis.com/discovery/v1/apis';
-
-// This incoming HTTP request should be captured by Trace
-app.get('/', (req, res) => {
-  // This outgoing HTTP request should be captured by Trace
-  got(DISCOVERY_URL, {json: true})
-    .then(response => {
-      const names = response.body.items.map(item => item.name);
-
-      res
-        .status(200)
-        .send(names.join('\n'))
-        .end();
-    })
-    .catch(err => {
-      console.error(err);
-      res.status(500).end();
-    });
-});
-
-// Start the server
-const PORT = process.env.PORT || 8080;
-app.listen(PORT, () => {
-  console.log(`App listening on port ${PORT}`);
-  console.log('Press Ctrl+C to quit.');
-});
-// [END trace_app]
diff --git a/trace/app.yaml b/trace/app.yaml
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-# Copyright 2016, Google, Inc.
-# 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.
-
-# [START app_yaml]
-runtime: nodejs
-env: flex
-# [END app_yaml]
diff --git a/trace/package.json b/trace/package.json
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-{
-  "name": "nodejs-docs-samples-trace",
-  "description": "Sample for Google Stackdriver Trace on Google App Engine Flexible Environment.",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
-  "private": true,
-  "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "author": "Google Inc.",
-  "repository": {
-    "type": "git",
-    "url": "https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/nodejs-docs-samples.git"
-  },
-  "engines": {
-    "node": ">=8"
-  },
-  "scripts": {
-    "deploy": "gcloud app deploy",
-    "start": "node app.js",
-    "test": "repo-tools test app",
-    "e2e-test": "repo-tools test deploy"
-  },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "@google-cloud/trace-agent": "2.5.0",
-    "express": "4.16.4",
-    "got": "8.3.2"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "@google-cloud/nodejs-repo-tools": "^3.0.0"
-  },
-  "cloud-repo-tools": {
-    "test": {
-      "app": {
-        "msg": "acceleratedmobilepageurl"
-      }
-    },
-    "requiresKeyFile": true,
-    "requiresProjectId": true
-  }
-}
diff --git a/trace/snippets.js b/trace/snippets.js
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-/**
- * Copyright 2017, Google, Inc.
- * 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.
- */
-
-'use strict';
-
-// [START trace_setup_explicit]
-require('@google-cloud/trace-agent').start({
-  projectId: 'your-project-id',
-  keyFilename: '/path/to/key.json',
-});
-// [END trace_setup_explicit]