diff --git a/monitoring/snippets/package.json b/monitoring/snippets/package.json
index 1ae7629638..8da0512f72 100644
--- a/monitoring/snippets/package.json
+++ b/monitoring/snippets/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "node": ">=4.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "repo-tools test run --cmd ava -- -T 3m --verbose system-test/*.test.js"
+    "test": "ava -T 3m --verbose system-test/*.test.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/monitoring": "0.5.0",