diff --git a/bin/update-split-repo.sh b/bin/delete-samples-split-repo.sh
similarity index 96%
rename from bin/update-split-repo.sh
rename to bin/delete-samples-split-repo.sh
index b7bfea8a9c0..bf972f34baa 100755
--- a/bin/update-split-repo.sh
+++ b/bin/delete-samples-split-repo.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ git clone "git@github.com:googleapis/${SPLIT_REPO}.git" "/tmp/${SPLIT_REPO}"
 
 cd "/tmp/${SPLIT_REPO}"
 
-git checkout -b 'removeOwlBotAndUpdateREADME'
+git checkout -b 'deleteMostOfLibrary'
 
 shopt -s extglob
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ echo -e "'**_THIS REPOSITORY IS DEPRECATED. ALL OF ITS CONTENT AND HISTORY HAS B
 git add .
 git commit -m 'build: update README for deprecation notice and delete all files except samples'
 
-git push -f --set-upstream origin removeOwlBotAndUpdateREADME
+git push -f --set-upstream origin deleteMostOfLibrary
 
 # create pull request
 if gh --help > /dev/null
diff --git a/bin/migrate-split-repo.sh b/bin/migrate-split-repo.sh
index ff41007991b..ae5ca6d8cd4 100755
--- a/bin/migrate-split-repo.sh
+++ b/bin/migrate-split-repo.sh
@@ -42,5 +42,6 @@ ${SCRIPT_DIR}/migrate-git-history.sh \
   ".kokoro,.github,.trampolinerc,SECURITY.md,renovate.json,samples" \
   ".github/.OwlBot.yaml,samples/quickstart.js,samples/test/quickstart.js,samples/test/quickstart.test.js,system-test/test/quickstart.test.js,system-test/test/quickstart.js,samples/README.md,samples/package.json,samples/generated"
 
-# run the script to update the split repo
-${SCRIPT_DIR}/update-split-repo.sh ${SPLIT_REPO} ${ARTIFACT_NAME}
+# run the script to update the split repo and either delete all the samples or just update the README
+${SCRIPT_DIR}/delete-samples-split-repo.sh ${SPLIT_REPO} ${ARTIFACT_NAME}
+${SCRIPT_DIR}/update-readme-only-split-repo.sh ${SPLIT_REPO} ${ARTIFACT_NAME}
diff --git a/bin/update-readme-only-split-repo.sh b/bin/update-readme-only-split-repo.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..b4167133314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/update-readme-only-split-repo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+#
+# 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
+#
+#     https://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.
+
+set -e
+
+if [ $# -lt 2 ]
+then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <split-repo-name> <target-path>"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# repo name (e.g. nodejs-asset)
+SPLIT_REPO=$1
+# destination directory (e.g. google-cloud-asset)
+ARTIFACT_NAME=$2
+
+rm -rf "/tmp/${SPLIT_REPO}"
+git clone "git@github.com:googleapis/${SPLIT_REPO}.git" "/tmp/${SPLIT_REPO}"
+
+cd "/tmp/${SPLIT_REPO}"
+
+git checkout -b 'removeOwlBotAndUpdateREADME'
+
+shopt -s extglob
+
+OWLBOT_PY="/tmp/${SPLIT_REPO}/owlbot.py"
+# Delete owlbot.yaml
+rm -rf "$OWLBOT_PY"
+
+IGNORE_README_TXT="# Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an \"AS IS\" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import synthtool.languages.node as node
+
+node.owlbot_main(templates_excludes=[
+README.md'
+])"
+
+echo "$IGNORE_README_TXT" >> "$OWLBOT_PY"
+
+# Update the README
+README_MD="/tmp/${SPLIT_REPO}/README.md"
+
+echo -e "'**_THIS REPOSITORY IS DEPRECATED. ALL OF ITS CONTENT AND HISTORY HAS BEEN MOVED TO [GOOGLE-CLOUD-NODE](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/tree/main/packages/${ARTIFACT_NAME})_**'\n$(cat $README_MD)" > "$README_MD"
+
+git add .
+git commit -m 'build: update README for deprecation notice and delete all files except samples'
+
+git push -f --set-upstream origin removeOwlBotAndUpdateREADME
+
+# create pull request
+if gh --help > /dev/null
+then
+  gh pr create --title "build: update README for deprecation notice"
+else
+  hub pull-request -m "build: update README for deprecation notice"
+fi
+
+rm -rf "/tmp/${SPLIT_REPO}"
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