diff --git a/bin/delete-samples-split-repo.sh b/bin/delete-everything-split-repo.sh
similarity index 93%
rename from bin/delete-samples-split-repo.sh
rename to bin/delete-everything-split-repo.sh
index bf972f34baa..d2cb5fc10f0 100755
--- a/bin/delete-samples-split-repo.sh
+++ b/bin/delete-everything-split-repo.sh
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ git checkout -b 'deleteMostOfLibrary'
 
 shopt -s extglob
 
-# Delete everything first that's not the samples, README.md, and git folder
-rm -rf !("samples"|"README.md"|".git") 
-rm -rf "/tmp/${SPLIT_REPO}/.[!.git]*"
+# Delete everything first that's not the samples, README.md, .kokoro folder, and git folder
+rm -rf !("samples"|"README.md"|".git"|".kokoro") 
+rm -rf "/tmp/${SPLIT_REPO}/.[!.git|!.kokoro]*"
 rm -rf "/tmp/${SPLIT_REPO}/.github"
 
 IGNORE_README_TXT="# Copyright 2022 Google LLC
diff --git a/bin/migrate-split-repo.sh b/bin/migrate-split-repo.sh
index ae5ca6d8cd4..a2a4a21fe4e 100755
--- a/bin/migrate-split-repo.sh
+++ b/bin/migrate-split-repo.sh
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ ${SCRIPT_DIR}/migrate-git-history.sh \
   "" \
   "${PACKAGE_PATH}" \
   ".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"
+  ".github/.OwlBot.yaml,samples/quickstart.js,samples/test/quickstart.js,samples/.eslintrc.yml,samples/test/sample.test.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 and either delete all the samples or just update the README
-${SCRIPT_DIR}/delete-samples-split-repo.sh ${SPLIT_REPO} ${ARTIFACT_NAME}
+${SCRIPT_DIR}/delete-everything-split-repo.sh ${SPLIT_REPO} ${ARTIFACT_NAME}
 ${SCRIPT_DIR}/update-readme-only-split-repo.sh ${SPLIT_REPO} ${ARTIFACT_NAME}