diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-texttospeech/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml b/packages/google-cloud-texttospeech/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
index 3e98ae70f964..37438d33d4fa 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-texttospeech/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-texttospeech/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,5 @@ branchProtectionRules:
     - 'Kokoro'
     - 'cla/google'
     - 'Samples - Lint'
-    - 'Samples - Python 3.6'
     - 'Samples - Python 3.7'
     - 'Samples - Python 3.8'