diff --git a/.kokoro/trampoline.sh b/.kokoro/trampoline.sh
index 5c7c8633a..d85b1f267 100755
--- a/.kokoro/trampoline.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/trampoline.sh
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ function cleanup() {
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
 $(dirname $0)/populate-secrets.sh # Secret Manager secrets.
-python3 "${KOKORO_GFILE_DIR}/trampoline_v1.py"
+python3 "${KOKORO_GFILE_DIR}/trampoline_v1.py"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 010e9b143..c51cb229d 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 SYSTEM_TEST_STANDARD_DEPENDENCIES: List[str] = [
     "mock",
     "pytest",
-    "pytest-asyncio",
     "google-cloud-testutils",
 ]
 SYSTEM_TEST_EXTERNAL_DEPENDENCIES: List[str] = []
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ def mypy(session):
     session.run(
         "mypy",
         "-p",
-        "google.cloud.bigtable.data",
+        "google.cloud.bigtable",
         "--check-untyped-defs",
         "--warn-unreachable",
         "--disallow-any-generics",
@@ -160,8 +159,16 @@ def install_unittest_dependencies(session, *constraints):
     standard_deps = UNIT_TEST_STANDARD_DEPENDENCIES + UNIT_TEST_DEPENDENCIES
     session.install(*standard_deps, *constraints)
 
+    if UNIT_TEST_EXTERNAL_DEPENDENCIES:
+        warnings.warn(
+            "'unit_test_external_dependencies' is deprecated. Instead, please "
+            "use 'unit_test_dependencies' or 'unit_test_local_dependencies'.",
+            DeprecationWarning,
+        )
+        session.install(*UNIT_TEST_EXTERNAL_DEPENDENCIES, *constraints)
+
     if UNIT_TEST_LOCAL_DEPENDENCIES:
-        session.install("-e", *UNIT_TEST_LOCAL_DEPENDENCIES, *constraints)
+        session.install(*UNIT_TEST_LOCAL_DEPENDENCIES, *constraints)
 
     if UNIT_TEST_EXTRAS_BY_PYTHON:
         extras = UNIT_TEST_EXTRAS_BY_PYTHON.get(session.python, [])
@@ -175,20 +182,6 @@ def install_unittest_dependencies(session, *constraints):
     else:
         session.install("-e", ".", *constraints)
 
-    if UNIT_TEST_EXTERNAL_DEPENDENCIES:
-        warnings.warn(
-            "'unit_test_external_dependencies' is deprecated. Instead, please "
-            "use 'unit_test_dependencies' or 'unit_test_local_dependencies'.",
-            DeprecationWarning,
-        )
-        session.install(
-            "--upgrade",
-            "--no-deps",
-            "--force-reinstall",
-            *UNIT_TEST_EXTERNAL_DEPENDENCIES,
-            *constraints,
-        )
-
 
 def default(session):
     # Install all test dependencies, then install this package in-place.
@@ -277,27 +270,6 @@ def system_emulated(session):
         os.killpg(os.getpgid(p.pid), signal.SIGKILL)
 
 
-@nox.session(python=SYSTEM_TEST_PYTHON_VERSIONS)
-def conformance(session):
-    """
-    Run the set of shared bigtable conformance tests
-    """
-    TEST_REPO_URL = "https://github.com/googleapis/cloud-bigtable-clients-test.git"
-    CLONE_REPO_DIR = "cloud-bigtable-clients-test"
-    # install dependencies
-    constraints_path = str(
-        CURRENT_DIRECTORY / "testing" / f"constraints-{session.python}.txt"
-    )
-    install_unittest_dependencies(session, "-c", constraints_path)
-    with session.chdir("test_proxy"):
-        # download the conformance test suite
-        clone_dir = os.path.join(CURRENT_DIRECTORY, CLONE_REPO_DIR)
-        if not os.path.exists(clone_dir):
-            print("downloading copy of test repo")
-            session.run("git", "clone", TEST_REPO_URL, CLONE_REPO_DIR, external=True)
-        session.run("bash", "-e", "run_tests.sh", external=True)
-
-
 @nox.session(python=SYSTEM_TEST_PYTHON_VERSIONS)
 def system(session):
     """Run the system test suite."""
@@ -477,7 +449,7 @@ def prerelease_deps(session):
         # Exclude version 1.52.0rc1 which has a known issue. See https://github.com/grpc/grpc/issues/32163
         "grpcio!=1.52.0rc1",
         "grpcio-status",
-        "google-api-core==2.16.0rc0",  # TODO: remove pin once streaming retries is merged
+        "google-api-core",
         "google-auth",
         "proto-plus",
         "google-cloud-testutils",