diff --git a/.kokoro/release/snapshot.sh b/.kokoro/release/snapshot.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index da5d54a5..e3e4334d 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -25,8 +25,5 @@
       "packagePatterns": ["^io.opencensus:opencensus-"],
       "groupName": "OpenCensus packages"
     }
-  ],
-  "prHourlyLimit": 5,
-  "semanticCommits": true,
-  "semanticPrefix": "deps"
+  ]
 }
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diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index ac9ec4ef..ccbc4c22 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "updateTime": "2019-08-26T21:57:24.064486Z",
+  "updateTime": "2019-09-06T08:03:49.601670Z",
   "sources": [
     {
       "template": {