diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fd95b59d..642f915e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 [//]: # "To regenerate it, use `python -m synthtool`."
 <img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/2810941?v=3&s=96" alt="Google Cloud Platform logo" title="Google Cloud Platform" align="right" height="96" width="96"/>
 
+**_THIS REPOSITORY IS DEPRECATED. ALL OF ITS CONTENT AND HISTORY HAS BEEN MOVED TO [GOOGLE-CLOUD-NODE-CORE](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node-core/tree/main/packages/google-auth-library-nodejs)_**
+
 # [Google Auth Library: Node.js Client](https://github.com/googleapis/google-auth-library-nodejs)
 
 [![release level](https://img.shields.io/badge/release%20level-stable-brightgreen.svg?style=flat)](https://cloud.google.com/terms/launch-stages)
diff --git a/owlbot.py b/owlbot.py
index 4f417c8a..4e4fe2bf 100644
--- a/owlbot.py
+++ b/owlbot.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 # List of excludes for the enhanced library
 node.owlbot_main(
     templates_excludes=[
-        ".github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml"
+        ".github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml",
+        "README.md"
     ],
 )