diff --git a/handwritten/spanner/package.json b/handwritten/spanner/package.json
index 1ff8b6481ec..00b9f130eda 100644
--- a/handwritten/spanner/package.json
+++ b/handwritten/spanner/package.json
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
     "docs-test": "linkinator docs",
     "predocs-test": "npm run docs",
     "benchwrapper": "node bin/benchwrapper.js",
-    "prelint": "cd samples; npm link ../; npm install",
     "precompile": "gts clean",
     "compile-protos": "compileProtos src",
     "coverage": "c8 mocha build/test build/test/common && c8 report --check-coverage"
diff --git a/handwritten/spanner/system-test/spanner.ts b/handwritten/spanner/system-test/spanner.ts
index 56cc895018d..4626d35cc8a 100644
--- a/handwritten/spanner/system-test/spanner.ts
+++ b/handwritten/spanner/system-test/spanner.ts
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ describe('Spanner', () => {
             ? assert.ok(
                 err.code === grpc.status.FAILED_PRECONDITION ||
                   err.code === grpc.status.OUT_OF_RANGE,
-                `Expected FAILED_PRECONDITION (9) or OUT_OF_RANGE (11), got ${err.code}`
+                `Expected FAILED_PRECONDITION (9) or OUT_OF_RANGE (11), got ${err.code}`,
               )
             : assert.strictEqual(err.code, grpc.status.INVALID_ARGUMENT);
         }