diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
deleted file mode 100644
index 62e0fdb64..000000000
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-; http://editorconfig.org
-
-root = true
-
-[*]
-indent_style = space
-indent_size = 2
-end_of_line = lf
-charset = utf-8
-trim_trailing_whitespace = true
-insert_final_newline = true
-
-[*.md]
-indent_size = 4
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 121cdb09f..ae23d6138 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ system-test/*key.json
 .DS_Store
 google-cloud-logging-winston-*.tgz
 google-cloud-logging-bunyan-*.tgz
-**/package-lock.json
\ No newline at end of file
+**/coverage/*
+**/package-lock.json
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
deleted file mode 100644
index ffae7a347..000000000
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# The names of individuals who have contributed to this project.
-#
-# Names are formatted as:
-#   name <email>
-#
-Ace Nassri <anassri@google.com>
-Ahmet Alp Balkan <ahmetalpbalkan@gmail.com>
-Allen Day <allenday@users.noreply.github.com>
-André Cipriani Bandarra <andreban@gmail.com>
-Dominik Staskiewicz <stadominik@gmail.com>
-F. Hinkelmann <fhinkel@vt.edu>
-Jason Dobry <jdobry@google.com>
-Jon Wayne Parrott <jonwayne@google.com>
-Michael McDonald <mcdonald@firebase.com>
-Steve Perry <steveperry-53@users.noreply.github.com>
-chenyumic <chenyumic@google.com>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 422d69f0a..3c890371e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ npm test
 
 * See [LICENSE](LICENSE)
 
-[coveralls-badge]: https://codecov.io/github/GoogleCloudPlatform/nodejs-getting-started/coverage.svg?branch=master
-[coveralls-link]: https://codecov.io/github/GoogleCloudPlatform/nodejs-getting-started?branch=master
 [getting-started]: https://cloud.google.com/nodejs/getting-started/tutorial-app
 [step-1]: https://cloud.google.com/nodejs/getting-started/hello-world
 [step-1-code]: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/nodejs-getting-started/tree/master/1-hello-world