diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-memcache/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-memcache/package.json
index 805b3d35366..704e02cdeb6 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-memcache/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-memcache/package.json
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@
     "predocs-test": "npm run docs",
     "docs-test": "linkinator docs",
     "fix": "gts fix",
-    "lint": "gts fix",
+    "lint": "gts check",
     "prelint": "cd samples; npm link ../; npm install",
     "prepare": "npm run compile-protos && npm run compile",
     "system-test": "c8 mocha build/system-test",
     "samples-test": "cd samples/ && npm link ../ && npm test && cd ../",
-    "test": "c8 mocha build/test"
+    "test": "c8 mocha build/test",
+    "precompile": "gts clean"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "google-gax": "^2.1.0"
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-memcache/synth.py b/packages/google-cloud-memcache/synth.py
index 9edad64ef57..591d61d4e46 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-memcache/synth.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-memcache/synth.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 import synthtool as s
 import synthtool.gcp as gcp
-import subprocess
+import synthtool.languages.node as node
 import logging
 
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
@@ -41,8 +41,4 @@
 templates = common_templates.node_library(source_location='build/src')
 s.copy(templates, excludes=[])
 
-# Node.js specific cleanup
-subprocess.run(['npm', 'install'])
-subprocess.run(['npm', 'run', 'fix'])
-subprocess.run(['npx', 'compileProtos', 'src'])
-
+node.postprocess_gapic_library()