diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 32f5c260c..4d3f226bb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+**_THIS REPOSITORY IS DEPRECATED. ALL OF ITS CONTENT AND HISTORY HAS BEEN MOVED TO [GOOGLE-CLOUD-JAVA](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java/tree/main/java-bigquerystorage)_**
+
 # Google BigQuery Storage Client for Java
 
 Java idiomatic client for [BigQuery Storage][product-docs].
diff --git a/owlbot.py b/owlbot.py
index 59ceaa416..224397c23 100644
--- a/owlbot.py
+++ b/owlbot.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 s.remove_staging_dirs()
 java.common_templates(
     excludes=[
+        "README.md",
         "renovate.json",
         ".kokoro/build.sh",
         ".kokoro/nightly/retry_non_quota.cfg",