diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 67733e5c..9aac2710 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ branch = True
 show_missing = True
 omit =
     google/cloud/errorreporting/__init__.py
+    google/cloud/errorreporting/gapic_version.py
 exclude_lines =
     # Re-enable the standard pragma
     pragma: NO COVER
diff --git a/owlbot.py b/owlbot.py
index c96feb0a..0a02758f 100644
--- a/owlbot.py
+++ b/owlbot.py
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@
         shutil.rmtree("samples/generated_samples", ignore_errors=True)
         clean_up_generated_samples = False
 
-    # work around issue where google.cloud.errorreporting is not present
-    s.replace(library / "google/cloud/errorreporting_v1beta1/__init__.py",
-        "from google.cloud.errorreporting",
-        "from google.cloud.errorreporting_v1beta1"
-    )
-
     s.move(
         [library],
         excludes=[
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.devtools.clouderrorreporting.v1beta1.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.devtools.clouderrorreporting.v1beta1.json
index c3cb9985..fedd655c 100644
--- a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.devtools.clouderrorreporting.v1beta1.json
+++ b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.devtools.clouderrorreporting.v1beta1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-error-reporting",
-    "version": "1.8.1"
+    "version": "0.1.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {