diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d0fbc2530..4398002e9 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-logging)_**
+
 # Google Cloud Logging Client for Java
 
 Java idiomatic client for [Cloud Logging][product-docs].
diff --git a/owlbot.py b/owlbot.py
index 66c43071f..925b5338a 100644
--- a/owlbot.py
+++ b/owlbot.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 s.remove_staging_dirs()
 java.common_templates(
     excludes=[
+        "README.md",
         ".gitignore",
         ".github/CODEOWNERS",
         ".github/blunderbuss.yml",
@@ -125,4 +126,4 @@ def append_new_content(src: str, dest: str):
         for name in files:
             if name == "common.cfg":
                 file_path = os.path.join(path, name)
-                append_new_content(".kokoro/common_env_vars.cfg", file_path)
\ No newline at end of file
+                append_new_content(".kokoro/common_env_vars.cfg", file_path)