diff --git a/handwritten/storage/conformance-test/conformanceCommon.ts b/handwritten/storage/conformance-test/conformanceCommon.ts
index a206ea064fe8..397918a816aa 100644
--- a/handwritten/storage/conformance-test/conformanceCommon.ts
+++ b/handwritten/storage/conformance-test/conformanceCommon.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import {Bucket, File, HmacKey, Notification, Storage} from '../src/';
 import * as crypto from 'crypto';
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import {DecorateRequestOptions} from '../src/nodejs-common';
-import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 
 interface RetryCase {
   instructions: String[];
diff --git a/handwritten/storage/package.json b/handwritten/storage/package.json
index dad15a9c55ed..d3e1bf4166a9 100644
--- a/handwritten/storage/package.json
+++ b/handwritten/storage/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "storage"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "all-test": "npm test && npm run system-test && npm run samples-test",
+    "all-test": "npm test && npm run system-test",
     "benchwrapper": "node bin/benchwrapper.js",
     "check": "gts check",
     "clean": "rm -rf build/",
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@
     "presystem-test:esm": "npm run compile:esm",
     "presystem-test": "npm run compile -- --sourceMap",
     "pretest": "npm run compile -- --sourceMap",
-    "samples-test": "npm link && cd samples/ && npm link ../ && npm test && cd ../",
     "system-test:esm": "mkdir -p $HOME/.config && mocha build/esm/system-test --timeout 600000 --exit",
     "system-test": "mkdir -p $HOME/.config && mocha build/cjs/system-test --timeout 600000 --exit",
     "test": "cross-env NODE_OPTIONS=\"--require ./scripts/preload-yargs.cjs --no-deprecation\" c8 mocha build/cjs/test"
@@ -101,14 +100,12 @@
     "@types/mocha": "^9.1.1",
     "@types/mockery": "^1.4.29",
     "@types/node": "^24.0.0",
-    "@types/node-fetch": "^2.1.3",
     "@types/proxyquire": "^1.3.28",
-    "@types/request": "^2.48.4",
+    "@types/request": "^2.48.12",
     "@types/sinon": "^17.0.0",
     "@types/tmp": "0.2.6",
     "@types/yargs": "^17.0.35",
     "c8": "^9.0.0",
-    "form-data": "^4.0.4",
     "gapic-tools": "^2.0.1",
     "gts": "^5.0.0",
     "jsdoc": "^4.0.4",
@@ -117,7 +114,6 @@
     "mocha": "^9.2.2",
     "mockery": "^2.1.0",
     "nock": "~13.5.0",
-    "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
     "pack-n-play": "^5.0.1",
     "proxyquire": "^2.1.3",
     "sinon": "^18.0.0",
diff --git a/handwritten/storage/system-test/storage.ts b/handwritten/storage/system-test/storage.ts
index cf8074d52671..b8ad6dba689c 100644
--- a/handwritten/storage/system-test/storage.ts
+++ b/handwritten/storage/system-test/storage.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ import assert from 'assert';
 import {after, afterEach, before, beforeEach, describe, it} from 'mocha';
 import * as crypto from 'crypto';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
-import fetch from 'node-fetch';
-import FormData from 'form-data';
 import pLimit from 'p-limit';
 import {promisify} from 'util';
 import * as path from 'path';