diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index a6d11c01..51b21a62 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-python:latest
-  digest: sha256:5581906b957284864632cde4e9c51d1cc66b0094990b27e689132fe5cd036046
-# created: 2025-03-04
+  digest: sha256:a7aef70df5f13313ddc027409fc8f3151422ec2a57ac8730fce8fa75c060d5bb
+# created: 2025-04-10T17:00:10.042601326Z
diff --git a/owlbot.py b/owlbot.py
index c8c76542..58bc7517 100644
--- a/owlbot.py
+++ b/owlbot.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 excludes = [
     "noxfile.py",  # pytype
     "setup.cfg",  # pytype
-    ".flake8",  # flake8-import-order, layout
     ".coveragerc",  # layout
     "CONTRIBUTING.rst",  # no systests
     ".github/workflows/unittest.yml",  # exclude unittest gh action
@@ -36,18 +35,6 @@
 templated_files = common.py_library(microgenerator=True, cov_level=100)
 s.move(templated_files, excludes=excludes)
 
-# Add pytype support
-s.replace(
-    ".gitignore",
-    """\
-.pytest_cache
-""",
-    """\
-.pytest_cache
-.pytype
-""",
-)
-
 python.configure_previous_major_version_branches()
 
 s.shell.run(["nox", "-s", "blacken"], hide_output=False)