diff --git a/generative-ai/snippets/grounding/groundingPrivateDataBasic.js b/generative-ai/snippets/grounding/groundingPrivateDataBasic.js
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index ef0b17c396..0000000000
--- a/generative-ai/snippets/grounding/groundingPrivateDataBasic.js
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@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2024 Google LLC
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-const {GoogleGenAI} = require('@google/genai');
-
-/**
- * TODO(developer): Update these variables before running the sample.
- */
-async function generateContentWithVertexAISearchGrounding(
-  projectId = 'PROJECT_ID',
-  location = 'us-central1',
-  model = 'gemini-2.5-flash',
-  dataStoreId = 'DATASTORE_ID'
-) {
-  // Initialize client with your Cloud project and location
-  const client = new GoogleGenAI({
-    vertexai: true,
-    project: projectId,
-    location: location,
-  });
-
-  const tools = [
-    {
-      retrieval: {
-        vertexAiSearch: {
-          datastore: `projects/${projectId}/locations/global/collections/default_collection/dataStores/${dataStoreId}`,
-        },
-      },
-    },
-  ];
-
-  const result = await client.models.generateContent({
-    model: model,
-    contents: [{role: 'user', parts: [{text: 'Why is the sky blue?'}]}],
-    config: {
-      tools: tools,
-      maxOutputTokens: 256,
-      safetySettings: [
-        {
-          category: 'HARM_CATEGORY_DANGEROUS_CONTENT',
-          threshold: 'BLOCK_MEDIUM_AND_ABOVE',
-        },
-      ],
-    },
-  });
-
-  console.log('Response: ', result.text);
-  console.log(
-    'GroundingMetadata: ',
-    JSON.stringify(result.candidates[0].groundingMetadata)
-  );
-}
-
-generateContentWithVertexAISearchGrounding(...process.argv.slice(2)).catch(
-  err => {
-    console.error(err.message);
-    process.exitCode = 1;
-  }
-);
diff --git a/generative-ai/snippets/grounding/groundingPublicDataBasic.js b/generative-ai/snippets/grounding/groundingPublicDataBasic.js
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index 167b50ca1a..0000000000
--- a/generative-ai/snippets/grounding/groundingPublicDataBasic.js
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@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2024 Google LLC
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-const {GoogleGenAI} = require('@google/genai');
-
-/**
- * TODO(developer): Update these variables before running the sample.
- */
-async function generateContentWithGoogleSearchGrounding(
-  projectId = 'PROJECT_ID',
-  location = 'us-central1',
-  model = 'gemini-2.5-flash'
-) {
-  // Initialize client with your Cloud project and location
-  const client = new GoogleGenAI({
-    vertexai: true,
-    project: projectId,
-    location: location,
-  });
-
-  const googleSearchTool = {
-    googleSearch: {},
-  };
-
-  const result = await client.models.generateContent({
-    model: model,
-    contents: [{role: 'user', parts: [{text: 'Why is the sky blue?'}]}],
-    config: {
-      tools: [googleSearchTool],
-      maxOutputTokens: 256,
-    },
-  });
-  console.log('Response: ', result.text);
-  console.log(
-    'GroundingMetadata is: ',
-    JSON.stringify(result.candidates[0].groundingMetadata)
-  );
-}
-
-generateContentWithGoogleSearchGrounding(...process.argv.slice(2)).catch(
-  err => {
-    console.error(err.message);
-    process.exitCode = 1;
-  }
-);
diff --git a/generative-ai/snippets/test/grounding/groundingPrivateDataBasic.test.js b/generative-ai/snippets/test/grounding/groundingPrivateDataBasic.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a84af3a98..0000000000
--- a/generative-ai/snippets/test/grounding/groundingPrivateDataBasic.test.js
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@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2024 Google LLC
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-'use strict';
-
-const {assert} = require('chai');
-const {describe, it} = require('mocha');
-const cp = require('child_process');
-const execSync = cmd => cp.execSync(cmd, {encoding: 'utf-8'});
-
-const projectId = process.env.GOOGLE_SAMPLES_PROJECT;
-const location = process.env.LOCATION;
-const datastore_id = process.env.DATASTORE_ID;
-const model = 'gemini-2.5-flash';
-
-describe('Private data grounding', async () => {
-  /**
-   * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.\
-   * (Not necessary if passing values as arguments)
-   */
-  // const projectId = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID';
-  // const location = 'YOUR_LOCATION';
-  // const model = 'gemini-2.5-flash';
-
-  it('should ground results in private VertexAI search data', async () => {
-    const output = execSync(
-      `node ./grounding/groundingPrivateDataBasic.js ${projectId} ${location} ${model} ${datastore_id}`
-    );
-    assert(output.match(/GroundingMetadata/));
-  });
-});
diff --git a/generative-ai/snippets/test/grounding/groundingPublicDataBasic.test.js b/generative-ai/snippets/test/grounding/groundingPublicDataBasic.test.js
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index 91f6422dec..0000000000
--- a/generative-ai/snippets/test/grounding/groundingPublicDataBasic.test.js
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@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2024 Google LLC
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-'use strict';
-
-const {assert} = require('chai');
-const {describe, it} = require('mocha');
-const cp = require('child_process');
-const execSync = cmd => cp.execSync(cmd, {encoding: 'utf-8'});
-
-const projectId = process.env.CAIP_PROJECT_ID;
-const location = process.env.LOCATION;
-const model = 'gemini-2.5-flash';
-
-describe('Google search grounding', async () => {
-  /**
-   * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.\
-   * (Not necessary if passing values as arguments)
-   */
-  // const projectId = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID';
-  // const location = 'YOUR_LOCATION';
-  // const model = 'gemini-2.5-flash';
-
-  it('should ground results in public search data', async () => {
-    const output = execSync(
-      `node ./grounding/groundingPublicDataBasic.js ${projectId} ${location} ${model}`
-    );
-    assert(output.match(/blue/));
-  });
-});