diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-tasks/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-tasks/package.json
index 7e0671298e9..8904dcbe91f 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-tasks/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-tasks/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "test": "c8 mocha build/test",
     "samples-test": "cd samples/ && npm link ../ && npm install && npm test && cd ../",
     "system-test": "mocha build/system-test",
-    "lint": "gts fix",
+    "lint": "gts check",
     "fix": "gts fix",
     "docs": "jsdoc -c .jsdoc.js",
     "docs-test": "linkinator docs",
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
     "compile-protos": "compileProtos src",
     "predocs-test": "npm run docs",
     "prepare": "npm run compile",
-    "prelint": "cd samples; npm link ../; npm install"
+    "prelint": "cd samples; npm link ../; npm install",
+    "precompile": "gts clean"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "google-gax": "^2.1.0"
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-tasks/synth.py b/packages/google-cloud-tasks/synth.py
index 6f86fd51712..06476dec0a2 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-tasks/synth.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-tasks/synth.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 
 import synthtool as s
 import synthtool.gcp as gcp
+import synthtool.languages.node as node
 import logging
-import subprocess
 
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
 
@@ -51,7 +51,4 @@
         '"max_rpc_timeout_millis": 60000',
         '"max_rpc_timeout_millis": 20000')
 
-# Node.js specific cleanup
-subprocess.run(["npm", "install"])
-subprocess.run(["npm", "run", "fix"])
-subprocess.run(['npx', 'compileProtos', 'src'])
+node.postprocess_gapic_library()