diff --git a/eng/pipelines/ci-typespec-java.yaml b/eng/pipelines/ci-typespec-java.yaml
index 0183492fcc..b1fd0ff702 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/ci-typespec-java.yaml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/ci-typespec-java.yaml
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@ pr:
   paths:
     include:
       - '*'
-    exclude:
-      - 'azure-dataplane-tests'
-      - 'azure-tests'
-      - 'fluent-tests'
-      - 'partial-update-tests'
-      - 'vanilla-tests'
-      - 'protocol*'
 
 variables:
 - name: isMain
diff --git a/eng/sdk/sync_sdk.py b/eng/sdk/sync_sdk.py
index 08729254c1..89c620ffd7 100644
--- a/eng/sdk/sync_sdk.py
+++ b/eng/sdk/sync_sdk.py
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ def update_sdks():
     cmd = ["git", "checkout", "**/*.md"]
     subprocess.check_call(cmd, cwd=sdk_root)
 
+    # temporary, revert change on metadata.json
+    cmd = ["git", "checkout", "**/*_metadata.json"]
+    subprocess.check_call(cmd, cwd=sdk_root)
+
     cmd = ["git", "add", "."]
     subprocess.check_call(cmd, cwd=sdk_root)