diff --git a/.toys/ci.rb b/.toys/ci.rb
index 17c206c19fd..0daf762df62 100644
--- a/.toys/ci.rb
+++ b/.toys/ci.rb
@@ -56,13 +56,6 @@ def run
     dirs.each { |dir| puts "  #{dir}" }
   end
 
-  if dirs.include? 'google-apis-core'
-    puts 'Installing local google-apis-core changes...'
-    Dir.chdir 'google-apis-core' do
-      exec ['toys', 'install', '--yes']
-    end
-  end
-
   dirs.each { |dir| run_in_dir dir }
 end
 
diff --git a/google-apis-core/lib/google/apis/core/version.rb b/google-apis-core/lib/google/apis/core/version.rb
index 27df9d78159..68d2d093810 100644
--- a/google-apis-core/lib/google/apis/core/version.rb
+++ b/google-apis-core/lib/google/apis/core/version.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module Google
   module Apis
     module Core
       # Core version
-      VERSION = "1.2.1".freeze
+      VERSION = "1.2.99".freeze
     end
   end
 end