diff --git a/.kokoro/system.sh b/.kokoro/system.sh
index 7214ff3c664f..91a35d1f22b9 100755
--- a/.kokoro/system.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/system.sh
@@ -96,15 +96,16 @@ packages_with_system_tests=(
   "google-cloud-datastore"
   "google-cloud-dns"
   "google-cloud-error-reporting"
-  "sqlalchemy-spanner"
   "google-cloud-firestore"
   "google-cloud-logging"
   "google-cloud-ndb"
   "google-cloud-pubsub"
   "google-cloud-spanner"
+  "google-cloud-storage"
   "google-cloud-testutils"
-  "sqlalchemy-bigquery"
   "pandas-gbq"
+  "sqlalchemy-bigquery"
+  "sqlalchemy-spanner"
 )
 
 # A file for running system tests
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-storage/README.rst b/packages/google-cloud-storage/README.rst
index 9e9014ddcedc..62db3015daa7 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-storage/README.rst
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-storage/README.rst
@@ -276,3 +276,6 @@ Next Steps
 
 .. _Google Cloud Storage Product documentation:  https://cloud.google.com/storage
 .. _README: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/blob/main/README.rst
+
+.. another dummy change
+
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-storage/cloudbuild/run_zonal_tests.sh b/packages/google-cloud-storage/cloudbuild/run_zonal_tests.sh
index 2d42ce6d5f68..7baabf888753 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-storage/cloudbuild/run_zonal_tests.sh
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-storage/cloudbuild/run_zonal_tests.sh
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ echo '--- Installing git and cloning repository on VM ---'
 sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y git python3-pip python3-venv
 
 # Clone the repository and checkout the specific commit from the build trigger.
-git clone https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage.git
-cd python-storage
+git clone --no-checkout --depth 1 --sparse --filter=blob:none https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python.git
+cd google-cloud-python
+git sparse-checkout set packages/google-cloud-storage
 git fetch origin "refs/pull/${_PR_NUMBER}/head"
 git checkout ${COMMIT_SHA}
+cd packages/google-cloud-storage
 
 
 echo '--- Installing Python and dependencies on VM ---'
@@ -27,4 +29,3 @@ export GCE_METADATA_MTLS_MODE=None
 CURRENT_ULIMIT=$(ulimit -n)
 echo '--- Running Zonal tests on VM with ulimit set to ---' $CURRENT_ULIMIT
 pytest -vv -s --log-format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s' --log-date-format='%H:%M:%S' tests/system/test_zonal.py
-pytest -vv -s --log-format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s' --log-date-format='%H:%M:%S' samples/snippets/zonal_buckets/zonal_snippets_test.py
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-storage/cloudbuild/zb-system-tests-cloudbuild.yaml b/packages/google-cloud-storage/cloudbuild/zb-system-tests-cloudbuild.yaml
index 26daa8ae92d9..9064f159b7bb 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-storage/cloudbuild/zb-system-tests-cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-storage/cloudbuild/zb-system-tests-cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ steps:
           sleep 15
         done
         # copy the script to the VM
-        gcloud compute scp cloudbuild/run_zonal_tests.sh ${_VM_NAME}:~ --zone=${_ZONE} --internal-ip --ssh-key-file=/workspace/.ssh/google_compute_engine
+        gcloud compute scp packages/google-cloud-storage/cloudbuild/run_zonal_tests.sh ${_VM_NAME}:~ --zone=${_ZONE} --internal-ip --ssh-key-file=/workspace/.ssh/google_compute_engine
 
         # Execute the script on the VM via SSH.
         # Capture the exit code to ensure cleanup happens before the build fails.
         set +e
-        gcloud compute ssh ${_VM_NAME} --zone=${_ZONE} --internal-ip --ssh-key-file=/workspace/.ssh/google_compute_engine --command="ulimit -n {_ULIMIT}; COMMIT_SHA=${COMMIT_SHA} _ZONAL_BUCKET=${_ZONAL_BUCKET} CROSS_REGION_BUCKET=${_CROSS_REGION_BUCKET} _PR_NUMBER=${_PR_NUMBER} bash run_zonal_tests.sh"
+        gcloud compute ssh ${_VM_NAME} --zone=${_ZONE} --internal-ip --ssh-key-file=/workspace/.ssh/google_compute_engine --command="ulimit -n ${_ULIMIT}; COMMIT_SHA=${COMMIT_SHA} _ZONAL_BUCKET=${_ZONAL_BUCKET} CROSS_REGION_BUCKET=${_CROSS_REGION_BUCKET} _PR_NUMBER=${_PR_NUMBER} bash run_zonal_tests.sh"
         EXIT_CODE=$?
         set -e
 
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-storage/google/cloud/storage/client.py b/packages/google-cloud-storage/google/cloud/storage/client.py
index 528b2255f451..f721de87c55b 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-storage/google/cloud/storage/client.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-storage/google/cloud/storage/client.py
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@
 
 _marker = object()
 
+# FOR TESTING PURPOSES
+def fake_function():
+    return None
 
 def _buckets_page_start(iterator, page, response):
     """Grab unreachable buckets after a :class:`~google.cloud.iterator.Page` started."""