diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-language/.mocharc.js b/packages/google-cloud-language/.mocharc.js
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+// Copyright 2020 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
+//
+//      http://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 config = {
+  "enable-source-maps": true,
+  "throw-deprecation": true,
+  "timeout": 10000
+}
+if (process.env.MOCHA_THROW_DEPRECATION === 'false') {
+  delete config['throw-deprecation'];
+}
+if (process.env.MOCHA_REPORTER) {
+  config.reporter = process.env.MOCHA_REPORTER;
+}
+if (process.env.MOCHA_REPORTER_OUTPUT) {
+  config['reporter-option'] = `output=${process.env.MOCHA_REPORTER_OUTPUT}`;
+}
+module.exports = config