diff --git a/docs/development/setup-advanced.md b/docs/development/setup-advanced.md
index e60c8b4acd..3b04d7a5f5 100644
--- a/docs/development/setup-advanced.md
+++ b/docs/development/setup-advanced.md
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ sudo chown -R `whoami`:`whoami` /srv/zulip-emoji-cache
 ./tools/inline-email-css
 ./tools/setup/generate-custom-icon-webfont
 ./tools/setup/build_pygments_data
-./tools/setup/generate_zulip_bots_static_files
+./tools/setup/generate_zulip_bots_static_files.py
 ./scripts/setup/generate_secrets.py --development
 if [ $(uname) = "OpenBSD" ]; then
     sudo cp ./puppet/zulip/files/postgresql/zulip_english.stop /var/postgresql/tsearch_data/
diff --git a/tools/setup/generate_zulip_bots_static_files b/tools/setup/generate_zulip_bots_static_files
deleted file mode 100755
index 513b4f39eb..0000000000
--- a/tools/setup/generate_zulip_bots_static_files
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-import glob
-import os
-import sys
-import shutil
-
-ZULIP_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
-if ZULIP_PATH not in sys.path:
-    sys.path.append(ZULIP_PATH)
-
-from typing import List
-from zproject import settings
-from zulip_bots.lib import get_bots_directory_path
-
-
-bots_dir = os.path.join(settings.STATIC_ROOT, 'generated/bots')
-if os.path.isdir(bots_dir):
-    # delete old static files, they could be outdated
-    try:
-        shutil.rmtree(bots_dir)
-    except OSError:
-        print("There was a permission error with Vagrant's NFS file sharing on old versions of " +
-              "OSX. You can fix this by upgrading to the latest OSX High Sierra, or work around it " +
-              "by giving read/write permissions to your /zulip folder to everyone.")
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-
-os.makedirs(bots_dir, exist_ok=True)
-
-def copyfiles(paths):
-    # type: (List[str]) -> None
-    for src_path in paths:
-        bot_name = os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(src_path))
-
-        bot_dir = os.path.join(bots_dir, bot_name)
-        os.makedirs(bot_dir, exist_ok=True)
-
-        dst_path = os.path.join(bot_dir, os.path.basename(src_path))
-        if not os.path.isfile(dst_path):
-            shutil.copyfile(src_path, dst_path)
-
-package_bots_dir = get_bots_directory_path()
-
-logo_glob_pattern = os.path.join(package_bots_dir, '*/logo.*')
-logos = glob.glob(logo_glob_pattern)
-copyfiles(logos)
-
-doc_glob_pattern = os.path.join(package_bots_dir, '*/doc.md')
-docs = glob.glob(doc_glob_pattern)
-copyfiles(docs)
diff --git a/tools/setup/generate_zulip_bots_static_files.py b/tools/setup/generate_zulip_bots_static_files.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9838148b78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/setup/generate_zulip_bots_static_files.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+def generate_zulip_bots_static_files() -> None:
+    import glob
+    import os
+    import sys
+    import shutil
+
+    ZULIP_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+    if ZULIP_PATH not in sys.path:
+        sys.path.append(ZULIP_PATH)
+
+    from typing import List
+    from zproject import settings
+    from zulip_bots.lib import get_bots_directory_path
+
+    bots_dir = os.path.join(settings.STATIC_ROOT, 'generated/bots')
+    if os.path.isdir(bots_dir):
+        # delete old static files, they could be outdated
+        try:
+            shutil.rmtree(bots_dir)
+        except OSError:
+            print("There was a permission error with Vagrant's NFS file      sharing on old versions of " +
+                  "OSX. You can fix this by upgrading to the latest OSX High Sierra, or work around it " +
+                  "by giving read/write permissions to your /zulip folder to everyone.")
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+    os.makedirs(bots_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+    def copyfiles(paths):
+        # type: (List[str]) -> None
+        for src_path in paths:
+            bot_name = os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(src_path))
+
+            bot_dir = os.path.join(bots_dir, bot_name)
+            os.makedirs(bot_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+            dst_path = os.path.join(bot_dir, os.path.basename(src_path))
+            if not os.path.isfile(dst_path):
+                shutil.copyfile(src_path, dst_path)
+
+    package_bots_dir = get_bots_directory_path()
+
+    logo_glob_pattern = os.path.join(package_bots_dir, '*/logo.*')
+    logos = glob.glob(logo_glob_pattern)
+    copyfiles(logos)
+
+    doc_glob_pattern = os.path.join(package_bots_dir, '*/doc.md')
+    docs = glob.glob(doc_glob_pattern)
+    copyfiles(docs)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    generate_zulip_bots_static_files()
diff --git a/tools/update-prod-static b/tools/update-prod-static
index 5c74a6be4d..55d33a980c 100755
--- a/tools/update-prod-static
+++ b/tools/update-prod-static
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ run(['./tools/setup/emoji/build_emoji'], stdout=fp, stderr=fp)
 run(['./tools/inline-email-css'], stdout=fp, stderr=fp)
 
 # Copy over static files from the zulip_bots package
-run(['./tools/setup/generate_zulip_bots_static_files'], stdout=fp, stderr=fp)
+run(['./tools/setup/generate_zulip_bots_static_files.py'], stdout=fp, stderr=fp)
 
 # Generate custom icon webfont
 run(['./tools/setup/generate-custom-icon-webfont'], stdout=fp, stderr=fp)