diff --git a/tools/build-api-tarball b/tools/build-api-tarball
index e865cd590d..bc06402928 100755
--- a/tools/build-api-tarball
+++ b/tools/build-api-tarball
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -x
 
 cd api/
 # Strip out non-send_message bindings.
-perl -i.bak -ne 'print if !m/Client._register/ ||m/send_message/ ||m/get_messages/ ||m/add_subscriptions/ ||m/list_subscriptions/ ||m/remove_subscriptions/ ||m/get_streams/ ||m/get_members/ ||m/_register.*register/ ||m/get_events/' zulip/__init__.py
+perl -i.bak -ne 'print if !m/Client._register/ ||m/send_message/ ||m/get_messages/ ||m/add_subscriptions/ ||m/list_subscriptions/ ||m/remove_subscriptions/ ||m/get_streams/ ||m/get_members/ ||m/_register.*register/ ||m/get_events/ ||m/get_subscribers/' zulip/__init__.py
 python setup.py sdist
 mv zulip/__init__.py.bak zulip/__init__.py
 echo API tarball written to api/dist