diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/python/python_stub_template.txt b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/python/python_stub_template.txt
index 73c01888e405ad..83674dd69ac2d3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/python/python_stub_template.txt
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/python/python_stub_template.txt
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ relative_files = True
         "--rcfile=" + rcfile_name,
         "-o",
         output_filename
-      ] + args,
+      ],
       env=env,
       cwd=workspace
     )