diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/dataflow/internal/clients/README.txt b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/dataflow/internal/clients/README.txt
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-To regenerate these files run
-
-pip install google-apitools[cli]
-gen_client \
-    --discovery_url dataflow.v1b3 \
-    --overwrite \
-    --root_package=. \
-    --outdir=apache_beam/runners/dataflow/internal/clients/dataflow \
-    client
-
-Patch up the imports in __init__ to make them conditional.
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/dataflow/internal/clients/__init__.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/dataflow/internal/clients/__init__.py
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