diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/index.js b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/index.js
index b89ca8d96..ac9042869 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/index.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/index.js
@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@ class AwsCompileApigEvents {
         const getServiceState = require('../../../../lib/getServiceState').getServiceState;
 
         const state = getServiceState.call(this);
-        if (!this.serverless.utils.isEventUsed(state.service.functions, 'http')) {
-          return BbPromise.resolve();
-        }
-
         const updateStage = require('./lib/hack/updateStage').updateStage;
 
         this.state = state;
diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/index.test.js b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/index.test.js
index ca4042838..3009f8de1 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/index.test.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/package/compile/events/apiGateway/index.test.js
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ describe('AwsCompileApigEvents', () => {
         });
       });
 
-      it('should skip the updateStage step when no http events are found', () => {
+      it('should not skip the updateStage step when no http events are found', () => {
         getServiceStateStub.returns({
           service: {
             functions: {
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ describe('AwsCompileApigEvents', () => {
         });
 
         return awsCompileApigEvents.hooks['after:deploy:deploy']().then(() => {
-          expect(updateStageStub.calledOnce).to.equal(false);
+          expect(updateStageStub.calledOnce).to.equal(true);
         });
       });
     });