diff --git a/tools/custom_check.py b/tools/custom_check.py
index 112b0f7..c8bd3d6 100644
--- a/tools/custom_check.py
+++ b/tools/custom_check.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def build_custom_checkers(by_lang):
         # This rule might give false positives in virtualenv setup files which should be excluded,
         # and comments which should be rewritten to avoid use of "python2", "python3", etc.
         {'pattern': 'python[23]',
-         'include_only': set(['zulip/', 'zulip_botserver/']),
+         'include_only': set(['zulip/']),
          'description': 'Explicit python invocations should not include a version'},
         {'pattern': '__future__',
          'include_only': set(['zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/']),