diff --git a/setup/publish.py b/setup/publish.py
index 3f95a4116d..967b3b113c 100644
--- a/setup/publish.py
+++ b/setup/publish.py
@@ -153,13 +153,11 @@ class Publish(Command):
 
 class PublishBetas(Command):
 
-    sub_commands = ['stage2', 'sdist']
+    sub_commands = ['rapydscript', 'stage2', 'sdist']
 
     def pre_sub_commands(self, opts):
         require_clean_git()
         require_git_master('vs2015')
-        from calibre.utils.rapydscript import compile_srv
-        compile_srv()
 
     def run(self, opts):
         dist = self.a(self.j(self.d(self.SRC), 'dist'))