diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/v3/DefaultGenerator.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/v3/DefaultGenerator.java
index e3f942bdfd3..86d83f8a644 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/v3/DefaultGenerator.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/v3/DefaultGenerator.java
@@ -465,9 +465,6 @@ public int compare(String o1, String o2) {
     }
 
     private void generateApis(List<File> files, List<Object> allOperations, List<Object> allModels) {
-        if (!generateApis) {
-            return;
-        }
         boolean hasModel = true;
         if (allModels == null || allModels.isEmpty()) {
             hasModel = false;
@@ -537,6 +534,12 @@ public int compare(CodegenOperation one, CodegenOperation another) {
                     }
                 }
 
+		// Some target languages refer to API operations in
+		// their supporting files and so we always process the
+		// API operations above, even when we need to skip the
+		// actual API generation.
+		if (!generateApis) continue;
+
                 for (String templateName : config.apiTemplateFiles().keySet()) {
                     String filename = config.apiFilename(templateName, tag);
                     if (!config.shouldOverwrite(filename) && new File(filename).exists()) {