Fixes Python API #818

Job	Run time
Pre-compile Checks / Basic QA	16m 10s
Default (Java 8) / Compile	10m 19s
Default (Java 8) / Test packaging/licensing	39m 21s
Default (Java 8) / E2E (group 1)	1h 41m 58s
Default (Java 8) / Test (module: core)	37m 0s
Default (Java 8) / E2E (group 2)	2h 14m 38s
Default (Java 8) / Test (module: python)	31m 57s
Default (Java 8) / Test (module: table)	38m 58s
Default (Java 8) / Test (module: connect)	22m 25s
Default (Java 8) / Test (module: tests)	48m 0s
Default (Java 8) / Test (module: misc)	40m 0s
	8h 40m 46s

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