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diff --git a/‎pubsub/google/cloud/pubsub_v1/_gapic.py‎
Lines changed: 5 additions & 2 deletions b/‎pubsub/google/cloud/pubsub_v1/_gapic.py‎
Lines changed: 5 additions & 2 deletions
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ def wrap(wrapped_fx):
         # Similarly, for instance methods, we need to send self.api rather
         # than self, since that is where the actual methods were declared.
         instance_method = True
+
+        # If this is a bound method it's a classmethod.
         self = getattr(wrapped_fx, '__self__', None)
         if issubclass(type(self), type):
             instance_method = False
@@ -41,8 +43,9 @@ def wrap(wrapped_fx):
         if instance_method:
             fx = lambda self, *a, **kw: wrapped_fx(self.api, *a, **kw)  # noqa
             return functools.wraps(wrapped_fx)(fx)
-        fx = lambda self, *a, **kw: wrapped_fx(*a, **kw)  # noqa
-        return functools.wraps(wrapped_fx)(fx)
+
+        fx = lambda *a, **kw: wrapped_fx(*a, **kw)  # noqa
+        return staticmethod(functools.wraps(wrapped_fx)(fx))
 
     def actual_decorator(cls):
         # Reflectively iterate over most of the methods on the source class