Creating a lambda with no API Gateway routes throws an error

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Deploying to stage: dev

BadRequestException: The REST API doesn't contain any methods
    at Object.extractError (/Users/dankantor/work/bizops/ops-lambda/node_modules/lambdafai/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/protocol/json.js:43:27)
    at Request.extractError (/Users/dankantor/work/bizops/ops-lambda/node_modules/lambdafai/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/protocol/rest_json.js:37:8)
    at Request.callListeners (/Users/dankantor/work/bizops/ops-lambda/node_modules/lambdafai/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/sequential_executor.js:105:20)
    at Request.emit (/Users/dankantor/work/bizops/ops-lambda/node_modules/lambdafai/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/sequential_executor.js:77:10)
    at Request.emit (/Users/dankantor/work/bizops/ops-lambda/node_modules/lambdafai/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/request.js:596:14)
    at Request.transition (/Users/dankantor/work/bizops/ops-lambda/node_modules/lambdafai/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/request.js:21:10)
    at AcceptorStateMachine.runTo (/Users/dankantor/work/bizops/ops-lambda/node_modules/lambdafai/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/state_machine.js:14:12)
    at /Users/dankantor/work/bizops/ops-lambda/node_modules/lambdafai/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/state_machine.js:26:10
    at Request.<anonymous> (/Users/dankantor/work/bizops/ops-lambda/node_modules/lambdafai/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/request.js:37:9)
    at Request.<anonymous> (/Users/dankantor/work/bizops/ops-lambda/node_modules/lambdafai/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/request.js:598:12)