diff --git a/lib/tool_shed/scripts/api/common.py b/lib/tool_shed/scripts/api/common.py
index 13ea5847599..ef8651bcc06 100644
--- a/lib/tool_shed/scripts/api/common.py
+++ b/lib/tool_shed/scripts/api/common.py
@@ -94,8 +94,10 @@ def display( url, api_key=None, return_formatted=True ):
         print 'Collection Members'
         print '------------------'
         for n, i in enumerate(r):
-            # All collection members should have a name and url in the response.
-            print '#%d: %s' % (n+1, i.pop( 'url' ) )
+            # All collection members should have a name in the response.
+            # url is optional
+            if 'url' in i:
+                print '#%d: %s' % (n+1, i.pop( 'url' ) )
             if 'name' in i:
                 print '  name: %s' % i.pop( 'name' )
             for k, v in i.items():
diff --git a/scripts/api/common.py b/scripts/api/common.py
index d81c351a5c2..d1a58b50d77 100644
--- a/scripts/api/common.py
+++ b/scripts/api/common.py
@@ -89,8 +89,10 @@ def display( api_key, url, return_formatted=True ):
         print 'Collection Members'
         print '------------------'
         for n, i in enumerate(r):
-            # All collection members should have a name and url in the response.
-            print '#%d: %s' % (n+1, i.pop( 'url' ) )
+            # All collection members should have a name in the response.
+            # url is optional
+            if 'url' in i:
+                print '#%d: %s' % (n+1, i.pop( 'url' ) )
             if 'name' in i:
                 print '  name: %s' % i.pop( 'name' )
             for k, v in i.items():