diff --git a/docs/apibuild.py b/docs/apibuild.py
index 51abf83832..17d14a0c55 100755
--- a/docs/apibuild.py
+++ b/docs/apibuild.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python2
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # This is the API builder, it parses the C sources and build the
 # API formal description in XML.
diff --git a/docs/reformat-news.py b/docs/reformat-news.py
index fe08bf6d91..d8726f1a1c 100755
--- a/docs/reformat-news.py
+++ b/docs/reformat-news.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python2
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 
 # reformat-news.py: Reformat the NEWS file properly
 #
diff --git a/src/esx/esx_vi_generator.py b/src/esx/esx_vi_generator.py
index 6ce017d794..545f8bdda3 100755
--- a/src/esx/esx_vi_generator.py
+++ b/src/esx/esx_vi_generator.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python2
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 
 #
 # esx_vi_generator.py: generates most of the SOAP type mapping code
diff --git a/src/hyperv/hyperv_wmi_generator.py b/src/hyperv/hyperv_wmi_generator.py
index d548102117..9e7ea4382e 100755
--- a/src/hyperv/hyperv_wmi_generator.py
+++ b/src/hyperv/hyperv_wmi_generator.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python2
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 
 #
 # hyperv_wmi_generator.py: generates most of the WMI type mapping code