diff --git a/mininet/cli.py b/mininet/cli.py
index 6a3b110721ccb5d9d214575b9183b5d64ebbd07c..8343582961026a341a54f38e72a417111309eff6 100644
--- a/mininet/cli.py
+++ b/mininet/cli.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
-
 """
 A simple command-line interface for Mininet.
 
diff --git a/mininet/net.py b/mininet/net.py
index ab08bd8f71e801f73a8a9ca1b3d871e850820a9c..d7ce3d5fcb1bbd8227f9ba349a5df841dffd3722 100755
--- a/mininet/net.py
+++ b/mininet/net.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
 """
 
     Mininet: A simple networking testbed for OpenFlow!
diff --git a/mininet/node.py b/mininet/node.py
index d93b571f39fc8fcea5947d26c6e7bd91785b9d7c..888a28f51d7a418c36ac1a7934572f1bc92d26b1 100644
--- a/mininet/node.py
+++ b/mininet/node.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
 """
 Node objects for Mininet.
 
diff --git a/mininet/util.py b/mininet/util.py
index f60b9df15611f99c7139753df6aad56f76d52668..221c85e4db5cf47be186cc7326ee0edd5b9cb387 100644
--- a/mininet/util.py
+++ b/mininet/util.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
 "Utility functions for Mininet."
 
 from time import sleep
diff --git a/mininet/xterm.py b/mininet/xterm.py
index d53dc897f765c7c075e08719031bf8c5be0313ce..2ae29f9b1d9ece84fcb033fc5cc47a02ab3ec806 100644
--- a/mininet/xterm.py
+++ b/mininet/xterm.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
 """
 XTerm creation and cleanup.
 Utility functions to run an xterm (connected via screen(1)) on each host.