diff --git a/options_std.py b/options_std.py
index c531e7f3..8e0d3d6e 100644
--- a/options_std.py
+++ b/options_std.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 # when web2py is run as a windows service (web2py.py -W)
diff --git a/router.example.py b/router.example.py
index 75e3af9e..714a5a0a 100644
--- a/router.example.py
+++ b/router.example.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 #  routers are dictionaries of URL routing parameters.
diff --git a/routes.example.py b/routes.example.py
index fdcfebc6..06ac5db2 100644
--- a/routes.example.py
+++ b/routes.example.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 # default_application, default_controller, default_function