diff --git a/playbooks/roles/gitea-git-repos/library/gitea_create_repos.py b/playbooks/roles/gitea-git-repos/library/gitea_create_repos.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 119dcfb314..fb643d7d42
--- a/playbooks/roles/gitea-git-repos/library/gitea_create_repos.py
+++ b/playbooks/roles/gitea-git-repos/library/gitea_create_repos.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-#
 # Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may