diff --git a/tests/base.py b/tests/base.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 40539d61b5..391596d886
--- a/tests/base.py
+++ b/tests/base.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
 # Copyright 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
 # Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
 #
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_cross_crd.py b/tests/unit/test_cross_crd.py
index 7d68989ab3..20b2702c46 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_cross_crd.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_cross_crd.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
 # Copyright 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
 # Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
 #
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_daemon.py b/tests/unit/test_daemon.py
index 689d4f7092..1a986cc5bd 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_daemon.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_daemon.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
 # Copyright 2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_executor.py b/tests/unit/test_executor.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 9040251a45..9aec3ee878
--- a/tests/unit/test_executor.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_executor.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
 # Copyright 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
 # Copyright 2014 Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
 #
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_gerrit.py b/tests/unit/test_gerrit.py
index d00fc04eb5..1c5caff0a1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_gerrit.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_gerrit.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
 # Copyright 2015 BMW Car IT GmbH
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_gerrit_crd.py b/tests/unit/test_gerrit_crd.py
index 40bdd74641..55746b2b98 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_gerrit_crd.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_gerrit_crd.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
 # Copyright 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
 # Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
 #
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_gerrit_legacy_crd.py b/tests/unit/test_gerrit_legacy_crd.py
index 90c93ecaea..0bed2236fb 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_gerrit_legacy_crd.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_gerrit_legacy_crd.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
 # Copyright 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_github_crd.py b/tests/unit/test_github_crd.py
index bc7d499f97..197331b685 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_github_crd.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_github_crd.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
 # Copyright (c) 2017 IBM Corp.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_github_requirements.py b/tests/unit/test_github_requirements.py
index 8a0ca0b307..c833f6dd76 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_github_requirements.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_github_requirements.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
 # Copyright (c) 2017 IBM Corp.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_inventory.py b/tests/unit/test_inventory.py
index 30fa10c4d6..8f1ff8c4b4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_inventory.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_inventory.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
 # Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_merger_repo.py b/tests/unit/test_merger_repo.py
index 62ce0646f8..895114123b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_merger_repo.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_merger_repo.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
 # Copyright 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
 # Copyright 2014 Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
 #
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_openstack.py b/tests/unit/test_openstack.py
index 980797f0db..c5e18d8131 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_openstack.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_openstack.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
 # Copyright 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_requirements.py b/tests/unit/test_requirements.py
index ff39fd74c5..25f31676a0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_requirements.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_requirements.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
 # Copyright 2012-2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_scheduler.py b/tests/unit/test_scheduler.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 7dd2f141b4..f4da1e66a0
--- a/tests/unit/test_scheduler.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_scheduler.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
 # Copyright 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_streaming.py b/tests/unit/test_streaming.py
index 65de60d64a..2345aedddc 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_streaming.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_streaming.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
 # Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_v3.py b/tests/unit/test_v3.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 284a4fe14e..089518062f
--- a/tests/unit/test_v3.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_v3.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
 # Copyright 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_web.py b/tests/unit/test_web.py
index 33c4953560..a6b36e365e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_web.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_web.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
 # Copyright 2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
 # Copyright 2014 Rackspace Australia
 #
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_web_urls.py b/tests/unit/test_web_urls.py
index fbf4b0f5d5..f187c72919 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_web_urls.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_web_urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
 # Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_zuultrigger.py b/tests/unit/test_zuultrigger.py
index 3439a5483c..4e10ff1f54 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_zuultrigger.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_zuultrigger.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
 # Copyright 2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/zuul/lib/fingergw.py b/zuul/lib/fingergw.py
index e582884ba1..51cfa91dde 100644
--- a/zuul/lib/fingergw.py
+++ b/zuul/lib/fingergw.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
 # Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/zuul/lib/log_streamer.py b/zuul/lib/log_streamer.py
index f96f442794..1eed621534 100644
--- a/zuul/lib/log_streamer.py
+++ b/zuul/lib/log_streamer.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
 # Copyright (c) 2016 IBM Corp.
 # Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
 #
diff --git a/zuul/lib/streamer_utils.py b/zuul/lib/streamer_utils.py
index e28ad11b11..9459462974 100644
--- a/zuul/lib/streamer_utils.py
+++ b/zuul/lib/streamer_utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
 # Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/zuul/zk.py b/zuul/zk.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 8027d97ccc..138600f9e2
--- a/zuul/zk.py
+++ b/zuul/zk.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-#
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
 # not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
 # a copy of the License at