diff --git a/odml/tools/odmlparser.py b/odml/tools/odmlparser.py
index 3d47454d..965ea7f8 100644
--- a/odml/tools/odmlparser.py
+++ b/odml/tools/odmlparser.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
 """
 A generic odML parsing module. It parses odML files and documents.
 All supported formats can be found in parser_utils.SUPPORTED_PARSERS.
diff --git a/odml/tools/xmlparser.py b/odml/tools/xmlparser.py
index 5c9791b0..0f3b293d 100644
--- a/odml/tools/xmlparser.py
+++ b/odml/tools/xmlparser.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
 """
 The xmlparser module provides access to the XMLWriter and XMLReader classes.
 Both handle the conversion of odML documents from and to XML files and strings.