diff --git a/moose-examples/neuroml/lobster_pyloric/synapses/AchSyn_STG.py b/moose-examples/neuroml/lobster_pyloric/synapses/AchSyn_STG.py
index 2c8f969061d7a2bc198e83d9493574bbc51a0361..65c6a88080089342602ed10cbe6704c6c5ceee6e 100644
--- a/moose-examples/neuroml/lobster_pyloric/synapses/AchSyn_STG.py
+++ b/moose-examples/neuroml/lobster_pyloric/synapses/AchSyn_STG.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import sys
 import math
diff --git a/moose-examples/neuroml/lobster_pyloric/synapses/GluSyn_STG.py b/moose-examples/neuroml/lobster_pyloric/synapses/GluSyn_STG.py
index 256525b9a2fc313bf2d70762b132a258f77af88f..c8cdbecdb6bb4f964ff19c7a4a49d40243ca2149 100644
--- a/moose-examples/neuroml/lobster_pyloric/synapses/GluSyn_STG.py
+++ b/moose-examples/neuroml/lobster_pyloric/synapses/GluSyn_STG.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import sys
 import math
diff --git a/moose-examples/neuroml/lobster_pyloric/synapses/load_synapses.py b/moose-examples/neuroml/lobster_pyloric/synapses/load_synapses.py
index 468ca332515bc216eaa22102f0c1487346216902..fe8b50ee713b051e8760afd15c47d12396050cc7 100644
--- a/moose-examples/neuroml/lobster_pyloric/synapses/load_synapses.py
+++ b/moose-examples/neuroml/lobster_pyloric/synapses/load_synapses.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 from GluSyn_STG import GluSyn_STG
diff --git a/moose-examples/paper-2015/Fig2_elecModels/Fig2A.py b/moose-examples/paper-2015/Fig2_elecModels/Fig2A.py
index 997b5f2b38c54fde5f3d596f772bf9d4867ffe99..560167da637eaa587de30ab4e7aaedc1ff0da6d5 100644
--- a/moose-examples/paper-2015/Fig2_elecModels/Fig2A.py
+++ b/moose-examples/paper-2015/Fig2_elecModels/Fig2A.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 #/**********************************************************************
 #** This program is part of 'MOOSE', the
 #** Messaging Object Oriented Simulation Environment.
diff --git a/moose-examples/paper-2015/Fig6_NetMultiscale/Fig6A.py b/moose-examples/paper-2015/Fig6_NetMultiscale/Fig6A.py
index 752fa8966d0590bf925037404db5ae12b16d3f2e..88193dbc4a88bf2cdc85d91aa8225e030d0eed09 100644
--- a/moose-examples/paper-2015/Fig6_NetMultiscale/Fig6A.py
+++ b/moose-examples/paper-2015/Fig6_NetMultiscale/Fig6A.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 #/**********************************************************************
 #** This program is part of 'MOOSE', the
 #** Messaging Object Oriented Simulation Environment.
diff --git a/moose-examples/paper-2015/Fig6_NetMultiscale/Fig6BCDE.py b/moose-examples/paper-2015/Fig6_NetMultiscale/Fig6BCDE.py
index 066e68d1365dd3a16cff3487968c33841108ab4f..1c876b91ae929b0184ffbff64f7a5d87c0c9b130 100644
--- a/moose-examples/paper-2015/Fig6_NetMultiscale/Fig6BCDE.py
+++ b/moose-examples/paper-2015/Fig6_NetMultiscale/Fig6BCDE.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 #/**********************************************************************
 #** This program is part of 'MOOSE', the
 #** Messaging Object Oriented Simulation Environment.
diff --git a/moose-examples/paper-2015/Fig6_NetMultiscale/ReducedModel.py b/moose-examples/paper-2015/Fig6_NetMultiscale/ReducedModel.py
index 6b0ae9644ad8c2e4d507a1800b1778c3590fd7d0..75c51617477a0ec208570ec5ff5251bc7b4d4bba 100644
--- a/moose-examples/paper-2015/Fig6_NetMultiscale/ReducedModel.py
+++ b/moose-examples/paper-2015/Fig6_NetMultiscale/ReducedModel.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 #/**********************************************************************
 #** This program is part of 'MOOSE', the
 #** Messaging Object Oriented Simulation Environment.
diff --git a/moose-examples/snippets/GraupnerBrunel2012_STDPfromCaPlasticity.py b/moose-examples/snippets/GraupnerBrunel2012_STDPfromCaPlasticity.py
index c26b623e6be5a97e6503d6f7e07a8803d2692c07..ee0ab8a9470d574535b2f81bd2376f3dc2ea399a 100644
--- a/moose-examples/snippets/GraupnerBrunel2012_STDPfromCaPlasticity.py
+++ b/moose-examples/snippets/GraupnerBrunel2012_STDPfromCaPlasticity.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 #/**********************************************************************
 #** This program is part of 'MOOSE', the
 #** Messaging Object Oriented Simulation Environment.
diff --git a/moose-examples/snippets/HigginsGraupnerBrunel2014_LifetimeCaPlasticity.py b/moose-examples/snippets/HigginsGraupnerBrunel2014_LifetimeCaPlasticity.py
index 048006163ca0c5ac31f3a37cc25bace66d08b25a..f4647cc0f088c58a72a4dde92cb4519d3b91088a 100644
--- a/moose-examples/snippets/HigginsGraupnerBrunel2014_LifetimeCaPlasticity.py
+++ b/moose-examples/snippets/HigginsGraupnerBrunel2014_LifetimeCaPlasticity.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 #/**********************************************************************
 #** This program is part of 'MOOSE', the
 #** Messaging Object Oriented Simulation Environment.
diff --git a/moose-examples/snippets/IntegrateFireZoo.py b/moose-examples/snippets/IntegrateFireZoo.py
index 3d1384528c4b9fbf4f3c72d47310b64c15372859..b715519b1c9b734288ef8381ae9b61afd416a469 100644
--- a/moose-examples/snippets/IntegrateFireZoo.py
+++ b/moose-examples/snippets/IntegrateFireZoo.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #/**********************************************************************
 #** This program is part of 'MOOSE', the
diff --git a/moose-examples/snippets/STDP.py b/moose-examples/snippets/STDP.py
index ba01a96ded29170ca6b877f08b2182f232c9414f..dec9be84090458baed4e0e5a653ee6e7832abc35 100644
--- a/moose-examples/snippets/STDP.py
+++ b/moose-examples/snippets/STDP.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 #/**********************************************************************
 #** This program is part of 'MOOSE', the
 #** Messaging Object Oriented Simulation Environment.
diff --git a/moose-examples/snippets/hdfdemo.py b/moose-examples/snippets/hdfdemo.py
index f9081c2e5883d7d5bbec032cfda6ee17749d01c7..f1fdc2e7f9f3c8098c2b3f0662e768ebb98e2de7 100644
--- a/moose-examples/snippets/hdfdemo.py
+++ b/moose-examples/snippets/hdfdemo.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 # Author: Subhasis Ray
 
 """HDF5 is a self-describing file format for storing large
diff --git a/moose-examples/snippets/pulsegen.py b/moose-examples/snippets/pulsegen.py
index 2d554a9311026340082a96bf5382eed52fd0c19a..2f6cfa36c27b127fffe439235b4938286a4817bc 100644
--- a/moose-examples/snippets/pulsegen.py
+++ b/moose-examples/snippets/pulsegen.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 # pulsegen.py --- 
 # 
 # Filename: pulsegen.py
diff --git a/moose-examples/snippets/pulsegen2.py b/moose-examples/snippets/pulsegen2.py
index 491ebf6b717efb82066fa233a1753846cab9c51d..812e63027100b728cca92fa88a7880e74a9263ed 100644
--- a/moose-examples/snippets/pulsegen2.py
+++ b/moose-examples/snippets/pulsegen2.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
 # the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth
-# Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 # 
 # 
diff --git a/moose-examples/snippets/showmsg.py b/moose-examples/snippets/showmsg.py
index 98b9677a307dbbdb15b030fdc873c97ff2bbcc93..38535e69d499f8bcf0c3ffa088571258332e6a44 100644
--- a/moose-examples/snippets/showmsg.py
+++ b/moose-examples/snippets/showmsg.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 """This is to show a _raw_ way of traversing messages."""
 import sys
 sys.path.append('../../python')
diff --git a/moose-examples/snippets/testHsolve.py b/moose-examples/snippets/testHsolve.py
index 77bf3a16c10d5494a4b7944c2abc923fbe1ac882..7eba6625d1073df02a960ccea335a1bfff8b6ec3 100644
--- a/moose-examples/snippets/testHsolve.py
+++ b/moose-examples/snippets/testHsolve.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 # testHsolve.py --- 
 # Upi Bhalla, NCBS Bangalore, 9 June 2013.
 #
diff --git a/moose-examples/squid/squid_demo.py b/moose-examples/squid/squid_demo.py
index 7207044fe1a110927020b443e52b887a5d245292..85a351867a7d0285cbe874e4aa02a86b699f02b4 100644
--- a/moose-examples/squid/squid_demo.py
+++ b/moose-examples/squid/squid_demo.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # squidgui.py --- 
 # 
diff --git a/moose-examples/tutorials/ExcInhNet/ExcInhNet_Ostojic2014_Brunel2000.py b/moose-examples/tutorials/ExcInhNet/ExcInhNet_Ostojic2014_Brunel2000.py
index b5ea3f1002a21bc843354949dda4db511a151b59..aa35d46965f8163d2866fdaaf758c067e8b6862b 100644
--- a/moose-examples/tutorials/ExcInhNet/ExcInhNet_Ostojic2014_Brunel2000.py
+++ b/moose-examples/tutorials/ExcInhNet/ExcInhNet_Ostojic2014_Brunel2000.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 #/**********************************************************************
 #** This program is part of 'MOOSE', the
 #** Messaging Object Oriented Simulation Environment.
diff --git a/moose-examples/tutorials/ExcInhNet/ExcInhNet_Ostojic2014_Brunel2000_brian.py b/moose-examples/tutorials/ExcInhNet/ExcInhNet_Ostojic2014_Brunel2000_brian.py
index 7cc9062cc3b58d0332ee80290f2f1315daa32e53..2c9859b3d3f4dd0c6e95a49a2d1aa8e95e7d454d 100644
--- a/moose-examples/tutorials/ExcInhNet/ExcInhNet_Ostojic2014_Brunel2000_brian.py
+++ b/moose-examples/tutorials/ExcInhNet/ExcInhNet_Ostojic2014_Brunel2000_brian.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 '''
 The LIF network is based on:
 Ostojic, S. (2014).
diff --git a/moose-examples/tutorials/ExcInhNet/ExcInhNet_Ostojic2014_Brunel2000_brian2.py b/moose-examples/tutorials/ExcInhNet/ExcInhNet_Ostojic2014_Brunel2000_brian2.py
index 1b66c61700b451cb5536ad30805640fbdbc45dce..c4c777014ad8b966e5ff57a9c3754b68c809441c 100644
--- a/moose-examples/tutorials/ExcInhNet/ExcInhNet_Ostojic2014_Brunel2000_brian2.py
+++ b/moose-examples/tutorials/ExcInhNet/ExcInhNet_Ostojic2014_Brunel2000_brian2.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 '''
 The LIF network is based on:
 Ostojic, S. (2014).
diff --git a/moose-examples/tutorials/ExcInhNet/ExcInhNet_Ostojic2014_Brunel2000_brian2_slow_2pops_4syns.py b/moose-examples/tutorials/ExcInhNet/ExcInhNet_Ostojic2014_Brunel2000_brian2_slow_2pops_4syns.py
index 8e1dcdb4b68d6faece489f83be44a833a7cf9a9d..92b8f12230f9cad88e38809d3431f4d621b98411 100644
--- a/moose-examples/tutorials/ExcInhNet/ExcInhNet_Ostojic2014_Brunel2000_brian2_slow_2pops_4syns.py
+++ b/moose-examples/tutorials/ExcInhNet/ExcInhNet_Ostojic2014_Brunel2000_brian2_slow_2pops_4syns.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 '''
 The LIF network is based on:
 Ostojic, S. (2014).
diff --git a/moose-examples/tutorials/ExcInhNetCaPlasticity/ExcInhNet_HigginsGraupnerBrunel2014.py b/moose-examples/tutorials/ExcInhNetCaPlasticity/ExcInhNet_HigginsGraupnerBrunel2014.py
index 07a227bfc69a1845e22c8fec09c375f49c22a5b9..1b29b5122bd897d504c0c75329ffb0b337fe5b1d 100644
--- a/moose-examples/tutorials/ExcInhNetCaPlasticity/ExcInhNet_HigginsGraupnerBrunel2014.py
+++ b/moose-examples/tutorials/ExcInhNetCaPlasticity/ExcInhNet_HigginsGraupnerBrunel2014.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 #/**********************************************************************
 #** This program is part of 'MOOSE', the
 #** Messaging Object Oriented Simulation Environment.
diff --git a/moose-examples/util/moogli_viewer.py b/moose-examples/util/moogli_viewer.py
index 7d123eddbedfcf43f8328448ebcebb9d5b080421..f48330c8746c84372641de5998d3b9c071f1fb99 100644
--- a/moose-examples/util/moogli_viewer.py
+++ b/moose-examples/util/moogli_viewer.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 """