diff --git a/moose-core/python/libmumbl/core/dynamic_vars.py b/moose-core/python/libmumbl/core/dynamic_vars.py
index b66a1e15f9fecb8dc07cb158f54c14d6d397d508..ae56381a9f295efff01e8ebc7903a78b1248a752 100644
--- a/moose-core/python/libmumbl/core/dynamic_vars.py
+++ b/moose-core/python/libmumbl/core/dynamic_vars.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 
 """dynamic_vars.py: Class to create variables out of strings.
 
diff --git a/moose-core/python/libmumbl/core/types.py b/moose-core/python/libmumbl/core/types.py
index a89ed84c602a21432623c4ae3986e83e8219d888..272ae847cf3c4969cdd7a24e82033bc6733f73cb 100644
--- a/moose-core/python/libmumbl/core/types.py
+++ b/moose-core/python/libmumbl/core/types.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 
 """types.py: Implement some data-types.
 
diff --git a/moose-core/python/libmumbl/helper/graph_methods.py b/moose-core/python/libmumbl/helper/graph_methods.py
index b5d1360bebc483841b9ed37ae1dee80b22f30f95..50c400ebed26d1b4c45629355f71d1a27a85fc87 100644
--- a/moose-core/python/libmumbl/helper/graph_methods.py
+++ b/moose-core/python/libmumbl/helper/graph_methods.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 
 __author__  = "Dilawar Singh <dilawars@ncbs.res.in>"
 
diff --git a/moose-core/python/libmumbl/helper/moose_methods.py b/moose-core/python/libmumbl/helper/moose_methods.py
index bb6844800ffdb5788020a458c8535b63b99062a0..c5b0cb8f610b8ef924be8378756a37717ae28d17 100644
--- a/moose-core/python/libmumbl/helper/moose_methods.py
+++ b/moose-core/python/libmumbl/helper/moose_methods.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 
 """moose_methods.py:  Some helper function related with moose to do multiscale
 modelling.
diff --git a/moose-core/python/libmumbl/helper/xml_methods.py b/moose-core/python/libmumbl/helper/xml_methods.py
index e848bfa4a33f8a838d8a97ed19d105dc9a60a74e..d3fb63948d8bd15db1e8bb5c266607c99e0d3204 100644
--- a/moose-core/python/libmumbl/helper/xml_methods.py
+++ b/moose-core/python/libmumbl/helper/xml_methods.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 
 __author__  = "Dilawar Singh <dilawars@ncbs.res.in>"
 
diff --git a/moose-core/python/libmumbl/nml_parser/importer.py b/moose-core/python/libmumbl/nml_parser/importer.py
index 6beb6d1ced12e1c2eef5aab9066d43603d1be461..186f6a0a2f9dfb14eb0d673ccf2485b1a1085b45 100644
--- a/moose-core/python/libmumbl/nml_parser/importer.py
+++ b/moose-core/python/libmumbl/nml_parser/importer.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 
 __author__  = "Dilawar Singh <dilawars@ncbs.res.in>"
 __date__    = "Mon 21 Oct 2013 11:37:01 PM IST"
diff --git a/moose-core/python/libmumbl/test/adaptor.py b/moose-core/python/libmumbl/test/adaptor.py
index 25f38feb888b49c34bf319e68a5c2290442243b9..51a55eb542754724086677f83aef2e6752dc0572 100644
--- a/moose-core/python/libmumbl/test/adaptor.py
+++ b/moose-core/python/libmumbl/test/adaptor.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 
 """adaptor.py: 
 
diff --git a/moose-core/python/libmumbl/utility/debug.py b/moose-core/python/libmumbl/utility/debug.py
index 1fc31a8c47454cb41f8ed3b76d76a393578d5df8..f99de0219ba393c4cd74dc2fae5f363b3e7be1c5 100644
--- a/moose-core/python/libmumbl/utility/debug.py
+++ b/moose-core/python/libmumbl/utility/debug.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 
 """print_utils.py: A library with some print functions. Very useful during
 development.
diff --git a/moose-core/python/moose/methods_utils.py b/moose-core/python/moose/methods_utils.py
index 5eaa151940c519f6dd5829b51c8fb8dc352b29f3..91e49dccd0275c60e9133dc7457910ae12eea99e 100644
--- a/moose-core/python/moose/methods_utils.py
+++ b/moose-core/python/moose/methods_utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 
 """methods_utils.py: 
     Some non-standard functions generic to moose. 
diff --git a/moose-core/python/moose/neuroml2/generated_neuroml.py b/moose-core/python/moose/neuroml2/generated_neuroml.py
index e2d4c5a3dc294a7d877d1c2a7eb3d0b2c82e1584..0cbf3ffd2c854147cd5d8819fc15e37b9f3581b4 100644
--- a/moose-core/python/moose/neuroml2/generated_neuroml.py
+++ b/moose-core/python/moose/neuroml2/generated_neuroml.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 #
diff --git a/moose-core/python/moose/neuroml2/generated_neuromlsub.py b/moose-core/python/moose/neuroml2/generated_neuromlsub.py
index 3f066bdd3c82ad6b5cc8f46713147702ea289bdc..7e7957be79d98254c612e40fde43736a617f2f56 100644
--- a/moose-core/python/moose/neuroml2/generated_neuromlsub.py
+++ b/moose-core/python/moose/neuroml2/generated_neuromlsub.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 
 #
 # Generated Sun Apr 17 15:01:32 2016 by generateDS.py version 2.22a.
diff --git a/moose-core/python/moose/plot_utils.py b/moose-core/python/moose/plot_utils.py
index b1438394d95c2b07464938f9cd6328ff5a63602a..b2740954dc10103f0c6e6f266ce08cb4cedeb315 100644
--- a/moose-core/python/moose/plot_utils.py
+++ b/moose-core/python/moose/plot_utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 
 """plot_utils.py: Some utility function for plotting data in moose.
 
diff --git a/moose-core/python/moose/sim_utils.py b/moose-core/python/moose/sim_utils.py
index 2e88a68c81e93a841b37f7b6796f17eb78f720f7..0fd637d7c74f56a7b8897b6d8e688275620d80bc 100644
--- a/moose-core/python/moose/sim_utils.py
+++ b/moose-core/python/moose/sim_utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 
 """sim_utils.py: 
     Helper function related with simulation.
diff --git a/moose-core/python/moose/verification_utils.py b/moose-core/python/moose/verification_utils.py
index c5d52c8a50bbb334e31bda3d3d22604e3dfe9904..973c03f10fbb1643c34371fd06a1da0cef4a9334 100644
--- a/moose-core/python/moose/verification_utils.py
+++ b/moose-core/python/moose/verification_utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 
 """verification_utils.py: