diff --git a/mesonbuild/rewriter.py b/mesonbuild/rewriter.py
index d6509fc97..88a99e543 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/rewriter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/rewriter.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # Copyright 2016 The Meson development team
 
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");