diff --git a/share/rpcuser/rpcuser.py b/share/rpcuser/rpcuser.py
--- a/share/rpcuser/rpcuser.py
+++ b/share/rpcuser/rpcuser.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python2
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # Copyright (c) 2015-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.