diff --git a/share/rpcuser/rpcuser.py b/share/rpcuser/rpcuser.py
index eadf207ab..3db05ecc4 100755
--- a/share/rpcuser/rpcuser.py
+++ b/share/rpcuser/rpcuser.py
@@ -1,41 +1,41 @@
-#!/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.
 
 import hashlib
 import sys
 import os
 from random import SystemRandom
 import base64
 import hmac
 
 if len(sys.argv) < 2:
     sys.stderr.write('Please include username as an argument.\n')
     sys.exit(0)
 
 username = sys.argv[1]
 
 # This uses os.urandom() underneath
 cryptogen = SystemRandom()
 
 # Create 16 byte hex salt
 salt_sequence = [cryptogen.randrange(256) for i in range(16)]
 hexseq = list(map(hex, salt_sequence))
 salt = "".join([x[2:] for x in hexseq])
 
 # Create 32 byte b64 password
 password = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(os.urandom(32))
 
 digestmod = hashlib.sha256
 
 if sys.version_info.major >= 3:
     password = password.decode('utf-8')
     digestmod = 'SHA256'
 
 m = hmac.new(bytearray(salt, 'utf-8'), bytearray(password, 'utf-8'), digestmod)
 result = m.hexdigest()
 
 print("String to be appended to bitcoin.conf:")
 print("rpcauth=" + username + ":" + salt + "$" + result)
 print("Your password:\n" + password)