diff --git a/bin/ansible b/bin/ansible
index 11dbd0c9723..41149ae80eb 100755
--- a/bin/ansible
+++ b/bin/ansible
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 
 # (c) 2012, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
 #
diff --git a/bin/ansible-playbook b/bin/ansible-playbook
index 234536b666f..89d6b732136 100755
--- a/bin/ansible-playbook
+++ b/bin/ansible-playbook
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python -tt
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # (C) 2012, Michael DeHaan, <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
 
 # This file is part of Ansible