diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/xmlpool/gen_xmlpool.py b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/xmlpool/gen_xmlpool.py
index acfdcf48a19..eb68a65174b 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/xmlpool/gen_xmlpool.py
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/xmlpool/gen_xmlpool.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
 
 #
 # Usage: