diff --git a/examples/LIGO_noise_test b/examples/LIGO_noise_test
index 49a4444c3c78ec605c2bed6f4d67bb800e2280ec..367be9796881ed0f6d57d6b09722a51ea5c6ed71 100755
--- a/examples/LIGO_noise_test
+++ b/examples/LIGO_noise_test
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # $Id$
 #
diff --git a/examples/diag.py b/examples/diag.py
index bedcba626948fabf493659b965fedb9ffeffbefc..8633fc4e65b9a3ff8ca908d126659562c482c8d4 100755
--- a/examples/diag.py
+++ b/examples/diag.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 
 
 import sys
diff --git a/src/bin/gstlal_inspiral b/src/bin/gstlal_inspiral
index ffbef82593434873b8ff635fb54c3adc39624be7..ffaf2c58023f44d2078e43a2acb9ff963505f32f 100755
--- a/src/bin/gstlal_inspiral
+++ b/src/bin/gstlal_inspiral
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2010  Kipp Cannon, Chad Hanna
 # Copyright (C) 2009  Kipp Cannon, Chad Hanna
diff --git a/src/bin/gstlal_inspiral_pipe b/src/bin/gstlal_inspiral_pipe
index 7adce2432573d2950405f0c3dacf036fe9a8cb2c..1ab54ca5e7ee0f3aafb9c05cda8514797feb72bc 100755
--- a/src/bin/gstlal_inspiral_pipe
+++ b/src/bin/gstlal_inspiral_pipe
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2010  Kipp Cannon <kipp.cannon@ligo.org>
 #
diff --git a/src/bin/gstlal_spectrum_movie b/src/bin/gstlal_spectrum_movie
index d01f8a436772f9fb2f70f78e4f249d8e1b56db31..93b8875ae50dcb9374c2834a87cc12a357d0872f 100755
--- a/src/bin/gstlal_spectrum_movie
+++ b/src/bin/gstlal_spectrum_movie
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2010  Kipp Cannon
 #