diff --git a/fail2ban/client/fail2banregex.py b/fail2ban/client/fail2banregex.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index fae4f354..e2222792
--- a/fail2ban/client/fail2banregex.py
+++ b/fail2ban/client/fail2banregex.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
 # emacs: -*- mode: python; py-indent-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: t -*-
 # vi: set ft=python sts=4 ts=4 sw=4 noet :
 #