diff --git a/contrib/devtools/security-check.py b/contrib/devtools/security-check.py
index 301fea85c1..c61d652641 100755
--- a/contrib/devtools/security-check.py
+++ b/contrib/devtools/security-check.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python2
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 '''
 Perform basic ELF security checks on a series of executables.
 Exit status will be 0 if successful, and the program will be silent.
diff --git a/contrib/devtools/symbol-check.py b/contrib/devtools/symbol-check.py
index e26c0fbb94..8f8685006e 100755
--- a/contrib/devtools/symbol-check.py
+++ b/contrib/devtools/symbol-check.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python2
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # Copyright (c) 2014 Wladimir J. van der Laan
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
diff --git a/contrib/devtools/test-security-check.py b/contrib/devtools/test-security-check.py
index fed7626aab..324b7bcd85 100755
--- a/contrib/devtools/test-security-check.py
+++ b/contrib/devtools/test-security-check.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python2
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 '''
 Test script for security-check.py
 '''
diff --git a/contrib/devtools/update-translations.py b/contrib/devtools/update-translations.py
index 96fc41c99d..ccdcc9f84e 100755
--- a/contrib/devtools/update-translations.py
+++ b/contrib/devtools/update-translations.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # Copyright (c) 2014 Wladimir J. van der Laan
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
diff --git a/contrib/linearize/linearize-data.py b/contrib/linearize/linearize-data.py
index 69eb9e1d9f..d57c59904d 100755
--- a/contrib/linearize/linearize-data.py
+++ b/contrib/linearize/linearize-data.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # linearize-data.py: Construct a linear, no-fork version of the chain.
 #
diff --git a/contrib/linearize/linearize-hashes.py b/contrib/linearize/linearize-hashes.py
index ee87ceafb1..4f81241b44 100755
--- a/contrib/linearize/linearize-hashes.py
+++ b/contrib/linearize/linearize-hashes.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # linearize-hashes.py:  List blocks in a linear, no-fork version of the chain.
 #
diff --git a/contrib/seeds/generate-seeds.py b/contrib/seeds/generate-seeds.py
index 5df20ea137..3d0dcbee97 100755
--- a/contrib/seeds/generate-seeds.py
+++ b/contrib/seeds/generate-seeds.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # Copyright (c) 2014 Wladimir J. van der Laan
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
diff --git a/share/qt/extract_strings_qt.py b/share/qt/extract_strings_qt.py
index aaf386349a..ed98254aba 100755
--- a/share/qt/extract_strings_qt.py
+++ b/share/qt/extract_strings_qt.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 '''
 Extract _("...") strings for translation and convert to Qt stringdefs so that
 they can be picked up by Qt linguist.
diff --git a/src/test/bitcoin-util-test.py b/src/test/bitcoin-util-test.py
index 95dd3e81b4..882b5c67b8 100755
--- a/src/test/bitcoin-util-test.py
+++ b/src/test/bitcoin-util-test.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # Copyright 2014 BitPay, Inc.
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
diff --git a/src/test/buildenv.py.in b/src/test/buildenv.py.in
index 1618bdeb76..153f34a3db 100644
--- a/src/test/buildenv.py.in
+++ b/src/test/buildenv.py.in
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 exeext="@EXEEXT@"