diff --git a/bin/release.py b/bin/release.py
index e4757fcaf62..4230a2a387c 100644
--- a/bin/release.py
+++ b/bin/release.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
 ##############################################################################
 #
diff --git a/bin/tools/graph.py b/bin/tools/graph.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/bin/tools/which.py b/bin/tools/which.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755