diff --git a/esptool/uf2_writer.py b/esptool/uf2_writer.py
index 554c8450cb..81772d4249 100644
--- a/esptool/uf2_writer.py
+++ b/esptool/uf2_writer.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-#
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 # Code was originally licensed under Apache 2.0 before the release of ESP-IDF v5.2