diff --git a/django/bin/django-admin.py b/django/bin/django-admin.py
index 53c32d6573..f518cdc463 100755
--- a/django/bin/django-admin.py
+++ b/django/bin/django-admin.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 from django.core import management
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/django/conf/project_template/manage.py-tpl b/django/conf/project_template/manage.py-tpl
index 39df575158..9f83e65491 100755
--- a/django/conf/project_template/manage.py-tpl
+++ b/django/conf/project_template/manage.py-tpl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 import os
 import sys
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/bin/compress.py b/django/contrib/admin/bin/compress.py
index 2572b2f4f4..dbef84d759 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/bin/compress.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/bin/compress.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 import argparse
 import os
 import subprocess
diff --git a/docs/topics/testing/advanced.txt b/docs/topics/testing/advanced.txt
index 6bc6b02c5e..192a62c516 100644
--- a/docs/topics/testing/advanced.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/testing/advanced.txt
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ Let's take a look inside a couple of those files:
 .. snippet::
     :filename: runtests.py
 
-    #!/usr/bin/env python3
+    #!/usr/bin/env python
     import os
     import sys
 
diff --git a/scripts/manage_translations.py b/scripts/manage_translations.py
index 9b11f33be2..74534d47da 100644
--- a/scripts/manage_translations.py
+++ b/scripts/manage_translations.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # This python file contains utility scripts to manage Django translations.
 # It has to be run inside the django git root directory.
diff --git a/tests/i18n/sampleproject/manage.py b/tests/i18n/sampleproject/manage.py
index 6f1708a5b3..87a0ec369a 100755
--- a/tests/i18n/sampleproject/manage.py
+++ b/tests/i18n/sampleproject/manage.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 import os
 import sys
 
diff --git a/tests/i18n/sampleproject/update_catalogs.py b/tests/i18n/sampleproject/update_catalogs.py
index 368a160b4e..131d3e268b 100755
--- a/tests/i18n/sampleproject/update_catalogs.py
+++ b/tests/i18n/sampleproject/update_catalogs.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 
 """
 Helper script to update sampleproject's translation catalogs.
diff --git a/tests/runtests.py b/tests/runtests.py
index 6ffd9ea68f..4cb36049fd 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.py
+++ b/tests/runtests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 import argparse
 import atexit
 import copy