diff --git a/paramiko/sftp.py b/paramiko/sftp.py
index 1b3014d..6a1900a 100644
--- a/paramiko/sftp.py
+++ b/paramiko/sftp.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
-
 # Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Robey Pointer <robey@lag.net>
 #
 # This file is part of paramiko.