diff --git a/Lib/reconvert.py b/Lib/reconvert.py
index ab6d04001c5..2c77ee91db5 100755
--- a/Lib/reconvert.py
+++ b/Lib/reconvert.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env python1.5
+#! /usr/bin/env python
 
 r"""Convert old ("regex") regular expressions to new syntax ("re").