diff --git a/dist/common/scripts/scylla_config_get.py b/dist/common/scripts/scylla_config_get.py
index 29320fa8f3..0c18ef08c4 100755
--- a/dist/common/scripts/scylla_config_get.py
+++ b/dist/common/scripts/scylla_config_get.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/python2
 #
 # Copyright 2016 ScyllaDB
 #
diff --git a/dist/common/scripts/scylla_io_setup b/dist/common/scripts/scylla_io_setup
index 602690ecf2..288c7895a1 100755
--- a/dist/common/scripts/scylla_io_setup
+++ b/dist/common/scripts/scylla_io_setup
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/python2
 
 # Copyright (C) 2017 ScyllaDB
 #
diff --git a/scylla-housekeeping b/scylla-housekeeping
index 7b9104c9fb..77884e824c 100755
--- a/scylla-housekeeping
+++ b/scylla-housekeeping
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/python2
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2016 ScyllaDB
 #