diff --git a/scripts/create-relocatable-package.py b/scripts/create-relocatable-package.py
index 4311734273..4d43c114c5 100755
--- a/scripts/create-relocatable-package.py
+++ b/scripts/create-relocatable-package.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
-
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2018 ScyllaDB
 #
diff --git a/scripts/find-maintainer b/scripts/find-maintainer
index 10bbc4adae..3758a59b3b 100755
--- a/scripts/find-maintainer
+++ b/scripts/find-maintainer
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import argparse
 import fnmatch
diff --git a/scripts/jobs b/scripts/jobs
index cf3784620f..882722ec38 100755
--- a/scripts/jobs
+++ b/scripts/jobs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
-
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2018 ScyllaDB
 #