diff --git a/manuscript.md b/manuscript.md
index 022f6fa..16b51d9 100644
--- a/manuscript.md
+++ b/manuscript.md
@@ -501,8 +501,6 @@ We are expecting the usage of `.md` to produce some sort of table, or a dynamic
 
 ```
 ~~~{.script .py .md #tbl:py caption="this is a table script"}
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
 print("""
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 |----|----|
@@ -515,8 +513,6 @@ Table: this is output of a python script
 The above snipplet would give us output:
 
 ~~~{.script .py .md #tbl:py caption="this is a table script"}
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
 print("""
 | as | dd |
 |----|----|