diff --git a/IPython/__init__.py b/IPython/__init__.py
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new mode 100644
index c2573af..f49c9dd
--- a/IPython/__init__.py
+++ b/IPython/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
 # encoding: utf-8
 """
 IPython.