diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/parse-headers.pl b/Documentation/sphinx/parse-headers.pl
index c518050ffc3f..0dcf369ab904 100755
--- a/Documentation/sphinx/parse-headers.pl
+++ b/Documentation/sphinx/parse-headers.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
 use strict;
 use Text::Tabs;
 use Getopt::Long;
diff --git a/Documentation/target/tcm_mod_builder.py b/Documentation/target/tcm_mod_builder.py
index 94bf6944bb1e..7e79ff6b09e0 100755
--- a/Documentation/target/tcm_mod_builder.py
+++ b/Documentation/target/tcm_mod_builder.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # The TCM v4 multi-protocol fabric module generation script for drivers/target/$NEW_MOD
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2010 Rising Tide Systems
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/postprocess/decode_msr.py b/Documentation/trace/postprocess/decode_msr.py
index 0ab40e0db580..aa9cc7abd5c2 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/postprocess/decode_msr.py
+++ b/Documentation/trace/postprocess/decode_msr.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # add symbolic names to read_msr / write_msr in trace
 # decode_msr msr-index.h < trace
 import sys
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-pagealloc-postprocess.pl b/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-pagealloc-postprocess.pl
index 0a120aae33ce..b9b7d80c2f9d 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-pagealloc-postprocess.pl
+++ b/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-pagealloc-postprocess.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
 # This is a POC (proof of concept or piece of crap, take your pick) for reading the
 # text representation of trace output related to page allocation. It makes an attempt
 # to extract some high-level information on what is going on. The accuracy of the parser
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl b/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl
index 66bfd8396877..9efcf5ed8cb5 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl
+++ b/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
 # This is a POC for reading the text representation of trace output related to
 # page reclaim. It makes an attempt to extract some high-level information on
 # what is going on. The accuracy of the parser may vary
diff --git a/arch/ia64/scripts/unwcheck.py b/arch/ia64/scripts/unwcheck.py
index c55276e31b6b..bfd1b671e35f 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/scripts/unwcheck.py
+++ b/arch/ia64/scripts/unwcheck.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #
 # Usage: unwcheck.py FILE
diff --git a/scripts/bloat-o-meter b/scripts/bloat-o-meter
index a923f05edb36..d2eadbd4521c 100755
--- a/scripts/bloat-o-meter
+++ b/scripts/bloat-o-meter
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # Copyright 2004 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
 #
diff --git a/scripts/config b/scripts/config
index eee5b7f3a092..8c8d7c3d7acc 100755
--- a/scripts/config
+++ b/scripts/config
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # Manipulate options in a .config file from the command line
 
diff --git a/scripts/diffconfig b/scripts/diffconfig
index 89abf777f197..627eba5849b5 100755
--- a/scripts/diffconfig
+++ b/scripts/diffconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #
 # diffconfig - a tool to compare .config files.
diff --git a/scripts/split-man.pl b/scripts/split-man.pl
index c3db607ee9ec..96bd99dc977a 100755
--- a/scripts/split-man.pl
+++ b/scripts/split-man.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #
 # Author: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
diff --git a/tools/perf/python/tracepoint.py b/tools/perf/python/tracepoint.py
index eb76f6516247..461848c7f57d 100755
--- a/tools/perf/python/tracepoint.py
+++ b/tools/perf/python/tracepoint.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/python
+#! /usr/bin/env python
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # -*- python -*-
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/compare-ktest-sample.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/compare-ktest-sample.pl
index 4118eb4a842d..ebea21d0a1be 100755
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/compare-ktest-sample.pl
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/compare-ktest-sample.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 open (IN,"ktest.pl");
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_offload.py b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_offload.py
index 2229e55216a9..6b46db61c6d3 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_offload.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_offload.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 # Copyright (C) 2017 Netronome Systems, Inc.
 #
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tdc_batch.py b/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tdc_batch.py
index 52fa539dc662..3d8350d6bfe1 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tdc_batch.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tdc_batch.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 """
 tdc_batch.py - a script to generate TC batch file