diff --git a/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/contextswitch_parse.py b/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/contextswitch_parse.py
index 74920dd807d..b9ca3cf93f9 100755
--- a/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/contextswitch_parse.py
+++ b/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/contextswitch_parse.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Intel Corporation.
diff --git a/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/contextswitch_run.py b/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/contextswitch_run.py
index b08df3f450e..3b11568db9e 100755
--- a/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/contextswitch_run.py
+++ b/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/contextswitch_run.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Intel Corporation.
diff --git a/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/contextswitch_timeslice.py b/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/contextswitch_timeslice.py
index 06d73fc9083..08e4006bcb9 100755
--- a/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/contextswitch_timeslice.py
+++ b/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/contextswitch_timeslice.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Intel Corporation.
diff --git a/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/contextswitch_totals.py b/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/contextswitch_totals.py
index 262a13dabec..f266cb7a640 100755
--- a/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/contextswitch_totals.py
+++ b/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/contextswitch_totals.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Intel Corporation.
diff --git a/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/profile_kernel.py b/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/profile_kernel.py
index bbf7c61563f..841cd76d1ce 100755
--- a/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/profile_kernel.py
+++ b/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/profile_kernel.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Intel Corporation.
diff --git a/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/profile_monitor.py b/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/profile_monitor.py
index 23b88862c6a..4c6e6955d99 100755
--- a/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/profile_monitor.py
+++ b/samples/legacy/task_profiler/profiler/scripts/profile_monitor.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Intel Corporation.