diff --git a/contrib/scripts/mk_char_tab.pl b/contrib/scripts/mk_char_tab.pl
index acf5a8721..275b4d9ef 100755
--- a/contrib/scripts/mk_char_tab.pl
+++ b/contrib/scripts/mk_char_tab.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env perl
+#!/usr/bin/perl
 #
 # This is a perl script to create a character width table from gEDA's 
 #   font .sym files.
diff --git a/contrib/scripts/pads_backannotate b/contrib/scripts/pads_backannotate
index 439519302..30d1ada4d 100755
--- a/contrib/scripts/pads_backannotate
+++ b/contrib/scripts/pads_backannotate
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env perl
+#!/usr/bin/perl
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2003, 2011 Dan McMahill
 #
diff --git a/contrib/scripts/sarlacc_sym b/contrib/scripts/sarlacc_sym
index 20e174932..6bad10836 100755
--- a/contrib/scripts/sarlacc_sym
+++ b/contrib/scripts/sarlacc_sym
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env perl
+#!/usr/bin/perl
 
 ##  Library version 0.94
 ##  This program is released under the terms of the GNU GPL
diff --git a/utils/pcb_backannotate/lepton-pcb_backannotate b/utils/pcb_backannotate/lepton-pcb_backannotate
index 2b1aef942..7c010e913 100755
--- a/utils/pcb_backannotate/lepton-pcb_backannotate
+++ b/utils/pcb_backannotate/lepton-pcb_backannotate
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env perl
+#!/usr/bin/perl
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2003, 2006, 2010 Dan McMahill
 # Copyright (C) 2003-2014 gEDA Contributors
diff --git a/utils/refdes_renum/lepton-refdes_renum b/utils/refdes_renum/lepton-refdes_renum
index 41e66b93b..032c15f22 100755
--- a/utils/refdes_renum/lepton-refdes_renum
+++ b/utils/refdes_renum/lepton-refdes_renum
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env perl
+#!/usr/bin/perl
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2003 Dan McMahill
 # Copyright (C) 2021-2022 Lepton EDA Contributors
diff --git a/utils/symfix/lepton-symfix b/utils/symfix/lepton-symfix
index fafcb2592..7d3ee6804 100755
--- a/utils/symfix/lepton-symfix
+++ b/utils/symfix/lepton-symfix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env perl
+#!/usr/bin/perl
 
 my $version = "0.8";