diff --git a/scripts/bloat-o-meter b/scripts/bloat-o-meter
index d7ca46c612b3..652e9542043f 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/check-sysctl-docs b/scripts/check-sysctl-docs
index 8bcb9e26c7bc..90137319c50a 100755
--- a/scripts/check-sysctl-docs
+++ b/scripts/check-sysctl-docs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/gawk -f
+#!/usr/bin/env -S gawk -f
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 # Script to check sysctl documentation against source files
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/get_abi.pl b/scripts/get_abi.pl
index 68dab828a722..92d9aa6cc4f5 100755
--- a/scripts/get_abi.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_abi.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 use strict;
diff --git a/scripts/ld-version.sh b/scripts/ld-version.sh
index f2be0ff9a738..7a5b546ece16 100755
--- a/scripts/ld-version.sh
+++ b/scripts/ld-version.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/awk -f
+#!/usr/bin/env -S awk -f
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # extract linker version number from stdin and turn into single number
 	{
diff --git a/scripts/parse-maintainers.pl b/scripts/parse-maintainers.pl
index 2ca4eb3f190d..9515765158fa 100755
--- a/scripts/parse-maintainers.pl
+++ b/scripts/parse-maintainers.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+#!/usr/bin/env -S perl -w
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 use strict;
diff --git a/scripts/show_delta b/scripts/show_delta
index 264399307c4f..28e67e178194 100755
--- a/scripts/show_delta
+++ b/scripts/show_delta
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 #
 # show_deltas: Read list of printk messages instrumented with
diff --git a/scripts/sphinx-pre-install b/scripts/sphinx-pre-install
index 40fa6923e80a..828a8615a918 100755
--- a/scripts/sphinx-pre-install
+++ b/scripts/sphinx-pre-install
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 use strict;
 
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/scripts/ver_linux b/scripts/ver_linux
index 0968a3070eff..345b92f71d2d 100755
--- a/scripts/ver_linux
+++ b/scripts/ver_linux
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/awk -f
+#!/usr/bin/env -S awk -f
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # Before running this script please ensure that your PATH is
 # typical as you use for compilation/installation. I use