diff --git a/tools/check-releasenotes.py b/tools/check-releasenotes.py
index 733556a5a2..58a6bbf67d 100755
--- a/tools/check-releasenotes.py
+++ b/tools/check-releasenotes.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python -tt
+#!/usr/bin/python3
 
 # Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corporation
 #