diff --git a/gpsd.spec b/gpsd.spec
index 91943b9..b58187b 100644
--- a/gpsd.spec
+++ b/gpsd.spec
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ desktop-file-install \
 # Missed in scons install 
 install -p -m 0755 gpsinit %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}
 
+# Remove shebang and fix permissions
+sed -i '/^#!.*python/d' %{buildroot}%{python3_sitearch}/gps/{aio,}gps.py
+chmod 644 %{buildroot}%{python3_sitearch}/gps/gps.py
+
 # If qt build was disabled, clean up the files that may have been installed
 # anyway
 %if !%{with_qt}