diff --git a/packages/SwingSet/tools/rekernelize.js b/packages/SwingSet/tools/rekernelize.js
index 1851eb03457..3801edaec10 100755
--- a/packages/SwingSet/tools/rekernelize.js
+++ b/packages/SwingSet/tools/rekernelize.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env -S node
+#!/usr/bin/env node
 
 import 'node-lmdb';
 import '@agoric/babel-standalone';
diff --git a/packages/agoric-cli/lib/entrypoint.js b/packages/agoric-cli/lib/entrypoint.js
index 30c6cb015aa..124ef662e49 100755
--- a/packages/agoric-cli/lib/entrypoint.js
+++ b/packages/agoric-cli/lib/entrypoint.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env -S node
+#!/usr/bin/env node
 
 /* global process */
 // TODO Remove babel-standalone and esm preinitialization
diff --git a/packages/swingset-runner/src/graphDisk.js b/packages/swingset-runner/src/graphDisk.js
index 5fedc42119f..ef7a5548e33 100755
--- a/packages/swingset-runner/src/graphDisk.js
+++ b/packages/swingset-runner/src/graphDisk.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env -S node
+#!/usr/bin/env node
 
 import { dataGraphApp } from './dataGraphApp.js';
 
diff --git a/packages/swingset-runner/src/graphMem.js b/packages/swingset-runner/src/graphMem.js
index 8395e753451..2dd092a5217 100755
--- a/packages/swingset-runner/src/graphMem.js
+++ b/packages/swingset-runner/src/graphMem.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env -S node
+#!/usr/bin/env node
 
 import { dataGraphApp } from './dataGraphApp.js';
 
diff --git a/packages/swingset-runner/src/graphStats.js b/packages/swingset-runner/src/graphStats.js
index 1a25f2427ef..118001f183c 100755
--- a/packages/swingset-runner/src/graphStats.js
+++ b/packages/swingset-runner/src/graphStats.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env -S node
+#!/usr/bin/env node
 
 import { dataGraphApp } from './dataGraphApp.js';
 
diff --git a/packages/swingset-runner/src/graphTime.js b/packages/swingset-runner/src/graphTime.js
index af2a7db0ae6..327fb09581f 100755
--- a/packages/swingset-runner/src/graphTime.js
+++ b/packages/swingset-runner/src/graphTime.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env -S node
+#!/usr/bin/env node
 
 import { dataGraphApp } from './dataGraphApp.js';
 
diff --git a/packages/swingset-runner/src/kerneldump-entrypoint.js b/packages/swingset-runner/src/kerneldump-entrypoint.js
index a704c377b79..6c51f84166f 100755
--- a/packages/swingset-runner/src/kerneldump-entrypoint.js
+++ b/packages/swingset-runner/src/kerneldump-entrypoint.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env -S node
+#!/usr/bin/env node
 
 /**
  * Simple boilerplate program providing linkage to launch an application written using modules within the
diff --git a/packages/swingset-runner/src/runner-entrypoint.js b/packages/swingset-runner/src/runner-entrypoint.js
index 2b0ae398d15..2af0f89be29 100755
--- a/packages/swingset-runner/src/runner-entrypoint.js
+++ b/packages/swingset-runner/src/runner-entrypoint.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env -S node
+#!/usr/bin/env node
 
 // #!/usr/bin/env -S node --inspect-brk
 
diff --git a/packages/swingset-runner/src/slogulator-entrypoint.js b/packages/swingset-runner/src/slogulator-entrypoint.js
index e14a0bdfec5..ab2005e7e6a 100755
--- a/packages/swingset-runner/src/slogulator-entrypoint.js
+++ b/packages/swingset-runner/src/slogulator-entrypoint.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env -S node
+#!/usr/bin/env node
 
 /**
  * Simple boilerplate program providing linkage to launch an application written using modules within the