diff --git a/basetag.sh b/basetag.sh
index 9fd7707..4287c21 100755
--- a/basetag.sh
+++ b/basetag.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 # https://gist.github.com/CSTDev/08c127680e3b5fae38c051da3e489351
 
-#!/bin/bash
-
 #get highest tag number containing at least 2 dots
 VERSION=`git describe --abbrev=0 --tags --match="v[0-9]*\.*\.*"`