diff --git a/lang/add_message.sh b/lang/add_message.sh
index 886a98c5a..055850f79 100755
--- a/lang/add_message.sh
+++ b/lang/add_message.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?php
 #!/bin/bash
 # $Id$
 #
@@ -29,4 +28,3 @@ done
 echo " "
 echo "Message added to all message files (including english)"
 
-?>
diff --git a/lang/add_message_file.sh b/lang/add_message_file.sh
index 7a4b5a730..ecb104956 100755
--- a/lang/add_message_file.sh
+++ b/lang/add_message_file.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?php
 #!/bin/bash
 # $Id$
 #
@@ -29,4 +28,3 @@ done
 echo " "
 echo "Messages added to add message files (including english)"
 
-?>
diff --git a/lang/check_lang.sh b/lang/check_lang.sh
index 2483066d2..704957e44 100755
--- a/lang/check_lang.sh
+++ b/lang/check_lang.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?php
 #!/bin/sh
 # $Id$
 ##
@@ -61,4 +60,3 @@ echo "Miss = Missing Variables"
 echo "For exact problem listings, look in the $TMPDIR/ directory"
 echo "Please remember to remove '$TMPDIR/' once you are done"
 
-?>
diff --git a/lang/remove_message.sh b/lang/remove_message.sh
index f399771dc..7d50642c2 100755
--- a/lang/remove_message.sh
+++ b/lang/remove_message.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?php
 #!/bin/bash
 # $Id$
 #
@@ -23,4 +22,3 @@ do
 done
 echo " "
 
-?>
diff --git a/lang/sort_lang.sh b/lang/sort_lang.sh
index 99a67ebdc..ff6b80e0d 100755
--- a/lang/sort_lang.sh
+++ b/lang/sort_lang.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?php
 #!/bin/sh
 # $Id$
 ##
@@ -78,4 +77,3 @@ do
     echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
 done;
 
-?>
diff --git a/lang/translatecount.sh b/lang/translatecount.sh
index cfd6ea69f..b8d6a06e3 100755
--- a/lang/translatecount.sh
+++ b/lang/translatecount.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?php
 #!/bin/sh
 # $Id$
 ##
@@ -30,4 +29,3 @@ if [ ! -z "${destfilelist}" ]; then
   grep -c -- "${translationmatch}" ${destfilelist} | sort -t':' -n +1  | sed -e "s/${suffixtoremove}//g" | xargs -n1 | egrep -v ':0$' 
 fi;
 
-?>