diff --git a/sci-calculators/units/units-2.14-r1.ebuild b/sci-calculators/units/units-2.14-r1.ebuild
index 2269d863f54e2..45559228bae3a 100644
--- a/sci-calculators/units/units-2.14-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sci-calculators/units/units-2.14-r1.ebuild
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ src_install() {
 		python_is_python3 && pyver=3 || pyver=2
 		sed -e "/^outfile/s|'.*'|'/usr/share/units/currency.units'|g" \
 			"units_cur${pyver}" > units_cur || die
-		python_fix_shebang
 		python_doscript units_cur
 	fi
 }
diff --git a/sci-calculators/units/units-2.15.ebuild b/sci-calculators/units/units-2.15.ebuild
index 4d87f5164edd1..052a0fabba92f 100644
--- a/sci-calculators/units/units-2.15.ebuild
+++ b/sci-calculators/units/units-2.15.ebuild
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ src_install() {
 			-e "/^outfile/s|'.*'|'/usr/share/units/currency.units'|g" \
 			-e 's|^#!|&/usr/bin/python|g' \
 			units_cur_inst > units_cur || die
+		python_fix_shebang units_cur
 		python_doscript units_cur
 	fi
 }