diff --git a/activemq-console/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/console/command/CreateCommand.java b/activemq-console/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/console/command/CreateCommand.java
index c1c8685f45..3e246ce0a1 100644
--- a/activemq-console/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/console/command/CreateCommand.java
+++ b/activemq-console/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/console/command/CreateCommand.java
@@ -272,7 +272,6 @@ public class CreateCommand extends AbstractCommand {
 
    private String getUnixActivemqData() {
        StringBuffer res = new StringBuffer();
-       res.append("#!/bin/sh\n\n");
        res.append("## Figure out the ACTIVEMQ_BASE from the directory this script was run from\n");
        res.append("PRG=\"$0\"\n");
        res.append("progname=`basename \"$0\"`\n");