diff --git a/build/veralign.sh b/build/veralign.sh
index adac0c5..834bf7e 100755
--- a/build/veralign.sh
+++ b/build/veralign.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-x#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 # or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file