diff --git a/src/client/interpreter/display/shebangCodeLensProvider.ts b/src/client/interpreter/display/shebangCodeLensProvider.ts
index d1a43cc70baa..c7cd0e19534e 100644
--- a/src/client/interpreter/display/shebangCodeLensProvider.ts
+++ b/src/client/interpreter/display/shebangCodeLensProvider.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ export class ShebangCodeLensProvider implements vscode.CodeLensProvider {
 
     private async createShebangCodeLens(document: TextDocument) {
         const shebang = await ShebangCodeLensProvider.detectShebang(document);
-        if (!shebang || shebang === settings.PythonSettings.getInstance(document.uri).pythonPath) {
+        const pythonPath = settings.PythonSettings.getInstance(document.uri).pythonPath;
+        const resolvedPythonPath = await ShebangCodeLensProvider.getFullyQualifiedPathToInterpreter(pythonPath);
+        if (!shebang || shebang === resolvedPythonPath) {
             return [];
         }