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HTML
<select>
<option>Something</option>
<option>Something else</option>
</select>
<select>
<option>Something</option>
<option>Something</option>
</select>
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function(){
$('select').one('focus',function() {
$(this).children("option:first").remove();
});
});