diff --git a/elements/yum/post-install.d/99-reset-yum-conf b/elements/yum/post-install.d/99-reset-yum-conf
index e875848a9..6957c66ec 100755
--- a/elements/yum/post-install.d/99-reset-yum-conf
+++ b/elements/yum/post-install.d/99-reset-yum-conf
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 set -eux
 set -o pipefail
 
-sudo sed -i 's/keepcache=1/keepcache=0/' /etc/yum.conf
-sudo sed -i 's/cachedir=\/tmp\/yum/cachedir=\/var\/cache\/yum/' /etc/yum.conf
+sed -i 's/keepcache=1/keepcache=0/' /etc/yum.conf
+sed -i 's/cachedir=\/tmp\/yum/cachedir=\/var\/cache\/yum/' /etc/yum.conf
diff --git a/elements/yum/pre-install.d/01-yum-keepcache b/elements/yum/pre-install.d/01-yum-keepcache
index 121f30f35..dbff551aa 100755
--- a/elements/yum/pre-install.d/01-yum-keepcache
+++ b/elements/yum/pre-install.d/01-yum-keepcache
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 set -eu
 set -o pipefail
 
-sudo sed -i 's/keepcache=0/keepcache=1/' /etc/yum.conf
-sudo sed -i 's/cachedir=\/var\/cache\/yum/cachedir=\/tmp\/yum/' /etc/yum.conf
+sed -i 's/keepcache=0/keepcache=1/' /etc/yum.conf
+sed -i 's/cachedir=\/var\/cache\/yum/cachedir=\/tmp\/yum/' /etc/yum.conf