diff --git a/engine/schema/src/main/java/com/cloud/upgrade/SystemVmTemplateRegistration.java b/engine/schema/src/main/java/com/cloud/upgrade/SystemVmTemplateRegistration.java
index 40a8cb4b11f4..b81597db50c0 100644
--- a/engine/schema/src/main/java/com/cloud/upgrade/SystemVmTemplateRegistration.java
+++ b/engine/schema/src/main/java/com/cloud/upgrade/SystemVmTemplateRegistration.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 
 public class SystemVmTemplateRegistration {
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(SystemVmTemplateRegistration.class);
-    private static final String UMOUNT_COMMAND = "sudo umount %s";
+    private static final String UMOUNT_COMMAND = "umount %s";
     private static final String RELATIVE_TEMPLATE_PATH = "./engine/schema/dist/systemvm-templates/";
     private static final String ABSOLUTE_TEMPLATE_PATH = "/usr/share/cloudstack-management/templates/systemvm/";
     private static final String TEMPLATES_PATH = fetchTemplatesPath();
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public SystemVmTemplateRegistration(String systemVmTemplateVersion) {
     }
 
     public static String getMountCommand(String nfsVersion, String device, String dir) {
-        String cmd = "sudo mount -t nfs";
+        String cmd = "mount -t nfs";
         if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(nfsVersion)) {
             cmd = String.format("%s -o vers=%s", cmd, nfsVersion);
         }
diff --git a/scripts/storage/secondary/setup-sysvm-tmplt b/scripts/storage/secondary/setup-sysvm-tmplt
index 8b6566218919..0275ba6260b3 100755
--- a/scripts/storage/secondary/setup-sysvm-tmplt
+++ b/scripts/storage/secondary/setup-sysvm-tmplt
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ fi
 localfile=$uuid.$ext
 
 
-sudo mkdir -p $destdir
+mkdir -p $destdir
 if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
   failed 2 "Failed to write to destdir $destdir -- is it mounted?\n"
 fi
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ tmpfolder=/tmp/cloud/templates/
 mkdir -p $tmpfolder
 tmplfile=$tmpfolder/$localfile
 
-sudo touch $tmplfile
+touch $tmplfile
 if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
   failed 2 "Failed to create temporary file in directory $tmpfolder -- is it read-only or full?\n"
 fi
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ localcap=$(df -P $tmpfolder | awk '{print $4}' | tail -1 )
 
 
 if [[ "$fflag" == "1" ]]; then
-  sudo cp $tmpltimg $tmplfile
+  cp $tmpltimg $tmplfile
   if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
     failed 2 "Failed to create temporary file in directory $tmpfolder -- is it read-only or full?\n"
   fi
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ tmpdestdir=$tmpfolder
 if [ "$ext" == "ova" ]
 then
   tar xvf $tmpdestdir/$localfile -C $tmpdestdir &> /dev/null
-  sudo cp $tmpdestdir/*.vmdk $tmpdestdir/*.mf $tmpdestdir/*.ovf $destdir/
+  cp $tmpdestdir/*.vmdk $tmpdestdir/*.mf $tmpdestdir/*.ovf $destdir/
   rm -rf $tmpdestdir/*.vmdk $tmpdestdir/*.mf $tmpdestdir/*.ovf $tmpdestdir/*.ova
 else
   rm -rf $tmpdestdir/*.tmp
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 templateId=${destdir##*/}
-sudo touch $destdir/template.properties
+touch $destdir/template.properties
 echo "$ext=true" >> $tmpdestdir/template.properties
 echo "id=$templateId" >> $tmpdestdir/template.properties
 echo "public=true" >> $tmpdestdir/template.properties
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ echo "$ext.virtualsize=$vrtmpltsize" >> $tmpdestdir/template.properties
 echo "virtualsize=$vrtmpltsize" >> $tmpdestdir/template.properties
 echo "$ext.size=$tmpltsize" >> $tmpdestdir/template.properties
 
-sudo cp $tmpdestdir/template.properties $destdir/template.properties
+cp $tmpdestdir/template.properties $destdir/template.properties
 if [ -f "$tmpdestdir/template.properties" ]
 then
     rm -rf $tmpdestdir/template.properties