diff --git a/services/git-bridge/install b/services/git-bridge/install
index 2382424e11..a041997170 100755
--- a/services/git-bridge/install
+++ b/services/git-bridge/install
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ installDeps() {
 }
 
 command -v mvn >/dev/null 2>&1 && command -v /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/bin/javac >/dev/null 2>&1 || installDeps
-sudo mvn package &&\
+mvn package &&\
 sudo cp ./target/writelatex-git-bridge-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar /usr/local/sbin/writelatex-git-bridge.jar &&\
 sudo cp ./bin/wlgb /etc/init.d/ &&\
 sudo mkdir -p /var/log/wlgb &&\
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/reinstall b/services/git-bridge/reinstall
index 9a1ddceda8..a0e0afc677 100755
--- a/services/git-bridge/reinstall
+++ b/services/git-bridge/reinstall
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 command -v mvn >/dev/null 2>&1 || sudo apt-get install maven
-sudo mvn package &&\
+mvn package &&\
 sudo mv ./target/writelatex-git-bridge-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar /usr/local/sbin/writelatex-git-bridge.jar