diff --git a/cruise_config.rb b/cruise_config.rb
index 4d62117199c8e0f40837bebbb4b6e10588e308c0..4806fb3db8bb117008403e0b326e7953923bebeb 100644
--- a/cruise_config.rb
+++ b/cruise_config.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'fileutils'
 
 Project.configure do |project|
-  project.build_command = 'cd .. && cd work && sudo gem update --system && ruby lib/cruise/build.rb'
+  project.build_command = 'cd .. && cd work && gem update --system && ruby lib/cruise/build.rb'
 end