diff --git a/elements/zypper/pre-install.d/01-zypper-keep-packages b/elements/zypper/pre-install.d/01-zypper-keep-packages
index 7440c185..ad861bcb 100755
--- a/elements/zypper/pre-install.d/01-zypper-keep-packages
+++ b/elements/zypper/pre-install.d/01-zypper-keep-packages
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -eu
 set -o pipefail
 
 # Enable caching packages for all repositories
-sudo zypper modifyrepo --all --keep-packages
+zypper modifyrepo --all --keep-packages