diff --git a/src/utils/setup/setupPipPack.ts b/src/utils/setup/setupPipPack.ts
index 5cc7d779..508ebbd7 100644
--- a/src/utils/setup/setupPipPack.ts
+++ b/src/utils/setup/setupPipPack.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { addPath, info } from "@actions/core"
 import { setupPython } from "../../python/python"
 import { isBinUptoDate } from "./version"
 import { join } from "path"
-import { mightSudo } from "./sudo"
 
 let pip: string | undefined
 
@@ -25,10 +24,7 @@ export async function setupPipPack(name: string, version?: string) {
     }
   }
 
-  const exit = await exec(mightSudo(pip), [
-    "install",
-    version !== undefined && version !== "" ? `${name}==${version}` : name,
-  ])
+  const exit = await exec(pip, ["install", version !== undefined && version !== "" ? `${name}==${version}` : name])
   if (exit !== 0) {
     throw new Error(`Failed to install ${name} ${version}`)
   }
diff --git a/src/utils/setup/sudo.ts b/src/utils/setup/sudo.ts
index 30154474..3d63afd6 100644
--- a/src/utils/setup/sudo.ts
+++ b/src/utils/setup/sudo.ts
@@ -10,12 +10,8 @@ export function isRoot(): boolean {
 }
 
 export function mightSudo(command: string) {
-  try {
-    if (isRoot()) {
-      return `sudo ${command}`
-    }
-  } catch {
-    // ignore
+  if (isRoot()) {
+    return `sudo ${command}`
   }
   return command
 }