diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-bpf-compile b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-bpf-compile
index 44c5b8249..f1136cd0e 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-bpf-compile
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-bpf-compile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ fi
 
 interface="$1"
 shift
-sudo tcpdump -i $interface -ddd $@ | tail -n+2 |
+tcpdump -i $interface -ddd $@ | tail -n+2 |
 while read line; do
   cols=( $line )
   printf "%04x%02x%02x%08x" ${cols[0]} ${cols[1]} ${cols[2]} ${cols[3]}