diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/run-ptest b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/run-ptest
index 8a9b770d59..9a406e9b65 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/run-ptest
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/run-ptest
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export SKIP_UNIT=1
 
 cd regress
 sed -i "/\t\tagent-ptrace /d" Makefile
-make -k BUILDDIR=`pwd`/.. .OBJDIR=`pwd` .CURDIR=`pwd` SUDO="sudo" tests \
+make -k BUILDDIR=`pwd`/.. .OBJDIR=`pwd` .CURDIR=`pwd` SUDO="" tests \
         | sed -u -e 's/^skipped/SKIP: /g' -e 's/^ok /PASS: /g' -e 's/^failed/FAIL: /g'
 
 SSHAGENT=`which ssh-agent`
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_8.9p1.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_8.9p1.bb
index da7ab7716c..32761b8bb8 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_8.9p1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_8.9p1.bb
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN}-sshd += "${PN}-keygen ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pa
 # conflict with each other
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-dev = ""
 # gdb would make attach-ptrace test pass rather than skip but not worth the build dependencies
-RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "${PN}-sftp ${PN}-misc ${PN}-sftp-server make sed sudo coreutils"
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "${PN}-sftp ${PN}-misc ${PN}-sftp-server make sed coreutils"
 
 RPROVIDES:${PN}-ssh = "ssh"
 RPROVIDES:${PN}-sshd = "sshd"