diff --git a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
index a6f15b552..306dacdf2 100755
--- a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
+++ b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
@@ -899,13 +899,12 @@ UNLIKELY_EOF
     echo "Installation succeeded."
   fi
   echo "Requesting root privileges to run certbot..."
+  echo "  $VENV_BIN/letsencrypt" "$@"
   if [ -z "$SUDO_ENV" ] ; then
     # SUDO is su wrapper / noop
-    echo "  " $SUDO "$VENV_BIN/letsencrypt" "$@"
     $SUDO "$VENV_BIN/letsencrypt" "$@"
   else
     # sudo
-    echo "  " $SUDO "$SUDO_ENV" "$VENV_BIN/letsencrypt" "$@"
     $SUDO "$SUDO_ENV" "$VENV_BIN/letsencrypt" "$@"
   fi
 
diff --git a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template
index ca9dfc289..bbba45f21 100755
--- a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template
+++ b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template
@@ -256,13 +256,12 @@ UNLIKELY_EOF
     echo "Installation succeeded."
   fi
   echo "Requesting root privileges to run certbot..."
+  echo "  $VENV_BIN/letsencrypt" "$@"
   if [ -z "$SUDO_ENV" ] ; then
     # SUDO is su wrapper / noop
-    echo "  " $SUDO "$VENV_BIN/letsencrypt" "$@"
     $SUDO "$VENV_BIN/letsencrypt" "$@"
   else
     # sudo
-    echo "  " $SUDO "$SUDO_ENV" "$VENV_BIN/letsencrypt" "$@"
     $SUDO "$SUDO_ENV" "$VENV_BIN/letsencrypt" "$@"
   fi