diff --git a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
index 0630c649a..255ba2793 100755
--- a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
+++ b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
@@ -307,10 +307,10 @@ BootstrapArchCommon() {
     pkg-config
   "
 
-  missing=$("$SUDO" pacman -T $deps)
+  missing=$($SUDO pacman -T $deps)
 
   if [ "$missing" ]; then
-    "$SUDO" pacman -S --needed $missing
+    $SUDO pacman -S --needed $missing
   fi
 }
 
diff --git a/letsencrypt-auto-source/pieces/bootstrappers/arch_common.sh b/letsencrypt-auto-source/pieces/bootstrappers/arch_common.sh
index 90a9d43c4..2e11e0ae9 100755
--- a/letsencrypt-auto-source/pieces/bootstrappers/arch_common.sh
+++ b/letsencrypt-auto-source/pieces/bootstrappers/arch_common.sh
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ BootstrapArchCommon() {
     pkg-config
   "
 
-  missing=$("$SUDO" pacman -T $deps)
+  missing=$($SUDO pacman -T $deps)
 
   if [ "$missing" ]; then
-    "$SUDO" pacman -S --needed $missing
+    $SUDO pacman -S --needed $missing
   fi
 }