diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 605ad7f..7049741 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ install: build
 
 update:
 	@echo "Updating module components..."
-	sudo git submodule foreach \
+	git submodule foreach \
 		'git pull origin $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)'
-	cd tomlplusplus && sudo git pull origin $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
-	cd libxcb-error && sudo git pull origin $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+	cd tomlplusplus && git pull origin $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+	cd libxcb-error && git pull origin $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 
 test: build
 	@echo "Be real, you don't want to do this, so we'll abort."
@@ -142,6 +142,6 @@ test: build
 
 clean:
 	@echo "Cleaning up from build process..."
-	sudo rm -rf $(addsuffix /build, $(COMPONENTS)) >/dev/null 2>&1
+	rm -rf $(addsuffix /build, $(COMPONENTS)) >/dev/null 2>&1
 
 .PHONY : all build install test clean update