diff --git a/services/git-bridge/reinstall b/services/git-bridge/reinstall
index 9a1ddceda8..a0e0afc677 100755
--- a/services/git-bridge/reinstall
+++ b/services/git-bridge/reinstall
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 command -v mvn >/dev/null 2>&1 || sudo apt-get install maven
-sudo mvn package &&\
+mvn package &&\
 sudo mv ./target/writelatex-git-bridge-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar /usr/local/sbin/writelatex-git-bridge.jar