diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/run-ptest b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/run-ptest
index 1e6eec5799..b2244d725a 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/run-ptest
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/run-ptest
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ output_failed_logs() {
 trap output_failed_logs 0
 
 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_9.4p1.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_9.4p1.bb
index a38d9c2b81..e2508aa63a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_9.4p1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_9.4p1.bb
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ FILES:${PN}-keygen = "${bindir}/ssh-keygen"
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += "${PN}-scp ${PN}-ssh ${PN}-sshd ${PN}-keygen ${PN}-sftp-server"
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-sshd += "${PN}-keygen ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pam', 'pam-plugin-keyinit pam-plugin-loginuid', '', d)}"
 # gdb would make attach-ptrace test pass rather than skip but not worth the build dependencies
-RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "${PN}-sftp ${PN}-misc ${PN}-sftp-server make sed sudo coreutils openssl-bin"
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "${PN}-sftp ${PN}-misc ${PN}-sftp-server make sed coreutils openssl-bin"
 
 RPROVIDES:${PN}-ssh = "ssh"
 RPROVIDES:${PN}-sshd = "sshd"