diff --git a/nodes/core/hardware/nrgpio b/nodes/core/hardware/nrgpio
index a2fd62db9..d81fcf443 100755
--- a/nodes/core/hardware/nrgpio
+++ b/nodes/core/hardware/nrgpio
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 #
 
 BASEDIR=$(dirname $0)
-sudo python -u $BASEDIR/nrgpio.py $@
+python -u $BASEDIR/nrgpio.py $@