diff --git a/cluster/ubuntu/util.sh b/cluster/ubuntu/util.sh
index 3a7f11f970e..c2f83982a19 100755
--- a/cluster/ubuntu/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/ubuntu/util.sh
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ function kube-down {
       echo "Cleaning on node ${i#*@}"
       ssh -t $i 'pgrep etcd && sudo -p "[sudo] password for cleaning etcd data: " service etcd stop && sudo rm -rf /infra*'
       # Delete the files in order to generate a clean environment, so you can change each node's role at next deployment.
-      ssh -t $i 'rm -f /opt/bin/kube* /etc/init/kube* /etc/init.d/kube* /etc/default/kube*; rm -rf ~/kube /var/lib/kubelet'
+      ssh -t $i 'sudo rm -f /opt/bin/kube* /etc/init/kube* /etc/init.d/kube* /etc/default/kube*; sudo rm -rf ~/kube /var/lib/kubelet'
     }
   done
   wait