diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index fb9f9e3cc..67053d1ed 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ earlier:
 ```bash
 cd ~
 wget http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py
-sudo python ez_setup.py
+python ez_setup.py
 easy_install unittest2
 ```