diff --git a/cluster/common.sh b/cluster/common.sh
index 0d66096707..52c187c3f9 100755
--- a/cluster/common.sh
+++ b/cluster/common.sh
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ function update-or-verify-gcloud() {
     ${sudo_prefix} gcloud ${gcloud_prompt:-} components install beta
     ${sudo_prefix} gcloud ${gcloud_prompt:-} components update
   else
-    local version=$(${sudo_prefix} gcloud version --format=json)
+    local version=$(gcloud version --format=json)
     python -c'
 import json,sys
 from distutils import version