diff --git a/templates/al2/provisioners/install-worker.sh b/templates/al2/provisioners/install-worker.sh
index 8a7625555..5b715a5a7 100644
--- a/templates/al2/provisioners/install-worker.sh
+++ b/templates/al2/provisioners/install-worker.sh
@@ -282,8 +282,8 @@ BINARIES=(
 for binary in ${BINARIES[*]}; do
   if [[ -n "$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" ]]; then
     echo "AWS cli present - using it to copy binaries from s3."
-    sudo -E aws s3 cp --region $BINARY_BUCKET_REGION $S3_PATH/$binary .
-    sudo -E aws s3 cp --region $BINARY_BUCKET_REGION $S3_PATH/$binary.sha256 .
+    aws s3 cp --region $BINARY_BUCKET_REGION $S3_PATH/$binary .
+    aws s3 cp --region $BINARY_BUCKET_REGION $S3_PATH/$binary.sha256 .
   else
     echo "AWS cli missing - using wget to fetch binaries from s3. Note: This won't work for private bucket."
     sudo wget $S3_URL_BASE/$binary
@@ -316,8 +316,8 @@ if [ "$PULL_CNI_FROM_GITHUB" = "true" ]; then
 else
   if [[ -n "$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" ]]; then
     echo "AWS cli present - using it to copy binaries from s3."
-    sudo -E aws s3 cp --region $BINARY_BUCKET_REGION $S3_PATH/${CNI_PLUGIN_FILENAME}.tgz .
-    sudo -E aws s3 cp --region $BINARY_BUCKET_REGION $S3_PATH/${CNI_PLUGIN_FILENAME}.tgz.sha256 .
+    aws s3 cp --region $BINARY_BUCKET_REGION $S3_PATH/${CNI_PLUGIN_FILENAME}.tgz .
+    aws s3 cp --region $BINARY_BUCKET_REGION $S3_PATH/${CNI_PLUGIN_FILENAME}.tgz.sha256 .
   else
     echo "AWS cli missing - using wget to fetch cni binaries from s3. Note: This won't work for private bucket."
     sudo wget "$S3_URL_BASE/${CNI_PLUGIN_FILENAME}.tgz"
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ sudo chmod +x /etc/eks/max-pods-calculator.sh
 ECR_CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_BINARY="ecr-credential-provider"
 if [[ -n "$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" ]]; then
   echo "AWS cli present - using it to copy ${ECR_CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_BINARY} from s3."
-  sudo -E aws s3 cp --region $BINARY_BUCKET_REGION $S3_PATH/$ECR_CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_BINARY .
+  aws s3 cp --region $BINARY_BUCKET_REGION $S3_PATH/$ECR_CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_BINARY .
 else
   echo "AWS cli missing - using wget to fetch ${ECR_CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_BINARY} from s3. Note: This won't work for private bucket."
   sudo wget "$S3_URL_BASE/$ECR_CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_BINARY"
diff --git a/templates/al2023/provisioners/install-nvidia-driver.sh b/templates/al2023/provisioners/install-nvidia-driver.sh
index 440fb92f0..5e2be8fb0 100755
--- a/templates/al2023/provisioners/install-nvidia-driver.sh
+++ b/templates/al2023/provisioners/install-nvidia-driver.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function rpm_install() {
   local RPMS=($@)
   echo "Pulling and installing local rpms from s3 bucket"
   for RPM in "${RPMS[@]}"; do
-    sudo -E aws s3 cp --region ${BINARY_BUCKET_REGION} s3://${BINARY_BUCKET_NAME}/rpms/${RPM} ${WORKING_DIR}/${RPM}
+    aws s3 cp --region ${BINARY_BUCKET_REGION} s3://${BINARY_BUCKET_NAME}/rpms/${RPM} ${WORKING_DIR}/${RPM}
     sudo dnf localinstall -y ${WORKING_DIR}/${RPM}
   done
 }
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function install-nvidia-container-toolkit() {
   )
   for RPM in "${RPMS[@]}"; do
     echo "pulling and installing rpms: (${RPM}) from s3 bucket: (${BINARY_BUCKET_NAME}) in region: (${BINARY_BUCKET_REGION})"
-    sudo -E aws s3 cp --region ${BINARY_BUCKET_REGION} s3://${BINARY_BUCKET_NAME}/rpms/${RPM} ${WORKING_DIR}/${RPM}
+    aws s3 cp --region ${BINARY_BUCKET_REGION} s3://${BINARY_BUCKET_NAME}/rpms/${RPM} ${WORKING_DIR}/${RPM}
     echo "installing rpm: ${WORKING_DIR}/${RPM}"
     sudo rpm -ivh ${WORKING_DIR}/${RPM}
   done
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ echo "Installing NVIDIA ${NVIDIA_DRIVER_MAJOR_VERSION} drivers..."
 ################################################################################
 # Determine the domain based on the region
 if is-isolated-partition; then
-  sudo -E aws s3 cp --region ${BINARY_BUCKET_REGION} s3://${BINARY_BUCKET_NAME}/amzn2023-nvidia.repo ${WORKING_DIR}/amzn2023-nvidia.repo
+  aws s3 cp --region ${BINARY_BUCKET_REGION} s3://${BINARY_BUCKET_NAME}/amzn2023-nvidia.repo ${WORKING_DIR}/amzn2023-nvidia.repo
 
   sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo ${WORKING_DIR}/amzn2023-nvidia.repo
   rpm_install "opencl-filesystem-1.0-5.el7.noarch.rpm" "ocl-icd-2.2.12-1.el7.x86_64.rpm"
diff --git a/templates/al2023/provisioners/install-worker.sh b/templates/al2023/provisioners/install-worker.sh
index c76e96cef..62fa5eddd 100644
--- a/templates/al2023/provisioners/install-worker.sh
+++ b/templates/al2023/provisioners/install-worker.sh
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ BINARIES=(
 for binary in ${BINARIES[*]}; do
   if [[ -n "$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" ]]; then
     echo "AWS cli present - using it to copy binaries from s3."
-    sudo -E aws s3 cp --region $BINARY_BUCKET_REGION $S3_PATH/$binary .
-    sudo -E aws s3 cp --region $BINARY_BUCKET_REGION $S3_PATH/$binary.sha256 .
+    aws s3 cp --region $BINARY_BUCKET_REGION $S3_PATH/$binary .
+    aws s3 cp --region $BINARY_BUCKET_REGION $S3_PATH/$binary.sha256 .
   else
     echo "AWS cli missing - using wget to fetch binaries from s3. Note: This won't work for private bucket."
     sudo wget $S3_URL_BASE/$binary
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ for binary in ${BINARIES[*]}; do
   fi
   sudo sha256sum -c $binary.sha256
   sudo chmod +x $binary
+  sudo chown root:root $binary
   sudo mv $binary /usr/bin/
 done
 
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ ECR_CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_BINARY="ecr-credential-provider"
 
 if [[ -n "$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" ]]; then
   echo "AWS cli present - using it to copy ${ECR_CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_BINARY} from s3."
-  sudo -E aws s3 cp --region $BINARY_BUCKET_REGION $S3_PATH/$ECR_CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_BINARY .
+  aws s3 cp --region $BINARY_BUCKET_REGION $S3_PATH/$ECR_CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_BINARY .
 else
   echo "AWS cli missing - using wget to fetch ${ECR_CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_BINARY} from s3. Note: This won't work for private bucket."
   sudo wget "$S3_URL_BASE/$ECR_CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_BINARY"