diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e5a78909a..97ebd8968 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -415,13 +415,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install containerd dependencies
         env:
           RUNC_FLAVOR: ${{ matrix.runc }}
-          GOFLAGS: -modcacherw
         run: |
           sudo apt-get install -y gperf
-          sudo -E PATH=$PATH script/setup/install-seccomp
-          sudo -E PATH=$PATH script/setup/install-runc
-          sudo -E PATH=$PATH script/setup/install-cni $(grep containernetworking/plugins go.mod | awk '{print $2}')
-          sudo -E PATH=$PATH script/setup/install-critools
+          script/setup/install-seccomp
+          script/setup/install-runc
+          script/setup/install-cni $(grep containernetworking/plugins go.mod | awk '{print $2}')
+          script/setup/install-critools
+          script/setup/install-failpoint-binaries
 
       - name: Install criu
         run: |
@@ -429,10 +429,6 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y criu
 
-      - name: Install failpoint binaries
-        run: |
-          script/setup/install-failpoint-binaries
-
       - name: Install containerd
         env:
           CGO_ENABLED: 1
@@ -440,7 +436,7 @@ jobs:
           make binaries GO_BUILD_FLAGS="-mod=vendor"
           sudo -E PATH=$PATH make install
 
-      - run: sudo -E PATH=$PATH script/setup/install-gotestsum
+      - run: script/setup/install-gotestsum
       - name: Tests
         env:
           GOPROXY: direct
@@ -540,7 +536,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - run: sudo -E PATH=$PATH script/setup/install-gotestsum
+      - run: script/setup/install-gotestsum
       - name: Tests
         env:
           GOPROXY: direct
diff --git a/script/setup/install-cni b/script/setup/install-cni
index ebbfd248f..321373ccb 100755
--- a/script/setup/install-cni
+++ b/script/setup/install-cni
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ CNI_COMMIT=${1:-$(grep containernetworking/plugins "$GOPATH"/src/github.com/cont
 CNI_DIR=${DESTDIR:=''}/opt/cni
 CNI_CONFIG_DIR=${DESTDIR}/etc/cni/net.d
 
+# e2e and Cirrus will fail with "sudo: command not found"
+SUDO=''
+if (( $EUID != 0 )); then
+    SUDO='sudo'
+fi
+
 TMPROOT=$(mktemp -d)
 git clone https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins.git "${TMPROOT}"/plugins
 pushd "${TMPROOT}"/plugins
@@ -32,8 +38,8 @@ git checkout "$CNI_COMMIT"
 ./build_linux.sh
 mkdir -p $CNI_DIR
 cp -r ./bin $CNI_DIR
-mkdir -p $CNI_CONFIG_DIR
-cat << EOF | tee $CNI_CONFIG_DIR/10-containerd-net.conflist
+$SUDO mkdir -p $CNI_CONFIG_DIR
+$SUDO cat << EOF | $SUDO tee $CNI_CONFIG_DIR/10-containerd-net.conflist
 {
   "cniVersion": "1.0.0",
   "name": "containerd-net",
diff --git a/script/setup/install-critools b/script/setup/install-critools
index 251a83e0b..3a8374c44 100755
--- a/script/setup/install-critools
+++ b/script/setup/install-critools
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ set -eu -o pipefail
 
 script_dir="$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" > /dev/null 2>&1; pwd -P)"
 
+# e2e will fail with "sudo: command not found"
+SUDO=''
+if (( $EUID != 0 )); then
+    SUDO='sudo'
+fi
+
 cd "$(go env GOPATH)"
 go install github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo@v2.1.4
 
@@ -33,10 +39,10 @@ git clone https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools.git "${TMPROOT}/cri-tools
 pushd "${TMPROOT}"/cri-tools
 git checkout "$CRITEST_COMMIT"
 make
-make install -e DESTDIR="${DESTDIR}" BINDIR=/usr/local/bin
+$SUDO make install -e DESTDIR="${DESTDIR}" BINDIR=/usr/local/bin
 
 mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}/etc/"
-cat << EOF | tee "${DESTDIR}/etc/crictl.yaml"
+$SUDO cat << EOF | $SUDO tee "${DESTDIR}/etc/crictl.yaml"
 runtime-endpoint: unix:///run/containerd/containerd.sock
 EOF
 
diff --git a/script/setup/install-runc b/script/setup/install-runc
index aa9f7bdbb..5b85b9b19 100755
--- a/script/setup/install-runc
+++ b/script/setup/install-runc
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ set -eu -o pipefail
 
 script_dir="$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" > /dev/null 2>&1; pwd -P)"
 
+# e2e and Cirrus will fail with "sudo: command not found"
+SUDO=''
+if (( $EUID != 0 )); then
+    SUDO='sudo'
+fi
+
 function install_runc() {
 	# When updating runc-version, consider updating the runc module in go.mod as well
 	: "${RUNC_VERSION:=$(cat "${script_dir}/runc-version")}"
@@ -31,15 +37,15 @@ function install_runc() {
 	pushd "${TMPROOT}"/runc
 	git checkout "${RUNC_VERSION}"
 	make BUILDTAGS='seccomp' runc
-	make install
+	$SUDO make install
 	popd
 	rm -fR "${TMPROOT}"
 }
 
 function install_crun() {
 	: "${CRUN_VERSION:=$(cat "${script_dir}/crun-version")}"
-	curl -S -o /usr/local/sbin/runc -L https://github.com/containers/crun/releases/download/"${CRUN_VERSION}"/crun-"${CRUN_VERSION}"-linux-"$(go env GOARCH)"
-	chmod +x /usr/local/sbin/runc
+	$SUDO curl -S -o /usr/local/sbin/runc -L https://github.com/containers/crun/releases/download/"${CRUN_VERSION}"/crun-"${CRUN_VERSION}"-linux-"$(go env GOARCH)"
+	$SUDO chmod +x /usr/local/sbin/runc
 }
 
 : "${RUNC_FLAVOR:=runc}"
diff --git a/script/setup/install-seccomp b/script/setup/install-seccomp
index a9681562b..8a9dfb462 100755
--- a/script/setup/install-seccomp
+++ b/script/setup/install-seccomp
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ curl -fsSL "https://github.com/seccomp/libseccomp/releases/download/v${SECCOMP_V
 	cd "$SECCOMP_PATH"
 	./configure --prefix=/usr/local
 	make
-	make install
-	ldconfig
+	sudo make install
+	sudo ldconfig
 )
 
 rm -rf "$SECCOMP_PATH"