diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index 44179d6a3b..33fe0c4ce4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -84,15 +84,15 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: install requirements
         run: |
-          sudo env "PATH=$PATH" make test-requirements
+          make test-requirements
           if [[ "${{ matrix.django-version }}" != "pinned" ]]; then
-            sudo env "PATH=$PATH" pip install "django~=${{ matrix.django-version }}.0"
-            sudo env "PATH=$PATH" pip check # fail if this test-reqs/Django combination is broken
+            pip install "django~=${{ matrix.django-version }}.0"
+            pip check # fail if this test-reqs/Django combination is broken
           fi
 
       - name: list installed package versions
         run: |
-          sudo env "PATH=$PATH" pip freeze
+          pip freeze
 
       - name: Setup and run tests
         uses: ./.github/actions/unit-tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify-gha-unit-tests-count.yml b/.github/workflows/verify-gha-unit-tests-count.yml
index 16671227ba..7430eebd66 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify-gha-unit-tests-count.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify-gha-unit-tests-count.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: install requirements
         run: |
-          sudo env "PATH=$PATH" make test-requirements
+          make test-requirements
 
       - name: verify unit tests count
         uses: ./.github/actions/verify-tests-count