diff --git a/.github/workflows/master.yml b/.github/workflows/master.yml
index 6c7537c66a66..3f72272ed8c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/master.yml
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ jobs:
           chmod a+x e2e-*
           chmod a+x minikube-*
           START_TIME=$(date -u +%s)
-          KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/testhome/kubeconfig MINIKUBE_HOME=$(pwd)/testhome sudo -E ./e2e-linux-amd64 -minikube-start-args=--driver=none -test.timeout=10m -test.v -timeout-multiplier=1.5 -test.run TestFunctional -binary=./minikube-linux-amd64 2>&1 | tee ./report/testout.txt
+          KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/testhome/kubeconfig MINIKUBE_HOME=$(pwd)/testhome ./e2e-linux-amd64 -minikube-start-args=--driver=none -test.timeout=10m -test.v -timeout-multiplier=1.5 -test.run TestFunctional -binary=./minikube-linux-amd64 2>&1 | tee ./report/testout.txt
           END_TIME=$(date -u +%s)
           TIME_ELAPSED=$(($END_TIME-$START_TIME))
           min=$((${TIME_ELAPSED}/60))
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index 67bc18953dc4..993f4256e081 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ jobs:
           chmod a+x minikube-*
           MINIKUBE_HOME=$(pwd)/testhome ./minikube-linux-amd64 delete --all --purge
           START_TIME=$(date -u +%s)
-          KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/testhome/kubeconfig MINIKUBE_HOME=$(pwd)/testhome sudo -E ./e2e-linux-amd64 -minikube-start-args=--driver=none -test.timeout=10m -test.v -timeout-multiplier=1.5 -test.run TestFunctional -binary=./minikube-linux-amd64 2>&1 | tee ./report/testout.txt
+          KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/testhome/kubeconfig MINIKUBE_HOME=$(pwd)/testhome ./e2e-linux-amd64 -minikube-start-args=--driver=none -test.timeout=10m -test.v -timeout-multiplier=1.5 -test.run TestFunctional -binary=./minikube-linux-amd64 2>&1 | tee ./report/testout.txt
           END_TIME=$(date -u +%s)
           TIME_ELAPSED=$(($END_TIME-$START_TIME))
           min=$((${TIME_ELAPSED}/60))
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d1f1d5a555b2..0222e3942306 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ integration: out/minikube$(IS_EXE) ## Trigger minikube integration test, logs to
 
 .PHONY: integration-none-driver
 integration-none-driver: e2e-linux-$(GOARCH) out/minikube-linux-$(GOARCH)  ## Trigger minikube none driver test, logs to ./out/testout_COMMIT.txt
-	sudo -E out/e2e-linux-$(GOARCH) -testdata-dir "test/integration/testdata" -minikube-start-args="--driver=none" -test.v -test.timeout=60m -binary=out/minikube-linux-amd64 $(TEST_ARGS) 2>&1 | tee "./out/testout_$(COMMIT_SHORT).txt"
+	out/e2e-linux-$(GOARCH) -testdata-dir "test/integration/testdata" -minikube-start-args="--driver=none" -test.v -test.timeout=60m -binary=out/minikube-linux-amd64 $(TEST_ARGS) 2>&1 | tee "./out/testout_$(COMMIT_SHORT).txt"
 
 .PHONY: integration-versioned
 integration-versioned: out/minikube ## Trigger minikube integration testing, logs to ./out/testout_COMMIT.txt
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/common.sh b/hack/jenkins/common.sh
index 0a1161089a1b..45faf950d578 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/common.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/common.sh
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ echo "driver:    ${DRIVER}"
 echo "runtime:   ${CONTAINER_RUNTIME}"
 echo "job:       ${JOB_NAME}"
 echo "test home: ${TEST_HOME}"
-echo "sudo:      ${SUDO_PREFIX}"
 echo "kernel:    $(uname -v)"
 echo "uptime:    $(uptime)"
 # Setting KUBECONFIG prevents the version check from erroring out due to permission issues
@@ -293,7 +292,7 @@ function cleanup_procs() {
   if [[ "${kprocs}" != "" ]]; then
     echo "error: killing hung kubectl processes ..."
     ps -f -p ${kprocs} || true
-    sudo -E kill ${kprocs} || true
+    sudo kill ${kprocs} || true
   fi
 
 
@@ -304,9 +303,9 @@ function cleanup_procs() {
     for p in $none_procs
     do
       echo "Kiling stale none driver:  $p"
-      sudo -E ps -f -p $p || true
-      sudo -E kill $p || true
-      sudo -E kill -9 $p || true
+      sudo ps -f -p $p || true
+      sudo kill $p || true
+      sudo kill -9 $p || true
     done
   fi
 }
@@ -387,7 +386,7 @@ touch "${JSON_OUT}"
 
 gotestsum --jsonfile "${JSON_OUT}" -f standard-verbose --raw-command -- \
   go tool test2json -t \
-  ${SUDO_PREFIX}${E2E_BIN} \
+  ${E2E_BIN} \
     -minikube-start-args="--driver=${DRIVER} ${EXTRA_START_ARGS}" \
     -test.timeout=${TIMEOUT} -test.v \
     ${EXTRA_TEST_ARGS} \
@@ -484,16 +483,16 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo ">> Cleaning up after ourselves ..."
-timeout 3m ${SUDO_PREFIX}${MINIKUBE_BIN} tunnel --cleanup || true
-timeout 5m ${SUDO_PREFIX}${MINIKUBE_BIN} delete --all --purge >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || true
+timeout 3m ${MINIKUBE_BIN} tunnel --cleanup || true
+timeout 5m ${MINIKUBE_BIN} delete --all --purge >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || true
 cleanup_stale_routes || true
 
-${SUDO_PREFIX} rm -Rf "${MINIKUBE_HOME}" || true
-${SUDO_PREFIX} rm -f "${KUBECONFIG}" || true
-${SUDO_PREFIX} rm -f "${TEST_OUT}" || true
-${SUDO_PREFIX} rm -f "${JSON_OUT}" || true
-${SUDO_PREFIX} rm -f "${HTML_OUT}" || true
-${SUDO_PREFIX} rm -f "${SUMMARY_OUT}" || true
+rm -Rf "${MINIKUBE_HOME}" || true
+rm -f "${KUBECONFIG}" || true
+rm -f "${TEST_OUT}" || true
+rm -f "${JSON_OUT}" || true
+rm -f "${HTML_OUT}" || true
+rm -f "${SUMMARY_OUT}" || true
 
 rmdir "${TEST_HOME}" || true
 echo ">> ${TEST_HOME} completed at $(date)"
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/linux_integration_tests_none.sh b/hack/jenkins/linux_integration_tests_none.sh
index 7d71ad4cccb9..1320217d1df2 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/linux_integration_tests_none.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/linux_integration_tests_none.sh
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ DRIVER="none"
 JOB_NAME="none_Linux"
 EXTRA_START_ARGS="--bootstrapper=kubeadm"
 
-SUDO_PREFIX="sudo -E "
-export KUBECONFIG="/root/.kube/config"
-
 if ! kubeadm &>/dev/null; then
   echo "WARNING: kubeadm is not installed. will try to install."
   curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -sSL https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubeadm"
diff --git a/site/content/en/docs/drivers/includes/none_usage.inc b/site/content/en/docs/drivers/includes/none_usage.inc
index 0d62547fa019..5156673b2c34 100644
--- a/site/content/en/docs/drivers/includes/none_usage.inc
+++ b/site/content/en/docs/drivers/includes/none_usage.inc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ This VM must also meet the [kubeadm requirements](https://kubernetes.io/docs/set
 The none driver requires minikube to be run as root, until [#3760](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/3760) can be addressed.
 
 ```shell
-sudo -E minikube start --driver=none
+minikube start --driver=none
 ```
 
 To make `none` the default driver:
diff --git a/site/content/en/docs/drivers/none.md b/site/content/en/docs/drivers/none.md
index 42e35efbd84f..be3b4419581e 100644
--- a/site/content/en/docs/drivers/none.md
+++ b/site/content/en/docs/drivers/none.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ As Kubernetes has full access to both your filesystem as well as your docker ima
 * Many `minikube` commands are not supported, such as: `dashboard`, `mount`, `ssh`
 * minikube with the `none` driver has a confusing permissions model, as some commands need to be run as root ("start"), and others by a regular user ("dashboard")
 * CoreDNS detects resolver loop, goes into CrashLoopBackOff - [#3511](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/3511)
-* Some versions of Linux have a version of docker that is newer than what Kubernetes expects. To overwrite this, run minikube with the following parameters: `sudo -E minikube start --driver=none --kubernetes-version v1.11.8 --extra-config kubeadm.ignore-preflight-errors=SystemVerification`
+* Some versions of Linux have a version of docker that is newer than what Kubernetes expects. To overwrite this, run minikube with the following parameters: `minikube start --driver=none --kubernetes-version v1.11.8 --extra-config kubeadm.ignore-preflight-errors=SystemVerification`
 
 * [Full list of open 'none' driver issues](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/labels/co%2Fnone-driver)