diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index 454239d..8ad84d1 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "import" ]; then
     sudo -u postgres psql -d gis -f /home/renderer/src/openstreetmap-carto/indexes.sql
 
     #Import external data
-    sudo chown -R renderer: /home/renderer/src
+    chown -R renderer: /home/renderer/src
     sudo -E -u renderer python3 /home/renderer/src/openstreetmap-carto/scripts/get-external-data.py -c /home/renderer/src/openstreetmap-carto/external-data.yml -D /home/renderer/src/openstreetmap-carto/data
 
     # Register that data has changed for mod_tile caching purposes