diff --git a/nodepool/elements/nodepool-base/install.d/59-sudoers b/nodepool/elements/nodepool-base/install.d/59-sudoers
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@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
-# implied.
-#
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-if [ ${DIB_DEBUG_TRACE:-0} -gt 0 ]; then
-    set -x
-fi
-set -eu
-set -o pipefail
-
-cat > /etc/sudoers.d/jenkins-sudo << EOF
-jenkins ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
-EOF
-chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/jenkins-sudo
-
-visudo -c || die "Error setting jenkins sudo!"