diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 69229c29b5..6836324ace 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ For OsX:
 
   Via Homebrew:
     
-      sudo brew install md5sha1sum
+      brew install md5sha1sum
 
 TODO: release the Dockerfile which has this in it