diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a66ed8eff..a7874ef35 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ scripts =
 
 data_files =
     lib/heat/undercloud_heat_plugins = undercloud_heat_plugins/*
-    share/tripleo-common = sudoers
     share/tripleo-common/container-images = container-images/*
     share/tripleo-common/image-yaml = image-yaml/*
     share/tripleo-common/healthcheck = healthcheck/*
diff --git a/sudoers b/sudoers
deleted file mode 100644
index 688078702..000000000
--- a/sudoers
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Defaults:mistral !requiretty
-mistral ALL = NOPASSWD: /bin/nova-manage cell_v2 discover_hosts *
-mistral ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/tar --xattrs --ignore-failed-read -C / -cf /var/tmp/undercloud-backup-*.tar *
-mistral ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/chown mistral. /var/tmp/undercloud-backup-*/filesystem-*.tar