--- a/petsc/config/BuildSystem/config/packages/petsc4py.py	2021-09-17 23:23:54.438918631 -0500
+++ b/petsc/config/BuildSystem/config/packages/petsc4py.py	2021-09-17 23:19:50.395572374 -0500
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
     #  if installing as Superuser than want to return to regular user for clean and build
     if self.installSudo:
-       newuser = self.installSudo+' -u $${SUDO_USER} '
+       newuser = ''
     else:
        newuser = ''