diff --git a/src/collectors/utils/ndsudo.c b/src/collectors/utils/ndsudo.c
index 5462a87c3..98359e2bf 100644
--- a/src/collectors/utils/ndsudo.c
+++ b/src/collectors/utils/ndsudo.c
@@ -664,12 +664,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         return 2;
     }

-    char new_path[] =
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-        "PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin";
-#else
-        "PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin";
-#endif
+    char new_path[] = "PATH=/var/lib/netdata/ndsudo/runtime-dependencies";
     putenv(new_path);

     // Escalate to root before searching PATH and running the whitelisted
@@ -724,11 +719,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

         fprintf(stderr, "\n");

-        if(!privileges_ok)
-            fprintf(stderr,
-                    "WARNING: a real run would FAIL before executing this: could not acquire root "
-                    "privileges (is the binary setuid-root?): %s\n", strerror(privileges_errno));
-
         exit(0);
     }
     else {