diff --git a/ep/build-velox/src/get_velox.sh b/ep/build-velox/src/get_velox.sh
index 49654d8a8cd5..d118ca0c9188 100755
--- a/ep/build-velox/src/get_velox.sh
+++ b/ep/build-velox/src/get_velox.sh
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ function setup_linux {
   local LINUX_VERSION_ID=$(. /etc/os-release && echo ${VERSION_ID})
 
   # apply patches
-  sed -i 's/^  ninja -C "${BINARY_DIR}" install/  sudo ninja -C "${BINARY_DIR}" install/g' scripts/setup-helper-functions.sh
   sed -i 's/-mavx2 -mfma -mavx -mf16c -mlzcnt -std=c++17/-march=native -std=c++17 -mno-avx512f/g' scripts/setup-helper-functions.sh
+  sed -i 's/SUDO="${SUDO:-""}"/SUDO="${SUDO:-"sudo --preserve-env"}"/g' scripts/setup-helper-functions.sh
   if [[ "$LINUX_DISTRIBUTION" == "ubuntu" || "$LINUX_DISTRIBUTION" == "debian" || "$LINUX_DISTRIBUTION" == "pop" ]]; then
     process_setup_ubuntu
   elif [[ "$LINUX_DISTRIBUTION" == "centos" ]]; then