diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/cp b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/cp
index 08afb8dae4..a388c840d6 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/cp
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/cp
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ REGISTER_CMD=$(cat <<EOF
     set -e
 
     # create rbd
-    $QEMU_IMG convert -O rbd $TMP_DST rbd:$RBD_SOURCE
+    $QEMU_IMG convert $TMP_DST rbd:$RBD_SOURCE
 
     # remove original
     $RM -f $TMP_DST
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/mkfs b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/mkfs
index d86c563eb5..35762cd347 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/mkfs
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/mkfs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ REGISTER_CMD=$(cat <<EOF
     $MKFS_CMD
 
     # create rbd
-    $QEMU_IMG convert -O rbd $TMP_DST rbd:$RBD_SOURCE
+    $QEMU_IMG convert $TMP_DST rbd:$RBD_SOURCE
 
     # remove original
     $RM -f $TMP_DST
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/monitor b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/monitor
index d03b02bda2..fb988d1f60 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/monitor
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/monitor
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ fi
 # ------------ Compute datastore usage -------------
 
 MONITOR_SCRIPT=$(cat <<EOF
-$SUDO $RADOS $DF | $AWK '{
+$RADOS df | $AWK '{
     if (\$1 == "total") {
 
         space = int(\$3/1024)