diff --git a/vscode-dotnet-runtime-library/distro-data/distro-support.json b/vscode-dotnet-runtime-library/distro-data/distro-support.json
index 9e9c77eae8..61c14f5735 100644
--- a/vscode-dotnet-runtime-library/distro-data/distro-support.json
+++ b/vscode-dotnet-runtime-library/distro-data/distro-support.json
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
 					}
 				],
 				"preInstallCommands": [
-					"apt-get update && apt install -y wget",
-					"wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/20.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb",
-					"sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb && rm packages-microsoft-prod.deb"
+					"sudo apt-get update && sudo apt install -y wget",
+					"sudo wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/20.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb",
+					"sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb"
 				]
 			},
 			{