diff --git a/ci-operator/config/stolostron/cluster-curator-controller/stolostron-cluster-curator-controller-main.yaml b/ci-operator/config/stolostron/cluster-curator-controller/stolostron-cluster-curator-controller-main.yaml
index c3bdecfe1296..e1f7e8f6459d 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/stolostron/cluster-curator-controller/stolostron-cluster-curator-controller-main.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/stolostron/cluster-curator-controller/stolostron-cluster-curator-controller-main.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ tests:
     export KB_TOOLS_ARCHIVE_NAME="kubebuilder-tools-${KUBEBUILDER_VERSION}-${os}-${arch}.tar.gz"
     curl -s -f -L https://storage.googleapis.com/kubebuilder-tools/${KB_TOOLS_ARCHIVE_NAME} -o ${KB_TOOLS_ARCHIVE_NAME}
     tar -zxvf ${KB_TOOLS_ARCHIVE_NAME}
-    sudo mv -f ./kubebuilder /usr/local/kubebuilder
+    export PATH=$PATH:$(pwd)/kubebuilder/bin
+    export KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS=$(pwd)/kubebuilder/bin
     make -f /opt/build-harness/Makefile.prow sonar/go/prow
   container:
     from: src
@@ -56,7 +57,8 @@ tests:
     export KB_TOOLS_ARCHIVE_NAME="kubebuilder-tools-${KUBEBUILDER_VERSION}-${os}-${arch}.tar.gz"
     curl -s -f -L https://storage.googleapis.com/kubebuilder-tools/${KB_TOOLS_ARCHIVE_NAME} -o ${KB_TOOLS_ARCHIVE_NAME}
     tar -zxvf ${KB_TOOLS_ARCHIVE_NAME}
-    sudo mv -f ./kubebuilder /usr/local/kubebuilder
+    export PATH=$PATH:$(pwd)/kubebuilder/bin
+    export KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS=$(pwd)/kubebuilder/bin
     make -f /opt/build-harness/Makefile.prow sonar/go/prow
   container:
     from: src