diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/1604/basic.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/1604/basic.sh
index 6a629e4f2..adc1e8098 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/1604/basic.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/1604/basic.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ apt-fast install -y --no-install-recommends \
     libc++abi-dev \
     libcurl3 \
     libicu55 \
-    libpython2.7 \
-    libpython2.7-dev \
     libunwind8 \
     locales \
     netcat \
@@ -83,8 +81,6 @@ DocumentInstalledItemIndent "libc++-dev"
 DocumentInstalledItemIndent "libc++abi-dev"
 DocumentInstalledItemIndent "libcurl3"
 DocumentInstalledItemIndent "libicu55"
-DocumentInstalledItemIndent "libpython2.7"
-DocumentInstalledItemIndent "libpython2.7-dev"
 DocumentInstalledItemIndent "libunwind8"
 DocumentInstalledItemIndent "locales"
 DocumentInstalledItemIndent "netcat"
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/1804/basic.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/1804/basic.sh
index 84f3790ff..c12c7a819 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/1804/basic.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/1804/basic.sh
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends jq
 echo "Install libcurl3"
 apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libcurl3
 
-echo "Install libpython2.7"
-apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libpython2.7
-
-echo "Install libpython2.7-dev"
-apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libpython2.7-dev
-
 echo "Install libunwind8"
 apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libunwind8
 
@@ -154,8 +148,6 @@ DocumentInstalledItemIndent "iputils-ping"
 DocumentInstalledItemIndent "jq"
 DocumentInstalledItemIndent "libcurl3"
 DocumentInstalledItemIndent "libicu55"
-DocumentInstalledItemIndent "libpython2.7"
-DocumentInstalledItemIndent "libpython2.7-dev"
 DocumentInstalledItemIndent "libunwind8"
 DocumentInstalledItemIndent "locales"
 DocumentInstalledItemIndent "netcat"
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/swift.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/swift.sh
index 103e92861..36c70571f 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/swift.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/swift.sh
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ swift_version="5.1.5"
 
 wget -P /tmp https://swift.org/builds/swift-$swift_version-release/ubuntu${image_label//./}/swift-$swift_version-RELEASE/swift-$swift_version-RELEASE-ubuntu$image_label.tar.gz
 tar xzf /tmp/swift-$swift_version-RELEASE-ubuntu$image_label.tar.gz
-sudo mv swift-$swift_version-RELEASE-ubuntu$image_label /usr/share/swift
+mv swift-$swift_version-RELEASE-ubuntu$image_label /usr/share/swift
 
-SWIFT_DIR="/usr/share/swift/usr/bin/swift"
+SWIFT_BIN="/usr/share/swift/usr/bin/swift"
 SWIFT_PATH="/usr/share/swift/usr/bin"
-sudo ln -s "$SWIFT_DIR" /usr/local/bin/swift
-echo "SWIFT_PATH =$SWIFT_PATH" | sudo tee -a /etc/environment
+ln -s "$SWIFT_BIN" /usr/local/bin/swift
+echo "SWIFT_PATH=$SWIFT_PATH" | tee -a /etc/environment
 
 # Run tests to determine that the software installed as expected
 echo "Testing to make sure that script performed as expected, and basic scenarios work"