diff --git a/autoProcessMedia.cfg.spec b/autoProcessMedia.cfg.spec
index d8e1a5a69..6829d6b2f 100644
--- a/autoProcessMedia.cfg.spec
+++ b/autoProcessMedia.cfg.spec
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
     safe_mode = 1
     # Turn this on to disable additional extraction attempts for failed downloads. Default = 0 will attempt to extract and verify if media is present.
     no_extract_failed = 0
-    # Set the sudo password for any functions that require root permissions (e.g. mounting .iso images for transcoding)
-    sudo_password =
 
 [Posix]
     ### Process priority setting for External commands (Extractor and Transcoder) on Posix (Unix/Linux/OSX) systems.
diff --git a/core/__init__.py b/core/__init__.py
index 4cd4014c6..d9cad1fd0 100644
--- a/core/__init__.py
+++ b/core/__init__.py
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@
 LOG_GIT = None
 SYS_ENCODING = None
 FAILED = False
-SUDO_PASS = None
 
 AUTO_UPDATE = None
 NZBTOMEDIA_VERSION = __version__
@@ -366,7 +365,6 @@ def configure_general():
     global CHECK_MEDIA
     global SAFE_MODE
     global NOEXTRACTFAILED
-    global SUDO_PASS
 
     # Set Version and GIT variables
     VERSION_NOTIFY = int(CFG['General']['version_notify'])
@@ -380,7 +378,6 @@ def configure_general():
     CHECK_MEDIA = int(CFG['General']['check_media'])
     SAFE_MODE = int(CFG['General']['safe_mode'])
     NOEXTRACTFAILED = int(CFG['General']['no_extract_failed'])
-    SUDO_PASS = CFG['General']['sudo_password']
 
 
 def configure_updates():
diff --git a/core/transcoder.py b/core/transcoder.py
index 932f907f0..0648df5de 100644
--- a/core/transcoder.py
+++ b/core/transcoder.py
@@ -678,16 +678,10 @@ def mount_iso(item, new_dir, bitbucket): #Currently only supports Linux Mount wh
         return []
     mount_point = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(item)),'temp')
     make_dir(mount_point)
-    if core.SUDO_PASS:
-        cmd = ['sudo', '-S', 'mount', '-o', 'loop', item, mount_point]
-        print_cmd(cmd)
-        proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=bitbucket)
-        out, err = proc.communicate(core.SUDO_PASS + '\n')
-    else:
-        cmd = ['mount', '-o', 'loop', item, mount_point]
-        print_cmd(cmd)
-        proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=bitbucket)
-        out, err = proc.communicate()
+    cmd = ['mount', '-o', 'loop', item, mount_point]
+    print_cmd(cmd)
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=bitbucket)
+    out, err = proc.communicate()
     core.MOUNTED = mount_point # Allows us to verify this has been done and then cleanup.
     for root, dirs, files in os.walk(mount_point):
         for file in files:
@@ -969,16 +963,10 @@ def transcode_directory(dir_name):
         final_result = final_result + result
     if core.MOUNTED: # In case we mounted an .iso file, unmount here.
         time.sleep(5) # play it safe and avoid failing to unmount.
-        if core.SUDO_PASS:
-            cmd = ['sudo', '-S', 'umount', '-l', core.MOUNTED]
-            print_cmd(cmd)
-            proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=bitbucket)
-            out, err = proc.communicate(core.SUDO_PASS + '\n')
-        else:
-            cmd = ['umount', '-l', core.MOUNTED]
-            print_cmd(cmd)
-            proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=bitbucket)
-            out, err = proc.communicate()
+        cmd = ['umount', '-l', core.MOUNTED]
+        print_cmd(cmd)
+        proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=bitbucket)
+        out, err = proc.communicate()
         time.sleep(5)
         os.rmdir(core.MOUNTED)
         core.MOUNTED = None